Archive for June, 2010

Posted on June 30th, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments »

Harvard researchers Violent video games OK for ki

(Source: TG Daily)
Kutner and Olson have documented their findings in Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games, where they stress the importance of parental education and awareness. In a society where children who don’t play games are considered to be socially inept, it is important for parents to understand what [...]

Posted on June 28th, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments »

Carla Fiorina’s mouth, meet Carly Fiorina’s brain

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina’s gift of glib gab backfired on her Tuesday when she became too candid for her own political good.

Bada boom!
She would know,” quipped MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. “She got fired for running that company.”

Fiorina, an economic adviser to Sen. John McCain, was asked on KTRS Radio whether she thinks [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments »

Stay tuned for live blog of Apple’s earnings call

Come back to CNET News.com at 2 p.m. PDT (although we sincerely hope you never leave) for a live blog of Apple’s second-quarter earnings conference call.
The key things to look out for are
Mac shipments,
iPhone momentum, and Apple’s forecast for the next quarter, which tends to dictate how the investment community responds to the earnings [...]

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments »

Borland A big lesson

Enterprise Technology Centre (former Borland headquarters)

Kahn was ousted by Borland’s board of directors in 1995. The company was worth one-fifteenth of its pre-merger valuation of $7 billion. Today, Borland Software has a paltry market value of $91 million.
The facility even has its own exit-entrance ramp off the northbound side of highway 17.
(Credit:
loopnet.com)
Borland was [...]

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments »

Tendril opening its ’smart grid’ to other companie

“It’s not clear that utilities know how to move rapidly. These are guys that famously make the government look quick,” said Tuck.

Technical standards around software development and data exchange, meanwhile, helped lay the foundation for countless products and innovations, from the Linux operating system to Wikipedia.

Smart grid is considered one of the most promising [...]

Posted on June 16th, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments »

Mistrial for RIAA’s $222,000 defendant

The Recording Industry Association of America argued that the jury instructions were valid.

“Requiring proof of actual transfers would cripple efforts to enforce copyright owners’ rights online–and would solely benefit those who seek to freeload off plaintiff’s investment,” RIAA attorney Timothy Reynolds wrote in a court filing.

Jammie Thomas

U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Duluth, Minn., declared [...]

Posted on June 4th, 2010 by admin  |  No Comments »

Software industry pushes for IT-driven government

“Sometimes it has worked really well, sometimes it hasn’t worked well at all,” Journoud said. “In some situations, we felt our ability to learn from DHS and the various entities involved in cybersecurity about policy development, and our ability to input into policy, was limited. Those policies can have a considerable impact on our ability [...]