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Twitter's Growing PainsPlagued by service outages, the microblogging site rebuilds its infrastructure.
Source : technologyreview.com | 21-Jul-2008 06:00
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Source : technologyreview.com | 21-Jul-2008 06:00
Nanosensors for Medical Monitoring
Vista Therapeutics is developing ultra-sensitive detectors.
Source : technologyreview.com | 08-Jul-2008 06:00
Why Helio Didn't Connect
The flashy cell-phone company is in a very tough business.
Source : technologyreview.com | 03-Jul-2008 06:00
IBM's "Noise Free" Nano Lab
The company believes that shielded labs are vital to the future of nanoelectronics.
Source : technologyreview.com | 27-Jun-2008 06:00
Part II: The Business of Social Networks
The future of the Web is social. But can social-networking sites ever make money?
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Part I: The Business of Social Networks
Can social-networking sites make money?
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Home Tweet Home
The ground zero of social networking gone wild is Twitter. We got a look at their offices days before they prepared for a move to a more grown-up space.
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Clear Calls
Audience markets noise-canceling chip for cell phones.
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Founding Father
A new book describes the man who created modern venture capital.
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
The Next Bubble
Are Web 2.0 companies the unlucky beneficiaries of a speculative mania?
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Who Owns Your Friends?
Social-networking sites are fighting over control of users' personal information. The outcome is likely to determine the future structure of the industry.
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Social Networking Is Not a Business*
Web 2.0--the dream of the user-built, user-centered, user-run Internet--has delivered on just about every promise except profit. Will its most prominent example, social networking, ever make any money?
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Ten Web Startups to Watch
These ventures--all founded recently--are hoping to commercialize some of the most innovative ideas of the Social Web.
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Jun-2008 06:00
Online Medical Advice Goes Social
A website launching today seeks to bring the power of social networking to health support groups.
Source : technologyreview.com | 16-Jun-2008 06:00
Adapting Websites to Users
Websites that change to fit the cognitive style of the user could be more effective at selling products online.
Source : technologyreview.com | 09-Jun-2008 06:00
Acrobat Gets Multimedia Makeover
Adobe adds Flash, video, and Web services to its venerable Acrobat software.
Source : technologyreview.com | 05-Jun-2008 06:00
Next-Generation Diagnostics
A startup can detect tiny traces of cancer markers in blood samples.
Source : technologyreview.com | 13-May-2008 06:00
Archiving E-mail Effectively
The White House's recent problems archiving e-mail could be solved by emerging technologies.
Source : technologyreview.com | 09-May-2008 06:00
Focusing on Solar's Cost
Sunrgi claims that its concentrated photovoltaic system outshines the competition.
Source : technologyreview.com | 07-May-2008 06:00
The Candidates on Technology
Find out where Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain stand on key technology issues, such as privacy, net neutrality, stem cell research, and biofuels.
Source : technologyreview.com | 06-May-2008 06:00
$100 Laptop Program's New President
Charles Kane thinks industry partnerships will boost the laptop's marketability.
Source : technologyreview.com | 02-May-2008 02:00
A Price Drop for Solar Panels
The silicon shortage that has kept solar electricity expensive is ending.
Source : technologyreview.com | 01-May-2008 02:00
A New Vision for Second Life
Linden Lab's new CEO outlines his plans to help Second Life mature.
Source : technologyreview.com | 25-Apr-2008 02:00
Cheap Infrastructure
Google's App Engine is the latest service to reduce operating costs for Web startups.
Source : technologyreview.com | 23-Apr-2008 02:00
Una Laptop por Niņo
The philanthropic effort dubbed the $100 Laptop has not met its grand initial goals. But its first deployment, in Peru, may turn skeptics into believers.
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Apr-2008 06:00
Una Laptop por Niņo
The philanthropic project first known as the "$100 laptop" has fallen far short of grand initial goals. But In Peru, 486,500 machines are headed for some of the world's poorest and worst-educated children.
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Apr-2008 02:00
All the Internet's a Game
Gamelayers makes a treasure hunt of everyday Web browsing.
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Apr-2008 02:00
Targeted Ads Designed for You
Companies are finding novel ways to target advertising to your cell phone and television.
Source : technologyreview.com | 11-Apr-2008 02:00
Selling Stem Cells
BioTime's Michael West wants to standardize and commercialize stem cells for scientist.
Source : technologyreview.com | 09-Apr-2008 02:00
On Markets and Complexity
Economist Robert C. Merton talks about the current crisis, risk, and financial engineering.
Source : technologyreview.com | 02-Apr-2008 02:00
A New Memory Company
Intel and STMicroelectronics have formed a joint venture that plans to commercialize phase-change memory by the end of the year.
Source : technologyreview.com | 01-Apr-2008 02:00
A New Divide in Social Networks
MySpace and Yahoo support Google's OpenSocial standard; Facebook does not.
Source : technologyreview.com | 28-Mar-2008 01:00
What the FCC's Auction Means
Verizon and AT&T dominate the airwaves, but Google helped open the networks.
Source : technologyreview.com | 24-Mar-2008 01:00
Will a YouTube Platform Matter?
The Internet video site opens up to software developers, so that people can do more with their videos, like watch them on TiVo.
Source : technologyreview.com | 14-Mar-2008 01:00
Is the Net Too Neutral?
Recent FCC hearings pitted network operators and content distributors against each other. But if the two can find a way to collaborate, the Internet will work better for everybody.
Source : technologyreview.com | 11-Mar-2008 01:00
Saving Energy in Data Centers
A group at Microsoft Research attacks the problem on two fronts.
Source : technologyreview.com | 10-Mar-2008 01:00
Solar without the Panels
Utilities are using the sun's heat to boil water for steam turbines.
Source : technologyreview.com | 29-Feb-2008 01:00
TR10: Wireless Power
Physicist Marin Soljacic is working toward a world of wireless electricity.
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Feb-2008 19:42
TR10: Graphene Transistors
A new form of carbon being pioneered by Walter de Heer of Georgia Tech could lead to speedy, compact computer processors.
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Feb-2008 19:27
Android Calling
Does Google want to free your phone--or own it?
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Feb-2008 19:10
Between Friends
Sites like Facebook are proving the value of the "social graph."
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Feb-2008 18:55
Fuel from Algae
A startup's new process could make fuel from algae as cheap as petroleum.
Source : technologyreview.com | 22-Feb-2008 01:45
Applying Theory at Microsoft
Jennifer Chayes, managing director of the forthcoming Microsoft Research New England lab, talks about the importance of mathematical research to the Internet.
Source : technologyreview.com | 21-Feb-2008 02:02
The Mess of Mandated Markets
New federal biofuel standards passed last year will distort the development of innovative technologies.
Source : technologyreview.com | 19-Feb-2008 06:00
The Mess of Mandated Markets
New federal biofuel standards will distort the development of innovative energy technologies.
Source : technologyreview.com | 19-Feb-2008 02:04