Friday, August 27, 2010

Simple Thoughts (Technology) – Newsletter for August 27, 2010

Friday, August 27, 2010


Google Buzz API includes Location Specific Alerts: Tracks

Only recently Google’s was in news for its new social networking venture initiating a direct tussle with Facebook. With much ado on Facebook Places feature Google couldn’t wait to announce its new feature Track. The Google Alerts feature already notifies the users on what’s going on around them. What’s more the search might be …. Read the original article  : Google Buzz API includes Location Specific Alerts: Tracks.

China warns the US against planned sale of military aircraft radar to Taiwan

China warns US against selling Taiwan radars

BEIJING – China objected Friday to a U.S. plan to supply radar equipment to Taiwan’s air force, even though the sale was far short of the F-16 fighter jets the island’s president urged Washington to provide last week.
U.S. State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said earlier this week that …. Original article  : China warns the US against planned sale of military aircraft radar to Taiwan.

Toyota Corolla Recall In USA , Again!

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com)- The troubled Japanese carmaker Toyota Motors has again come into headlines for recalling its popular sedan Corolla and Matrix Hatchbacks in the USA. This year has proved to be disastrous for the Japanese carmaker and it has recalled millions of car since the beginning of 2010. The cars in Canada and …. Source  : Toyota Corolla Recall In USA , Again!.

OmniVision shares fall after 1st-quarter revenue misses Wall Street expectations

OmniVision shares fall on 1Q revenue miss
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – OmniVision Technologies Inc., which makes chips for digital cameras and Web cameras, on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $16.9 million, or 30 cents per share, reversing a loss a year earlier.

But its first-quarter revenue – $193.1 million, an 83 percent increase from $105.6 million … Original source on Gaea Times at : OmniVision shares fall after 1st-quarter revenue misses Wall Street expectations.

Summary Box: HP blasts back with higher $1.69B offer for 3Par, tops Dell’s latest bid

Summary Box: HP, Dell volley offers for 3Par
QUICK RETURN: Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. continued to bid on data-storage maker 3Par Thursday. HP raised its offer to $27 per share, or about $1.69 billion, topping the $24.30-per-share bid that Dell made public earlier in the day.
SECOND SET: Dell made a first offer of …. Original source  : Summary Box: HP blasts back with higher $1.69B offer for 3Par, tops Dell’s latest bid.

Hewlett-Packard keeps 3Par volley going, tops Dell with higher $1.69 billion offer

HP blasts back with new bid for 3Par, besting Dell
SEATTLE – Hewlett-Packard Co. has again raised its bid for 3Par Inc. above an offer from rival Dell Inc., suggesting that the little-known data-storage maker could be worth more with one of the PC companies’ marketing muscle behind it.
The latest offer from HP for …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Texas-based biofuel company plans to build its first 3 plants in Mississippi

Texas company to build 3 biofuel plants in Miss.

JACKSON, Miss. – Texas-based KiOR, a company with plans to produce a crude oil substitute from wood chips and other biomass, will locate its first three facilities in Mississippi.
Gov. Haley Barbour and KiOR CEO Fred Cannon announced details of the venture Thursday, a day before lawmakers were …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Some key dates related to 3Par Inc. and its suitors, Dell and Hewlett-Packard

Some key dates related to 3Par and its suitors
Some key dates related to 3Par Inc. and its suitors:
May 1999: 3Par is founded.
Nov. 16, 2007: 3Par goes public. Shares close at $16.64, above the initial offering price of $14 per share.
May 4, 2010: 3Par reports a net loss of $3.2 million on revenue of …. Source article  : Some key dates related to 3Par Inc. and its suitors, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

Hewlett-Packard answers higher Dell bid with a raise of its own, offers $1.69B for 3Par

HP raises offer for 3Par, trumping Dell’s
SEATTLE – Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday it is raising its offer for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. to about $1.69 billion, topping a revised bid that rival Dell Inc. made public earlier in the day.
HP’s new offer is for $27 per share in cash. Earlier, Dell … Original article on : Hewlett-Packard answers higher Dell bid with a raise of its own, offers $1.69B for 3Par.

