Technology Today

• Google opens up your profile to search engines

  Google has been letting people create profiles for a while now -- you can see mine here, and you can create yours here. Until today, your public profile that you ...

  Tags: Garett Rogers, Search Engine, Search, Profile, Google Inc.

  Oct 15, 2008 5:01 PM PDT

• White Space devices pass key technical test

  White space devices -- which take advantage of used portions of the television spectrum -- have passed the "burden of proof" stage, the FCC says. They work, and they don't ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, TVs, Home Entertainment, Spectrum, Richard Koman, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless, Device, Wi-Fi

  Oct 15, 2008 3:41 PM PDT

• Is there a silver lining in cloud computing?

  VCs, developers, and IT users are looking for silver linings in cloud computing. Users are hoping to save on IT costs and get into production at a faster pace, developers ...

  Tags: Cloud Computing, Conference, Tom Foremski

  Oct 15, 2008 2:51 PM PDT

• Does IT really need to fear multicore?

  While multicore chips hold great promise for applications and computing power they could wreak havoc on technology departments. That's the message from Gartner analyst Carl Claunch, who argued Thursday that ...

  Tags: Multi-core, Information Technology, Larry Dignan, Software

  Oct 15, 2008 2:00 PM PDT

• Constellation Wines (maker of Mondavi, Wild Horse and other big U.S. wine brands) goes solar

  Pacific Power Management is building out a 1.2-megawatt solar system that will cover the winery warehouse roof for theConstellation WinesU.S. Gonzales Winery in Monterey, Calif. The system, set to be ...

  Tags: Wine, Pacific Power Management, Heather Clancy, Brand, Winery

  Oct 15, 2008 1:58 PM PDT

• Adobe ships fix for clickjacking, clipboard hijack threats

  Adobe has released Flash Player 10 Techmeme discussion with a chock-full of major security improvements, including patches and mitigation for at least five serious security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities covered with ...

  Tags: Ryan Naraine, Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability

  Oct 15, 2008 1:56 PM PDT

• The Windows 7 name game, continued

  It is rare that you get to see a Microsoft executive tap dance and juggle at the same time, but that's what I felt like as I read one senior ...

  Tags: Game, Operating Systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Ed Bott, Microsoft Windows Vista, Software, Microsoft Windows

  Oct 15, 2008 1:30 PM PDT

• ebay beats Q3, adjusts guidance for Q4, FY08

  eBay reported third quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street's expectations with revenues of $2.12 billion, up $228 million from the third quarter of 2007. It reported non-GAAP profits of $592 ...

  Tags: GAAP, Financial Accounting, Finance, Earnings, Sam Diaz, eBay Inc.

  Oct 15, 2008 1:23 PM PDT

• Microsoft plays up 'less is more' as its holiday retail message

  With consumers hunkering down, how is Microsoft hoping to get them to spend on technology toys and software this holiday season? The theme at the company's Holiday 2008 "In the ...

  Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., Phone, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp.

  Oct 15, 2008 1:15 PM PDT

• VIDEO: Is Steve Jobs starting to pass the baton?

  Maybe you didn't notice it - or maybe I'm just reading into this a bit too deep. But there were a couple of hints at this week's Apple announcement that ...

  Tags: Steve Jobs, Video, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Sam Diaz

  Oct 15, 2008 12:54 PM PDT

• It's not easy being green--Optimizing eco-friendly packaging

  Early adopter brands have further differentiated their products and won consumer affinity by adopting green strategies in their brands and packaging. But risks are many says Affinnova's Steve Lamoureux. Commentary--On ...

  Tags: Standard Quantitative Approach, Branding, Steve Lamoureux, Affinnova, Special to ZDNet, Special to ZDNet, green, Marketing, Risk, Brand, Steve Lamoureux, Affinnova

  Oct 15, 2008 12:32 PM PDT

• On IT failure: IDC group vice president Mike Fauscette [podcast]

  IDC's Group Vice President, Mike Fauscette, leads a team of enterprise software analysts for one of the largest research firms in the world. To better understand IT failures, read this ...

  Tags: Management, Software Company, Podcasts, Tools & Techniques, Information Technology, International Data Corp., Strategy, Failure, Vice President, Internet

  Oct 15, 2008 12:02 PM PDT

• The final debate: Don't expect Obama and McCain to spar over net neutrality

  When John McCain and Barack Obama take the stage tonight for the final debate before the election, I expect to hear plenty about the economy, domestic issues and foreign policy. ...

  Tags: Wired Inc., Net Neutrality, John McCain, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Internet, Networking, Sam Diaz, Broadband, Broadband Internet

  Oct 15, 2008 11:59 AM PDT

• R.I.P. Apple matte screen displays

  The thing that bums me out the most about yesterday's MacBook announcements is Apple's move to all-glossy displays. I'll make no bones about it – I loathe glossy displays – ...

  Tags: Glare, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

  Oct 15, 2008 11:28 AM PDT

• MacBook Air gets Penryn and MBP17 gets minor bump

  Although they didn't get fancy glass trackpads or unibody aluminum frames (like Apple's other new notebooks) the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 17-inch received minor speed-bumps when Apple announced its ...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Processor, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

  Oct 15, 2008 10:28 AM PDT

• Judge freezes assets of massive spam ring

  The Federal Trade Commission won a huge antispam victory in court yesterday, with a federal courts in Chicago's order to freeze the assets of a botnet spam group generally known ...

  Tags: Spam, Spam And Phishing, Asset, Richard Koman, Viruses And Worms, Security, FTC, Cyberthreats

  Oct 15, 2008 10:18 AM PDT

• YouTube: No special DMCA policies for candidates

  McCain wants YouTube to give special handling to DMCA takedown notices regarding political campaigns. Today, YouTube gave the campaign the cold shoulder. It seems McCain has run afoul of copyright ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Takedown, YouTube Inc., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Business Operations, John McCain, Corporate Law, Piracy, Intellectual Property

  Oct 15, 2008 9:56 AM PDT

• Smart fabrics and interactive textiles

  The European market for smart fabrics and interactive textiles SFIT represents about 300 million euro today and is growing at a yearly rate of about 20%. These smart textiles are ...

  Tags: Components, Roland Piquepaille, Vertical Industries, Sensor, Hardware, Information And Communication Technology, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Healthcare, Monitors & Displays

  Oct 15, 2008 9:45 AM PDT

• SAP TechEd: what do geeks get out of conferences?

  Technical conferences are always interesting but what do geeks get out of them? This was the question I put to 22 attendees at SAP TechEd Berlin. I restricted them to ...

  Tags: SAP AG, Dennis Howlett, Geek, Conference

  Oct 15, 2008 9:44 AM PDT

• A single drink will not shrink your brain

  If you regularly find yourself unable to walk away from the bar, or the bottle, after a second shot, get help. But a nice glass of red with your meal ...

  Tags: Management, Beverage, Food & Beverage, Dana Blankenhorn, Brain, Strategy, Manufacturing, Security

  Oct 15, 2008 9:43 AM PDT

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