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Archive for July, 2010

How much for a Google Android phone

30 Jul 2010

T-Mobile declined to comment.
The soon-to-be announced, first-ever
Google Android phone will be priced at $200 with a two-year contract, according to a blog post on TechCrunch.
The HTC Dream will be the first phone that uses Google’s open-source operating system called Android. T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to the offer the new phone, which is [...]

The three routes to cloud computing’s future

30 Jul 2010

A hybrid cloud is the use of both public and internal cloud capabilities to meet the needs of an application system. A private cloud meets the needs of an application system by any combination of public and internal cloud resources–and that combination can change moment by moment.
Cloud computing is Internet (”cloud”) based development [...]

Report Ballmer says Yahoo announcement coming ‘in

30 Jul 2010

Balllmer says he knows what Yahoo is worth.
Ballmer, speaking to Microsoft employees in a so-called town hall conference call Thursday, also said an announcement regarding Yahoo is coming “in very short order,” the blog site reported. But what he meant by that is unclear, since he also noted that he had “nothing to say today.” [...]

Two quick fixes for Firefox 3

30 Jul 2010

(Credit:
CNET Networks)
MR Tech Toolkit can disable all add-on compatibility checks.

I can’t guarantee that this will work for everybody, but since I was having the problem on my home and work computers and the Flash 10 beta solution fixed it on both, I’m reasonably confident that it should work for most of you.

Let’s look at [...]

Venture capitalists We are open for business, but

30 Jul 2010

Ron Conway of Baseline Ventures: “React proactively. It’s all about months of cash.” If you have less than a year, he says, you are at risk. Go to your current investors and get a bridge loan. If you can’t get a loan from your existing investors, then you know they are not “with you.” [...]

Google to buy GeoEye satellite imagery

29 Jul 2010

The Google-emblazoned rocket.
(Credit:
GeoEye/ULA)

“The GeoEye-1 satellite has the highest ground resolution color imagery available in the commercial marketplace and will produce high-quality imagery with a very accurate geolocation,” said Google spokeswoman Kate Hurowitz, adding that most commercial satellite imagery has a resolution of 60cm. “It is our goal to display high-resolution imagery for as much [...]

Appcelerator switches from GPL to Apache to boost

29 Jul 2010

Why the switch? According to a blog posting from Appcelerator CEO Jeff Haynie, it’s all about adoption and matching one’s code (and its license) with one’s community:

I’m a big fan of the GPL, but I completely agree that it’s not always the right tool for every job. Adoption is the first order of business for [...]

Report U.S. vulnerable to Chinese cyber espionage

29 Jul 2010

U.S. officials and lawmakers have complained about specific incidences where they believed Chinese representatives breached their systems. This summer, two congressmen who have been longtime critics of China’s human rights record accused China of compromising computers that had information related to political dissidents. In the spring, government sources told the Associated Press that they [...]

Yahoo to offer ad-supported online games

29 Jul 2010

Yahoo, however, still plans to retain the ability for users to continue receiving paid game downloads, sans advertising appearing on the games.

Yahoo Games announced on Thursday that it will expand into ad-supported online games by the end of the year, a move not without its controversy.

That flexibility may be key in satisfying players who [...]

Netflix Watch Now Missing too much popular conten

29 Jul 2010

(Credit:
CNET Networks)
(Credit:
CNET)

Wrong. A quick survey of the site’s top 100 list (and the top 25 list for each genre) reveals that little more than 5 percent of the site’s most popular movies and TV shows are available for streaming. For instance, March of the Penguins is the only movie in the top [...]