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Data Centers That Will Follow the Sun and Chase the Wind - 18 hours ago
A plan to combine cloud computing, fast broadband and renewable energy could reduce the demand data centers place on the electrical grid and save companies money on power costs. Data centers’ ability to suck up inordinate amounts of electricity is. Topics: Andrew Hopper, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure

The Economic Gist Via Craigslist - 19 hours ago
My weekend walks with the dog have turned from quiet reveries into trips through a neighborhood bazaar. Driveway after driveway is packed with garage sales and people selling old DVD players, lamps, old books, anything, everything. Part of this is a... Topics: Asides, Craigslist

Cell-phone Navigation Is Finding an Audience - 21 hours ago
Garmin and TomTom may need to guard their backs in the portable navigation device market. Americans are increasingly using their cell phones for navigation, according to data from comScore, which says that navigation on the cell phone as of the end of... Topics: Mobile

Verizon to Launch FiOS TV in NYC on Monday - 21 hours ago
Verizon will start selling FiOS TV in New York City on Monday. The announcement will be made at a glitzy ceremony at the Grand Central Station, and will be webcast as well. NYC had granted Verizon a television franchise in May, and the franchise was... Topics: FiOS, FiOS TV, Time Warner Cable, TWC, Verizon, VZ

Ballmer: Microsoft to Get More Narrow-minded - 22 hours ago
Steve Ballmer sent an email to Microsoft employees this week in which he acknowledged the success of Apple — and what the Redmond giant needs to do in order to better compete. “Today, we’re changing the way we work with hardware vendors to.. Topics: Apple, ballmer, Microsoft, NYT Company News, Shorts, Web




























