10 posts and columns on pixels

Microsoft's Browser Boss Dean Hachamovitch Touts Privacy Features at D@CES

in Media on January 7, 2011 at 3:28 pm PT

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser is still the world’s most popular, but its dominance is being steadily eroded by competition from Mozilla, Google and Apple. Can a new, aggressive approach to privacy change that?
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Microsoft talks ARM at CES

in Mobile on January 5, 2011 at 1:19 pm PT

Windows boss Steven Sinofsky took to the stage Wednesday to announce Microsoft’s efforts to broaden the types of chips on which the flagship operating system will run.

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A New Type of Tracking: Akamai's "Pixel-Free" Technology

in News on December 1, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Akamai Technologies Inc., the large Web infrastructure provider, is promoting a new tracking technique it calls “pixel-free” technology. Pixels are bits of software that tracking companies install on Web pages to monitor user behavior. These pixels, also known as “beacons” and “tags,” can install cookies–or small tracking files–on a user’s machine, or they can simply send information about a user ’s behavior to a tracking company.

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So Many Trackers, So Little Time

in News on August 3, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

A Wall Street Journal study found an average of 64 tracking tools on the top 50 websites. In fact, there are so many of these files out there that a new company is winning business by helping sites keep track of the trackers.

New iPhone Keeps Apple Top of Class

in Personal Technology on June 22, 2010 at 3:02 pm PT

Walt calls the iPhone 4 a major leap over its already-excellent predecessor, the iPhone 3GS.
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Palm Valuation Not All It's Cracked Up to Be

in News on July 20, 2009 at 12:22 pm PT

With Palm’s shares up more than 900 percent since January, two things are clear: Palm’s Pre and webOS operating system are nothing short of a triumph and the run-up in Palm shares is most likely a wee bit overdone. In a research note issued Monday, Jesup and Lamont analyst Kevin Dede says as much, arguing that the company’s shares are overvalued, particularly in light of Pre returns.
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Palm Valuation Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

in News on July 20, 2009 at 12:22 pm PT

With Palm’s shares up more than 900 percent since January, two things are clear: Palm’s Pre and webOS operating system are nothing short of a triumph and the run-up in Palm shares is most likely a wee bit overdone. In a research note issued Monday, Jesup and Lamont analyst Kevin Dede says as much, arguing that the company’s shares are overvalued, particularly in light of Pre returns.
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Sony Apparently Recovering From Netbookaphobia

in News on July 8, 2009 at 4:50 am PT

If the netbook market is a race to the bottom, then Sony is bringing up the rear. Not a year after Sony execs disparaged netbooks as undeserving of its premium brand attention, the company announced its token entry into the market: the Vaio W.
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Friends and Family Have a New Way to Just Drop In

in Personal Technology on December 17, 2008 at 6:18 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield

Digital-picture frames have started to take off as a way for people to show off their stashes of digital photos in rotating slide shows. A growing number of frames even connect to wireless home networks so they can easily be refreshed with photos stored online and on PCs.

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Flip Video Mino Takes Aim at the Cool Set

in The Mossberg Solution on June 4, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

The Flip Video Mino changes the way people capture and share videos, and that’s a great thing. And if you really want a sleek, hip-looking gadget, you’ll learn to overlook and adjust to the touch-sensitive buttons that aren’t as functional as they needed to be.
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