Best Buy expands online video game trade-in program to its stores

Best Buy expands game trade-in program to stores

NEW YORK – Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. said Thursday it is offering store credit in exchange for used video games at nearly 600 of its stores, expanding an online trade-in program that has been in place for about a year.
The move follows Wednesday’s announcement by Target Corp. …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Best Buy expands online video game trade-in program to its stores.

Low response to NC amnesty offer as states aim to collect more sales tax from online retailers

NC sees few takers to online sales tax amnesty bid

RALEIGH, N.C. – Just over two dozen of the 450 online retailers offered amnesty if they begin collecting North Carolina taxes on Internet sales have taken the offer.
In one of the country’s most aggressive efforts to collect sale taxes many retailers don’t believe they owe, the …. Original source  : Low response to NC amnesty offer as states aim to collect more sales tax from online retailers.

4 carriers control of 90 percent of wireless market, government report finds

Government report: 4 cos. control wireless market
WASHINGTON – Consolidation over the past decade has left just four big carriers in control of 90 percent of the wireless market, making it harder for small and regional companies to compete, according to a government report released Thursday.
The study by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : 4 carriers control of 90 percent of wireless market, government report finds.

Gmail Phone Calls Fail to Challenge Skype

Google now lets you place your phone calls directly from Gmail. The company launched its latest integration for Google’s Mail Service on Wednesday. You can make calls anywhere anytime now from your Google account.
Skype, who always has been the major in e-call biz. now faces a “challenge” if you call it that.
An icon symbolizing a …. Source article  : Gmail Phone Calls Fail to Challenge Skype.

TiVo shares slide as DVR technology maker posts another quarter of losses amid competition

TiVo shares slide after another quarter of losses

NEW YORK – Jittery investors sent shares of TiVo Inc. lower Thursday, even though the DVR maker’s second-quarter results beat expectations.
THE SPARK: While TiVo topped Wall Street forecasts, the company has endured a string of quarterly losses as rising competition has hurt subscriber growth and it contends with …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

BlackBerry maker RIM offers to lead ‘industry forum’ to work with India on encryption concerns

RIM seeks broad industry-gov’t talks on encryption
NEW YORK – Research In Motion Ltd., which is facing a service shutdown in India next week over demands for access to its users’ e-mails, said Thursday it is seeking to involve other technology companies in its talks with government officials.
RIM, which is based in Waterloo, …. Read the original article  : here.

Top Seven Tips for Essential Outsourcing Criteria

Outsourcing has many aspect as an important function for an organization. It helps you get experts for your organization as well as improves efficiency of your company because you can free some of your staffs to concentrate more on core processes. As a company CEO, you have to have some criteria to make outsourcing … Read more >>>.

Medical instruments likely used by the Nazis for experiments obtained by Auschwitz memorial

Auschwitz memorial acquires Nazi medical devices

WARSAW, Poland – The Auschwitz memorial in Poland says it has obtained around 150 medical instruments believed to have been used by the Nazis in experiments on the death camp inmates.
Memorial spokesman Bartosz Bartyzel said Thursday the gynecological and surgical instruments were recently offered to the museum by a historian … Read more >>.

President of European soccer downplays need for video technology, keeps faith in referees

Euro soccer head says video technology not needed

MONACO – The head of European soccer insists referees do not need help from video technology.
UEFA president Michel Platini contends that five officials should be enough to spot a penalty, hand ball or whether the ball crosses the line.
“I will always defend it and with a lot of … Read more »».

Gmail Call Feature: An Assessment

Google never fails to sail in new seas. Google is all set to take its email service Gmail to a new level. Gmail already allows video chat and now on it allows users to make and receive calls right inside the browser using Google Voice. To KISS Google is trying to take on the most … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Gmail Call Feature: An Assessment.

iTunes Scam Surfaces

CUPERTINO (GaeaTimes.com)- Apple the Cupertino based technology giant has again made the users worried after loads of complaints of iTunes users losing their money owing to services they never used surfaced. Apparently the computer scammers have found new ways of cheating the iTunes service users and tricked them into paying [..] Read the original article: here.

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