By: Nicholas Kolakowski
Microsoft experienced a cloud-centric week with Windows Azure, which is now generally available in 21 countries and no longer available for free. Microsoft hopes that the cloud-based platform and its application-building tools for developers will allow it to gain market share in the cloud computing arena, where it faces strong competition from the [...]
Paul McNamara, Network World
According to a BBC report: “There is a strong link between heavy Internet use and depression, UK psychologists have said. The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2% of people surveyed were ‘Internet addicts,’ and many of these were depressed.”
And I’ll bet a lot of them drink too much and can [...]
by Meghann Myers, Macworld.com
Onslaught from Space looks very much like something you would’ve played in a video arcade 20 years ago, and that’s exactly what developer Jake O’Brien had in mind.
Retro Flavor: Despite the clever use of the iPhone platform’s controls, Onslaught from Space still plays like a retro game.
By Daniel Ionescu
The Nexus One smartphone might be a fun phone for consumers, but Google is aiming for the business-minded customer with its handset, says Google’s Andy Rubin, quoted by Reuters.
Manufactured by HTC, maker of other Android phones (G1, MyTouch 3G, Hero), the Nexus One is a nice addition to the consumer line-up of Android [...]
by Mark Hattersley,
Stylish e-book manufacturer Interead has launched two new Cool-ER e-book devices at CES in Las Vegas. We caught up with Phil Wood, Cool-ER’s Director to chat about the new models.
“The [new] Cool-ER Compact shaves most of the size from last year’s Cool-ER model, which we’re now calling the Cool-ER Classic but retains the [...]
Scott Bradner, Network World
As the year winds down I’ve been trying to decide how to summarize it Internet-wise. But it seems to me that the continuing saga of the news business symbolizes yet another year of close-to-terminal, Internet-induced confusion for traditional businesses — or, maybe, panic.
By Lara Farra
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Beijing, China – A handful of homegrown micro-blogging sites emerged about the same time Twitter started to gain a small, yet steadily growing, share of Chinese Internet users, beginning about 2007, around a year after Twitter was launched in the U.S. in 2006.
by Jacqueline Emigh, PC World
Flash forward to about a year from now, if you will. Envision yourself walking into a consumer electronics store toward the end of 2010. What kinds of HDTV products and features is your retail salesperson likely to tout? LCD flat panel TVs will gain even more predominance by then, while [...]
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc shares reached their all-time high on Thursday as excitement builds over the expected release of its tablet computer. Although Apple has never acknowledged that a device exists, anticipation is peaking as the company enters the new year.
by Michael J. Miller
What does the next year of software look like? Some things are obvious, such as new versions of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office and continued improvement in online applications, mobile tools, collaboration, and new forms of communication. But what’s most exciting about software is that often the biggest changes come [...]