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The Peanut Butter Manifesto

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The Peanut Butter Manifesto

What's Wrong with Yahoo and Why It Matters to You...For most of us in the IT channel, Yahoo doesn't bring us money and its ups and downs mean little to our business. So why do we want you to read this, The Peanut Butter Manifesto?

Garlinghouse is a SVP at Yahoo who risked his job to publicly dissect Yahoo's ills with a knife-like accuracy. He complains Yahoo is like peanut butter, an investment spread too thin across too wide a range of opportunities. Decide who we  are, what we can do well, and f Continue reading...

Ten Times the Capacity from Li Ion Batteries?

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Ten Times the Capacity from Li Ion Batteries?

Researchers at the Northwestern University claim they managed to increase both charging capacity and speed of lithium ion batteries by 10x-- potentially pointing to the future of mobile power.

Li ion batteries are not only found in most mobile devices-- from mobile phones to laptops-- but also in electric cars and even "exoskeleton" robots.

Current Li ion batteries create charge by moving lithium from one end of the battery to the other (from anode to cathode), and recharge through the sending Continue reading...

Sony's Next Gen Gaming Device: The Vita

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Sony's Next Gen Gaming Device: The Vita

Unveiled at E3, Sony launches its next gen, quad core gaming handheld, the PlayStation Vita.

Part of Sony’s networked strategy to connecting all its CE devices, Vita lets gamers to play against people using PlayStation 3 consoles over the internet (the currently besieged PlayStation Network) via cellphone networks as well as wi-fi hotspots.

Shipping at end of 2011, prices for wifi model are expected to be 249 euro and euro 299 for 3G.

In America, the cellphone network service is exclusive to Continue reading...

Reinventing Li-on Batteries With Nanowires

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Reinventing Li-on Batteries With Nanowires

Stanford researchers use silicon nanowires to produce 10x the amount of electricity of current lithium-ion (li-on) batteries.

Rechargeable li-on batteries power all sorts of devices-- laptops, iPods, video camers, cell phones, and so on.

This technology could even make li-on batteries a possibility for manufacture of future electric cars. The team behind the discovery even suggests possible uses in homes or offices, storing electricity from rooftop solar panels.

Current li-on batteries depend Continue reading...

ARM Claims Intel is "Doomed"

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ARM Claims Intel is

ARM co-founder Dr. Hermann Hauser tells the Wall Street Journal Intel's microprocessor business is doomed-- because it cannot take advantage of the mobile market.

He says Intel has the wrong business model-- people in mobile architecture do not buy microprocessors, they license them. This means Intel will have to compete with every semiconductor company in the world.

Hauser continues there is no case in computing history where a company dominating one wave also dominated the next one-- as Intel Continue reading...

Facebook Wants All to Switch From Email to Messages

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Facebook Wants All to Switch From Email to Messages

Facebook confirms rumours of its 'e-mail killer' with its "modern messaging system". It combines all ways people send messages-- e-mail, IM, and SMS-- into a single interface the social network calls "the social inbox".

Over 350 million people use Facebook messages, sending 4 billion messages a day.

It sounds fairly simple, too. One clicks on a friend's face (or types their name), types a message and presses Enter. No subject line, cc or bcc get in the way.

Facebook even offers e-mail addresses-- Continue reading...

Chipmakers Join Efforts to Reduce Chip Size

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Chipmakers Join Efforts to Reduce Chip Size

Intel, Toshiba and Samsung will team up to develop technologies to reduce NAND flash memory circuitry sizes to nearly 10nm by 2016.

Current flash chips are 20nm in size.

The 3 companies intend to form a consortium with around 10 other semiconductor companies.

Toshiba and Samsung will use the technologies to make more dense NAND flash chips, and Intell will use it to develop faster microprocessors.

The Nikkei daily reports Japan's ministry of economy, trade and industry will likely provide Continue reading...

Channels in the Cloud Era

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Channels in the Cloud Era

Forrester Research reports 12-15% of IT channel companies will wash out of the market in the next 5 years. The reason? Failure to adapt to the new era of cloud computing.

A Forrester researcher blog entry shows results from a recent channel company survey.

These results show: there is confusion amongst channel partners over their role in the cloud services value chain; they are not simply waiting for tech vendors to tell them what to do; but they need a lot of help to transform their business Continue reading...

IBM Hunting Down Vampires?

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IBM Hunting Down Vampires?

IBM seeks to cut device power consumption by 90%-- thus reducing vampire energy, power used while equipment is turned off.

Development is underway on a transistor to regulate energy usage more tightly. This will prevent energy use while devices are left plugged into electrical outlets. Reducing power consumption in products with transistors (laptops, smartphones) will help reduce users' energy bills.

In a Bloomberg interview, IBM says CE and IT energy use will double by 2022 and triple by 2030 Continue reading...

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