Monthly Archives: October 2010
Google Gives Goo.gl URL Shortener Its Own Home
Google gave its Google URL Shortener history, analytics capabilities and its own home Sept. 30, enabling users to shorten URLs from the new goo.gl...
Microsoft’s Ballmer Takes Financial Hit on Kin, Windows Mobile
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may be feeling some personal pain from his company's recent debacles in the mobile arena: according to Microsoft's 2010 Proxy...
Intel Labs Eyes Atom-Based Compute Clusters
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Intel reportedly is not interested in pushing its energy-efficient Atom processor for the server space.Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel's...
Google Mobile Ads Go Hyperlocal for Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Google continued to refine its mobile ad technologies Sept. 29 with the introduction of a new hyperlocal advertising feature geared to help consumers in...
Google Street View Comes to Antarctica, Brazil, Ireland
Google Sept. 30 said it has added imagery for its Street View technology across all seven continents, adding footage in Antarctica, Brazil and Ireland.Google...
Microsoft Names New Office President, Details Mobile, Entertainment Reorg
Microsoft has named three new presidents to key divisions within the company, replacing those departed in a series of executive shakeups earlier this year....
Apple Sues Nokia in Britain: Report
Apple, furthering its legal wranglings with global handset leader Nokia, is extending its lawsuit in Britain, according to Reuters. Apple already has suits against...
Google Introduces WebP Image Format
Google has introduced a new Web image format, known as WebP, with the goal of speeding up the performance of Websites.In a Sept. 30...
Facebook Photos Go High-Resolution, Get Batch Tagging
Facebook Sept. 30 said its photo software will enable high-resolution images, a better viewer for browsing photos and a new photo upload tool for...
NASA Future Uncertain as Lockheed Ends Shuttle Tank Production
After 37 years and 136 tanks constructed, Lockheed Martin announced the decision to end production of the space shuttle external tank at the NASA...