FCC Opens New Airwaves to the Public

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Regulators, siding with techs like Google and Microsoft, rule that "white space" freed up by digital TV is best used for high-speed wireless hot spots While the country was picking its next President on Nov. 4, the Federal...

Microsoft working on Blu-ray recording support in Vista

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Microsoft is to provide an update to Windows Vista that will allow Blu-ray discs to be recorded.

Shiny Gallery: Election gadgets - because politicians can educate AND entertain

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
now you can!

Does Change at Apple Portend New Music Strategy?

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
A game of executive musical chairs at Apple could lead to a more connected iTunes. We hope the company will deliver a Web 2.

GPS underwear. No, really.

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Do you know what underwear is missing? GPS. What's that?

Apple puts former IBM exec in charge of handheld products

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Apple on Tuesday confirmed the imminent departure of iPod chief Tony Fadell, saying he'll be replaced by a former IBM executive who'll oversee engineering of the company's handheld products.

BlackBerry Bold on sale in US today

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Finally, after several international false starts and domestic delays, the 3G BlackBerry Bold has premiered at AT&T; stores and online in the US, with an offer of free Wi-Fi at some AT&T; hotspots.

CNN’s Jonathan Klein: CNN Is More Like eBay Than Network News

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Jonathan Klein, disappointingly, does not know who won today's presidential election.

Google caught up in row over gay marriage vote

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Google has become embroiled in a row about gay marriage, after opponents of same-sex unions in California used the search engine's advertising network to post messages on popular websites against ...

IPod Creator Leaves Apple

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Apple will hang onto executive for "consulting" for a bit longer, still helmed by a familiar face

Apple Hires I.B.M. Veteran as Device Engineer

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Apple said that it planned to hire Mark Papermaster to run its iPod and iPhone hardware engineering groups.

A vote for broadband in the “white spaces”

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology

Mr. Benioff, Tear Down That Wall

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, talks about how Salesforce is all for sweetness and love and openness and all the good things.

Forget The Magic Wall. CNN Now Has Holograms (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Forget The Magic Wall.  CNN Now Has Holograms  —  CNN is cool.  In addition to the huge touchscreen “Magic Wall” (which was originally military technology), CNN's Wolf Blitzer gets to play with Holograms today during their coverage of the presidential elections.

What Fadell’s Departure Means for Apple

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Development chief Tony Fadell's exit underscores concerns about whether Apple is doing enough to groom management talent that could succeed Steve Jobs One of the biggest names behind the iPod, Tony Fadell, is leaving Apple....

Two U.S. Voters Cast Ballots Outside Earth (AHN)

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
AHN Staff Houston, TX (AHN) - Two astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) have cast their votes for the U.S. presidential elections. ISS Commander E. Michael Fincke and flight engineer Greg Chamitoff...

Propelled by Internet, Barack Obama Wins Presidency

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States Tuesday night, crowning an improbable two-year climb that owes much of its success to Obama's command of the internet as a fundraising and organizing tool.

FCC Expands Use of Airwaves

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Preachers on the pulpit, Guns N' Roses and others who fear their wireless microphones would be disrupted by widespread public access to certain unused airwaves were drowned out by high-tech titans Google and Microsoft in a...

Fill her up please, and make it myco-diesel

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
by Staff Writers Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2008 Will the Ferrari of tomorrow be fungus-powered? Strobel, a 70-year-old veteran of the world's rainforests, told AFP that he came across Gliocladium roseum thanks to "two cases of...

Salesforce mashes up the cloud so you don’t have to

authorsizzletime04 Nov 2008categorytechnology
Force.com now comes with built-in integration to three other major cloud platforms: Google Apps, Amazon Web Services and Facebook. The strategy positions Force.com as the optimal gateway to access Web resources when developing...