Toyota, with its successful Prius model, has enjoyed several years of little competition in the 4-door hybrid market. Although Honda had been selling an older generation Insight, its styling and technology were dated. With the 2010 Honda Insight, that is no longer the case. Engineers at the vaunted Japanese automaker...

Cloud computing could get even more interesting next week if this rumor proves true. Hot on the heels of Google's Chrome OS announcement this week (Watch out Microsoft: Google formally announces Chrome Operating System, turns up heat), it appears that the Redmond giant is awakening to the cloud, finally......

It was only a matter of time; 9:37pm Pacific Time on July 7, 2009 in an innocent appearing blog post to be exact. With "cloud computing"—a term used to describe the new world of light weight computing where local storage and processing matters less—on the rise, Google is taking the...

Intel today revoked preferential pricing to Lenovo and Samsung for its Atom chipset which power popular netbook models, typically with screens 10-inches and smaller. Apparently both manufacturers violated terms by using the lower-priced chipset in models with larger screen sizes. The netbook market is an entertaining place these days. First,...

Here's a European twist on the standard newspaper trend piece. Usually we hear about things like Kindle when talking about next generation newspaper delivery. Starting today, however, the San Francisco Chronicle is delivering a glossy—or "high-definition"—look to the newspaper. No tech gadgets required. Following in the footsteps of several overseas big-city...

Well folks, we are definitely in full swing with the summer season. The weather in the Bay Area has been scorching these past couple of days. I am reminded by those that I have spent time in other parts of the country that at least we should all be grateful...

Hey Google, where's my invite?! Yet again, following in the footsteps of Apple and Nintendo's get-in-line marketing jujitsu, Google's new Voice service is available "by invite only". We've seen this movie before, with Gmail. And it works well. Like a roped-off club entrance with snaking lines, people tend to gravitate...

Guest post by Jane Lurie. SSC is a great place to keep up with all of the cutting edge developments in technology. I love expanding my tech horizons as I read all the entries. I have been experiencing the miracle of a technological development in medicine and I am continually amazed...

With today's announcement of a new $399 netbook, now even Gateway, famous for their cow spotted shipping boxes and low prices, has entered this white hot market segment. As I've written before, I still believe netbooks will become the new notebooks. They continue to get bigger displays — from 8.9" to...

A garage anywhere else usually means car restoration projects, power tools or piles of old boxes and long-forgotten knick-nacks covered in dust and moth balls. But here in Silicon Valley, it often means start-ups. There are many garage stories. Most recently Google famously used garage space in Palo Alto to tinker...