Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Microsoft makes second push to upgrade households to Windows 7

By Ed Oswald, Betanews In a sign that Windows 7 sales may be beginning to falter somewhat, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it would be bringing back its Windows 7 Family Pack discount program. The offer gives multi-computer households the opportunity to upgrade three PCs to Windows 7 Home Premium. The...
September 1st, 2010 | Software | Read More

New industry meetings over net neutrality being hosted by lobbyists

By Ed Oswald, Betanews While much of the focus has been on Google and Verizon when it comes to net neutrality as of late, the Wall Street Journal has reported that lobbyists began a new set of talks among a much wider group on Wednesday. The Information Technology Industry Council is a lobbying firm...
August 20th, 2010 | Policy & Law | Read More

Google, Verizon outline net neutrality proposal

By Ed Oswald, Betanews While much of the speculation surrounding Google and Verizon’s discussions adjoining net neutrality appeared to significantly diminish the idea’s central precepts, it now appears that the concept may not be dead after all. The two companies announced Monday a framework...
August 9th, 2010 | Policy & Law | Read More

NFL Mulls Putting Microchips in Footballs

It’s fourth and inches on the goal line and your team is down by 6 with just seconds to go. Naturally, they’re going to go for the touchdown. The running back gets the ball and dives over the linesmen where he’s met by a pile of bodies keeping him out of the endzone. However, all he...
August 6th, 2010 | Hardware | Read More

Elpida Constructs World’s Smallest Mobile DDR2 Chip

There’s nothing wrong with thinking small, especially in the technology sector. Take Elpida for instance, Japan’s DRAM market leader which just announced the development of a 2Gb (gigabit) DDR2 Mobile RAM. According to Elpida, this is the DRAM industry’s smallest ever LPDDR2 chip. “The...
July 28th, 2010 | Hardware, Software | Read More

Flipboard launches ‘social magazine’ for iPad, struggles with demand

By Ed Oswald, Betanews Palo Alto, Calif. based Flipboard launched what it called the “first social magazine” for the iPad Wednesday, however it quickly found out that a much-hyped launch can lead to trouble in keeping the service online for its users. Tech luminary Richard Scoble twittered...
July 21st, 2010 | Software | Read More

eBay facing largest patent infringement suit ever: $3.8 billion

By Ed Oswald, Betanews Connecticut-based XPRT Ventures said Wednesday that it had sued eBay and its subsidiaries for infringing on six patents related to e-commerce. The company said it shared the technologies “in confidence” with the auction site, but eBay apparently used those technologies...
July 15th, 2010 | Policy & Law | Read More