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Sun fended off Apple, Microsoft IP lawsuit threats

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:25:00 +0000

Steve Jobs personally threatened to sue Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz says. Sun warded off that and a Microsoft threat with its own patent portfolio.

Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:01:00 +0000

With a click of a mouse, cyclists can get the quickest, and flattest, route between Point A and Point B.

Google Maps to add bike maps, directions

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Cyclists will be able to use Google Maps to plot directions around 150 U.S. cities when bike directions go live on Google later on Tuesday.

March 10, 2000: Pop Goes the Nasdaq!

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The Nasdaq begins its spectacular collapse, signaling the end of the dot-com boom.

Google opens Google Apps Marketplace

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Google will launch on Tuesday evening Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google’s own online applications.

The program enables integrations with such applications as Google Gmail, Documents, Sites and Calendar. All told, the effort begins with 50 vendors participating, including Atlassian, NetSuite, Skytap and Zoho.

Rackspace hires to align with MySQL offshoot

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:51:53 +0000

number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.

Turn an FM Transmitter Into a Micro Pirate Radio

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Seize the airwaves to fight corporate radio’s preprogrammed junk. It all starts with a soldering iron and a cheapo FM transmitter.

Most Dangerous Object in the Office: Shocknife SK-2

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000

There’s no sharp point or edge, but the electrodes in the polycarbonate Shocknife deliver a stabbing 7,500 volts. Ouch. Kilo-ouch.

Computer reminders help physicians less than hoped

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:29:40 +0000

A systematic review of 28 clinical trials published today concludes “implementing these expensive technologies will constitute an expensive exercise in trial and error.”

Could Cisco be announcing a killer set-top box?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:23:39 +0000

Cisco Systems is hyping a major news announcement for Tuesday, which some speculate could include a new all-in-one set-top box that does everything.