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Archive for June, 2010

MySQL appliance vendor Kickfire raises $20 million

30 Jun 2010

For now, Kickfire is the best game in town when it comes to easy-to-deploy supercharged MySQL performance. Very cool.
Based on a patented SQL chip that packs the power of tens of CPUs into an exceptionally small, low-power form factor Kickfire delivers a quantum leap in performance efficiency–avoiding the hardware build out, power, and space costs [...]

Feds cap rural cell phone subsidies

28 Jun 2010

“Consumers will be happy to hear the FCC is taking control of the fund’s growth,” Tom Tauke, Verizon’s executive vice president of public affairs, said in a statement. “This is a responsible first step. The next step is comprehensive reform of the universal service high-cost fund to make it more efficient and targeted to [...]

Creative introduces superslim Flip competitor

23 Jun 2010

Two colors are available: silver and pink.
The following products are available:
On Sale Now: $43.74 View the latest prices for Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam (silver)
On Sale Now: $64.99 View the latest prices for Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam (pink)

What do you people think? Is the Vado a Flip killer or just a wannabe?

On [...]

FTC plans formal investigation of Intel

22 Jun 2010

Intel has been under intense scrutiny in other parts of the world, especially in Europe, South Korea, and Japan, but it has faced little objection to its business practices here at home in recent years, other than a recent investigation launched at the state level by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Updated 10:00am PT with [...]

The coolest cell phones you may never see

18 Jun 2010

(Credit:
Erica Ogg/CNET News)
NTT DoCoMo's pull-apart concept phone.
The Fujitsu phone can be configured in any way and stuck together magnetically.

Take the necklace on the right. It alerts the wearer when there’s a call or a message incoming. It’s made by Fujitsu and, while it isn’t an actual product, is indicative of how cell phones are [...]

Video site Break.com lays off 11

16 Jun 2010

Video site Break.com has laid off about 11 workers, according to CEO Keith Richman.

Richman said that the people let go came from most divisions within the company. Break.com bankrolls promising videographers and also partners with production companies to produce higher-quality content than amateur-made clips.

So isn’t the ailing economy affecting Break’s business?

The Beverly Hills, Calif.-based [...]

Critics slam ‘GTA IV’ without test drive

14 Jun 2010

Of course, no one denies that there is sexually suggestive or violent content in GTA and other games. And Rockstar Games didn’t help its cause in its slow response to the “Hot Coffee” scandal, nor does it now with its reaction to critics who accuse it of serving up games that are harmful to children.

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CNET News Daily Podcast Using water to harness so

14 Jun 2010

Yahoo shareholders meeting a case of deja vu?

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Today’s stories:
De Vere’s Olympic iPhone has more bling than a medal
Icahn rips WSJ, explains no-show at Yahoo meeting

NBC is gearing up for its exclusive broadcast of the Olympic Games in Beijing,Silver Necklaces, and it has teamed up with Microsoft’s Silverlight for online video [...]

New Microsoft ads directly target Apple

14 Jun 2010

Brooks said to expect the “I’m a PC” notion to run for some time, being joined by a Web push that will go live at Windows.com tonight and invite users to tell their own “I’m a PC” story, some of which will be made into online advertisement.

“We spent nowhere near $10 million for Jerry,” Brooks [...]

Rat-brain controlled robot aids memory research

14 Jun 2010

After the researchers track how the rodent brain matter learns and creates memories on a neurological level, they move to phase two.
The neuron culture being used to control the robot operates from what is essentially a sophisticated, temperature-controlled Petri dish with electrodes called a multi electrode array (MEA).
The researchers purposefully damage the brain matter in [...]