June 23, 2008
Desktop virtualization makes anything possible
Network World
Joe Habraken brainstorms what can be done with virtualization on the desktop.
“What really excites me about virtualization are the possibilities on the desktop; you can setup multiple operating system configurations (as virtual machines) on a single computer that meet multiple needs. Virtualization on the desktop makes it easy for you to run legacy applications (since you can run them in a virtual machine with the appropriate legacy OS). Virtualization also makes it easy to upgrade a virtual machine OS or refresh a buggy or damaged OS.”
Toshiba crams 128GB SSD into skinny Portégé notebook
Wired
Charlie Sorrel highlights some features of Toshiba’s new Portégé notebook.
“ Toshiba (has) packed into the 0.77-inch notebook…three USB ports, one FireWire port, a PCMCIA slot, a DVDdrive, an SD card slot, a 12.1-inch display and 2GB RAM. The processor is a little on the light side — a 1.3 GHz Core 2 Duo against the MacBook Air’s 1.8GHz, but if the battery life is anything near the claimed 7.5 hours, this could prove to be the ultimate ultra-portable machine.”
Google admits it still hasn’t figured out how to make money from YouTube
Techdirt
Mike Masnick reports on Google’s admittance that it still isn’t sure how to make money off of its YouTube purchase, which was made two years ago.
“When Google shelled out $1.65 billion for YouTube two years ago, you had to figure that the company had some plans on how to make money with the site. Apparently not. Google is admitting that it’s still not quite sure how to make money with the property, though folks seem sure there must be some way. Still, from this discussion it appears that the massively hyped video overlay ads haven’t really lived up to expectations.”
