Archive for April 24th, 2008NASA Ames Research Center said Thursday that it has teamed with M2Mi to develop tiny satellites called nanosats that will go into building new low-Earth orbit telecommunications systems for use in the commercial sector. “NASA wants to work with companies to develop a new economy in space,” Ames Center Director … source Tech news blog
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Yahoo’s openness efforts may not find higher Microsoft bidPosted by: admin in Tech and GadgetsYahoo on Thursday drove home the point that its open-search strategy will add more value to its operations, but some analysts state it’s unlikely to add more dollars to Microsoft’s unsolicited buyout bid.  Talking at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Yahoo’s chief technology officer … source Tech news blog PALO ALTO, Calif.–Among the generation of kids growing up wired, many teens are hyper-motivated to learn a special skill like how to create a podcast, direct a YouTube video, publish an anime site, or hack an iPhone. Now if only instructors could inspire such ingenuity. That was one of … source Tech news blog Sun is putting the finishing touches on its buy of stealthy chip start-up Montalvo Systems. As first reported by CNET News.com, Sun started conducting serious negotiations with Montalvo at the beginning of the month. The formal announcement is expected soon. Montalvo has designed a low-power, multiple core chip for … source Tech news blog  A T-Mobile executive stated Wednesday that the carrier will offer a Google Android cell phone by the end of 2008. At a wireless conference in Redwood City, Calif., Joe Sims, vice president and general manager of T-Mobile USA’s Broadband and new Business Division, said that he has seen prototypes … source Tech news blog  If you can’t remember the URL of a site you’ve once visited, what do you do? You can either scour your history, willing the evasive address to remain listed, or you can search in Google by the keywords you remember and hope the site you want floats near … source Tech news blog Google has found its new chief information officer, CNET News.com has learned: Benjamin Fried, a programmer who rose through the ranks to run much of Morgan Stanley’s computing infrastructure. Fried, a managing director who led Morgan Stanley’s Application Infrastructure group, will take the new post in May, … source Tech news blog Panasonic has been tapped to pinch-hit for Pioneer. The two TV makers said Wednesday they had come to an agreement in which Panasonic will produce the panels for Pioneer’s plasma televisions.
 (Credit: Pioneer)The news comes a month after reports surfaced that Pioneer was pulling out of the plasma business. … source Tech news blog Once again, Nintendo released a quarterly earnings report that not only solidifies the company as a major player going into the next generation, but shows that it’s certainly onto something with both the Wii and the DS. But according to that same report, not everything is perfect with the company’s handheld system. According to Nintendo, it’s only forecasting 9 percent growth going forward as sales of the DS continue to slide and expectations of higher sales continue to dwindle. Nintendo contends that DS sales could fall to 28 million units from 30.3 million units sold. And while some market analysts are disappointed with the news of the DS slowing and the company itself not growing as fast as they would like, they fail to fully understand the nature of the beast they’re trying to gauge. If analysts were worried about the Wii, I would probably concur. But why would anyone be worried about Nintendo’s plans for the DS? Will it sell fewer units this year? Maybe. But if nothing else, I think that we’ll soon find that Nintendo has something up its sleeve that’ll jump-start sales and send those same, misguided analysts into a frenzy. … source Tech news blog China has captured the No. 1 ranking as the country with the greatest number of World wide web users, according to a Reuters report. The country clocked in with 221 million Internet users in February, surpassing the U.S. for the top billing, according to Reuters, which cites the Xinhua news agency’… source Tech news blog |
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