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Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
The 3D web moved closer to reality as Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox browser, joined forces with graphics consortium Khronos. Khronos has set up a working group to create a standard for what it calls accelerated 3D graphics on the web. It could l...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Mobile ad network AdMob has moved aggressively into the iPhone ad market, and it's paying off. In the last year, the company's iPhone ad business -- measured by ad requests -- grew more than 35x. Last month, the company served up 1.2 billion ads worldwide...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Google probably finally realized that there was a threat in semantic search engines so it decided to do something about it. The Web search giant said it would add semantic search capabilities to its well-known engine. This means that the Google Web search...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
The boundaries between the two continue to blur. Just about every network TV show can now be watched online. Two headlines from last week sum up the state of the online video/TV world nicely: "Free Online TV a Threat to Industry," proclaimed one. "Death...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
President Obama's $7 billion-plus plan to bring broadband to rural America could create up to 260,000 new jobs, according to researchers. But some industry executives worry it will take too long to put that money to work. Raul Katz, director of strategy a...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Device and hardware makers are discovering the flexibility of the Linux stack as the foundation of a platform for mobile applications that bring value to the wares they want to sell. Complications exist, but manufacturers are working through them to furth...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Demand for data storage keeps going up, even while consumers expect the cost per bit to keep going down. However, the magnetic-recording materials used in today's hard disks are reaching their storage limits and will probably max out within five years. To...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
A chip developed by European scientists simulates the learning capabilities of the human brain. An international team of scientists in Europe has created a silicon chip designed to function like a human brain. With 200,000 neurons linked up by 50 million ...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Tie a string around your finger. Write a message on a Post-it note. Leave yourself a voice mail. For centuries, people have come up with ingenious ways to aid their memories. But it's still all too easy to forget. A startup called ReQall, based in Moffett...
With Help From a Software Maker, a Mac Gets a Chance to Break Into TV - AZADEH ENSHA, New York Times
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
There has been a lot of chatter and nearly as much activity around turning computers into entertainment centers. Windows machines get the bulk of the attention (naturally), but now there is a device to bring TV magic to Mac devices. Elgato Systems, a make...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
But I asked Mr. Ballmer, why bother with trying to catch up to Google in search when it looks as if the enterprise market has much better potential return given the risk He flatly rejected the premise of the question. “There are only three things on t...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Steve Perlman wants you to throw away your video game console. Mr. Perlman, a Silicon Valley veteran who is a former principal scientist at Apple and the founder of WebTV, has unveiled his new company, OnLive, which he says has the potential to radically ...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
For more than two decades, personal computing has been anything but inexpensive. To be sure, prices for the average computer have dropped substantially since the 1980s. But with the exception of the occasional bargain or bare-bones configuration, the pric...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
DSP, the company that offered a novel approach to improving photos and video through its now-discontinued FixMyMovie Web site, plans to release a promised version of its software for personal computers. MotionDSP's vReveal software can extract higher qual...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
As with every new Apple gadget, the rumors have started as the company begins building excitement for other products. In this case the iPhone OS 3, which Apple debuted earlier this month, and an anticipated Apple “netbook.”
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Cyberbullying victims turn to the web for help. A new website set up to help people beingcyberbullied has already prompted tens of thousands of children to look for help. Cybermentors.org.uk is thought to be the first website in the world where help for v...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
More than 8 million subscribers have fallen for World of Warcraft. Demand for subscription massive multiplayer online games (MMOG) will top $2bn (£1.3bn) by 2013, according to a new report. The study, by analysts Screen Digest, said the market had been...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
The service will be available later in the year and charge a monthly fee. A new online video game distribution network hopes to revolutionise the way people play games and re-write the economics of the industry. OnLive, to be launched at the Game Develo...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Cisco Systems on Thursday said it intends to plunk down $590 million in stock to acquire Pure Digital, maker of the pint-sized Flip Video line of cameras, a favorite among the YouTube crowd. The acquisition, and its high-dollar price tag, has industry ana...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for at least $6.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, in a deal that could bolster their computer server products against rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co. That would translate into a premium of about 10...
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