http://news.cnet.com/8300-10787_3-60.html Coop's Corner en-us Coop's Corner Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:51:00 GMT Chris Shipley 1, Internet lynch mob 0 http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10034465-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner dueling demo-fests, Demo impresario Chris Shipley confesses that she has had it with the shoddy reporting, invective and arrogance that has attended most of the commentary on the phony faceoff between her conference and TechCrunch.

Her post deserves to be quoted at length:

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...]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10034465-60.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:51:00 GMT Charles Cooper Why I'm passing on Google's 10th anniversary http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10033917-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner If you're Eric Schmidt, you have to pray that Google is not going to need to hire an out-of-work comedian when it turns 30.

Happy birthday? You better believe it, pal.

Of course, Google has another couple of decades before reaching that milestone. By then, Schmidt will be kicking ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10033917-60.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:27:00 GMT Charles Cooper Why the bar gets raised for Apple http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10033749-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner

What's up Jobs' sleeve this time around?

The guessing game is almost over. On Tuesday, Apple will hold a press conference here in San Francisco to announce--well, Apple's invite just says "Let's Rock." But unless 99.99 percent of the blogging and journalistic world is wrong--a ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10033749-60.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:32:00 GMT Charles Cooper First look at 'Spore': Why Electronic Arts is smiling today http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10032922-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner

The waiting's over. Spore, one of the most widely anticipated computer games, is finally coming to market. So how does it stack up?

Obviously, there's been a lot of hype around this project--not the least being because Spore's inventor is something of a demigod in gaming circles. ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10032922-60.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:28:00 GMT Charles Cooper We're from Google and we're here to help. Really? http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10031965-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner This didn't take long. Just one day into Chrome's young existence and serious privacy questions are getting raised. Sleuthing by my colleague Ina Fried turned up the following:

The auto-suggest feature of Google's new Chrome browser does more than just help users get where they are going. ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10031965-60.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:41:00 GMT Charles Cooper Author Estrin sees U.S. research as 'eroded,' 'unstable' http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10030986-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner Unlike most first-time authors, Judy Estrin was guaranteed an audience from the moment she decided to put pen to paper.

With one of Silicon Valley's more renowned resumes, Estrin helped launch seven companies in a career spanning two and a half decades.

Judy Estrin

So it was that she ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10030986-60.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT Charles Cooper How lame is lithium ion? Don't get me started http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10023859-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner The last time I flew out of San Francisco, my laptop battery conked out as we passed Salt Lake City. Considering how I was stuck in cattle class with no chance to recharge the unit, I closed the computer in disgust and proceeded to slip into a deep sleep.

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...]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10023859-60.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:38:00 GMT Charles Cooper How about this fight card? Dell vs. Google vs. Microsoft vs. Apple http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10023480-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner Despite the early kinks attending MobileMe, what's not to like about the concept? I'll include Live Mesh in the category, though Microsoft still remains in beta with the product. Synchronizing e-mail, calendars, and contacts--it's a fine idea. Unfortunately, nobody has figured it out to anyone's full ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10023480-60.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:43:00 GMT Charles Cooper Talking cool: Intel doubles notebook fan speed http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10021381-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner

Intel has invented a way to double the air flow generated by fans used to cool ultrathin notebook computers.

Demonstrating a prototype of the technology in public for the first time at its developer forum taking place this week in San Francisco, Intel says the upshot will be cooler computers--and ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10021381-60.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:54:00 GMT Charles Cooper Big Blue's latest big bet on cloud computing http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10020568-60.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Coop'sCorner IBM is making a $300 million bet that it can turn cloud computing into a lot more than the buzzword du jour.

(Credit: CNET News)

Big Blue is spending that sum to equip 13 data centers around the world with infrastructure that will let customers access a bevy of cloud-based ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10020568-60.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:22:00 GMT Charles Cooper