IE9 Setting Download Records, Yet Losing Influence?
News about Microsoft, and especially Internet Explorer, seems to follow a pattern. We get one good report, only to be followed by a negative one. Case in point: this morning I wrote about the…
Future of ‘Net Investment Looks Bleak
By jamesdelong
At Investor’s Business Daily, Robert Higgs takes a gloomy look at the current state of net investment in the U.S., and concludes: Unless private investment recovers more rapidly, the economy’s recovery is sure to…
Google’s Cloud Crash Woes Likely Soothed by Virtualized Offline Tape Storage
By Kyt Dotson
This weekend some Google e-mail users woke up to discover most of their messages, contacts, and recorded chat sessions had gone up in smoke. An event that Google’s engineers have determined was caused by…
GigaSpaces Partners up with Excelian, heads to Finance and Gaming
Virtualized application platforms maker GigaSpaces announced a partnership with London-based Excelian, a technology consulting company with 250 staffers. The partnership is meant to extend GigaSpaces’ reach to finance services and gaming companies. “We chose…
The Misguided Debate on Cellphone Safety
By George Ou
News came out last week that a new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that cell phones caused additional brain activity and it predictably stirred up the old cell…
Yahoo Surpassed by Bing, Faces Threat in Display Ads Too
By Isha Suri
A recent StatCounter report reveals that Microsoft’s Bing has overtaken Yahoo for the very first time in February 2011. Figures reveal that Bing search engine closed with a 4.37 percent share, comparatively higher than…
Co-Founder of RockMelt Eric Vishria shares about Social Browsing and Hints at Mobile
By socialnerdia
Eric Vishria is the co-founder and CEO of RockMelt, a social media web browser based on Google’s Chromium. RockMelt is backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and was introduced to the world about 3…
Boxee Lands $16.5M in Recent Round of Financing
By Kyt Dotson
The company who brought us the Boxee Box last year has entered a new round of funding and managed to come out with a pretty penny. After taking months to move through beta and…
New Media Minute: How to Increase Video Views
If you’re a brand, publisher or content provider producing videos for the Web, you want people to find those videos. But what are some ways you can make sure your videos are easily discovered,…
Heavenly Cloud Match: Fusion-io and Supermicro Break Records
By Cherr Aira
Breaking Records has been Fusion-io’s tradition. Tie it up with powerhouse Supermicro, and you get a solid pair that can deliver any time of the day. Their partnership was recently sealed as they both…