InformationWeek - All StoriesInformationWeekChina's GPS Handset Market Growing Rapidly- July 7, 2008 The nascent market will explode as customers demand more location-based services and manufacturers improve GPS chipsets.http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/gps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20880302... Google's Turn As 'Privacy Defender' In Viacom Suit Only Partly Credible- July 7, 2008 The tension in Google's simultaneous desire to collect the world's data while protecting the world's privacy can be seen in YouTube's user fight.http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802995&... Pioneer Develops Ultra-High Capacity Optical Disc- July 7, 2008 The 16-layer disc has a total capacity of 400 GB, far more than any commercially available optical disc.http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/portable/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208803003... Son's Death In Iraq Drives Father To Build Life-Saving Robot- July 7, 2008 Currently in its fourth iteration, the LandShark is built largely from off-the-shelf components, making it relatively inexpensive to manufacture and easy to repair.http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/supercomputers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20... Demand For iPhone 3G Takes Down U.K. Carrier's Site- July 7, 2008 The increased demand is not completely unexpected as wireless provider 02 said more than 200,000 people registered an interest in the iPhone 3G.http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20880... Segway CTO Doug Field Joins Apple- July 7, 2008 Field will work with Jonathan Ive, senior VP of industrial design and the main designer of the iMac, iPod, and iPhone.http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802974&... Microsoft To Launch Windows Small Business Server 2008 On Nov. 12- July 7, 2008 An early release version of Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Microsoft's mid-sized business product, will also be released in November.http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/windows_servers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2... Microsoft Reopens Door To Yahoo Acquisition- July 7, 2008 The offer may be back on the table if billionaire investor Carl Icahn is successful in his bid to overhaul Yahoo's board of directors at its August 1 shareholder meeting.http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802964&... Microsoft To Take Control Of MSN Israel- July 7, 2008 Internet Gold said it was ceding control of MSN Israel to Microsoft due to a change in business strategy; MSN Israel accounted for less than 3% of Internet Gold's revenues in 2007.http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/data/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802891&am... Technology Reshapes America's Classrooms- July 7, 2008 From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves.http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/training/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802... |