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Most gamers aren’t thinking about the technology behind the games that they’re playing online, all they care about is whether it works or not. Thanks to HTML5 bundled with either CSS3 or Javascript, developers are starting to put more of their code on the client-side rather than making people install plugins like Adobe’s Flash...
Amr Awadallah. Used by permission. Cloudera co-founder Dr. c See Also Moxie Challenges Jive, Promises Profits This Year SAP To Oracle: Come Help Us Sell The Product That Competes With You The Guy That Created SAP’s Hottest Product Ever Thinks It Will Clobber Oracle Meet Amr Awadallah, one of four all-star co-founders of Cloudera....
Users made a big stink about the Facebook news ticker, that annoying, constantly updating feed in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage. Facebook responded. Now some users have the option to hide the ticker. This is good news for people who prefer to use the news feed and would like to avoid noisier...
Machine to machine networks, sometimes called the Internet of things, are the logical extension of today’s connected society, but creating such a network will require multiple technologies; telcos to open up their networks; governments to figure out a way to assign unique numbers for each device on the network; and new rules to protect...
Two weeks ago, the excellent Building Windows 8 blog posted an in-depth look at the upcoming operating system’s new file system, ReFS. It reminded me of the promise of so many years ago that OS X would be changing its file system from HFS+ to ZFS. Not a promise many remember or even cared...
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JD Lasica So reports Kara Swisher: “Sources said Facebook management wants to conduct an IPO with as little drama as possible and is seeking to minimize a bubble atmosphere around the event.” We think this might be a lost cause. Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Nicholas Carlson on Twitter. Ask Nicholas...
Amazon has just released fourth quarter 2011 earnings, missing sales expectations but beating earnings estimates. Net income decreased 58% to $177 million in the fourth quarter, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared with net income of $416 million, or $0.91 per diluted share, in fourth quarter 2010. Net sales increased 35% to $17.43 billion...
We saw a few touch-tables at CES, and while the Surface remains the gold standard, not everyone loves the price, form factor, or size. There’s room for competition, and FlatFrog, based in Sweden, is hoping to break into the market with a new 32″ device. When it comes to touch, there are a few...
Pinterest, the increasingly popular pinboarding social network, is able to present a visually interface in large part by using copyrighted images pinned by users. “It’s a huge concern for creative bloggers,” said Amy Anderson, who blogs on the arts and crafts site Crafter Minds. “I don’t think Pinterest does anything to help protect copyright...