Generation Y Looks To The Web For Answers
December 31, 2007
TechWeb - A Pew Internet study found 58% of Americans go online first when seeking information on common issues, such as an illness, finances, taxes, and careers.
Philips to Unveil 52-inch Multi-Touch LCD at CES
December 31, 2007
PC World - LG.Philips LCD is planning to unveil a 52-inch multi-touch LCD (liquid crystal display) at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show, it said Monday. The screen is 5-inches larger than one it recently showed in Japan and is the largest display of its type in the world, the company said.
Vonage and Nortel settle patent dispute
December 31, 2007
Reuters - Internet-based calling company Vonage
Holdings Corp said it has agreed to settle a patent
dispute with Nortel Networks with no payment of
damages, sending its share up more than 8 percent.
LG.Philips to unveil 52-inch multi-touch LCD at CES
December 31, 2007
InfoWorld - LG.Philips LCD is planning to unveil a 52-inch multi-touch LCD (liquid crystal display) at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show, it said Monday. The screen is 5-inches larger than one it recently showed in Japan and is the largest display of its type in the world, the company said.
OLPC CTO quits nonprofit effort
December 31, 2007
InfoWorld - The One Laptop Per Child project suffered a blow this week, with Chief Technology Officer Mary Lou Jepsen quitting the nonprofit to start a for-profit company to commercialize technology she invented with OLPC.
Baidu CFO killed in holiday accident
December 31, 2007
InfoWorld - Shawn Wang, the chief financial officer of Baidu.com, China’s top search engine, was killed in an accident on December 27, the company said Saturday.
Love, others may follow Radiohead’s no-label lead
December 30, 2007
Reuters - Rock band Radiohead’s decision to
release its new album “In Rainbows” by itself — online,
without a record label’s help and at any price the user chose
– rocked the industry last fall.
Will CES 2008 Live Up to the iPhone?
December 30, 2007
PC World - Microsoft chair Bill Gates has a tough job ahead of him at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week.
Generation Y biggest user of libraries: survey
December 30, 2007
Reuters - More than half of Americans visited
a library in the past year with many of them drawn in by the
computers rather than the books, according to a survey released
on Sunday.
Study: Young adults heavy library users
December 30, 2007
AP - Young adults are the heaviest users of public libraries despite the ease with which they can access a wealth of information over the Internet from the comforts of their homes, according to a new study.
