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Google is readying its application to participate in the Federal Communications Commission's January auction of 700 MHz wireless spectrum, the company announced Friday, but it is acting alone, without any partners The company will file its application on Monday, after which FCC rules prevent it from discussing the matter further until the auction e...
Organized criminal activity will continue to be a big risk on the Internet next year, but the growing tumors of cyber espionage and cyber warfare could metastasize, suggests security firm McAfee In fact, it predicts that the rise in international cyber spying will pose the single biggest security threat in 2008, based on findings from its annual cy...
The Software as a Service (SaaS) concept is rapidly spreading to touch almost every functional area in the IT stack. The latest example is security vendor Webroot's acquisition of Email Systems, a SaaS security provider Primarily focused on consumer and SMB (small and medium-sized business) markets prior to this merger, Webroot's newly acquired Saa...
You probably realize that startups experience an inordinate amount of failures. Of course, starting any new business is fraught with risks However, these risks can be minimized with the proper planning. Based upon my experience in owning and advising businesses, I have come up with seven tips for the budding entrepreneur....
Shopping online has become a favorite activity for consumers. However, retailers still haven't successfully replicated the experience of uncovering the perfect item hidden on the back of a rack, the thrill of unexpectedly wandering into an out-of-the way boutique, or the way friends bond over dressing room disasters. Technology that improves the online shopping experience is evolving rapidly, but to properly take advantage of what's coming down the pike, retailers will need to go back to basics...
Many telecom observers were stunned this week when Verizon announced it would open up its network to "wireless devices, software and applications not offered by the company." This change in policy is good for consumers and worth closer examination, especially on the business side Verizon's "walled garden" required consumers to use a Verizon-chosen...
Verizon, the No. 2 mobile phone carrier in the U.S., announced Thursday that it and joint owner Vodafone plan to develop and deploy technology based upon Long Term Evolution (LTE) as its fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband network The shift away from its current standard, CDMA (code division multiple access), would essentially open the mobile c...
Amazon.com on Thursday launched a site that invites visitors to ask questions and receive answers from fellow users, who will be lured with Amazon currency to share their expertise and opinions Amazon is aiming to use Askville.com to leverage its own expertise insharing consumer opinions -- user reviews are one of the most popular and highly regard...
Micron Technology has entered the solid state drive (SSD) market by announcing plans to deliver 32 GB and 64 GB SSDs in early 2008 The Boise, Idaho-based semiconductor company already produces a wide variety of DRAM (dynamic random access memory), NAND flash memory, CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) image sensors and other semiconducto...
Adobe and Yahoo jointly launched the beta version of a new advertising service Thursday designed to allow PDF publishers to earn advertising revenue for their content Dubbed "Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo," the opt-in service enables online commercial publishers to include timely contextual ads next to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)-base...
Looking to boost confidence among both investors and customers, online brokerage E*Trade Financial said Wednesday it had received a US$2.55 billion investment from a private equity firm After disclosing it had seen significant erosion of some assets due to the subprime mortgage meltdown and after an analyst raised the possibility of the company see...
Despite improvements in system and network security, wily cybercriminals remain a significant threat, adjusting their methods to take advantage of unwary Internet users, the SANS Institute says in its report on the top 20 Internet security risks of 2007, released Tuesday Hackers and cyberspies have shifted their focus and moved away from the widesp...
As the Web video craze continues to escalate, the market for this content is evolving. Advertisers are trying to cash in on clips by both amateurs and production companies; new Web sites catering to the trend are popping up; and video is gaining in popularity on additional platforms, notably mobile Accordingly, wireless carriers, handset makers and...
Trust plays an important role in interpersonal relationships. The same can be said of business relationships. In both cases, trust means a willingness on the part of each partner to assume a certain amount of risk In an interpersonal relationship, the risk may be that a partner will act unfaithful or otherwise behave in a hurtful manner. In a busin...
xTuple, a startup maker of open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, announced Wednesday that it has certified its OpenMFG and PostBooks software products for use on Apple's new Mac OS X Leopard operating system The products are advanced ERP software solutions built with open source components, such as the PostgreSQL database, the Qt...
Why can't tech companies go green? With such luminaries as Google, IBM and HP forming the vanguard of the clean tech movement, it may seem a silly question to ask. Headlines trumpeting these companies' initiatives -- not to mention the nonstop announcements of new energy-saving IT products -- would seem to suggest the tech industry is green all over...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been arguing amongst itself over whether it has the authority to increase its regulation of the cable industry. At the heart of the fight is a market penetration test called the "70/70" rule and the data that would provide the catalyst for new regulation Of course, industry lobbyists have jumped into ...
Oncontact Software released version 6.1 of its CRM application, which caters to the growing demand among users for software delivered through the Internet. For the first time, with this release the vendor is providing users with Web extensibility along with its traditional client server access What this means to end users is that the application an...
Google on Wednesday announced version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile featuring a beta version of its new "My Location" service that serves as an alternative to GPS technology Rather than relying on global positioning satellites for identifying a mobile user's location, My Location uses cell tower ID information to provide users with their approximat...
It happens all the time: A customers with a complaint picks up the phone to call a center about a service problem. However, what if the service provider can pinpoint network problems before they occur? That way, customer service reps can resolve issues before disgruntled callers reach for the phone That's the promise of IBM's new Tivoli Netcool Cus...
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