Google Explains Why It's Abandoning H.264 in Chrome
Google's move appeared to make Google the tiebreaker in a classic innovation format standoff. To that point, browser makers Google, Microsoft and Apple were on board for H. More...
Businesses use chamber resources to gain an edge
That's one of the reasons Andy Maxwell, the owner of Maxwell Smart Promotions, enjoys attending business education seminars for the moment once every other month. More...
Solar Pick Wins, but Darts Beat the Readers
South Florida Sun Sentinel reader Jack Newman's pick, solar-innovation company ReneSola, surged 46% between June 30 and Dec. 31, 2010, making him the winner of the contest. More...
Visualizing the Flood Crisis in Queensland with Real-Time Citizen Reports
This is the second compelling visualization we have seen of a natural disaster this week. Before this week, we reported an email interview we did with journalist Peter Aldhous who created a data visualization in R that shows how Haiti's relatively low seismic earthquake had as many fatalities as all now one earthquake in the past four decades. More...
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The Internal Revenue Service doled out refunds totaling $328 billion -- a near 3% rise from 2009 -- to taxpayers who filed their 2009 tax returns last year, the agency reported. More...
Painless Windows 7 remote troubleshooting
The task is moreover difficult when you're not physically sitting at the system you're attempting to troubleshoot, and you have to rely on verbal explanations from a nontechie to figure out what is going on. More...
How to set up your office for technology workers
To be sure, Web 2. 0 has birthed new types of innovation employees who depend on -- even thrive by - working in groups. Web designers and developers, project managers, system architects, even some software developers are embracing office layouts that encourage interaction. More...
The leadership transition will be smooth
The leadership transition will be smooth and ACT will continue with business as usual, says Glenn Fullerton, CEO of MBT. . More...
The latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss PC sales in Q4 and CY 2010, Microsoft's wrong-headed Windows Everywhere strategy, some expectations on video game sales, Microsoft's final nail in the WHS Vail coffin, some Windows Phone 7 news, a few thoughts about iPhone 4 on Verizon, and Bob Muglia's exit from Microsoft. More...
Midsize Businesses Increasing IT Budgets; Investing in Analytics and Cloud Computing
ARMONK, N. Y. - More than half of midsize companies are planning to increase their information research budgets over the at once 12 to 18 months, according to an IBM global study of more than 2,000 midsize companies representing more than 20 countries. More...