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Verizon Wireless is suing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), asking a court to overturn the agency's rules that require the winner of an upcoming wireless spectrum auction to ensure at least part of that spectrum remains compatible with all mobile devices and services Verizon Wireless filed the action earlier this week in the U.S. Court o...
There are an estimated 44 million Baby Boomers roaming the Net, and legions of marketers looking for ways to reach them. That's because, as a target market, Boomers have what it takes to make hucksters salivate: money "It's a generation with wealth -- (US)$2 trillion in disposable income -- and they have an incredible appetitive to keep connecting,...
There is a great deal of talk today about our carbon footprint -- referring to greenhouse gas emissions caused by industry and/or consumers -- and how critical it is to our planet to reduce these emissions Companies such as General Electric (GE) have begun to fully realize that reducing our carbon footprint is not only good for the environment, but...
The advent of digital distribution for theatrical, television and user-generated content comes at a time of enormous pressure for the traditional entertainment industry. The industry enjoyed years of strong returns at the box office and from DVD rentals and sales from the late 1990s into the early part of this decade, but U.S. revenue growth has slowed significantly as of late...
In the ultimate game of bait-and-switch, several Web sites try to pass off a bot as a bod. That is to say that Live Chat is offered to users, but there's no flesh-and-blood person on the line, there's only a chat bot making a robotic guess at what the user might want to know. Few are fooled by the switcheroo, but nonetheless, could the tactic be working?...
When a Web surfer clicks on an icon to launch his or her favorite Web browser, only the geekiest of the geeky pay any thought to which engine layout is at work. The typical Web user has no clue that a different browser choice may also include a different browser layout engine If anything, most Internet users concern themselves about which Web brows...
At a time when most people agree that Google or Apple have replaced Microsoft as the tech industry's top player, government regulators on two continents are going retro, pushing old antitrust arguments. This backward-looking thinking threatens innovation for all companies and needs to stop now While the technology community has moved from obsessin...
MySpaceTV will relaunch "Quarterlife," a network television pilot about a group of recent college graduates that aired briefly on ABC in 2005. Accompanying the show's Nov. 11 resurrection will be a social networking site for fans, complete with the usual Web-related content, such as character profiles. The television show's reappearance on the Internet is unusual, in that most original online entertainment content is presented with an eye to making the leap to network television or general theatrical release...
With its eye on notebook users and photo-sharing fans, Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out three new wireless mouse products and two new webcams First, citing increasing U.S. retail notebook PC sales, Microsoft unveiled the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 and the Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000, both designed to make notebook computing more producti...
Looking to stake a claim in the emerging mobile commerce marketplace, Sprint on Thursday launched a tool for its wireless subscribers to enable them to use their handsets to buy from a host of online retailers Sprint said it is partnering with mShopper to become the first U.S. wireless carrier to launch a shopping portal. Customers who have monthly...
Environmental advocates won a major victory Wednesday when Vermont U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions ruled that states including Vermont and California can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles In his 240-page ruling, Sessions rejected auto manufacturers' and dealers' claims that federal law preempts state rules and that the technol...
Sun Microsystems, the company whose former CEO used to denounce Microsoft as often -- and as sarcastically -- as possible, is now selling Windows The Santa Clara, Calif., IT pioneer has signed on to become a Windows Server OEM (original equipment manufacturer), meaning it will install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 in its hardware running on x64, 64...
A U.S. appeals court has granted Qualcomm and a group of handset makers that use its chips a reprieve from a ban on the import of mobile phones containing technology found to have infringed on patents held by rival Broadcom Qualcomm announced late Wednesday that it had received a stay of the International Trade Commission (ITC) order from the Court...
As Internet applications grow more complex and versatile, end users' experiences get more colorful and interesting. However, rich Internet applications (RIAs) also place a far greater performance demand on Internet browsers, which have to orchestrate the expanding variety of Internet elements and objects So, the "wow factor" carries a price: Servic...
A CRM consultancy will be launching what it describes as the first CRM Web 2.0 portal for executive recruitment and career development in this industry Located at myCRMcareer.com, the Web site will be managed by Bruce Culbert, Ted Hartley, and Paul Greenberg, principals at BPT Partners....
Canonical, the Europe-based commercial Ubuntu vendor, has released an optimized version of Ubuntu for VMware virtual appliances. It's called "Ubuntu JeOS edition" -- the JeOS refers to the VMware concept of Just Enough Operating System, a no-overhead, pared-down version of an OS ideal for virtual appliances Ready to Go...
No longer the exclusive domain of computer loving teenagers and college students, social networking has become a tool to drive corporate innovation and facilitate communication from the boardroom on down For instance, for AAR, a Wood Dale, Ill.-based aviation services company, communication oriented Web 2.0 tools like those found on popular consume...
Microsoft has provided "important" updates for vulnerabilities in MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Services for Unix 3.0 in its monthly Patch Tuesday release. Its most important fix -- a critical vulnerability -- is in its Windows Agent animation services. This is the agent that displays animated characters for internal use, such as the Microsoft Office "talking" paper clip...
With a few notable exceptions -- the Internet, primarily -- advertising spending has declined for the second quarter in a row, according to a report released Tuesday from TNS Media Intelligence Total advertising expenditures in the first half of 2007 slipped by 0.3 percent to US$72.59 billion versus the same period in 2006, TNS found. The outlook f...
Yahoo and Bebo have forged a strategic partnership focusing on display advertising, Yahoo Answers and a branded toolbar, the companies announced Wednesday Under the agreement, Yahoo will sell the majority of Bebo's display advertising in the United Kingdom and Ireland, reaching about 11.6 million users, according to comScore estimates. Bebo is a Sa...
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