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CowboyRobot writes:
Perhaps the most intriguing — and potentially frightening — technology on display at Google's recent I/O developers conference was a collection of networked wireless sensors that were deployed inside San Francisco's Moscone Center. Rather than just let attendees soak up the atmosphere at I/O, Google decided to measure, analyze and report on that atmosphere. It used 525 wireless devices that detected noise levels, humidity, temperature and other variables. The network, which comes out of Google's Data Sensing Lab, was made up of cell-phone-sized circuit boards connected by a ZiGBee wireless network managed by Etherios. If we don't create social and legal rules to establish how that knowledge can be used and by whom, the job will be done for us by default. Or by Google.
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jfruh writes:
Google has for years released its Nexus line of phones, Google-branded Android handsets that lack phonemakers' "value-added" cruft. But at the recent Google I/O conference, the search giant announced that it would also be offering a vanilla-Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 for $650 unlocked. The question is: beyong a small community of developers and Android purists, who would care enough to buy these phones? And are there are enough potential buyers to make it worth Google's trouble?
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itwbennett writes:
Are good developers really that hard to find? Cambridge, MA-based inbound marketing company HubSpot seems to think so. The company has upped its developer referral bonus from $10,000 to $30,000 — and you don't have to be an employee to get in on the deal. Beats a free puppy.
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Lucas123 writes:
With the possibility of a follow-on recession in the air, Gartner Research is suggesting that IT leaders should prepare ahead of time by, among other things, doing more with less. Now, CIO magazine columnist Thomas Wailgum is offering a few of his own ideas for recession prep, like cutting out that excess spending on social activities at work, making a land grab for unpaid interns, and skipping that upgrade to Windows 7. Hey, XP's been working just fine, hasn't it?
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Shaneco writes:
From football stadiums to tennis tournaments to promoting the Bing logo on basketball jerseys and the SAP logo on golfer Ernie Els' hat, tech companies are willing to spend big bucks to be part of professional sports. Here's a slideshow spotlighting some of these unconventional teams.
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twailgum writes:
Much has been made of the need for IT professionals to demonstrate soft skills--the ability to communicate, negotiate, and win friends and influence people. But a backlash against their importance is brewing. Observes blogger Meridith Levinson: These IT professionals are rejecting "soft skills" and, instead, measure their worth by their technical prowess. Levinson writes: "To them, the need for soft skills is a sign of technical impotence." Adds one commenter to her blog:If you have to reach for the soft skills of cajoling and persuasion, maybe you don't have what it takes to hack it in IT. Let us remember that some folks in technical fields like IT pride themselves on NOT having social skills.
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Shaneco writes:
The hero and the villain. It's the age-old formula that pervades today's reality TV showdowns, the shenanigans of professional wrestling and cinematic classics like Star Wars. Tech is no different, with its passionate heroes who balance profit with innovation and social responsibility, and the money-mad, egomaniac villains who simply cannot be trusted. Here's a slideshow of tech's good guys and bad guys.
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Shaneco writes:
The recent rift between Rupert Murdoch and Google gives Microsoft an opportunity to earn the trust of Google-weary publishers.
