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August 31, 2007

HP's biggest product launch... ever!

Next week, Hewlett-Packard’s PC division will host a product launch extravaganza in New York, featuring new desktop PCs, notebooks, handhelds, digital entertainment devices and new gaming products. The event will be held at Skylight Studios and is expected to...

August 30, 2007

Qualcomm CIO: can't find/bring talents in the US. Investing in Hyderabad instead of Bangalore.

At Sun Microsystems' event on emerging countries yesterday, Qualcomm's CIO did not shy away from criticising the current US immigration policy, that makes it hard to hire and keep foreign nationals. "It seems crazy to me that we allow people...

[Humour] Apple to launch 6th generation iPods with 160GB Samsung drive

It's official now. Apple will be launching new iPods next Wednesday and we'll be at the Moscone West in San Francisco at 10AM sharp to report it on. My guesstimate is that the 6th generation full-sized iPods will finally...

August 29, 2007

Online privacy is possible but not secrecy, Sun's Chief Privacy Officer says (video)

At Sun Microsystems' summit on Emerging Countries (BRICA=Brasil, Russia, India, China, Africa) today, the company's Chief Privacy Officer, Michelle Dennedy admitted that although "the industry has failed in protecting the log-in process", *real* user privacy is achievable. However, for Dennedy,...

August 28, 2007

Google Gadget: a robust form of advertising, says Marissa Mayer (video)

For Google's search goddess (aka Marissa Mayer), Google's Gadgets provide an opportunity to build a deeper relationship with the users, get more distribution (to many more websites) and most important of all [for advertisers], a new efficient/deeper way to...

Good forecasting: step back, look at the big picture, futurist Paul Saffo says

I was this morning at the Churchill Club event with futurist Paul Saffo. His talk was about the art of forecasting the future in order to make better decisions in the present. For Saffo, the bottom line of good forecasting...

August 27, 2007

Intel vPro 2007/"Waybridge": better remote administration, security and virtualisation... but there's a catch! (video)

Last Friday, Intel hosted a launch event at San Francisco's Palace Hotel for the upgrade, code named "Waybridge", of its vPro technologies (virtualisation, security and remote administration): a platform for business desktop PCs that includes a CPU, a chipset,...

Google to let users annotate, add pictures on Sky/Cosmos, VP says (video)

Google Sky is a new service launched last week that allows you to virtually tour the Cosmos in 3D and watch constellations, stars, galaxies and more, from any point on Earth. Google Sky was developed (and still in beta!)...