Industry News - January 29 2008

According to the very unscientific survey from Internet Evolution, Apple is the most hated company on the Internet.

Apple was ranked most-hated company by 30 percent of respondents, even more than Microsoft, which was listed as most-hated by 22 percent of respondents.

HP has introduced three new thin client terminals, including its first laptop-style portable unit.

IBM researchers and a team of doctors are building a database of digital images that they hope will enable oncologists to diagnose and treat cancer patients faster and with more success. – Computerworld

For green-tech start-ups, 2008 could be the year of either break-neck speed or just hitting the brakes.

Even when faced with overwhelming evidence that Sony's Blu-ray has won the high definition format war, Toshiba continues to back the HD DVD format.

The company has dramatically cut prices on its HD DVD players in the U.S. and will buy a 30-second Super Bowl spot for $2.7 million to advertise those marked down HD DVD players.