Technology blog http://techblology.com Technology blog filled with information about the latest technology, computers, gadgets, games, cellphones, etc Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:17:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Weather Again Halts Endeavour Blastoff to ISS http://techblology.com/2009/weather-again-halts-endeavour-blastoff-to-iss/ http://techblology.com/2009/weather-again-halts-endeavour-blastoff-to-iss/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:59 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/weather-again-halts-endeavour-blastoff-to-iss/ Thunderstorms and lightning strikes within 20 miles of the Cape Canaveral launch facilities again force NASA to cancel the blastoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station. If the weather cooperates, NASA will on July 15 attempt again to get Endeavour off the ground. – Stormy [...]]]> Thunderstorms and lightning strikes within 20 miles of the Cape Canaveral launch facilities again force NASA to cancel the blastoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station. If the weather cooperates, NASA will on July 15 attempt again to get Endeavour off the ground.
– Stormy Florida weather July 13
postponed the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the third consecutive
day and marked the fifth time since June that NASA has been forced to postpone
the mission to deliver and install Japan’s
4.5 million-ton Kibo space-exposed laboratory complex.

NASA w…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/weather-again-halts-endeavour-blastoff-to-iss/feed/ 0 IBM Faces Lawsuit over Processor Patent Infringement http://techblology.com/2009/ibm-faces-lawsuit-over-processor-patent-infringement/ http://techblology.com/2009/ibm-faces-lawsuit-over-processor-patent-infringement/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:45 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/ibm-faces-lawsuit-over-processor-patent-infringement/ Patent licensing company Mosaid Technologies announces plans to file a patent infringement lawsuit against IBM for allegedly violating six of Mosaid’s microprocessor patents. – TORONTO (Reuters) Patent licensing firm Mosaid Technologies Inc said on Monday it was taking IBM to court for allegedly infringing on six of Mosaid’s U.S. patents. Mosaid said the long-running dispute [...]]]> Patent licensing company Mosaid Technologies announces plans to file a patent infringement lawsuit against IBM for allegedly violating six of Mosaid’s microprocessor patents.
– TORONTO (Reuters) Patent licensing firm Mosaid Technologies Inc
said on Monday it was taking IBM to court for allegedly infringing on
six of Mosaid’s U.S. patents.
Mosaid said the long-running dispute was over IBM’s making and
selling of microprocessor and application specific integrated circuit…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/ibm-faces-lawsuit-over-processor-patent-infringement/feed/ 0 Microsoft Windows 7 for Business Goes on Sale Sept. 1 http://techblology.com/2009/microsoft-windows-7-for-business-goes-on-sale-sept-1/ http://techblology.com/2009/microsoft-windows-7-for-business-goes-on-sale-sept-1/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:34 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/microsoft-windows-7-for-business-goes-on-sale-sept-1/ Microsoft plans to start selling Windows 7 to its business customers on Sept. 1, weeks before the full launch of the operating system on Oct. 22. Microsoft is also promoting the Windows 7 OS to businesses through a collection of steep discount prices. Microsoft is betting that Windows 7 will help it boost its bottom [...]]]> Microsoft plans to start selling Windows 7 to its business customers on Sept. 1, weeks before the full launch of the operating system on Oct. 22. Microsoft is also promoting the Windows 7 OS to businesses through a collection of steep discount prices. Microsoft is betting that Windows 7 will help it boost its bottom line in the midst of the recession while also helping wipe away bad memories of Windows Vista.
– Microsoft
will start selling Windows 7 to business customers in volume on Sept. 1, weeks
before its official retail rollout on Oct. 22.
As it prepares for a massive worldwide push for Windows 7, Microsoft also
announced that businesses purchasing the operating system in volume would be
able to…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/microsoft-windows-7-for-business-goes-on-sale-sept-1/feed/ 0 Hitachi Enters Cutthroat Consumer Storage Wars http://techblology.com/2009/hitachi-enters-cutthroat-consumer-storage-wars/ http://techblology.com/2009/hitachi-enters-cutthroat-consumer-storage-wars/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:31 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/hitachi-enters-cutthroat-consumer-storage-wars/ The launch of three new storage machines marks the first products resulting from the company’s acquisition of Fabrik in February 2009. The Japanese company now jumps directly into pricing wars in a cutthroat market that already includes Iomega, Seagate, Toshiba, Synology and Cisco Systems. – Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, known in the [...]]]> The launch of three new storage machines marks the first products resulting from the company’s acquisition of Fabrik in February 2009. The Japanese company now jumps directly into pricing wars in a cutthroat market that already includes Iomega, Seagate, Toshiba, Synology and Cisco Systems.
– Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, known in the past only for its enterprise storage products, on July 13 launched three new consumer products that puts the company directly into a growing market that already includes Iomega, Seagate, Toshiba, Synology and Cisco Systems.

