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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) executives finally have something to celebrate. Newly released sales data show the company's beleaguered PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming platform saw a significant jump in sales for the month of June Sony was not the only winner last month, according to tracking firm NPD Group. NPD reported an overall video gam...
Time Warner's AOL has reached a deal to buy Tacoda, an online advertising firm that specializes in behaviorally targeted marketing AOL will integrate Tacoda into its Advertising.com division, where the six-year-old firm's behavioral science marketing will be used to help AOL produce more targeted and effective online ads....
A federal judge in Boston is set to hear arguments this week in a case that accuses Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the code on which he built his massively popular Web site. The lawsuit could at least damage the young Web 2.0 entrepreneur's reputation, and at worst result in a Facebook shutdown Cameron Winklevoss, his brother Tyler an...
It is the rare political debate in which a winner is definitely declared. Sure, there have been a few in which candidates delivered zingers that resonated -- or stung. The Carter Reagan debates ("Are you better off now than you were four years ago?") and the vice presidential debates between Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen ("Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy") top the list...
TiVo will introduce a new DVR device in mid-August that will retail for US$299, about $500 less than its higher-end Series 3 released last fall In addition to being more affordable than its predecessor, the device, TiVo HD, will have the capability to replace the box through which users currently access their cable TV service....
AT&T's strong subscriber growth in its wireless business propelled its earnings past expectations, the company said, but the results were overshadowed by data showing early sign-ups for iPhone service fell short of forecasts AT&T, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.S., said it activated 146,000 subscriptions for the Apple device in the fi...
AT&T's strong subscriber growth in its wireless business propelled its earnings past expectations, the company said, but the results were overshadowed by data showing early sign-ups for iPhone service fell short of forecasts AT&T, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.S., said it activated 146,000 subscriptions for the Apple device in the fi...
AT&T's strong subscriber growth in its wireless business propelled its earnings past expectations, the company said, but the results were overshadowed by data showing early sign-ups for iPhone service fell short of forecasts AT&T, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.S., said it activated 146,000 subscriptions for the Apple device in the fi...
When consumers buy software, they typically don't spend much time reading through the rather long, tortuous legalese that makes up the end user licensing agreement (EULA) or terms of service (TOS) agreement that users must agree to before getting access to a product or service However, distributed applications, social networks and Web services ena...
Intel announced Tuesday the release of Threading Building Blocks 2.0 as both an open source and commercial product. The company also launched a Web site that establishes an open source project around this product Threading Building Blocks (TBB) is a C++ runtime library that abstracts the low-level threading details necessary for optimal multi-core...
You don't need Microsoft's high-powered marketing staff or sophisticated statistics to know where the power currently lies in the portable media player market. Very simply, the score reads something like this: Apple's iPod, 100 million units shipped; Microsoft's Zune, 1 million Yes, the iPod entered the market a full five years before Zune did; and...
Trick question: When taking a look at an open source content management application, companies chose to test that application using which operating system? If you guessed Microsoft Windows, you're right. That's according to the findings of a recent survey conducted by Alfresco Software. The company, which makes enterprise content management applica...
Eyeing an October release, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) announced Monday that it has authorized the mass production of the final beta version of its rugged XO laptop aimed at children in developing countries Featuring the AMD Geode LX processor, OLPC's XO B4 laptops are designed to withstand even the harshest environmental conditions, including use ...
Satellite radio providers XM and Sirius will offer consumers the ability to choose small bundles of stations if their proposed merger is approved by regulators, the companies said Monday They announced the plan a day before they're are expected to formally respond to a request for information from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which ...
Microsoft announced Sunday a new set of privacy principles for Live Search and online advertising data collection, use and protection. The principles delineate newly enhanced steps the company will implement to protect the privacy of Windows Live users Chief among the revamped privacy directives is the permanent removal of cookie IDs, the entire IP...
HP will buy Opsware, the data center automation software firm cofounded by Netscape creator Marc Andreessen, in a deal worth around US$1.6 billion HP will pay $14.25 per share in cash for Opsware, which it intends to fold into its Business Technology Optimization software product line. The purchase price represents a nearly 40 percent premium over ...
The price war between movie rental companies Blockbuster and Netflix continued Sunday when Netflix slashed by US$1 the price of two DVD rental subscription plans The $1 reduction will benefit most of Netflix's 6 million customers because it affects two of its most popular rental packages, Netflix said. The price cut will lure many prospective custo...
Automatic audio ads that co-opt the user's speakers to automatically play sounds and music are often intrusive and annoying and can even disrupt the workplace. The oft-cursed technique begs the question of whether advertisers can actually sell goods to a startled audience left leaping from their chairs and desperately seeking the mute button "Autom...
Avaya is extending its mobile applications to give users of Nokia Eseries business devices the ability to switch back and forth between private WiFi and public cellular networks The application enhances a company's productivity and cost savings, Steve Hardy, Avaya director of product marketing, told CRM Buyer. It is designed for large corporate cam...
The free software movement's most important license -- version three of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3) was unveiled by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) late last month. It comes roughly 16 years after its wildly successful predecessor, GPL v2, became one of the most used software licenses ever. Today, about three quarters of the world's free software packages are distributed under GPLv2...
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