http://www.axoatucsd.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:02:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Qwest hasn't said how much the job cuts will cost or how much they will save the company down the road. The cuts come as Qwest and other local phone companies are seeing thousands of customers abandon their old landlines for alternatives, like cell phones and voice over IP services from ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/09/04/qwest-offers-buyout-to-workers/ Attention mountain climbers, hikers, backcountry skiiers, and city dwellers with no sense of direction: new technology could make your handheld GPS device more energy-efficient and let its battery last longer. When these will hit the market is unclear: no time estimate was given for when MTI Micro's fuel cells will ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/29/mti-micro-debuts-fuel-cell-for-gps-devices/ In between the blanket coverage of Ashton Kutcher and CNN's (befuddling) race to a million Twitter followers, and the service's giant step into the mainstream with the endorsement of one Oprah Winfrey, there was other tech news. Here's what you may have missed this week: • David Carnoy wonders, "Is Microsoft ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/what-we-craved-this-week-circuit-city-xbox-repai/ The series, which he describes as "a Spinal Tap-ish kind of rock 'n' roll thing" about a fictional indie-rock band from Brooklyn, was created in conjunction with the production team behind the popular video show The Burg. Right now, though, online video is a land grab constantly in flux. There are ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/cuban-eisner-at-sxswi-nets-still-a-video-jungle/ My hat goes off to Preston Monroe, the developer of iCopy, an online service that adds cut and paste functionality to the iPhone's browser and e-mail apps. As you probably know, Apple's handheld computer bizarrely omits this feature. That's why I continue to refer to Web operating systems ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/the-cloud-is-not-a-computer/ (Credit: CNET Networks) CNET Labs tested the energy consumption of a mix of desktops and laptops recently and found that a mainstream desktop, on average, uses roughly 100 watts when idle. Under heavy use, that number jumps to 145 watts. You can double those figures for a high-end gaming rig with ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/at-what-cost-a-gaming-pc-cnet-labs-tests-pc-power/ Put another way, Wall Street sees federal carbon legislation as imminent, and doesn't want power sector executives to try to "sneak in" any last coal plants before the legislation whose economics might be threatened in a carbon-constrained world. The banks' interest is not necessarily environmentally motivated--they simply don't want to ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/wake-up-call-on-carbon-risks/ "The Commons" will feature a collection of popular Pacific Northwest eateries as well as various cell phone shops, a salon, and other outlets. The Commons is surrounded by four buildings for the entertainment unit, one of which is already occupied and another that is due to be filled in ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/microsoft-to-allow-on-campus-pub-after-all/ The tech-heavy Nasdaq, meanwhile, closed down 65.24 points, or 3.5 percent, to close at 1,779.01. The S&P 500 fell 5.34 points, or 0.5 percent, to close at 998.01. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 76.72 points, or less than 1 percent, to end the day at 9,310.99. On Monday, ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/tech-stocks-give-up-some-gains/ If the companies violated no laws, of course, they have nothing to worry about (even without retroactive immunity). This leads to an unusual situation in which the House Democratic leadership, which has objected to retroactive immunity without learning more about what kinds of activities it would shield, has a few options: By ... http://www.axoatucsd.com/index.php/2010/08/24/republicans-scuttle-surveillance-bill-lacking-tele/