31 Jul 2010
Looks like Google is starting to take Apps Premier a bit more seriously, providing users with SLA credits for the August outage and realizing that the guy who chose Google Apps has to report to someone else when things go haywire.
Given the production incidents that occurred in August, we’ll be extending the full SLA credit [...]
29 Jul 2010
“The nForce 200 SLI processor features patented SLI technology for graphics bandwidth management and multi-GPU peer-to-peer communications, both required to optimize graphics performance,” Nvidia said. GPU stands for graphics processing unit.
Nvidia included statements from system suppliers in the Monday release. “It’s great to see that Nvidia opted to enable SLI on the future Intel Bloomfield [...]
29 Jul 2010
Nokia tunes up new music phones
Calif. lawmaker wants to blur Google Earth
Listen now:
Apple shrinks its iPod Shuffle
Google crowdsources maps directions, too
Microsoft details app store plans
Apple overhauls the iPod Shuffle with new features and more storage in an even smaller case. Reporter Tom Krazit stops by the podcast studio to talk about where the [...]
29 Jul 2010
But that’s what Adelson and Rose were saying in the last town hall event, too, and that presidential election isn’t going away any time soon.
The first question asked complained about the dilution of Digg’s trademark tech news by partisan politics, with the submitter declaring, “I’ve had enough Huffington Post stories for a lifetime” in reference [...]
29 Jul 2010
Since Inrix collects data from actual moving vehicles, not just road sensors, it can report on traffic speeds on any road where there are drivers. Today, the company announced that it’s now providing coverage on all U.S. freeways, for instance–over 100,000 miles of roads. Mapquest will be the first of Inrix’s customers to use [...]
29 Jul 2010
If you’re not the tweaking type, simply pick one of the available templates (also free) and start publishing your photos.
There are plenty of free ways to build an average photoblog, but if you have dreams of creating one that meets your needs and not just the masses, check out Pixelpost 1.7.1. Updated earlier this year [...]
29 Jul 2010
At the same time, Facebook’s executive ranks began more and more to resemble those of a Silicon Valley power player rather than a geeky college start-up. The social network hired former Google executives Sheryl Sandberg and Elliot Schrage as chief operating officer and vice president of communications and public affairs, respectively, and just last week [...]
29 Jul 2010
This week a report from Fortify found that, while vulnerabilities exist and are reported within the open-source community, not every open-source project had a clearly defined contact or security alias. Nor was it clear what the process would be for issuing a patch, or how the projects conduct their own vulnerability assessments. The report looked [...]
27 Jul 2010
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Yahoo)
Is it frustrating, sure, when people talk about the departure of employees, but I would like to get the distractions behind us.
She noted that the stock has held its ground, despite a tough economic environment. And that she tries to avoid getting consumed by the swirl of distractions that have been under way [...]
23 Jul 2010
Sanderson also lowered his earnings estimates for the company to 8 cents a share for the quarter, compared with 9 cents under his earlier forecast, and an earnings per share of 67 cents for the year, verses his earlier projection of 69 cents a share.
With its shares dipping into the $13 range, Yahoo not only [...]