Author Nicholas Carr sees parallels between the power grid and cloud computing that presage big changes for IT. SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cloud services will be what the electrical grid was a century ago: the basis for a whole new set of services, markets and possibilities that can change the way we live and operate, but also threaten the dominant computing hierarchy. That was the general theme of the closing keynote speech…
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Good news for Dell, Cisco and Apple investors just meant falling less than the rest of the stock market. The 16-month-old bear market added another "worst ever" to its list of accomplishments today, sending stocks plunging in the weakest start to the month of March in market history. Every stock in the big-cap Nasdaq 100 ended the day lower — with the lone exception of drug developer Warner Chilcott (NASDAQ: WCRX), which…
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Smaller DEMO conference kicks off in search of the next hot trends. What's next? The DEMO conference has long reigned as a launching pad for the hottest startups in emerging technology. But something bigger is at play this year: the lousy economy. Organizers might be hoping that less is more. The conference kicks off Monday with 40 new tech products and services on tap, down from 70 at the last DEMO in…
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Analysis: Microsoft and its PC partners hope Windows 7 can drive PC sales, even in a down economy. No two recessions are the same, and the shakedown hitting the U.S., indeed the global economy, is very different from the one experienced in 2000-2002. That was a powerful combination of the Silicon Valley getting hit directly from the dot-bomb implosion and the overall U.S. economy shattered by the events on September…
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