Archive for March 13th, 2008

Municipal Wireless on the Ropes

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

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Microsoft Buys Kidara to Bulk Up Virtualization

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Kidaro, a virtualization company based in Israel, for an undisclosed sum. According to Microsoft, the Kidaro technology will be made available as part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance,which will provide management for virtual PCs.
Among Kidara’s benefits, Microsoft said, would be the ability to “accelerate [...]

Microsoft Buys Kidara to Bulk Up Virtualization

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Kidaro, a virtualization company based in Israel, for an undisclosed sum. According to Microsoft, the Kidaro technology will be made available as part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance,which will provide management for virtual PCs.
Among Kidara’s benefits, Microsoft said, would be the ability to “accelerate [...]

TiVo Users Will Be Able to Play YouTube Videos

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc said on Wednesday that it would deliver videos from Google Inc’s popular Web site YouTube directly to television screens via its digital video recorders.
TiVo said the service would be available later this year for high-speed Internet subscribers who have TiVo Series3 DVRs. It said that users would be able [...]

IPod Sparks Prompt Safety Investigation in Japan

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

TOKYO (Reuters) - One of Apple Inc’s popular iPod nano media players gave off sparks while being recharged in Japan in January, Japan’s trade ministry said, prompting a safety investigation.
No one was hurt in the incident and Apple is looking into the cause and checking whether there have been similar cases, an official from the [...]

Polish Ex-PM: Internet’s for Porn, Not Voting

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poles should not be allowed to vote online because the Internet attracts people who watch “pornography while sipping a bottle of beer”, a former prime minister told his party’s Web site.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski and other leaders of his conservative party have said they wanted to rejuvenate their ranks and reach out to Internet [...]

YouTube Lets Devs Build Own YouTubes

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - YouTube, Google Inc’s popular video sharing site, is giving away tools that let Web developers tap the underlying database functions of YouTube, in effect allowing users to build their own YouTubes.
The Silicon Valley-based video-sharing site said on Wednesday that it is providing wholesale access to YouTube’s extensive video library, global audience, [...]

The Encyclopedia of Earth: Our World, Written By Experts

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

If you’re looking for information on the environment, parks and public lands, even on how globalization affects the planet, the Encyclopedia of Earth can help. It’s a wiki with 2,000-plus articles authored by more than 700 experts from over 50 countries in dozens [...]

Judge: Viacom Cannot Recover Punitive Damages From YouTube

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

 

 

 
 

Viacom encountered a minor setback in its copyright infringement case against YouTube last week when a judge denied its request to recover punitive damages from the popular video site.
The ruling hardly puts YouTube [...]

Everyday Ecotech: What You Need to Know About Carbon Offset

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

 
 

 
 

In my previous column, I wrote about how to travel green. In particular, I discussed carbon offset options. Since that column posted, I’ve done some additional research that I feel is worth sharing. Also, I [...]