Intel Is Investigating Server Errors Caused By Background Radiation
By Intel Free PressTwo employees in Intel's Corporate Quality Network have been running a remarkable chip experiment, 2,150 feet beneath the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico.
View ArticleHere Comes The Flood: Major VC Fims Funding Corporate Media Push Into Social...
Somewhat lost in Monday's news because of Google's acquisition of Motorola, Buddy Media, a New York startup raised $54 million at a $500 million valuation.Buddy Media helps corporations set up and run...
View Article'Big Data' Fuels Mohr Davidow Investments
A few weeks ago I was over at Sand Hill Road to meet with a group of startups funded by Mohr Davidow Ventures. The theme was "Big Data" and how these companies were using data to build their...
View ArticleStartupWatch: A Trillion Line Spreadsheet -- Manipulating Big Data
New York based 1010 Data likes to ask: "What could you do with a trillion row spreadsheet?" because it shows off the capability its technology has in analyzing massive amounts of data.
View ArticleStartupWatch: Engine Yard Moves Beyond Rails To PHP
It's always a pleasure to catch up with John Dillon, CEO of Engine Yard because he's a Silicon Valley veteran and that gives him a perspective into trends and key issues that less experienced managers...
View ArticleStartupWatch: Clarizen Simplifies Project Management, Changes Company Culture
Coordinating the work of dozens and even hundreds of people is a terrifying task but that's what Clarizen does and does it very well judging from the company's impressive growth, adding more than 200...
View ArticleServiceSource Finds Billions Of Dollars In Service Revenues
ServiceSource is in a sweet spot in that the move to cloud computing and sofware as a service drives a growing need for tools that help companies manage recurring service revenues such as maintenance...
View ArticleMarc Benioff Seems Like Larry Ellison...
Dreamforce 2011 has taken over downtown San Francisco, closing down streets, just like Larry Ellison's Oracle World.
View ArticleThe Six Types Of Startups...And What Protects Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley veteran Steve Blank writing in Xconomy, does a great job in describing six types of startups and how a clear understanding of the needs of each is necessary by national and local...
View ArticleArrington Replaced At Techcrunch As AOL Seeks To Shore Up Media Credibility
AOL said it would seek a new editor for Techcrunch, the news site it acquired earlier this year. Mike Arrington, the founder and current editor will fill a minor role as an "occasional contributor."
View ArticleDeja View: A Curated Documentary Of Outside Lands 2011
I'm having fun pulling together a Pearltrees documentary from found footage of the recent Outside Lands 2011 music festival. I haven't seen anyone else take this approach but I expect people to do it...
View ArticleMaking AOL Look Foolish: Arrington Continues To Post Despite Losing...
SVW was the first to point out that Mike Arrington lost his job at Techcrunch over his insistence to be an investor in his beat companies. Arrington Replaced At Techcrunch As AOL Seeks To Shore Up...
View ArticleEdelman Trust Barometer Infographic: 57% Believe Negative Info About...
Here's an interesting infographic about "Trust and the Corporation" from Edelman's Trust Barometer survey published earlier this year.Edelman Barometer Trend: Corporations And Social Responsibility - SVW
View ArticleIntel: The Software Company...
Intel today held a one-day conference in San Francisco focused on its software efforts, which are an increasingly important part of its business.The importance of software to Intel is highlighted by...
View ArticleWhat Yahoo Needs To Do From A Former Insider...
Nate Richardson is President of Gilt City and the former long-time GM of Yahoo Finance. He's got some great suggestions for "What Yahoo Should Do."He worked at Yahoo from 2000 to 2005.
View ArticleInspired By Burning Man: Giant Silicon Man - At The World's Largest GeekFest
An artist rendering of what the 18 feet tall Silicon Man (SciMan) will look like after he is erected inside the Moscone Center West during the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Sept. 13-15.By...
View ArticleFacebook Is Top US Site For Stickiness - Nielsen Report
US internet users spend more time on Facebook than any other website. That's according to the latest findings by media research house Nielsen.By Stuart ThomasNielsen's "State of the Media" report for...
View ArticleThe Fast Closing Web - Interview With Wired's Chris Anderson
By Matthew BucklandIf you don't know who Chris Anderson is, you don't really understand the internet. He's one of the great technology thinkers of our time who has given us new ways of understanding...
View ArticlePart II: Wired's Chris Anderson - A New Model For Journalism
Part II of an interview with Wired magazine's Chris Anderson... Photo credit By Matthew BucklandMatthew Buckland: A while back you made some startling pronouncements on Der Spiegel Online about...
View ArticleIntel Discusses Advanced Microprocessors That Save 5x Energy
At the Intel Developer Forum, Justin Rattner, Chief Technology Officer, presented a keynote on advanced microprocessors with 50 or more cores and able to run on tiny amounts of electric power.
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