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At G.M., Innovation Often Suffers for Profits

By roosevelt @ Dec 06, 2008 02:05 AM 0 comments

General Motors did not apologize for anything in its first trip to Congress more than two weeks ago to plead for a federal rescue. The company’s only problem, it insisted, was the current financial crisis.

The 10 Best Books of 2008 - NYTimes.com

By roosevelt @ Dec 06, 2008 12:49 AM 0 comments

The editors of the Book Review have selected these titles from the list of 100 Notable Books of 2008.

In North Dakota - Recession? What Recession?

By roosevelt @ Dec 06, 2008 12:45 AM 0 comments

As the rest of the nation sinks into a 12th grim month of recession, this state, at least up until now, has been quietly reveling in a picture so different that it might well be on another planet.

New Boeing 787 Jetliner Faces Another Delay

By roosevelt @ Dec 06, 2008 12:38 AM 0 comments

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is facing yet another delay, and the first plane will not be delivered until 2010 at the earliest, nearly two years behind the original schedule, according to senior airline executives.

$100 Million in Jewels Stolen From Paris Store

By roosevelt @ Dec 06, 2008 12:32 AM 0 comments

A savvy band of jewel thieves, some posing as women, stole diamonds, rings and watches valued at more than $100 million from a Harry Winston boutique in the heart of the city’s “golden triangle” of luxury shops, the authorities said Friday

Wall Street Journal Daily News Top 5 / business & economy /

Lawmakers Grill Kashkari on Changes in TARP Plan

By roosevelt @ Nov 15, 2008 10:32 AM 0 comments

U.S. lawmakers kept up the criticism of the Treasury Department's management of the $700 billion financial rescue plan on Friday, accusing officials of being disingenuous in the way they sold the program to Congress.

Obama's Leads in 4 Key States Show Tough Road for McCain

By roosevelt @ Oct 15, 2008 01:13 AM 0 comments

Sen. Obama has double-digit leads in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and he leads by a slightly smaller margin in Colorado, according to new Quinnipiac University polls conducted in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal and Washingtonpost.com.

U.S. to Buy Stakes in Nation's Largest Banks

By roosevelt @ Oct 15, 2008 01:04 AM 0 comments

Recipients Include Citi, Bank of America, Goldman; Government Pressures All to Accept Money as Part of Broadened Rescue Effort

Obama's 95% Illusion

By roosevelt @ Oct 15, 2008 12:55 AM 0 comments

It depends on what the meaning of 'tax cut' is.

Women Fall Head Over Heels for Shoe Makers' Arch Designs

By roosevelt @ Oct 15, 2008 12:55 AM 0 comments

Six-Inch Spikes Are Painfully Hot Trend; A Balancing Act That Makes Models Cry

BusinessWeek Best Stories of the Day / business & economy /

Google's Chrome: The Danish Magic Inside

By roosevelt @ Nov 13, 2008 11:00 AM 0 comments

Danish JavaScript expert Lars Bak is the wizard behind Google's new Web browser, Chrome, which aims to change the way we use computers

Flying to Dubai on the A380 Jumbo Jet

By roosevelt @ Nov 13, 2008 10:59 AM 0 comments

The World Economic Forum in Dubai looked at designing a post-crisis global system. Getting there was a design experience in itself

VMware's Lofty Cloud Computing Goals

By roosevelt @ Nov 13, 2008 10:54 AM 0 comments

Former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz is now determined to turn his new employer, VMware, into a leader in cloud computing

Is That the Sound of the Silicon Valley Web 2.0 Bubble Bursting? - BusinessWeek

By roosevelt @ Oct 09, 2008 11:30 PM 0 comments

There’s just no way that the economy won’t have an impact on the tech economy and the Valley in particular, possibly a big impact.

The Stunning Collapse of Iceland - BusinessWeek

By roosevelt @ Oct 09, 2008 11:22 PM 0 comments

Even after the government's seizure of top banks, Iceland may face bankruptcy, with dire effects for huge Icelandic investments overseas

TechCrunch Daily Digest / technology /

How Much Will Your Startup Be Worth In Three Years? Go Find Out.

By roosevelt @ Aug 07, 2008 11:09 PM 0 comments

The key factors in determining likelihood of success are the team, financial factors, the concept and advisors.

Show Your Boss What You’ve Done All Day with ididwork

By roosevelt @ Aug 07, 2008 11:08 PM 0 comments

The web-based service lets employees keep record of work they have completed. Employees can then submit a weekly or monthly report to their manager in the form of a chart, graph, or simple summary, and receive feedback through the system.

Google Launches Knol, The Monetizable Wikipedia

By roosevelt @ Jul 24, 2008 01:40 AM 0 comments

Google has launched Knol, its Wikipedia alternative that holds authors accountable for the articles they write.

Google In Final Negotiations To Acquire Digg For “Around $200 Million”

By roosevelt @ Jul 24, 2008 12:48 AM 0 comments

The two companies have reportedly signed a letter of intent and are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range

Episodic Makes Flash Videos iPhone-Friendly

By roosevelt @ Jul 24, 2008 12:47 AM 0 comments

Episodic, a video web publishing company, has launched a new web app that looks to solve this problem by converting Flash-based videos into a format that the iPhone can play in its native Safari browser

eWeek News Daily Picks / technology /

Notebook Sales Outpace Desktop Sales

By roosevelt @ Dec 30, 2008 02:34 AM 0 comments

As notebook sales surpass desktop sales for the first time in history, many small-business owners may be tempted to jump to an Acer, Dell or even Apple portable.

