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Internet Population: China

By ShamsJuly 24, 20101 commentTechnologybroadband, China, internet population

The China Internet Network Information Center provides the following info:

Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Results

By Guest PostJuly 23, 2010Technologybing, fourth-quarter revenue, kevin turner, microsoft corp., operating income, peter klein, windows 7, windows azure, xbox, xbox kinect

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. announced (July 22) record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 22% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.93 billion, $4.52 billion and $0.51 per share, which represented increases of 49%, 48% and 50%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.

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Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales up 41% to $6.57 Billion

By Guest PostJuly 23, 20102 commentsTechnologyAmazon, amazon elastic compute cloud, amazon web services, aws, ec2, financial results, jeff bezos, kindle, kindle books, operating cash flow, second-quarter

SEATTLE, — Amazon.com, Inc. announced (July 22) financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

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Iconic Books, Such as John Updike’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Rabbit Series and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita,” Now Available Electronically for the First Time Ever, Exclusively in the Kindle Store

By Guest PostJuly 22, 20101 commentCulture, TechnologyAmazon, andrew wylie, blackberry, invisible man, iPhone, kindle dx, kindle store, lolita, london, new york, norman mailer, odyssey editions, philip roth, portnoy complaint, rabbit run, ralph ellison, russ grandinetti, the naked and the dead, vladimir nabokov, wylie

*Amazon’s Kindle Store now exclusively offering 20 books from The Wylie Agency’s new Odyssey Editions imprint*

SEATTLE, Jul 22, 2010 – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that The Wylie Agency is publishing 20 books from some of literature’s most influential authors through its new Odyssey Editions imprint (www.odysseyeditions.com) and making them available for sale exclusively in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore).

This is the first time any of the titles–which include Norman Mailer’s “The Naked and the Dead,” Philip Roth’s “Portnoy’s Complaint” and Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”–have been available electronically, and all of the books are exclusive to the Kindle Store for two years.

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Smarter Farming: California’s Sun World Transforms Produce Business with IBM Technology

By Guest PostJuly 21, 20101 commentTechnologyapricots, bakersfield, black diamond, citrus, farmland, honeycot, ibm, ibm analytics, paul chang, pepper, smarter planet, steve greenwood, stone fruit, sun world international, table grape

*Reduces use of natural resources, including 20% less energy*

ARMONK, N.Y. and BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – 21 Jul 2010: IBM today announced that Bakersfield, Calif. based agribusiness Sun World International LLC is harnessing IBM analytics technology to improve crop yields, reduce waste and expand its customer base, while providing more cost effective and energy efficient harvesting practices.

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Kinect Pricing, All-in-One Bundle Announced

By Guest PostJuly 20, 2010Technologye3, electronic entertainment expo, Facebook, hutto, kinect, kinect adventures, kinect console bundle, kinect joyride, kinect sensor, kinect sports, kinectimals, Microsoft, North America, tom geyer, xbox 360, xbox live

REDMOND, Wash. – July 20, 2010 – Microsoft today officially announced the price tag Kinect will have when it hits stores this fall.

Kinect for Xbox 360, which will include the Kinect Sensor and the video game “Kinect Adventures,” will retail for US$149.99 when it launches Nov. 4 in North America, the company revealed. The Kinect Sensor will work with each of the 40 million Xbox 360s currently in households worldwide.

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IBM Closes Acquisition of BigFix

By Guest PostJuly 20, 20101 commentTechnologyanti-malware, anti-virus, automation portfolio, bigfix, built-in intelligence, calif, emeryville, firewall, ibm, laptops, linux, mac, network, operating systems, steve robinson, unix, windows

ARMONK, N.Y., – 20 Jul 2010: IBM today announced that it had completed the acquisition of BigFix, Inc., a privately-held company based in Emeryville, Calif. Financial details were not disclosed.

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Kindle Device Unit Sales Accelerate Each Month in Second Quarter; New $189 Price Results in Tipping Point for Growth

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2010Technologyamazon.com, blackberry, charlaine harris, ipad, iPhone, james patterson, jeff bezos, kindle, kindle dx, new york times, nora Roberts, stephenie meyer, stieg Larsson

*Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Hardcover Books*

SEATTLE, Jul 19, 2010 — Millions of people are already reading on Kindles and Kindle is the #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for two years running. It’s also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon.com.

Today, Amazon.com announced that Kindle device unit sales accelerated each month in the second quarter–both on a sequential month-over-month basis and on a year-over-year basis.

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