Monthly Archives: March 2009
Google Plans to Lay Off 200 Employees
Google is eliminating 200 employees and showing that even its once sure-fire search and advertising business model is not immune to the sluggish global...
Is Dell Poised for an Acquisition?
Dell is looking to put its focus on what the company calls "the efficient enterprise."During a March 25 press conference-streamed live around world via...
Internet Archive Gets a Place in the Sun (Portable Data Center)
Internet Archive Gets a Place in the Sun (Portable Data Center)
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Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and a longtime digital librarian, demonstrates...
Lawmaker Backs Stephen Colbert’s NASA Win
Claiming he is standing up for democracy in orbit, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah is backing comedian Stephen Colbert's successful write-in campaign to have NASA...
Microsoft Calls for Open Cloud Standards
If Microsoft is the pot, what color is the kettle?No, that's not a joke or an attempt to be coy. Fair or not, it...
Firefox Bug Fix on Tap for Next Week
UPDATE: Mozilla has already created a patch for the zero-day vulnerability in its Firefox Web browser uncovered by security researcher Guido Landi-but users will...
Twitter Offering Commercial Accounts, for a Price
Twitter is planning to introduce commercial accounts with expanded features, for an added fee, which would allow the site to generate revenue, which could...
Company Looks to Bring Flash to Google Android
BSquare has announced it will port Adobe's Flash technology onto the Google Android mobile operating system for a global Tier 1 carrier.Adobe Flash technology...
Acer Veriton X270 Desktop Offers Low-Cost Business Computing
Acer has released the Veriton X270 desktop PC, adding a new desktop to its Veriton line of business desktops. With the X270-pricing for which...
Is Google Where Startups Go to Die?
Google is one of several angel investors with a stake in Pixazza, a startup making technology that is supposed to allow publishers of e-commerce...