Of course, Republicans seized on the quotation by misquoting Gore; Trent Lott sent out a press release claiming to have invented the paper clip, and Dan Quayle joked that he “invented spell-check.” And Democrats, meanwhile, offered narrowly correct rebuttals that Gore never claimed to have “invented” the Internet–while largely glossing over a worldview that implies [...]
The message that the executives brought to the crowd at CES was simple: Technology is key to improving the lives of billions of poor people throughout the world. Intel Chairman Craig Barrett and Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers have each received awards and have been lauded for their work in helping fight poverty throughout the [...]
“The net was a mixed bag, but but generally more constructive than most had expected… we got some clarity on spending but only more superficial assurances about the processes underlying spending decisions.”
“There is nothing under discussion between the two of us,” he said.
Several analysts I spoke to after the meeting on Thursday say they were [...]
The effect Microsoft demoed (see video here) is sort of like taking a Woolly Willy to a real person in a moving video. It’s applications, of course, could be much broader than adding facial hair (though I have some friends that would probably pay good money just for that particular effect).
Microsoft showed off a technology [...]
Definitely worth a read.
And why does this matter to the average citizen?
As their own funding dries up, the remaining financial firms will be much more cautious in extending credit to normal firms and individuals. So even for people whose own circumstances have not much changed, the cost of the credit is going to rise. [...]
Correction, 7:30 a.m. PDT Wednesday: This report mischaracterized the
iPhone 3G’s influence on AT&T’s second quarter. The phone’s launch came after the quarter’s close.
While AT&T’s wireless services rose 14.8 percent, to nearly $11 billion during the quarter, its wireless-equipment sales, which include the iPhone, soared 26.5 percent, reaching $1 billion.
The telecommunications powerhouse, which is the exclusive [...]
Parallels has released the newest edition of its virtualization software for the
Mac, promising dramatic performance improvements for those running both Windows and Mac OS on their systems.
Graphics performance is also improved with the addition of DirectX9 support and Open GL 2.0. Notifications from programs running in the Windows compartment can be displayed on the [...]
The iPhone, one year later
Verizon’s fiber guru talks strategy
A year ago Sunday, Apple’s iPhone officially made its way into the hands of consumers. CNET News.com reporter Tom Krazit was on the front lines covering the phone’s frenzied release and he’s been following the device ever since. He joins the podcast to talk about some of [...]
“Even if Apple moved to 10 percent market share, why spend the time on the 10 percent when you can just nail 90 percent with one bug?” Miller points out. It’s far easier, and far more lucrative, for those shadowy figures in the hacking business to spend their time going after the other 90-plus [...]
BURLINGAME, Calif.–At Where 2.0, Poly9 CEO Greg Sadetsky took the stage to pitch his Flash-based Google Earth competitor, Free Earth. Unlike other 3D mapping apps from Google and Microsoft, it does not require any client-side downloads (assuming the user’s computer already has a Flash plug-in).
While I would not be surprised to see an embeddable [...]
