Archive for November 20th, 2008

Samsung launches 256GB solid-state drive

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network

Samsung launches 256GB solid state drive–Electronics maker begins mass-producing its largest-capacity SSD product to date. Its single-platform design includes a chip controller, NAND flash, and special drive firmware.

TweetValue estimates your Twitter profile’s worth–The recently launched TweetValue tells Twitter users how much (or how little) their profile is worth.

China to tax virtual goods–The Chinese government wants a piece of the virtual world action.

Army’s new mosquito trap exploits “irrepressible urge”–Army goes to war with dengue spreading mosquito.

TweetValue estimates your Twitter profile’s worth

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

The recently launched TweetValue tells Twitter users how much their profile is worth.

Local.com goes local for video

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Local.com is bringing local video advertising to its Web page.

SunRun lands financing for solar panel leasing

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

In a bad economic environment, start-up SunRun gets $105 million commitment from U.S. Bank to bankroll another 2,000 solar installations paid through leases.

Mufin opens up with Facebook app and iTunes plug-in

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Scientific music search tool Mufin opens up and launches its iTunes plug-in for sorting through your music for recommendations.

Patent lawsuit filed against Facebook: Here we go again

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Leader Technologies has filed suit against Facebook for patent violations, but the alleged violation seems specious at best.

SolarWorld serious about buying GM’s Opel

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

The CEO of a company that makes solar-powered race cars tells a German radio station that his company’s $1.3 billion bid for General Motors’ Opel is the real deal.

Has everything audio that can be invented been invented?

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

In terms of audio–and video–what do you want that has yet to exist?

Yahoo brings its Glue to the U.S.

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Internet search pioneer launches beta test of its Glue Pages in the U.S., taking a page from its experimental visual search results site on Yahoo India.

Open source is not a binary decision at Adobe

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Adobe open sources technology selectively and intelligently, as dictated by its shareholders and its community members.