Intel Begins Shipping 160GB Solid-State SATA Drives for Laptops

By roosevelt @ Dec 30, 2008 02:29 AM 0 comments

Intel, which began offering its own line of solid-state drives earlier in 2008, is now shipping a 2.5-inch SSD with a 160GB data storage capacity. In January, Intel will also ship a 1.8-inch version of its SSD SATA drive for ultraportable notebooks. The new Intel SSDs come as the price of NAND flash memory continues to drop.

Google Watch - Are Android, Chrome-Flavored Netbooks on Tap for Google?

By roosevelt @ Dec 30, 2008 02:21 AM 0 comments

Earlier this week, I lamented what Google didn't do in 2008, but with the year winding down let's consider what's on tap at Google for 2009.

Cloud Databases May Gain Ground in 2009

By roosevelt @ Dec 11, 2008 10:26 AM 0 comments

Database vendors such as Microsoft and Oracle began taking a long look at the cloud in 2008. Analysts expect more of the same in 2009, this time with vendors putting more database functionality into the cloud.

Gartner Sees Great SAAS Enterprise App Growth Despite Downturn

By roosevelt @ Oct 28, 2008 12:36 AM 0 comments

Gartner says sales and market share of SAAS enterprise applications and cloud computing will continue to grow in the face of the recession. However, Gartner notes that the SAAS market is just starting to feel the effect of tightened corporate belts, which could mean a spending drop as we barrel toward 2009. Google Apps, Zoho and other messaging and collaboration suites remain strong, as do CRM and Web conferencing.

Engagdet + Gizmodo Best of The Day / technology /

Foxit takes on the eBook world with low(er) cost eSlick

By roosevelt @ Dec 19, 2008 01:49 AM 0 comments

The $259 eSlick is expected to arrive courtesy of Foxit this January, and if you jump in early, you'll be able to get it for just $229

Better Place's $1 billion electric vehicle grid headed to Bay Area

By roosevelt @ Nov 23, 2008 04:03 AM 0 comments

The plan just endorsed by the San Jose, Oakland, and San Francisco Mayors (without coughing up any money), is expected to result in 250,000 charging ports (for topping off charges), 200 battery-swap stations (for trips over 100 miles), and a driver service center by 2012 -- network planing and permitting will begin in 2009 with infrastructure deployment set to kickoff in 2010.

Destruction: A Look at the Nokia Damage Test Labs

By roosevelt @ Nov 21, 2008 07:35 AM 0 comments

Nokia sent over a bunch of info detailing how their test centers operate, leaving me fully convinced this would indeed be my dream gig.

Flight Test: Porn and VOIP Confirmed at 35,000 Feet

By roosevelt @ Nov 21, 2008 07:30 AM 0 comments

Jalopnik's Road Test Editor Wes Siler is currently at 35,000 feet, flying American Airlines from LA to NY. Since his Boeing 767 had the recently launched Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi, and since he was already using it to get his work done, we decided to see how far the service could go in terms of in-flight comforts

Ocarina Surges To Top Paid iPhone App Position

By roosevelt @ Nov 18, 2008 09:00 PM 0 comments

Ocarina, the second iPhone application from Silicon Valley based Smule, has surged to the top spot on the iPhone App store just a little over a week after launching

TheServerSide & InfoQ Daily Digests / technology /

InfoQ: Article: 8 Reasons Why Model-Driven Approaches (will) Fail

By roosevelt @ Aug 08, 2008 03:04 AM 0 comments

Johan den Haan, Head of Research and Development at Mendix shared with us his extensive expertise in the field by focusing on 8 gotchas of Model Driven Engineering (MDE).

InfoQ: Undergraduate Textbook for Agile Development

By roosevelt @ Aug 08, 2008 03:02 AM 0 comments

This concise easy-to-follow textbook presents the crucial issues in software engineering using the agile approach to software development - one of the mainstream paradigms for the management of software projects and one that is being applied more and more extensively.

DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 GPS unit for those of you who go outside

By roosevelt @ Jun 26, 2008 02:26 PM 0 comments

DeLorme's Earthmate PN-40 GPS device sports some seriously interesting features that we couldn't pass up [Engadget]

First Release of Apache Sling

By roosevelt @ Jun 26, 2008 01:45 PM 0 comments

Sling is intended to bring back the fun to Java developers and make the life of a web developer easier

InfoQ: Liferay Portal 5.0 Released, Sun Joins the Team

By roosevelt @ Jun 26, 2008 01:42 PM 0 comments

Last month at JavaOne, Liferay, Inc. announced the release of the 5.0 version of their Liferay Portal product. The Liferay press release highlights a handful of the key tools and uses in the portal product:

Best J2EE Developer Articles Roundup / technology /

MapReduce programming with Apache Hadoop - JavaWorld

By roosevelt @ Oct 07, 2008 10:28 AM 0 comments

Are you amazed by the fast response you get while searching the Web with Google or Yahoo? Have you ever wondered how these services manage to search millions of pages and return your results in milliseconds or less?

Save the JMS for last - Java World

By roosevelt @ Jul 09, 2008 01:06 AM 0 comments

Asynchronous processing is a must for many Java EE or Web-based applications -- but who has time to set up and configure JMS? In this article Di Wang shows you how to decouple your architecture so that it accommodates both synchronous and asynchronous processing. Then you can develop your business logic synchronously and plug in the JMS at runtime.