The updated uploader also now lets users upload multiple video files at once. You can either do this when selecting the file, or while any previous videos are in the process of being uploaded. The tool allows for up to 10 videos a time, which means you can start up additional clips as soon as [...]
The government’s current IT architecture consists of standalone repositories, many of which duplicate what is dubbed PII, or personally identifiable information.
“It cannot be emphasized enough that this centralized data store approach is NOT being recommended,” the report says. “The applications supported by this architecture will be enormously diverse, as will the nature of the [...]
It was only a question of time. BigBelly Solar has expanded its product line with a solar-powered compactor for recyclables.
Now the company has developed a compactor for recycled goods. It comes in a few configurations, but the recycling units (for paper or bottles and cans) have their own panels and are placed next to solar [...]
At this rate, Microsoft may be able to acquire the entire company for what it was willing to pay for just the search business, should it decide to make another run at the company.
With its shares dipping into the $13 range, Yahoo not only sets a new 52-week low but also reaches a trading [...]
Several analysts weighed in with their view that Microsoft has little incentive to raise its initial buyout bid, which was valued at $31 a share on February 1.
Adding a drag on its stock performance were comments Wednesday from Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, who said the software giant is unlikely to raise its buyout [...]
So, kudos to O’Reilly for following up and to Schwartz for taking the extra time to respond to the questions. This all turned out to be a good example, after all, of incorporating the backchannel into conference proceedings and showed that everyone involved had the class and courtesy to take the situation seriously instead of [...]
But it’s a bit curious on Facebook: most popular social-media sites already have applications built on Facebook’s developer platform, and those can pull updates into the Mini-Feed–so at first glance, it seems slightly redudant.
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Using the Mini-Feed import, however, requires no application to be installed on Facebook (read: it’s easier), and is fully opt-in, unlike Facebook’s [...]
Social-media pioneer LiveJournal is the latest company to announce a round of layoffs, trimming down its employee head count in its San Francisco and Moscow offices.
Yahoo veteran Matthew Berardo, who was hired as general manager of the service less than a year ago, was affected by the layoff.
A statement from the company came after a [...]
How about an
iPod small enough to be injected into your bloodstream? You would just think about a song or movie, and it would play back in your head.
Perhaps we’ve hit an impasse and we’re not going to see any really new products for a few decades. What will a 2012 Blu-ray player do that [...]
All of which leads to Babcock’s conclusion:
What do I mean by “private equity buyout?” Consider XenSource.
XenSource was bought for the princely sum of $500 million despite offering virtually nothing in the way of revenue and a clear business model. Under Citrix’s proprietary hand, however, XenSource has gone from pocket change to what XenSource CTO Simon [...]
