Format wars are commonplace in the modern history of electronics. Even Thomas Edison had to deal with political and corporate wrangling for the format of his early wax audio cylinder records invented in 1877.  The dispute over which audio recording format would become the standard continued until 1...

For many, Google epitomizes the successful modern company, but like nearly every sector in the economy, they are being forced to slim down under the rippling effects of the recession.  The first step was to reduce the recruiting organization by 100 positions and slowly ratchet down new hires.  The...

2008 was an incredible year for developers and consumers of the Apple iPhone.  With more than 10,000 applications in the App Store, users were inundated with options.  Sometimes these applications were helpful additions to the basic functions of the device and other times they were odd, bizarre or...

Since October 2006, Netflix has held a competition to improve their movie recommendation system.  The Netflix Prize is $1 million for anyone who can beat their existing system with a 10% accuracy improvement.  So far, around 30,000 teams have registered for the challenge and the top ten teams boas...