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In what's likely an effort to defend itself against the wildly hyped iPhone phenomenon, cell phone giant Nokia on Wednesday unveiled several new wireless devices and services, including a music-download offering to rival iTunes Signaling a shift in focus away from hardware and toward software and services, Nokia debuted four new devices optimized f...
RightNow continues to build out its multi-channel capabilities with its latest quarterly upgrade, version 8.2. New features in this release include emotion detection and other customer feedback capabilities as well as the ability to turn on certain parts of a knowledge base to the public "The overarching theme is our continued investment in multich...
Google Chief Financial Officer George Reyes, who came on board to give a fast-rising startup credibility with Wall Street and help lead it through a quirky but wildly successful IPO, will leave the search company by the end of the year, Google announced late Tuesday During Reyes' five-and-a-half-year tenure, Google staged and pulled off the Dutch a...
When ripping and playing digitized music was a novelty, media players basked in the hot software limelight. There were articles about the merits of one over another, about "wars" among vendors and lots of noise when a new version of a player arrived in the market Today, though, new releases of media players barely cause a ripple in the electronic e...
As more and more countries are improving their images and those of the products they produce, their need to create strong, global brands becomes more pronounced. Poised and confident, these newcomers want to play the marketing game on a global scale Meanwhile, the West has all but abandoned manufacturing and is ignoring research and development. Th...
Today's global enterprises must optimize their Web sites to maximize the power of the Web to drive business and increase sales. B2B (business-to-business) or B2C (business-to-consumer) Web site design, usability and content are the top considerations as companies focus on success and satisfaction ratings of the customer and partner experience The c...
Would you like a portable power source that could run your laptop five times longer than your current batteries? How about 10 times longer? Those kinds of run times are being dangled by the fuel cell industry before a public parched for longer-lasting power for an ever-expanding assortment of small electronic devices....
Acer's purchase of Gateway could help it become a top-tier PC maker worldwide over time, but a day after the deal was announced, questions were being raised about the US$710 million price tag on the acquisition Shares of Acer, traded on Taiwan's Taipei Stock Exchange, on Tuesday fell nearly 7 percent -- the cap on daily losses on that exchange -- a...
Yahoo is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a human rights organization that claims the Internet portal's cooperation with the Chinese government resulted in the torture and 10-year jail term of Wang Xiaoning Xiaoning had used a Yahoo account to anonymously post to the Web materials relating to the Tiananmen Square massacre. Yahoo...
Mozilla's Firefox now has a campus edition, according to a Tuesday announcement by Mozilla The Firefox Campus Edition gives students access to music, lyrics, cover art, videos, photos and more, with add-ons FoxyTunes, StumbleUpon and Zotero....
Pano Logic announced Tuesday an all-hardware, no-software desktop device designed specifically for server-based desktop virtualization The device connects keyboard, mouse, display, audio and USB (Universal Serial Bus) peripherals over an existing IP (Internet protocol) network to a copy of Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP running on a virtuali...
It appears that Sony could have another rootkit scandal on its hands if a recent report from Finnish security firm F-Secure proves true The problem concerns a hidden directory contained in software for Sony's MicroVault USM-F thumb drive. The files, according to F-Secure, could be accessed by hackers and used to install other hidden files on an unw...
Sony has created a personal computer that can work as the core of a high-definition, multimedia system The Sony Vaio LT HD PC/TV is designed to serve as a "computer entertainment center," said Sony. In addition to powerful computing capability, the new unit can serve as a high-definition television tuner and as a high-definition Blu-ray disc player...
HP will invest US$300 million in the next year in a global marketing campaign meant to support a new product and service strategy around its printing business. The campaign, which will include TV ads and billboards, will also encourage consumers and businesses alike to do more printing The company will launch a marketing blitz to support what it's ...
Retailers and the entertainment industry have been a combined force for years. Designers jump at the chance to drape their latest fashions across celebrity shoulders in an effort to reach the consumer Until recently, however, that viewer would be hard pressed to actually locate that slinky little beige number worn by Lauren Conrad last week on "The...
When two companies merge, there is a seemingly endless list of factors to consider. However, while companies are committed to dedicating ample time and resources to align the operational combination of the two entities, it's all too easy to become overly engrossed in the nitty-gritty and lose sight of what matters most -- how the merger will serve the customer...
SugarCRM has released a beta version of Sugar 5.0, a platform upgrade that provides new development tools and a new Ajax e-mail client, and is based on a new so-called multi-instance on-demand architecture "This is the largest release in the history of the company's open source project since we founded it three and a half years ago," John Roberts, ...
The laptop computer has been gaining on traditional desktop PCs for some time. Replacing one's desktop completely with a portable computer that has enough power to handle any common task is now a feasible option for consumers, and more are heading that direction. Laptops are siphoning off sales of desktops As more and more customers look to smaller...
Qualcomm has repurchased and retired approximately 29 million shares of its stock during the last two months for approximately US$1.1 billion under its $3 billion stock repurchase program. Some $1.5 billion worth of shares remain authorized for repurchase in future periods, net of put options outstanding, under the stock repurchase program announced on May 22, 2007...
U.S. regulators on Monday gave Time Warner's AOL the green light to acquire behavioral analysis marketing firm Tacoda, clearing the way for a purchase that could boost AOL's online advertising prospects The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) listed AOL's buy of Tacoda among the mergers and acquisitions receiving so-called early termination under the Ha...
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