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Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
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 Google will be the latest company trying to convince users that they want to surf the web from their living room — it’s working with Intel and Sony on a new platform called Google TV, according to a report in The New York Times.
This follows Google’s previous attempt to get into television advertising— an effort that doesn’t seem to have paid off. That effort’s initial leader, Tim Armstrong, left to run AOL. Since Google’s colossal success in web advertising didn’t transfer to the old-media world of television, it makes sense to bring web advertising to the TV instead. Google TV will reportedly be based on the Android operating system that was launched on mobile phones, but which the company has said it wants to bring to other devices. Google TV users should be able to flip through web applications as easily as they can change channels. It will compete with products from Boxee, Netflix, and others. Like Android, the system will reportedly be open source, but Sony is working to bring out the first devices, including set-top boxes and maybe TVs, while Logitech is working on peripheral accessories like a keyboard-equipped remote control. For now, Google has built a prototype set-top box. As it always does on product rumor stories like this, Google declined to comment on the report. |
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
Former IBM chief financial officer and current Apple director Jerome York has been hospitalized in Pontiac, Michigan and is currently listed as being in critical condition.
Bloomberg cites York's wife Eilene in reporting that York collapsed at his Rochester, Michigan, home Tuesday night and was transferred to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital by emergency services.
Doctors attending to the 71-year old Michigan-native say he suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
York is currently the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harwinton Capital. He was the former Chief Financial Officer of both IBM and Chrysler and also served as Chief Executive Officer of Micro Warehouse before joining Apple's board of directors in 1997.
A graduate of West Point, York earned an MBA at the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
While serving Apple, York also entertained a brief stint as a director for General Motors, holding a seat on its board from February to October of 2006. |
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
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Wikipedia is one of the most amazing knowledge resources on the Internet, featuring millions of articles and images, but it sorely lacks a certain (very important) type of content – video. For this reason the Open Video Alliance is launching a mass campaign to bring video to Wikipedia . The central site for the project is Let’s Get Video on Wikipedia, featuring a tutorial on how to post videos to Wikipedia as well as a gallery of some of the recently posted videos. There’s also good news for those who were struggling to convert videos to Theora, which is the open video format used by Wikipedia. The makers of Miro are testing a free utility for converting videos to Theora; it’s not ready for launch yet, but it will be very soon. From their blog post: “Shhhhh. If you look around that site, you’ll notice a reference to a new Miro product that is in a usable beta form but not quite ready for a full launch. Look for a launch announcement very soon.”
The project’s Facebook page is here, and you can also follow the Open Video Alliance on Twitter. |
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
| Well everyone, we are just one day away from the Symfony Live 2010 After Party here in London. As most of you already know it's kicking off at 6:30pm in Holborn - Sway Bar downstairs in the Velvet Room (map). We have a private bar for everyone to buy beverages and we have ordered sufficient platters with Mediterranean/ Asian nibbles that will be offered to everyone for free so nobody will go hungry. The bar will also be serving main courses should you feel like a full dinner. |  | Sway Bar (Velvet Room) Schedule: We are very excited to have a full set of people come forward to present not only a Symfony project but also dig in a bit deeper to explain how this great framework helped them solve certain issues. To wrap up the talks we will be giving a short summary of Symfony Live and an overview of the Symfony 2 announcement. Note: This is an informal and relaxed night to hear some Symfony presentations, have some drinks and meet others who share a common interest or are linked to similar industries. - 6:45pm - Welcome & Intro
- 7:00pm - 7:20pm Jamie Learmonth
Symfony for social networks, search engines and e-mail delivery. - 7:25pm - 7:45pm Nathan O'Hanlan
The challenges of 252 million page views - 7:50pm - 8:10pm Ben Haines
Symfony to power a charity organisation - 8:15pm - 8:30pm Daniel Andre Eikeland
Membership systems with Symfony - 8:30pm - 8:45pm Jamie Learmonth
Symfony Live 2010 summary and overview of Symfony 2 announcement - 8:45pm - Late / Social drinking
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- Minutes from Holborn tube station.
