31 Jul 2010
Instead, it’s the chipset that will likely be the centerpiece of AMD’s pitch to notebook makers and their customers. The company is looking to cash in on its purchase of ATI Technologies’ graphics business in 2006 by beefing up the performance of the integrated graphics that ship with the Puma platform.
It’s refreshing to see AMD [...]
29 Jul 2010
Bruce Sewell, general counsel for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel, criticized the ruling, and told the Wall Street Journal that the company is likely to appeal the KFTC’s decision. “The conduct they’re seeking to attack is the conduct at the heart of competition. It is offering lower prices in order to sell your products,” he said.
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29 Jul 2010
You cannot control the online/offline state of Google Docs, as you can in Google’s RSS reader. That’s not a major loss, since there’s no advantage to working offline. The offline site is no faster than the online site, for example.
Furthermore, offline edit reconciliation isn’t quite what I was told it would be. [...]
29 Jul 2010
“The primary focus for the new group is internal,” Balogh said. “But much like Amazon and Google, when you have something at scale and integrated, there are opportunities to
offer services.” Microsoft is also expected to go down a similar path.
Yahoo has been building massive scale infrastructure (now known as cloud computing) for years, but the [...]
29 Jul 2010
Psystar's Open Computer has arrived.
And now that the lingering doubts appear to have been satisfied, we can start to focus on the real question: What sort of legal issues is Psystar going to encounter down the road, and how exactly is Apple going to handle that?
(Credit:
CNET Networks)
Click here for an unboxing video, or [...]
29 Jul 2010
Also worth noting is that the company hasn’t spent a dime on advertising, and doesn’t plan to until it raises its first round of funding. In the meantime, it’s expanding into other areas of New York, including Brooklyn and Queens, before launching in two more major cities later this year.
Related stories:
Deal of the day: Free [...]
29 Jul 2010
Remember Brightkite, the social network meets microblogging tool we wrote about last week? The creators have been nice enough to grace us with 100 invites to give away to Webware readers. Just fill in the Wufoo form after the break and we’ll get one your way as soon as we can. Invites will be sent [...]
29 Jul 2010
(Credit:
Matt Asay)
I emailed a media friend today to ask if he’d have time to meet when I’m in New York next month. The reply? Classic.
Mindless sheep that I am, I’m now on his blog.
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27 Jul 2010
Web page archiving tool Iterasi is getting a small but important update Tuesday morning. Users can now share their stream of archived pages with others as an RSS feed, letting anyone view their saved items either directly in their browser or in a feed-capturing tool like Google Reader or desktop e-mail clients.
I’ve embedded an example [...]
23 Jul 2010
According to both the OC Weekly and L.A. Times pieces, three years apart, Nicholas spoke virtually nonstop, jumping from topic to topic, for hours and hours. Was he bored and just enjoying the company? Was he craving the attention? Was he on drugs at the time? Or was that just his personality, ADD and all? [...]