There's a new role for IT workers: business consultant.
Microsoft plans to add Facebook, Twitter and other new features to its console in November.
TV ratings will be used on the videogame console network.
For hardware, there's Moore's Law, a doubling of chip power within two years. With software, you're lucky to get improvements at a rate of 3% a year.
Google's Chrome OS, which is aimed at netbooks, is one idea worth fostering.
Will the company unveil its highly anticipated Chrome OS next week? Will it be a dud?
Chrome OS hits cost and speed, but may trouble many companies.
* Google Chrome operating system is nearly instant on * Chrome is cloud-based software - stores data on Web * Says Chrome will run initially on certain netbooks (Recasts lead; adds Google comments, analyst comments)...
* Q1 loss of 10 cts/shr vs Street view for 16 cent loss * Sees Q2 profit of 29-32 cents vs Street view for 37 cents * Shares decline 2.2 percent after-hours (Adds CEO comments,...
HERSHEY, Penn., Nov 19 - In a company town where the street lamps are shaped like chocolate Kisses and orphans are cared for with corporate largesse, the prospect that America's biggest chocolate maker may merge...