Tag archive: Dan

It might seem like altruism, but it’s not, really. Microsoft has launched its BizSpark program that’s intended to give a leg-up to small start-ups by providing them with free software and support . To qualify, a company must have been in business for less than three years, have less than $1 million in annual revenue and come with the recommendation of a venture capitalist, business network or one of the Microsoft employees… Read More

It might seem that writing about video games would be pretty straightforward, but any serious gamer can tell you there's a world of difference between a well-written, knowledgeable review or article and the sorts of incoherent ramblings one typically finds in online forums, posted to fan sites, or (ahem) published on the Internet. If you really want to write about games—and have people pay attention to what you say—you not… Read More

Amazon.com and CustomFlix announced today that they've entered into a deal with CBS News to offer archived news footage, prime-time news specials, and classic news (including material from the network's long-running series 60 Minutes as well as CBS Evening News and long-form documentaries from CBS News Productions) through CustomFlix's Create our Own DVD service. CBS has regularly made archived material available to… Read More

It's possible Google surprised absolutely no one: at his keynote today at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, Google co-founder Larry Page took the wraps off the Google Video Store, officially putting the Internet giant in the content distribution business. Expected to be available “shortly,” the Google Video Store will enable users to buy or rent video content provided by independent producers and film makers, along with… Read More

It was announced yesterday that the U.S. took home the gold from the 2005 World Cyber Games' Grand Final in Singapore as they won two gold medals and one silver in Counter-Strike, Halo 2 and WarCraft III: Frozen Throne against a field of 700 competitors representing 67 countries. Kyle Miller (Washington DC), Ronald Kim (Dallas, TX), Sal Garozzo (New York, NY), Josh Sievers (Des Moines, IA), and Mike So (Los Angeles, CA) comprise Team… Read More

Rio's vice-president for marketing, Dan Torres, recently spoke with BusinessWeek Online reporter Amy Tsao about his company's plans to catch the competition. Some of the questions Dan answers include: Q: How are you competing with Apple's iPod? Q: What about Dell (DELL ) and Microsoft? Q: What will happen to the market if Apple comes out with a flash-memory-based player? Q: Is consolidation coming among makers of… Read More

From Good's press release: Good Technology, Inc., the leader in industry standards-based wireless messaging and corporate data access, today made a series of announcements to enable the mobile enterprise in 2004. These announcements included a major upgrade to Good's flagship product, GoodLink. The new release, GoodLink 3.0, solidifies Good's position as the innovator in wireless messaging by extending laptop power to… Read More