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Archive for June, 2010

Mysteries solved–new Intel Classmate PC unveiled

30 Jun 2010

Boasting bigger screens, bigger hard drives, and an integrated Webcam, updated versions of the Classmate PC were introduced at the Intel Developer Forum Thursday.

Don’t miss CNET’s full review of the new 9-inch Classmate PC.

The price of the new Classmate PCs put it in direct competition with the popular Eee PC from Asus, which is also [...]

Is Google’s BigTable too private

28 Jun 2010

Christophe Bisciglia, senior software engineer, Google
Jason Hoffman, founder and chief technology officer, Joyent
Tony Lucas, CEO, XCalibre Communications
Lew Moorman, senior vice president of strategy and corporate development, Rackspace
Geva Perry, chief marketing officer, GigaSpaces
Joe Weinman, VP of Strategic Solutions at AT&T
“The question is, is it about selling your soul? You can’t leave,” Hoffman said during the [...]

Google advertisers get view into keyword search po

23 Jun 2010

(Credit:
Google)

Google has added a significant new feature to the tool that advertisers can use to select the keywords they want to bid for: the ability to see roughly how many people actually search using those terms.

Google makes the vast majority of its revenue and profit from advertisers whose text ads appear next to search results. [...]

Yahoo report filled with Microsoft subtext

22 Jun 2010

The Microsoft takeover effort was both between the lines in Yahoo’s earnings report and on the bottom line itself.

However, I read his words more as a pitch for a higher price than as a real justification for his go-it-alone approach. He talked about the strength of the current strategy, but notably didn’t use the words [...]

House bill aims to ban new cell phone taxes

18 Jun 2010

The wireless industry’s lobbying arm, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), is supporting the bill, calling it “a step in the right direction.” In its own statement, the association joined Lofgren in saying that a ban on new taxes would help encourage new innovation in the wireless sector. “We should do everything in our power [...]

NHL tries to break the ice online

16 Jun 2010

I tried to pin Cooper to the boards until he gave me some hard numbers on subscription projections, but was unable to get specifics.

The National Hockey League figures its teams do a pretty good job of connecting with the ice junkies in their own backyards.

The league has been streaming video for a while now, said [...]

Three Rings officially launches ‘Whirled’

04 Jun 2010

Like other casual MMO systems–Metaplace, from Areae, may be the closest competitor–Whirled is entirely browser-based. And while most users will likely just play games, the availability of the APIs and the ability to re-work existing Three Rings casual games, makes it possible for developers to get a quick start on putting their creations in front [...]