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India 2.0: The new garage culture

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

RISK-TAKERS SAY NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF TECHNOLOGY BOOM IN INDIA

MUMBAI, India - The founders of newly launched Kreeda Entertainment come from New York City, Belgium and Bangalore.

Cell phonesl replace credit cards, cash and checks

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

The day may be coming when cell phones will replace credit cards, cash and checks

It's a scene repeated hundreds of times a day at grocery stores: A woman steps up to the checkout line, sets down her cell phone and digs through her purse for her debit card.

YouTube: POLICY CLARIFIED AFTER RUCKUS OVER USER RIGHTS

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

The blogosphere barked, and YouTube listened.

Some bloggers created a minor uproar this week when they noticed the viral video site's user's agreement included what they thought was a suspicious clause. But while the digital era poses possibilities and perils, in this case it was much ado about a little legalese.

Start-ups find new ways to move huge data files over Internet

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Internet video -- from episodes of ``South Park'' to videos of your friend singing karaoke to the latest Prince single -- has exploded in popularity.
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But it's still harder than you might think to move video around. And the huge amount of video online is straining the Internet.

Superman gear from Alienware

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Alienware, the company that makes high-performance computers for gaming and other applications, has something new: a Superman edition.
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�Desktop, notebook, media center and professional computer systems are now available with Superman-logo exteriors.

Scanner handles 1,000 pages/hour

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Want a book scanner that scans up to 1,000 pages an hour?
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The BookDrive DIY uses digital cameras that are faster than overhead or flatbed scanners and captures information from a document in just a blink.

AMD expected to expand factories in Germany

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

FIRM SHOWS CONFIDENCE IN MARKET SHARE GAIN

Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce today that it is building a $2.5 billion addition to its factory in Germany, a sign of its confidence it will keep gaining market share against its bigger rival, Intel, in microprocessor chips for personal computers.

Yahoo, eBay will team up online

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Google this: Ads from Yahoo on eBay. EBay's PayPal on Yahoo.
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Two of the world's biggest Internet companies Thursday announced a plan to blend some of their most popular and powerful services in a bid to outflank Google and Microsoft in the battle for billions of dollars in online spending.

New search engine's ads pay-per-action

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT

PAY-PER-CLICK INVENTOR HAS HIGH HOPES FOR NEW MODEL
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Bill Gross, the entrepreneur who first showed Google how to spin cyberspace searches into real-world gold, hopes his new search engine will teach Silicon Valley a new lesson in Internet advertising.� The irrepressible inventor of the pay-per-click advertising model rolls out his latest take on search technology today -- a relaunch of Snap.

Microsoft pitching for video games

no@spam.com (Mercury News) — Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT

NEGLECTED PC PLATFORM UNDERGOING TECH REVIVAL

LOS ANGELES - The personal computer game industry is set for a revival, fueled by consumers flocking to online video games.

Constantly improving technology that makes graphics better on a PC along with services that unite players on PCs with others are drawing more game-players to the computer.
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