Advanced Micro May Buy ATI for About $5.5 Billion, Person Says
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's second-biggest maker of microprocessors, plans to buy ATI Technologies Inc. for about $5.5 billion, according to a person involved in the...
In the Race With Google, It's Consistency vs. 'Wow'
When Google introduced its mapping service last year, it did something that made its competitors look antiquated. Users could click on a map and drag it to see an adjacent area, a much faster approac...
When "direct" becomes a disadvantage
Dell's latest and greatest earnings disappointment pretty much settles it: The company isn't just struggling to overcome a blip; its traditional strategy is no longer working, at least not the way it ...
How to use Google to get a girl and get laid
Please note that this is both a humourous and cynical piece on dating using Google. Try not to take this seriously. — This article is about using the many Google sites and applications to get yours...
Online Dating 2.0: Thirteen Sites To Find Love
Online dating is big business, drawing about 4 million U.S. Internet users daily in June 2006 (and 25 million monthly), and they spend a daily average of nearly 17 minutes each on these sites. That a...
Google's Identity Silo
Ben Laurie from Google responded to my post on Google Account Authentication: two steps forward, one step back. A few comments that I'd like to respond to: … Uh, actually, yes. That is the idea behi...
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
TALK TO YOUR COMPUTER AND IT MIGHT JUST UNDERSTAND YOU. — Talking to your computer has been a staple of science fiction since at least the 1960s, but it looks as if it's finally coming within reach....
Markets without Marketing
Next Tuesday at OSCON in Portland, I'll be giving a 3.5 hour tutorial titled Open Source Clue Training: How to Market to People Who Hate Marketing. — As I prepare for that, I thought I'd share some ...
GOOGLE VISION - POINT AND AIM
Get lost? Do you? Well, yet another bright young designer from the U.K is developing a system that will have tag and name exactly what your staring at. Google Vision is a conceptual product develop...