Monthly Archives: August 2008
Can Google’s Search Ad Revenue Sustain YouTube, Diverse Ventures?
Is Google a one-trick pony?That's a claim more than one Microsoft executive has made to dismiss the search giant, whose alleged one trick, its...
AMD Sells Digital TV Business to Broadcom
Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to sell its underperforming Digital Television (DTV) business to Broadcom for $192.8 million, the two companies announced Aug. 25.The...
SAAS Scheduling App Syncs with Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook
TimeTrade Systems, which makes software that helps harried professionals schedule appointments, released a personal SAAS scheduling application for sales and service workers Aug. 25.TimeDriver,...
Phishers Bite Back with Malware Exploits Linked to Keywords
Criticize the people behind the Asprox botnet, and they take it personal-so much so that they will bombard you with malware, according to a...
IBM Claims Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Research
IBM researchers are claiming a significant breakthrough in the emerging field of nanotechnology that could change the way engineers and the IT industry think...
Mozilla Speeds Up JavaScript with TraceMonkey
The folks at Mozilla have souped up JavaScript with a new just-in-time compilation scheme in a project known as TraceMonkey, which boosts JavaScript performance...
Citrix Releases XenApp 5 for Virtual Desktops
Citrix Systems is releasing the latest version of its XenApp product as part of the company's larger push into data center and desktop virtualization...
TGIF: Touching Base on Sports Analogies
It's a quiet Friday afternoon here at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Storage Station. The cool breeze off San Francisco Bay feels refreshing as...
Google Should Get Verizon to Back Android
The Wall Street Journal has shagged a nifty scoop about Google and Verizon apparently burying their spiteful hatchets to work together on mobile search.In...
Solid-State Memory Will Kill HHDs
Solid-State Memory Will Kill HHDs
SSD (solid-state drive) storage will ultimately kill HHD (hybrid hard drive) disk storage. Not everyone will agree. It could take...