David Needle

How do you get a top listing on Digg, the community site that ranks news stories and Web sites based on popularity? Perhaps only the founders and high-level technical people at Digg know the true answer — the algorithm and policies behind Digg’s ranking system — but that hasn’t stopped others from trying to “game” […]

VIA Technologies has announced Isaiah Architecture, its newest processor technology. The x86-compatible processor is designed for the low power markets where VIA plays best, but with a lot more kick than older VIA chips. VIA has been in the x86 clone market for some time, making chips that run considerably slower than those from Intel […]

Technology often seems to improve merely for its own sake. We’ve all too often witnessed “feature creep” in our favorite software apps, services, and devices, with new developments not just adding new enhancements, but cost and complexity as well. Isn’t it high time that the innovators in technology focus on our needs in earnest? Fortunately, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A heavy fog descended here this morning, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs brought the Mac faithful a healthy dose of virtual sunshine at Macworld Expo. With rumors flying in the weeks leading up to the event, none of Jobs’ announcements during today’s keynote address came as complete surprises. But the overflow crowd […]

Google Monday made another mobile announcement, but it’s related to Apple’s iPhone, rather than the much-hyped Open Handset Alliance (OHA) it sponsors. The company introduced improvements to the suite of Web applications it offers for the device — Search, Gmail, Calendar and Reader. Google began offering the suite only last month. As indicated by its […]

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF — Moka5, a startup virtualization services company, is releasing Macintosh support at this week’s Macworld Expo extending availability of its LivePC library already available for Windows. Moka5 leverages virtualization software (currently VMware, though support for other providers is planned), to provide a secure computing environment with features such as self-healing, data protection […]

In searching, pardon the pun, for ways to expand its enterprise presence, Microsoft dipped into its considerable piggy bank this week, plunking down about $1.2 billion in cash to purchase Norwegian enterprise search company, Fast Search & Transfer (FAST). The deal is expected to close in the second quarter. Several analysts and competitors interviewed agree […]

Lenovo, which burst on the U.S. computer scene with its blockbuster purchase of IBM’s PC business a few years ago, is expanding beyond business customers to consumers with the release of new systems. Lenovo new line, called “Idea”, were announced ahead of next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where a number of major […]

Technology often seems to improve merely for its own sake. We’ve all too often witnessed “feature creep” in our favorite programs, services and devices, with new developments not just adding new enhancements, but cost and complexity as well. Isn’t it high time that the innovators in technology focus on our needs in earnest? Fortunately, 2008 […]

The most mobile guy on the planet is Dan Vasser. Who’s he? If you watch the television show “Journeyman,” you know Vasser well. He’s the lead character in NBC’s weekly time travel saga that’s also my favorite show. Vasser, a San Francisco newspaper reporter, is inexplicably transported back in time each week to right an […]