Archive for September 25th, 2008

Encouraging family time within a company’s culture

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network

Encouraging family time within a company’s culture–One of the primary reasons I love my company is that it is so flexible about family arrangements.

Is Clear worth anything at all?–Peter Glaskowsky updates his previous post about the Clear Registered Traveler program with some information even Clear doesn’t seem to have–the TSA is no longer running background checks on applicants.

Former Intel clone supplier seeks buyer–Transmeta, formerly a supplier of Intel-compatible chips, says it is looking for a buyer.

State attorneys general push online child safety snake oil–Attorneys general from a number of states give their support to a collection of weak and ineffective age verification technologies, all of which aim to protect children on the Internet.

Why iPhone developers should defect to Android

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Don Reisinger thinks Android can be a refuge for rejected iPhone developers. Even better, he thinks it could make Apple change its ways.

Microsoft’s Mundie outlines the future of computing

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

The research and strategy chief says “spatial computing” will see people and sensors spewing trillions of bits of data, with programmers scrambling to mask complexity.

Mundie: The cloud needs killer apps

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer has a vision for the future of computing. But what are the next must-have applications that will drive demand?

Open source: The new usability testing

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Open source offers a great way to de-risk IT purchasing decisions by putting real experience in the hands of the CIO.

Adobe extends Photoshop to mobile phones

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Photoshop.com Mobile lets people upload and view photos shot with several Windows phones. The subtext here: Adobe is trying to funnel people to its Photoshop site.

‘Google Moderator’ tool takes on lecture-hall chaos

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Created by a Google engineer who wanted to make it easier for panel audiences to ask questions, the internal tool has now been released to the public.

Verizon: Put the brakes on broadband monitoring

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

The ISP itself does not engage in monitoring its customers to display relevant ads, but nevertheless suggests some guidelines on how it should be done.

Warning: Use of this product may result in injury or death!

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Back in the day, the prime directive of owners manuals was information: as in how you use the products. Nowadays, it’s more about deflecting liability.

Green news harvest: Wave power moves ahead

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Carbon trading in U.S. begins, a hydrogen car reality check, range of solar technologies dominate this quarter’s VC investments, Dell’s LED screen make laptops greener, stolen solar panels a growing problem.