Archive for April 9th, 2008

Report: Dell to release a low-cost minilaptop

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Why is this man smiling? Because everyone loves cheap and tiny laptops.

(Credit: Dell)

You didn’t expect Dell to sit idly by while Asus, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard went flitting about town with their trendy low-cost, low-power minilaptops, did you? Paris Hilton isn’t the only celebrity to tote a …

Yahoo to acquire marketing analytics company

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Yahoo announced Wednesday that it plans to acquire Tensa Kft., a Hungarian company known professionally as IndexTools, which makes marketing analytics tools for the Web.

Financial terms of the deal were not released, but Yahoo hopes that the acquisition will be finalized by the middle of 2008. Yahoo, currently battling …

The SWARM: Coming to a battlefield near you

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
(Credit: SWARM)

Scientists are working to imbue unmanned vehicles with the “swarm” mentality found in some animals and insects, allowing armed robots to coordinate their efforts on the battlefield in much the same way piranhas attack a floundering cow.

The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science

What’s a better investment: Computers, chips, or coffee?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Sometimes I’m so uninspired I can’t come up with a decent blog post to save my life. When that happens, I turn to what comforts me: numbers. Yes, I know how weird that sounds. What can I say, I’m a geek.

Anyway, I just got to wondering how investors in various technology companies fared over the long haul. I was just as interested in how technology companies performed versus companies with a more traditional business model.

Microsoft’s new gig: Virtual host to robotics competitions

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Aldebaran Robotics

Aldebaran Robotics, maker of the humanoid robot Nao, has joined Microsoft's partner program and will support Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008.

(Credit: Aldebaran Robotics)

Microsoft plans to host a series of virtual competitions for robot creators to generate excitement for the nascent robotics industry and its newest developer

Report: Dell to release a low-cost minilaptop

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Why is this man smiling? Because everyone loves cheap and tiny laptops.

(Credit: Dell)

You didn’t expect Dell to sit idly by while Asus, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard went flitting about town with their trendy low-cost, low-power minilaptops, did you? Paris Hilton isn’t the only celebrity to tote a …

OpenX gets a Yahoo as CEO; Yahoo demonstrates it ‘gets’ open source

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

OpenX announced Wednesday that it has hired Tim Cadogan, Yahoo’s former global ad marketplaces senior vice president. The company also announced that it’s making the long move from London to Los Angeles to set up headquarters.

As D: All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher reports:

Cadogan, who was with Yahoo for five years, in its search unit and later as SVP for ad products, including playing an important role in the launch of its Panama ad search product. Previously, he was an early member of the GoTo.com team and went to Yahoo just before it acquired Overture.

Yahoo to acquire marketing analytics company

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Yahoo announced Wednesday that it plans to acquire Tensa Kft., a Hungarian company known professionally as IndexTools, which makes marketing analytics tools for the Web.

Financial terms of the deal were not released, but Yahoo hopes that the acquisition will be finalized by the middle of 2008. Yahoo, currently battling …

The SWARM: Coming to a battlefield near you

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
(Credit: SWARM)

Scientists are working to imbue unmanned vehicles with the “swarm” mentality found in some animals and insects, allowing armed robots to coordinate their efforts on the battlefield in much the same way piranhas attack a floundering cow.

The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science

What’s a better investment: Computers, chips, or coffee?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Sometimes I’m so uninspired I can’t come up with a decent blog post to save my life. When that happens, I turn to what comforts me: numbers. Yes, I know how weird that sounds. What can I say, I’m a geek.

Anyway, I just got to wondering how investors in various technology companies fared over the long haul. I was just as interested in how technology companies performed versus companies with a more traditional business model.