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Category Archives: Companies
Using power lines to distribute HD video
June 1, 2009 –
This is an interesting in-home technology that could be very useful such as moving video content from PC screen to TV screen…
Imagini launches visual store widget
May 28, 2009 –
Here’s a unique approach to online commerce. Choose some images and the products choose you . . .
Use this invite code: Siliconvalleywatchervisualdnashop and visit here: http://shops.visualdna.com
What are you looking at? Photobucket’s photo sharing site for Twitter
May 19, 2009 –
New from Photobucket: Twitgoo…
San Francisco’s Treasure Island chosen for Clinton climate positive development
May 19, 2009 –
Can urban projects become “climate positive?” Treasure Island site will find out…
Tweeting local picks in San Francisco and New York
May 19, 2009 –
Donald McMillan VP of Social Media at Schmap introduces a local Twitter app…
Search grows 4.4 per cent year over year says Nielsen
May 16, 2009 –
Google Search was the No. 1 search provider when ranked by total searches in April 2009, with 5.5 billion total searches; representing 64 percent of all search queries conducted during the month (see Table 1). … Search | 1,406,416 | -2.8% | 16.3% | | MSN/Windows Live Search | 852,998 | 7.2% | 9.9% | | AOL Search | 321,205 | -8.8% | 3.7% | | Ask.com Search | 181,617 | 5.9% | 2.1% | | My Web Search | 59,110 | 3.6% | 0.7% | | Comcast Search | 45,338 | -1.8% | 0.5% | | Yellow Pages Search | 37,160 | N/A* | 0.4% | | NexTag Search | 22,845 | 3.9% | 0.3% | | Dogpile.com Search | 17,010 | 3.1% | 0.2% | +————————–+————+———–+————+ Source: Nielsen MegaView Search * A year-over-year comparison is not possible because of a definitional change to Yellow Pages Search.
MasterCard chooses Cryptography Research
May 14, 2009 –
Under the agreement, MasterCard will require that vendors of smart cards and other cryptographic products that utilize DPA countermeasures be licensed from Cryptography Research in order to be used on MasterCard’s payment networks. … In addition to security evaluation and applied engineering work, the company is actively involved in long-term research and technology licensing in areas including content protection, tamper resistance, network security and financial services.
Free e-book: JD Lasica’s Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing
May 13, 2009 –
JD Lasica writes: The Aspen Institute has just published my 110-page ebook: Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing: The next-generation Internet’s impact on business, governance and social interaction. I wrote the report after a roundtable of 30 experts in identity and technology (people like John Seely Brown and Esther Dyson) convened in Aspen to discuss the ramifications of the cloud on a societal level.
Largest California solar project will triple SF solar energy
May 13, 2009 –
The Board’s approval of a 25-year contract between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and San Francisco-based Recurrent Energy will deliver clean, renewable solar power for City municipal services and facilities, including public schools, San Francisco International Airport, SF General Hospital, Muni and more. … “With this single project, we will more than triple San Francisco’s solar energy production, build California’s largest photovoltaic system, and help lead the state towards a future of clean, renewable energy.” said Supervisor Carmen Chu, who co-sponsored the legislation with Mayor Newsom, and whose district includes the 8-square block Sunset Reservoir, the City’s largest.
EU anti-trust ruling against Intel threatens Innovation says think tank
May 13, 2009 –
“Especially since Intel unveiled its Core microarchitecture in 2006 to compete with AMD’s K8 series, consumers have benefited from an intense and prolonged price war that shows no signs of letting up. … “Antitrust regulation in the new economy is a new face of the old ‘industrial policy,’ allowing bureaucrats to manipulate economic outcomes and favor companies dearer to them than consumer choice,” said Radia.
Thursday is “Bike to work” day - four bike-friendly workplaces named
May 13, 2009 –
Large companies like Lockheed Martin and Google offer corporate bicycle fleets so employees can run errands or make small day trips by bike, she said, but smaller companies could benefit from even a handful of bicycles available to workers. … “But it would be pretty darn hard for them to be certified if they had no bike storage, no bike racks or didn’t allow people to store bikes in the building,” she said.
Travel site Voji launched by veterans of Sidestep
May 13, 2009 –
It is not uncommon for people to visit over 20 sites to research their travel needs and if you’re specifically interested in travel deals and sales, you need to navigate through complex deal tabs with no filtering capabilities and hope your destination and timeframe show up. … From one central location, Voyij searches travel “deal” and “sale” offers exclusively, including last minute specials, sales, promotional rates and excess (undersold) inventory, so you get the widest selection of offers from any one site.
Blerp creates layers on web sites
May 13, 2009 –
* If your favorite band has a website, but it doesn’t have the latest concert videos, you can go to YouTube, find those videos and post them right on the band’s website for everyone to see.
… * Or if CNN is covering a story but doesn’t see it the way you do, you can add your POV to the article by posting comments, photos, maps, polls, data and more.
April CEO departures lowest since December 2004
May 13, 2009 –
Of the 22 CEOs who stepped down into other positions last month, 10 retained their position as chairman or executive chairman, including William Lauder of Estee Lauder who announced he would remain chairman after stepping down at the end of the year. … “The fact that we are seeing increased stability in the financial markets – not only in terms of CEO turnover, but with job-cutting activity, as well – is a sign that we may have reached the bottom.
AMD pleased with EU ruling on Intel
May 13, 2009 –
· “Intel made payments to major retailer Media Saturn Holding from October 2002 to December 2007 on condition that it exclusively sold Intel-based PCs in all countries in which Media Saturn Holding is active.“ … Intel awarded computer manufacturers payments - unrelated to any particular purchases from Intel - on condition that these computer manufacturers postponed or cancelled the launch of specific AMD-based products.” http://www.amd.com .
