http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/ en-us Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:14:23 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The gaming industry is abuzz over today's unveiling of Grand Theft Auto IV. Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO), aims to raise the bar of game design with what the company says is a lifelike interactive... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/grand-theft-of-gaming-market.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/grand-theft-of-gaming-market.html Electronic Arts gaming Grand Theft Auto Take-Two Interactive Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:14:23 -0500 Recently I interviewed Sheldon Gilbert, CEO of Proclivity Systems, regarding the company's e-mail marketing engine, called Proclivity Mail. Fast Company magazine also published a story about Gilbert and Proclivity in its May 2008 innovation column. It had been debatable whether... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/email-marketing-revisited.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/email-marketing-revisited.html e-mail innovation marketing Proclivity software Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:25:08 -0500 NEW YORK -- At today's Min Day Summit in New York City, several print, advertising and digital media executives laid out their tips on how to succeed in online media. One theme of the day was engagement -- that media... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/min-summit-engagement-and-onli.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/min-summit-engagement-and-onli.html advertising CondeNet Facebook media TVGuide.com Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:23:37 -0500 A Web 2.0 company called WeBook, based in Bethesda, Md., launched yesterday a beta version of its service that allow writers, editors, reviewers and illustrators to collaborate online on books. No publishing companies needed, and the works will be sold... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/collaborative-book-publishing.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/collaborative-book-publishing.html Linux Publishing Web 2.0 WeBook Wikipedia Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:55:08 -0500 This week we got a taste of what music files could look like on iTunes in the future. Researchers at the University of Rochester announced that they have digitally replicated a music file 1,000 times smaller than an ordinary MP3.... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/scientists-take-music-files-be.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/04/scientists-take-music-files-be.html iTunes MP3 music University of Rochester Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:55:48 -0500 Green is definitely the big word these days. Recently, I wrote about energy-efficient chips. And looks like the companies that make drivers for backlights are focused on energy conservation as well. While, screen image quality is a consideration when purchasing... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/green-screens-on-the-scene.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/green-screens-on-the-scene.html chips Energy-efficient innovation LEDs Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:56:09 -0500 Researchers at Georgia State Institute of Technology have developed a way for small devices to be powered by electric signals built into clothing. Using nanotechnology, zinc oxide nanowires would cover textile fibers and generate electrical current via the piezoelectric effect.... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/clothing-to-power-electronic-d.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/clothing-to-power-electronic-d.html BlackBerry iPhone nanotechnology Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:06:29 -0500 Yesterday Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY) unveiled a new version of its CapSense Express technology to replace touch-sensitive buttons and sliders on mobile devices. The company says its buttons and controls are more durable than competing mechanical devices and have proven... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/swappable-keypad-buttons.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/swappable-keypad-buttons.html Cypress Semiconductor mobile devices PSoC touch-sensitive buttons Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:37:36 -0500 When a major innovator in our society tells Congress that the United States is behind other countries in technological innovation, this must raise a red flag. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates did just that when addressing the House Committee on Science... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/gates-us-behind-on-innovation.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/gates-us-behind-on-innovation.html Gates government innovation Microsoft Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:38:05 -0500 And you thought scanning your ID card to access your office was high-tech. Well, looks like the future will involve scanning our faces instead. A company called FaceBase has applied for a patent on biometric face-screening technology, which it will... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/face-scanning-in-our-future.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/face-scanning-in-our-future.html biometrics face scanning security Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:06:54 -0500 A precious metals vendor in San Juan, Puerto Rico, plans to take the "e" out of "e-mail." A company called Woomail has introduced what it calls a new form of online communication that operates in a closed Web-based environment, free... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/metals-dealer-woos-mail-users.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/metals-dealer-woos-mail-users.html communication e-mail Web services Woomail Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:13:58 -0500 As we take a look at innovation in this space, we may discover that technology and the wild is a growing phenomenon. We already have the Apple Leopard OS. And that's where Corning (NYSE:GLW) is going, too, with its scratch-free,... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/corning-goes-ape-with-gorilla.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/03/corning-goes-ape-with-gorilla.html Apple Corning innovation LCDs touch-screen Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:08:25 -0500 In the "green" world of 2008, "energy-efficient" is getting the buzz for the chip industry. Earlier this month, MIT and Texas Instruments showed a preliminary chip for portable devices that uses 10 times less energy than those chips used today.... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/02/chips-going-for-the-green.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/02/chips-going-for-the-green.html Chips Energy-efficient MIT Texas Instruments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:09:50 -0500 Welcome. With the launch of the new InternetNews.com site, I'm happy to present my debut post. As copy editor here, I attack the grammatical violations I find in the pieces you read on the site (hopefully before you read them!),... http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/02/innovations-and-email-marketin.html http://blog.internetnews.com/bhorowitz/2008/02/innovations-and-email-marketin.html e-commerce e-mail innovation marketing software Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:38:53 -0500