There’s also no simple way to put a time limit on a challenge, such as the one the X Prize had on it. I think deadlines are important, but having them would force the issue of returning money to funders on the unfulfilled challenges.
One way to build a product is to take the idea [...]
This, however, has not been EnterpriseDB’s primary problem. It’s not cash that it has lacked, but open-source cachet. Its story of “Oracle performance and interoperability at a fraction of the cost” is a winner, but it was muted by its lack of a compelling open-source story.
That just changed.
Postgres Plus Advanced Server is a commercially licensed [...]
Google’s strategists have toyed with the idea of “doing an Orkut” and proponents inside the company indeed can make a plausible case for moving ahead with such a project. Considering how Facebook is in league with Microsoft, Google could wind up with a “twofer,” causing grief both to a looming rival as well as [...]
“TVportation” placeshifting: The Archos TV+ DVR is getting Slingbox-style placeshifting functionality. A downloadable plug-in (normally $50, but free if you register your Archos TV+ at the company’s Web site) available in May will add what Archos is calling “TVportation.” It’s a nice buzzword, but it basically means that the TV+ can stream your live TV [...]
“It’s really one of the first portable HD radio receivers out there,” Stephenson said. “It’s going to be important for us to communicate the value of HD Radio since it is a fairly nascent technology.”
Although Microsoft has said it isn’t building a ZunePhone, the company does want to be able to offer its Zune service [...]
Well, how’d you like to be an analyst at a Wall Street research firm?!
If you want to play the “but they could have contracts with multiple companies!” game, then you can’t use the $15.42 multiplier. And not only for the incremental phones they’d gain, you can’t use it for phones they’ve already sold under contract. [...]
The media industry has always been a fertile ground for innovation, but with a growing number of technology plays and social media sites entering the space, the past couple of years have been especially lively. And this year, pundits say, we’re likely to see more disruptive business models and subsequent M&As — despite the looming [...]
Honestly, I don’t get the allure of ultramobile PCs. Neither small enough to be pocketable nor large enough to work on comfortably, most seem to me to be expensive toys. Although some serve needs in specific industries–medical, retail, automotive, and military applications–historically, these platypus PCs have had bizarre (but creative) keyboards and have squeezed the [...]
Q: Here is my quandary - I love the comfort and performance of my Shure earphones, but not their resilience. My first pair got chewed up by my mother-in-law’s cat, but since then, I haven’t been able to get a pair to last more than 6 months. To their credit, they have sent me two [...]
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I’m looking forward to seeing the results of this summer’s efforts.
Summer of Code has been an excellent way for Google to reach out to the open-source community. But it has also been a great way for open-source projects to bond with Google and improve themselves. Drupal is an example of a project that [...]