Cellphone Locator System Needs No Satellite
Wi-Fi signals and cell towers help iPhones and other devices using Skyhook Wireless to figure out where they are.
Archive for May, 2009
Expecting New Tax, Firm Prepares to Track Carbon
A cap-and-trade law or carbon tax could create demand for a new kind of software, like the Web-based Hara program.
With Hollywood Sold, Imax Aims to Woo Wall St.
A sharper focus on bringing huge-screen movies to the multiplex and not just the museum is beginning to pay off.
Boston Power plans battery plant for cars, laptops
With growing concern over the lack of U.S. car battery manufacturing, Boston Power says a proposed auto and laptop battery plant in Massachusetts is “shovel ready.”
Hara: Software for a carbon-constrained economy
Backed by Kleiner Perkins, start-up Hara is fielding software to help businesses track use of energy and other resources. Will it take hold without national carbon regulations?
Qualcomm adds ‘Snapdragon’ chip and shows devices
Qualcomm says it is adding new Snapdragon silicon to its series of chips for Netbooks and other small devices.
The making of a PostSecret book
Working late into the night on the floor of a Manhattan hotel, the founder of the hugely popular online secret-sharing project assembled dozens of new secrets for a new manuscript.
Nvidia Netbooks: Windows now, Android later
Nvidia’s Tegra chip will appear in Windows devices at Computex and phone companies will be in tow. Nvidia is also aiming at Google’s Android operating environment for future Netbooks.
Can Microsoft’s Bing really challenge Google?
The two biggest names in technology are set to slug it out over the coming weeks in a $20 billion ($£12 billion) battle for web supremacy. In one corner is Google, the dominant player in online searches; in the other is Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company. Microsoft is poised to launch Bing, a new search engine it says will give more useful results and end its rival’s hegemony.