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Tech Daily Betting On The Web
NEW YORK (Fortune) — If your favorite book happens to be Seabiscuit, you already know the answer to the following question: What are the three legal forms of online gambling in the United States?The Federal Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, passed in 2006, put the kibosh on all kinds of online gambling, with the exception… »
Tech Daily Google Chrome OS
NEW YORK (Fortune) — It’s highly unlikely that the operating system Google announced yesterday — dubbed Google Chrome OS — will rocket to the heights of its chief competitor, Microsoft, right away. But it doesn’t really matter. In a world obsessed with all things Google, the new OS will certainly get its fair share of… »
Tech Daily Is Digg The Jan Brady Of Web 20
NEW YORK (Fortune) — Digg, the once-hot social news website, has become the middle child of the premiere web 2.0 companies.Facebook has attracted an older, loyal following, and Twitter is the darling of tech and media circles. Now Digg is pushing through growing pains — the company is adding a slew of new features and… »
Tech Daily IPhone Apps For Fun And Profit
NEW YORK (Fortune) — A year ago this week Apple opened the floodgates and began letting software developers sell software for the iPhone, and geeks everywhere caught iPhone fever.Since then Apple’s iTunes App Store has swelled to more than 50,000 titles, logged more than 1 billion downloads, and inspired an entrepreneurial surge that’s reminiscent of… »
Tech Daily Genetic Sequencing Gets Personal
NEW YORK (Fortune) — Price competition is coming to the rarified world of genome sequencing.For 48,000, San Diego-based Illumina (ILMN) will sequence your genome — in other words, your entire genetic code.Until now, the only other company offering personal genome sequencing services is biotech startup Knome. It charges 99,500.Genome sequencing can alert individuals if they… »
Tech Daily Nvidia Goes Mobile
NEW YORK (Fortune) — You say, “potato,” I say, “netbook.” That’s a bit how I feel when Michael Rayfield, who heads up the mobile computing effort at graphics chip specialist Nvidia, drops a tiny computer on my desk. Branded Mobinnova, it had an almost 9″ diagonal screen and a solid keyboard that folded around a… »
Tech Daily Silver Spring
SAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) — Concepts like “smart grids” and “intelligent metering” are difficult for the non-expert brain to grasp. So instead, wrap your mind around a simpler set of facts. Utilities experience peak demand for example, on blistering hot days when air conditioners are pumping all out just 2% of the year.Yet to serve… »
Tech Daily GEs Prescription For Health Records
NEW YORK (Fortune) — General Electric is marshalling its considerable resources as it tries to win lucrative contracts to digitize medical records.The company, whose 17 billion-a-year healthcare division offers information technology services for hospitals and medical practices, this week said the conglomerate’s financing arm is setting aside 10 million to provide 0% interest financing to… »
Tech Daily Yes MySpace Can Be Saved
NEW YORK (Fortune) — Things are grim at MySpace. The number of U.S. visitors has dropped off to just 70.24 million in May. Rival Facebook has finally surpassed MySpace, logging 70.28 million visitors. The site is bleeding cash — News Corp reported an 89 million loss in the unit that includes MySpace in its most… »
Tech Daily Golf Goes Virtual
NEW YORK (Fortune) — The world’s most famous golf tournament, the Masters, takes place at Augusta National Golf Club every year. And so while relatively few golfers ever play the highly exclusive course, any fan is familiar with its signature features, from “Amen Corner” to the “Big Oak.” The U.S. Open, by contrast, never appears… »