DotNetNuke Adds Open Source Angel To Board

Seattle-based DotNetNuke, a developer of web development tools, said Monday that Larry Augustin, a prominent angel investor and former founder of VA Linux, has joined the company’s board of directors. According to DotNetNuke, Augustin had been serving as a business advisor to the company. Augustin also serves on the boards of Appcelerator, Compiere, DeviceVM, DotNetNuke, [...]

DotNetNuke Adds Open Source Angel To Board

Seattle-based DotNetNuke, a developer of web development tools, said Monday that Larry Augustin, a prominent angel investor and former founder of VA Linux, has joined the company’s board of directors. According to DotNetNuke, Augustin had been serving as a business advisor to the company. Augustin also serves on the boards of Appcelerator, Compiere, DeviceVM, DotNetNuke, [...]

BioIQ Gets Win At Alere

Santa Barbara-based BioIQ, a provider of web-based, consumer health testing services, said last week that it has inked a deal to provide its services to Alere, a provider of health and wellness serviecs. According to BioIQ, the firms will work together to supply the firm’s home-test kits and online reporting tools as part of Alere’s [...]

Netflix, TiVo Team Up To Stream Video Content

Netflix and TiVo on Monday took their partnership to the next level. The companies announced that consumers who subscribe to both Netflix and TiVo Series 3, TiVo HD, or TiVo HD XL can access movies and TV episodes instantly streamed from Netflix directly to their TVs — at no additional charge.

“With so much talk focusing [...]

UK Agency Blocks Wikipedia Image, Editing of Site

Internet users in the United Kingdom can no longer edit Wikipedia or access an article about an album by the Scorpions, a German rock band. The Internet Watch Foundation, a UK regulatory agency, blacklisted the site Saturday after a user reported the image on the album as child sex abuse. The hotline analysts determined the [...]

Emulex Hires Marketing Head

Costa Mesa-based storage switching equipment maker Emulex announced Monday that it has appointed Steve Daheb as Chief Marketing Officer. The firm, which makes host bus adapters and other equipment for the storage market, said that Daheb joins the firm from storage maker BlueArc. Daheb has also served at Tasman Networks, Brocade and Lucent/Ascend. The firm [...]

Google Releases Unlocked Android G1 for Developers

The new Android-based G1 sold by T-Mobile is now out in an unlocked version — for developers. Last week, Google announced on its Android blog the availability of the Android Dev Phone 1, a device that is unlocked for SIM cards and in the hardware.
Any SIM Card

The Dev Phone can use any GSM carrier’s SIM [...]

Guidance Software Signs SEC

Pasadena-based Guidance Software, which makes software used for digital forensics, has signed on the Securies and Exchange Comission (SEC) for a renewal, the firm announced Monday. Guidance said that the SEC is using the firm’s EnCase Enterprise and Encase Forensic software. Both software packages are used for searching and indexing digital information on computers and [...]

Microsoft Still Wants To Acquire Yahoo’s Search Assets

In the latest development in the ongoing Microsoft-Yahoo saga, Redmond is showing renewed interest in a search deal with its struggling rival. After several failed attempts to acquire all or part of Yahoo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company should ink a deal to acquire Yahoo’s search business “sooner than later,” according to a [...]

Wal-Mart Will Sell iPhone, But Cost Could Be An Issue

An under-0 price for Apple’s iPhone remains a wish, but the buzz about the iPhone being available at Wal-Mart may be true — for 7.

Calls to several Wal-Mart stores in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island confirmed that the iPhone will be available at the end of the month. One sales representative who handles wireless products [...]

Wal-Mart Will Sell iPhone, But Cost Could Be An Issue

An under-0 price for Apple’s iPhone remains a wish, but the buzz about the iPhone being available at Wal-Mart may be true — for 7.

Calls to several Wal-Mart stores in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island confirmed that the iPhone will be available at the end of the month. One sales representative who handles wireless products [...]

Nissan Goes Where No Van Has Gone Before

As if Detroit automakers don’t have enough trouble.

While the Detroit 3 were in Washington pleading for a bailout, Nissan showed off a pair of new vehicle concepts Thursday that take aim at the market segment that is one of the few remaining gravy trains for the domestics: smaller commercial trucks.

The two concepts are aimed at [...]

Nissan Goes Where No Van Has Gone Before

As if Detroit automakers don’t have enough trouble.

While the Detroit 3 were in Washington pleading for a bailout, Nissan showed off a pair of new vehicle concepts Thursday that take aim at the market segment that is one of the few remaining gravy trains for the domestics: smaller commercial trucks.

The two concepts are aimed at [...]

Digital Media Player Gift Guide: Rocking Out on the Go

Portable media players are almost essential for any music, video or photo fan — which could be just about anyone on your holiday gift list.

Whether you’re looking for a tiny player that can fit in a back pocket or something with a larger screen and memory capacity for watching videos, there are plenty of reasonable [...]

Digital Media Player Gift Guide: Rocking Out on the Go

Portable media players are almost essential for any music, video or photo fan — which could be just about anyone on your holiday gift list.

Whether you’re looking for a tiny player that can fit in a back pocket or something with a larger screen and memory capacity for watching videos, there are plenty of reasonable [...]

Review: MiBook Is Cheap, Colorful E-Book Reader

Electronic books are the persistent wallflowers of the gadget world. Consumers have snubbed them again and again in favor of a 500-year-old technology: ink printed on paper.

Mindful of the dominance of paper, devices for reading electronic books so far have focused on providing an experience that’s as close to traditional books as possible. But there [...]

Review: MiBook Is Cheap, Colorful E-Book Reader

Electronic books are the persistent wallflowers of the gadget world. Consumers have snubbed them again and again in favor of a 500-year-old technology: ink printed on paper.

Mindful of the dominance of paper, devices for reading electronic books so far have focused on providing an experience that’s as close to traditional books as possible. But there [...]

Icahn Facing Huge Loss Unless Yahoo Stock Rebounds

If activist investor Carl Icahn is going to profit from his .8 billion bet on Yahoo Inc., the billionaire needs the struggling Internet company’s stock to more than double in value.

Icahn, who muscled his way on to Yahoo’s board during the summer, has paid an average of .59 per share to accumulate a 5.5 percent [...]

Icahn Facing Huge Loss Unless Yahoo Stock Rebounds

If activist investor Carl Icahn is going to profit from his .8 billion bet on Yahoo Inc., the billionaire needs the struggling Internet company’s stock to more than double in value.

Icahn, who muscled his way on to Yahoo’s board during the summer, has paid an average of .59 per share to accumulate a 5.5 percent [...]

Technology Gifts for the Budget-Conscious

Economic meltdown and financial crisis are not phrases you want to hear as you ponder your holiday shopping. But it is possible to find tech-related gifts on a recession-minded budget, be they handy, entertaining or irreverent.
Roku Netflix Player (0)

This is the perfect gift for the friend who gets bored waiting for the next Netflix DVD [...]