Amazon has just announced a whole new Kindle: introducing the new Kindle Fire: a 7-inch muti-touch screen tablet featuring Amazon Silk—a wicked fast cloud-accelerated web browser. What could be better than that? How about it costing under $200?
Tag Archive: amazon
Jan
26
Chrome Extensions Finally Stable
Google has finally brought extensions out of beta and stabilized them for the newly released update of Chrome. Bookmark syncing is packaged in there as well — automatically synchronize your Chrome bookmarks on different computers. Keep in mind that this update only applies to the Windows version of the web browser. No word yet on …
Dec
01
Make It Mine: Adding a Personal Touch to Google Chrome
It’s always the little things that count. Isn’t that what they say? Everything is more exciting when you can make it your own. The same rings true with your computer. It’s why we change the wallpaper on our desktop to reflect our personality or interests. It’s why Windows Media Player and Winamp have skins to …
Sep
11
Windows 7, New OS Much Compared and Anticipated
Microsoft released to manufacturing the newest version of Windows last month, less than three years after the ushering in of the unpopular Widows Vista, which, in light of the heavy criticism received from users and officials alike, prompted many users to stick with the then 4-year-old Windows XP. With a general release date set for …
Jul
22
Zappos.com Acquired by Amazon.com for $800+ Million
Today the CEO of Zappos.com, Tony Hsieh, announced that his company had been bought by Amazon.com for 10 million shares of Amazon (AMZN) stock. At today’s stock price, this deal is worth over $800 million. An additional $40 million in cash and restricted stock is to be given to Zappos employees. Tony Hsieh announced the …
Jul
02
NoSQL Movement is Gaining Traction
A new movement has started in the world of database programming. A small group of programmers and start-up companies are developing new ways of managing large amounts of data. They claim that relational databases like MySQL are too constrictive and slow, and they are developing their own ways of dealing with all of their data. …
Mar
27
Cloud Computing and the Future of IT
This week, Tom Sullivan of InfoWorld interviewed Nicholas Carr, author of the much talked about Harvard Business Review article “IT Doesn’t Matter“. This article, written in 2003, outlines an argument for the inevitable transition of IT from proprietary technologies to a more utility-like function, similar to telephone or electricity. If you’ve never read this article, …