January 30, 2009
Sharp and Sony delay LCD joint venture, not that it matters
Engadget
Thomas Ricker offers some news about Sony and Sharp’s latest LCD panel project.
“The joint venture to make and sell large LCD panels has now been pushed to March 2010 – the same date that Sharp’s new LCD factory in Sakai is still scheduled to open.”
Review: iLife ’09
CrunchGear
John Biggs reviews Apple’s new iLife ’09. Here are some of the new features he writes about.
“The most prominent additions are Faces and Places. Places uses embedded GPS data to place your photos on a map and you can use this information to make map-based video travelogues…Faces…gives you new ways of managing your media. iphoto is primarily an organizational tool and Faces is a unique method for organizing lots of photos very quickly.”
Symantec CEO John Thompson is in the running for U.S. secretary of commerce
ZD Net
Jeff Caruso writes about Symantec CEO, John Thompson’s next possible career path.
“Could President Obama choose Symantec CEO John Thompson to head the U.S. Department of Commerce? According to some reports, yes. He raised a good deal of money for Obama during the campaign. And the spot is still open, since New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson backed out.”