http://www.larryshouse.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:59:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Solar expert Travis Bradford, who is president of the Prometheus Institute, said that Intel's move into solar is not surprising, given the rapid growth of solar energy. "It sure looks like solar will be consuming a lot of silicon so it's another thing that we need to understand," he said. "We ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/09/intel-spins-off-solar-cell-maker-spectrawatt/ General DVD format using MPEG2 compression image of VBR, it is a dynamic variable data stream compression, it has very different past VCD. VCD uses CBR format, the data stream is fixed, each disc is stored in a fixed length of the film; and DVD's stored video can change the ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/auto-car-dvd-player-technology-to-enhance-the-mark/ Apple on the other hand is coming off one of the most successful operating system launches in the company's history. Mac OS X Leopard was a solid release, packed with features. Overall, Leopard had relatively few problems throughout its life cycle. Apple said Snow Leopard is expected to ship in September. ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/mac-os-x-vs-windows-7-who-has-the-best-upgrade/ In fact, I'm willing to bet that Openbravo would allow Google to plagiarize its Manifesto for Google's own use. Any takers there in Mountain View? commentary Here are just two of the commitments Openbravo made: Yesterday I suggested that Google could allay a lot of concerns about what it intends to do with ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/openbravos-open-commitment-a-model-for-google/ Moto Rokr E8 (Credit: CNET Networks) Nokia 5310 (Credit: CNET Networks) T-Mobile may be the smallest major carrier, but that doesn't mean it lacks a decent selection of phones. In the past few months the company has introduced two music phones that won our praise. The Motorola Rokr E8 offers an innovative "ModeShift" keypad, ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/prizefight-motorola-rokr-e8-vs-nokia-5310/ This is the video in question.(Credit: Stephanie Lenz) SAN JOSE, Calif.--Stephanie Lenz is an angry Pennsylvania mother who refuses to back down from the music industry. Lenz's attorneys were in federal district court on Friday morning, trying to thwart a motion to dismiss her lawsuit against Universal Music Group. A year ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/mom-continues-to-chase-prince-over-fair-use/ Motorola's executive management shakeup continues as the company replaces two more senior executives. The company has replaced treasurer Steve Strobel with Larry R. Raymond, a former vice president and treasurer at Sears Roebuck. Strobel had most recently been working for a private equity firm. Motorola also replaced Mike Fenger, who had been ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/motorola-replaces-two-more-execs/ (Credit: Rohdesign) Designer Mike Rohde attended several panels at SXSW Interactive last week and created 34 pages of sketchnotes for them in real-time, captured in a Moleskine sketchbook: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/sets/72157604109069527/ And here's his post about them with a little more detail: http://www.rohdesign.com/weblog/archives/002768.html What I like about this unique format of panel transcripts is that it ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/sxsw-sketchnotes/ Updated 3:35 p.m. PDT with additional details and comments from conference call. As we already knew, times are still tough for Advanced Micro Devices. The company reported its first-quarter financial results Thursday after the close of the market, and it continues to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. AMD had ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/amds-woes-continue-with-358-million-loss/ Intel said it has acquired NetEffect, a company specializing in Ethernet products and technologies for server compute clusters. The chipmaker purchased NetEffect's assets for $8 million, which include the company's Ethernet product portfolio, intellectual property, and technology. NetEffect is a provider of solutions incorporating iWARP, an Ethernet alternative to InfiniBand. ... http://www.larryshouse.com/2010/08/intel-buys-network-gear-company/