The launch marks the fi…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/hitachi-enters-cutthroat-consumer-storage-wars/feed/ 0 What Do Developers Think of Google Chrome OS? http://techblology.com/2009/what-do-developers-think-of-google-chrome-os/ http://techblology.com/2009/what-do-developers-think-of-google-chrome-os/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:28 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/what-do-developers-think-of-google-chrome-os/ Google announced its Chrome operating system on July 7 and developers have been weighing in on what it means for the developer ranks ever since the company said it was building an OS based on its Chrome browser. – Google announced its Chrome operating system on July 7 and developers have been [...]]]> Google announced its Chrome operating system on July 7 and developers have been weighing in on what it means for the developer ranks ever since the company said it was building an OS based on its Chrome browser.
– Google announced its Chrome operating system on July 7 and developers have been weighing in on what it means for the developer ranks ever since the company said it was building an OS based on its Chrome browser.
Developer reaction has ranged from excitement over Google adding energy to delivering G…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/what-do-developers-think-of-google-chrome-os/feed/ 0 Cisco, HP Clash Over Networking Equipment Pricing http://techblology.com/2009/cisco-hp-clash-over-networking-equipment-pricing/ http://techblology.com/2009/cisco-hp-clash-over-networking-equipment-pricing/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:22 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/cisco-hp-clash-over-networking-equipment-pricing/ HP is looking to focus the debate around its networking equipment competition with Cisco around price. HP ProCurve officials say they are pleased about reports that Cisco may be asking some partners to match prices with HP. However, Cisco officials deny any such program is in place, saying instead that they are competing based on [...]]]> HP is looking to focus the debate around its networking equipment competition with Cisco around price. HP ProCurve officials say they are pleased about reports that Cisco may be asking some partners to match prices with HP. However, Cisco officials deny any such program is in place, saying instead that they are competing based on value and not price. If HP can keep the focus on price, it could help it gain ground against Cisco now that the global recession has put a tight squeeze on IT budgets.
– The friction between Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems is continuing, this time in the area of networking equipment.
Specifically, the issue is the pricing of the networking equipment. HP officials are pointing to comments some Cisco officials made during the companys Partner Summit in June as an i…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/cisco-hp-clash-over-networking-equipment-pricing/feed/ 0 Russian Firm Values Facebook Stock at $6.5B http://techblology.com/2009/russian-firm-values-facebook-stock-at-6-5b/ http://techblology.com/2009/russian-firm-values-facebook-stock-at-6-5b/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:19 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/russian-firm-values-facebook-stock-at-6-5b/ Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies is willing to pay $14.77 per share for Facebook common stock, boosting its stake to as much as 3.5 percent and valuing the world’s largest online social network at about $6.5 billion. – SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies said it will pay $14.77 a share for Facebook [...]]]> Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies is willing to pay $14.77 per share for Facebook common stock, boosting its stake to as much as 3.5 percent and valuing the world’s largest online social network at about $6.5 billion.
– SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies said it
will pay $14.77 a share for Facebook common stock, boosting its stake
to as much as 3.5 percent and valuing the world’s largest online social
network at about $6.5 billion.
While that is below the $10 billion valuation set by Digi…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/russian-firm-values-facebook-stock-at-6-5b/feed/ 0 10 Reasons We Are Excited About Google Chrome OS http://techblology.com/2009/10-reasons-we-are-excited-about-google-chrome-os/ http://techblology.com/2009/10-reasons-we-are-excited-about-google-chrome-os/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:13 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/10-reasons-we-are-excited-about-google-chrome-os/ Google announced July 8 that the company is entering the operating system market with its Chrome OS. This will be a lightweight operating system with a GUI consisting of the Chrome browser. With the release of Chrome OS, Google is clearly challenging Microsoft Windows. Why do we welcome a new Web-ready OS? eWEEK Labs Analyst [...]]]> Google announced July 8 that the company is entering the operating system market with its Chrome OS. This will be a lightweight operating system with a GUI consisting of the Chrome browser. With the release of Chrome OS, Google is clearly challenging Microsoft Windows. Why do we welcome a new Web-ready OS? eWEEK Labs Analyst Jeff Cogswell ponders the possibilities.
– …


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/10-reasons-we-are-excited-about-google-chrome-os/feed/ 0 10 Features of the Smarter Office Application Suite http://techblology.com/2009/10-features-of-the-smarter-office-application-suite/ http://techblology.com/2009/10-features-of-the-smarter-office-application-suite/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:07 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/10-features-of-the-smarter-office-application-suite/ Microsoft Office, Zoho, OpenOffice and Google Docs are all claiming to be the new future of office productivity. Here’s what they really need to be future-proof. – 1. Permanence. This may sound strange, but the ability to read documents 20 years in the future should be a requirement. I recently went [...]]]> Microsoft Office, Zoho, OpenOffice and Google Docs are all claiming to be the new future of office productivity. Here’s
what they really need to be future-proof.
– 1. Permanence. This may sound strange, but the ability to read documents 20 years in the future should be a requirement. I recently went to England where at a museum my ancient-languages-enabled son was able to decipher the words from the oldest fragment (125 A.D.) of the New Testament. I’m not su…


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]]> http://techblology.com/2009/10-features-of-the-smarter-office-application-suite/feed/ 0 Software AG USA Planning to Acquire IDS Scheer http://techblology.com/2009/software-ag-usa-planning-to-acquire-ids-scheer/ http://techblology.com/2009/software-ag-usa-planning-to-acquire-ids-scheer/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:17:18 +0000 tech blogger http://techblology.com/2009/software-ag-usa-planning-to-acquire-ids-scheer/ The combination of Software AG USA and IDS Scheer will create a global vendor of infrastructure software and business process management with more than 6,000 employees and more than €1 billion ($1.39 billion) in sales, the company said. – The U.S. subsidiary of Germany’s largest software company, Software AG, announced [...]]]> The combination of Software AG USA and IDS Scheer will create a global vendor of infrastructure software and business process management with more than 6,000 employees and more than €1 billion ($1.39 billion) in sales, the company said.
– The U.S. subsidiary of Germany’s largest software company, Software AG, announced July 13 said it will acquire German BPM (business process management) consultant IDS Scheer for €15 per share.

Software AG USA, based in Reston, Va., said that it has already agreed to buy out IDS Scheer’s two bigg…


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