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YouTube videos will soon get captions

Soon you’ll be able to understand thousands of Internet videos even if the sound is turned down. With an assist from Boston public TV station WGBH, Google Inc. has developed technology that will automatically add on-screen captions to video streams on ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Google Inc.,  National Geographic,  Vint Cerf

Microsoft-Pure alliance is no threat to the iPhone

Remember when Microsoft Corp. seemed unbeatable, like the New England Patriots with a 17-point lead? But when superior competition comes along, Microsoft is as vulnerable as any other outfit. Just look at what’s happened in the booming market for ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  New England Patriots,  AT&T Inc.,  Motorola, Inc.

Web’s inventor aims to improve access in developing nations

Only about a quarter of the 6.5 billion people on Earth are using the World Wide Web. But even in poor countries, most people have access to Web-enabled devices - cellphones, mostly. So the Web’s inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, is launching a foundation to ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tim Berners-Lee,  James L. Knight

Three health insurers post profits

Three of the four largest health insurers in Massachusetts swung back to profitability in the third quarter, after all four posted second-quarter losses. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Inc.’s HMO Blue subsidiary lost $3 million. But as a ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University

Recent deals

Nov. 3: Data storage company EMC of Hopkinton and its subsidiary VMware form an alliance with Cisco to offer integrated server, storage, networking, and virtualization products. The alliance creates a potent rival to Hewlett-Packard and other large ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hewlett-Packard,  Google Inc.

High-tech firms in high demand in Bay State

Silicon Valley giants have been shopping for acquisitions in Massachusetts, buying and partnering with key companies from this state’s much-vaunted technology industry. As businesses long known for their local roots join with or are absorbed by ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hewlett-Packard,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Sony

Your life story, as data points

Now appearing on Google: The story of my life. And yours. Not everyone can read it, but the engineers and advertising specialists at Google can. And now users can get a peek, thanks to Google Dashboard, a new service developed at the search giant’s ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Amazon.com,  Facebook Inc.

3Com to be sold to HP for $2.7b

Computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. will buy network equipment maker 3Com Corp. of Marlborough for $2.7 billion in a head-on challenge to Cisco Systems Inc., which dominates the network business. The deal will position HP to attack the heart of Cisco’s ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Hewlett-Packard,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  NASA,  Bain Capital

When everyone’s in tune

THE CHIEF TECHNICAL officer at Harmonix Music Systems, Eran Egozy, said his company has just enjoyed “the most phenomenal summer we’ve ever had.’’ It sounded as if he was talking about the September 9 release of The Beatles: Rock Band, the latest ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harmonix Music Systems,  Eran Egozy,  The Beatles,  Alex Rigopulos

Net widens in Galleon investigation

The biggest hedge fund insider trading case in US history ensnared more Massachusetts companies yesterday as federal investigators brought new charges against 14 people, including a Westwood investor. Steven Fortuna, a hedge fund manager with a home in ...

From HIAWATHA BRAY, Boston Globe,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  Bain Capital,  Roomy Khan,  Akamai Technologies, Inc.,  Galleon Group

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