- Sway Bar in Velvet Room downstairs
- Kicks off at 6:30pm
Address:
61-65 Great Queen Street
London, WC2B 5BZ
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Sunday, 31 January 2010 |
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The Google Web Server - custom-built server software used only by Google - now runs nearly 13 per cent of all active web sites, according to the latest survey data from the web-server-tracking UK research outfit Netcraft. Netcraft data has the Google Web Server (GWS) running nearly 11 million active sites - i.e., sites with recently updated content. This total includes not only sites run solely by Google, but also sites the company operates on behalf of third parties via services like Blogger, Google Docs, and Google App Engine. Full Story
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Submitted by actz
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Sunday, 31 January 2010 |
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Will Apple's new iPad support Adobe Flash when it ships in March? Not if you trust Steve Jobs' much-picked-over presentation in San Francisco on Wednesday - or the current EULA attached to the device's beta SDK. But for some reason, the marketing materials on the Apple website tell a different story. If you watch Apple's promo video - available either here (Apple) or here (YouTube), depending on whether you want to register your precious click in Cupertino or Mountain View - you'll notice that the iPad is displaying Flash content in a New York Times story. (Kudos to 9to5Mac for bringing this to our attention).  Here's a Flash-enabled NYT image from Apple's promotional iPad video Full Story
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Submitted by actz
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Monday, 11 January 2010 |
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Mozilla spun out a near-ready version of Firefox 3.6 over the weekend, all of which suggests that the final build of the next iteration of the open source browser could be imminent. The outfit said on Sunday that over 75 per cent of the thousands of Firefox Add-ons had now been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with the Release Candidate version of Firefox 3.6. Mozilla noted that the RC “may update itself periodically, and will eventually be exactly the same as the final Firefox 3.6 release itself”. More than 100 bugs have been patched in the latest test version of the browser, which is built on the org’s Gecko 1.9.2 platform. It comes loaded with Personas, allowing surfers to change Firefox’s appearance with a single click of the mouse. Full Story
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Submitted by actz
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Monday, 11 January 2010 |
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The idea of a "Google phone" percolated even before Android emerged in 2007. Back then, many wondered if Google would dive into the smart-phone market. As we now know, the search-engine giant waded in – releasing an operating system for others to play with – but didn't go too deep. Yesterday, Google prepared to cannonball.
// The Nexus One not only runs Android, but is the first "Google phone" to grow up and remain in-house. While built by HTC, the Nexus One is available through google.com/phone, may be purchased without a carrier, reflects the company's design aesthetic, and sports the newest version of Android. The phone marks a surprising step for Google, even if reviewers aren't blown away by the device itself. Most agree the new phone is great, but so are many of its rivals. Here's what the early reviews say about the Nexus One.
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 |
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Way, way, way too much is being made of the supposed impact Intel's new Atom N450 chip will have on the netbook and, by extension, laptop markets. This chip, though 60 percent smaller and 20 percent lighter--like we'll notice--remains hampered by a slow 1.66 GHz. clock speed and all the other constraints implicit in the word "netbook." Business users should wade carefully into the netbook marketplace, which I know is enticing this holiday season. The machines remain artificially constrained so as to avoid creating competition for pricier laptops. If you need a computer with limited performance--as in basic applications running one or maybe two at a time, hampered by a lack of memory--then netbooks are an acceptable option.
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 |
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Square Enix's roleplaying spectacle-spinner Final Fantasy XIII sold over 1.5 million units in its first four days on store shelves, reports Japanese tracker Enterbrain. Not bad at all, considering the game's only available for the PlayStation 3 in Japan (the English-language version for both PS3 and Xbox 360 doesn't ship until next March). Square Enix president Yoichi Wada revealed the company has already shipped 1.8 million copies, and expressed hope sales would reach the 2 million mark shortly. View all info
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