| One port to rule them all Posted: 
The promise has been made many times, but 45 years after the advent of the personal computer still cabling remains a real and persistent issue. Whereas USB’s inability to daisy chain and FireWire’s licensing terms crippled their chances, a newly launched challenger could succeed where those standards failed. The Apple Display Connector [...] Related Posts: [...]  |
| Microsoft reports increased revenue thanks to Windows, Office, and Kinect Posted: 
Microsoft has reported an increase in revenue in its latest financial results for Q3, 2011. Sales of Windows 7, Office, and Kinect for Xbox 360 are all strong. Revenue earned by the Windows division was slightly down, from $4.65 billion a year ago to $4.45 billion now. But that’s easily explained away by falling PC [...]  |
| YouTube founders acquire Delicious – maybe social bookmarking has a future… Posted: 
Delicious is moving from Yahoo to AVOS, the company of YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley. What that means for the future of the site is as yet unclear, but it has to be a good thing, right? Delicious is one of those sites that has always felt on the periphery of mainstream appeal. [...]  |
| Data security in The Cloud lax, as witness Sony PSN hack Posted: 
Every time one turns around, one is confronted with another situation in which hackers have broken into a major network and compromised the privacy of it users. When will The Cloud shape up? It is not exactly a commercial bank, but Sony is still a big techno logically inclined company and one expects the best [...]  |
| Sony hacking: the lawsuits begin Posted: 
When you reveal that user data of 77 million people has been compromised, you can expect consequences. And for Sony that’s already meant a lawsuit, a stock price fall and some additional interest from regulators. As we’ve been covering over on our GAMER channel, Sony’s PlayStation Network service for online gaming has been down for [...]  |
| The future of cellphones is spherical… or flat Posted: 
Smartphone manufacturers coming up with new models face a host of practical constraints. But consumers dreaming up ideas don’t have such limitations. That’s the basis of a competition held by eYeka, a “global co-creation community.” The good news [...]  |
