Kinect Gets a Price Point (and One More E3 Wish)
If you’ve been following the Microsoft rumors in the gadget blogs (and let’s face it, most of you don’t do that), you already suspected that the Microsoft Kinect (formerly known as Project Natal) was…
Innovation Trends: Silicon Valley Verses Boston and The World – Consumerization of EveryThing Not Just IT
By John Furrier
I just got back from my trip last week to the Boston and surrounding areas. Of course the Celtics Lakers were the big story, but I found myself contrasting the two regions from a…
Palo Alto is Migrating to San Francisco
By Tom Foremski
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that tech firms have become a chief driver for office space in San Francisco. Tech firms making S.F. new home Many of the tenants are swelling homegrown businesses like…
Mark Zuckerberg Caught Off Guard by Popular Facebook Games
In an interview with Inside Facebook today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reflected on the past couple of years and how the social network’s platform has grown. Interviewer Justin Smith dug in for some insight…
Amazon Cuts the Price of a Kindle. Is it Enough?
By Jay Livens
Amazon recently reduced the price of the its Kindle eBook reader to $189 from $259. This is a substantial discount, but does it matter? Personally, I am not convinced about the benefits of the…
Inform Technologies Raises $4M towards Consumer-driven Semantic Web
Inform Technologies, a New York-based company providing semantic web solutions, has raised $4 million in a Series A round of funding. Led by previous backers Spark Capital, The Stephens Group and The Oklahoma Publishing…
The iPad & the End-User Computing Revolution
With more than 2 million units sold in its first two months the Apple iPad is clearly a phenomenon. And with at least three competing thin neo-tablets — the WebOS-based iSlate from HP and…
Research Note: Hypervisor Overview – VDI Virtual Desktops VMware & Citrix
{Editors Note: In our quest to provide great original content we are adding research notes to our coverage of cloud computing. This is the beginning of a series of posts from Glenda Sue Canfield…
Wire Once While Staying Flexible with 10GbE and Virtualization
When companies plan their data center infrastructure, there is always uncertainty. When servers, storage and networks are deployed, there is usually a lot of guessing around the memory, bandwidth and storage required. The growth…
My Puppy Isn’t a Candylicker. Universal Using DMCA for Free Advertising.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is the weapon of choice for the RIAA. The music industry’s battle to control their properties often snares innocent citizens and puts tremendous pressure on ISP’s to police…