Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami last night accepted Israel's prestigious literary award, the Jerusalem prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society, despite opposition from pro-Palestinian groups. Murakami was presented with the $10,000 (£7,000) prize, given to the author whose work "best expresses and promotes the idea of the 'freedom of the individual in society'", on Sunday evening at t

Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick. Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.

Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick. Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.

New chip: high def, cheaper and longer Nvidia said it's ready to show how its Tegra computer on a chip will power a new family of HD mobile Internet devices that could sell for $99 to $200, or nothing at all with a subsidy from a mobile carrier. The Santa Clara graphics-chip maker said this new class of devices will provide users with a full high-definition experience that boasts a cheap price and

In January 2008, executives at Rackable Systems (RACK) predicted that 2008 will be a “breakthrough year for containerized data centers” and projected that the company would deploy at least 20 of its ICE Cube portables by year-end, and perhaps as many as 50. The reality was brutally different, as the company acknowledged yesterday. "Part of our disappointing news is that we haven't recognized any r

Rackable Systems (RACK) said yesterday that Microsoft and Yahoo spent $114 million less on the company's servers and storage products in 2008 than they did in 2007, with the brunt of that decline coming in the fourth quarter. Rackable's revenue for the fourth quarter was $38.8 million compared to $111.3 million in the same quarter in 2007. Microsoft slashed its capital spending on data centers by

Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick. Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.

Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick. Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.