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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 402 to 0 Tuesday to extend the ban on Internet service taxes another seven years, adopting the same time frame passed by the Senate Friday The House previously voted to extend the moratorium for only four years. The original ban was first imposed in 1998 -- then extended twice -- but it is now set to expire N...
Satellite radio provider Sirius reported Tuesday that it added more than a half-million new subscribers in the third quarter, growth that helped it narrow its financial losses Sirius, which is still awaiting regulatory word on its planned merger with rival XM, said revenue for the quarter was up 45 percent to US$241.8 million from $167.1 million in...
Sometime in the next two weeks, Google will announce its much anticipated wireless plans, according to a Tuesday report in The Wall Street Journal Specifically, Google will unveil advanced software and services that enable cell phone makers to release "Google-powered" devices sometime in the first half of next year, the Journal reports, citing peop...
On the heels of Intel's launch of an environmentally friendly new chip fabrication plant in Arizona, IBM is showing it, too, knows how to be green. The company announced a new silicon reclamation process that won a recent pollution prevention award The new process, in operation at IBM's Burlington, Vt., manufacturing facility, uses a "specialized p...
Vinton Cerf, known by many as one of the founding fathers of the Internet, will be stepping down at the end of this week as chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Cerf, who is also Google's vice president and chief Internet evangelist, has served for three consecutive terms as chairman of ICANN, whi...
October seemed as though it would be a banner month for the recording industry after a Minnesota jury ruled in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the first peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing lawsuit to go to trial. The jurors demanded Jammie Thomas, a single mother who the RIAA claimed had shared copyrighted audio files, pay US$222,000 in damages. The award appeared to vindicate in the industry's years-long battle to put an end to illegal downloads by any means necessary...
Consumers and small-office and home-office (SOHO) workers often buy their computers from online stores or discount warehouses. They often reject add-on support packages at checkout to keep the purchase price low. If the computer breaks within 60 or 90 days, the manufacturer will handle the repairs, they reason However, when the initial warranty per...
Second Life may be a virtual world, but six entrepreneurs operating there have filed a real-life lawsuit against Second Life users who allegedly copied their products The suit was filed last week in Brooklyn federal court against New York resident Thomas Simon, who reportedly goes by the name "Rase Kenzo" in Second Life, as well as 10 other as-yet-...
T-Mobile has introduced the first product in a new smartphone line, dubbed the "Shadow." In a departure for a wireless carrier, T-Mobile worked closely with Microsoft and the device manufacturer throughout the product's development The Shadow's user interface (UI) is based on features in Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, but it looks nothing like the pla...
In a move that could create millions of potential new customers for telecommunications companies now hawking video service and deal a blow to cable companies, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) appears poised to ban deals that give cable carriers exclusive access to residents of large apartment complexes The FCC is scheduled to hold a hear...
NBC Universal and News Corp. have launched a beta version of Hulu, an advertising-driven Web site where users can view for free television shows, clips and movies Currently available only to those who are invited after sending in applications, Hulu is presenting full-length versions of hit programs including "The Office," "Prison Break," "The Simps...
Verizon Communications' earnings fell compared with a year ago, but the company still managed to beat forecasts as it grew revenue on the strength of its wireless business and its small but fast-growing television services The company's revenue for the third quarter was US$23.8 billion, up 5.8 percent from $22.5 billion in the same quarter of last ...
NetSuite has introduced SuiteBundler, a new platform for its channel partners. The product is a new component in its development and integration toolset, SuiteFlex SuiteBundler offers a new generation of development tools for its third-party channel partners so they can continue to create vertical applications and more sophisticated business proces...
Many high-technology manufacturers are knowingly putting their intellectual property at risk by collaborating with partners and suppliers with communication tools that they don't consider secure, according to a survey Microsoft commissioned The survey of high-tech manufacturers found many now using Web-based e-mail and instant messaging platforms d...
Not too long ago, advice to keep a CRM implementation simple would have focused around due diligence for the application (you never buy a complex product unless absolutely necessary). It would have focused on negotiating the best deal with a systems integrator (these costs can add up quickly unless the contract specifies otherwise). Most of all, it would have focused on a clear needs assessment driving the application (buying too many bells and whistles when they aren't necessary is a sure path to overly complicated implementation and a frustrated user base)...
It's been a contentious few weeks on the Linux blogs, what with the big Microsoft news on Monday as well as a few key product happenings and subsequent evaluation The release of Canonical's Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon on Oct. 18 has been a particularly hot topic. Included in the release, which replaces Feisty Fawn, are streamlined Firefox add-on suppo...
Last week was one of the busiest of the year. California, where I live, was mostly in flames, and that had me thinking about what we need to do to prepare for a catastrophic event One of the most liked features in the new Leopard operating system from Apple -- coincidentally -- is Time Machine, which could be a life saver. Let's also talk about how...
In a blog post Thursday, Mozilla Labs announced it has begun an endeavor with the ultimate goal of creating an environment for PC users in which Web applications function on the desktop the same way and with the same ease of use as desktop applications The first application to come from the project is Prism, formerly known as "Webrunner," software ...
Technological advances are making adoption of network and data encryption more practical than ever, spurring its use in enterprises. Sixty-six percent of respondents to aPonemon Institute survey said they were hatching strategic plans to meet their organizations' encryption needs, and 16 percent of them already had enterprise-wide encryption strategies in place...
Vonage has settled the financial details of a lawsuit it lost to Verizon for patent infringement, capping its penalty at US$120 million -- a possible $32 million in addition to the $88 million already accrued and held in escrow The final amount will depend on how the Court of Appeals decides Vonage's pending petition for a rehearing on two of the V...
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