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Online shopping is the fastest growing multibillion-dollar business in the world. Yet, the customer experience of online shopping is much the same as it was upon creation, more than a decade ago -- essentially an online catalog Instead of finding ways to excite and entertain shoppers through rich and expressive sensory experiences, as retailers do ...
Remember back when the primary use for the VCR was recording television shows playing at one time to watch them at a more convenient hour? Time-shifting has long been a technique of gadget lovers, and open source software advocates are no exception "Open source participants are spread around the world and need to have a means to communicate," expla...
FrontRange Solutions has made available version 5.1 of FrontRange Voice, an IP telephony software application that can be installed on the desktop without the need for other equipment. It targets small and medium-sized businesses and offers upgrades in functionality and integration over previous versions The new version of the software permits rou...
Imagery on Google Earth revealed a new Chinese submarine to the public eye for the first time, according to a strategic security blogger with the Federation of American Scientists "A commercial satellite image appears to have captured China's new nuclear ballistic missile submarine," Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project for ...
Live Earth -- a series of nine concerts held in cities across the world and streamed live across the Internet -- exceeded its founders' most ardent expectations The event, held to raise awareness of global warming and climate change, drew in more than 10 million video streams, and had the most simultaneous viewers of any online concert ever, accord...
Samsung and Ericsson have agreed to end patent infringement lawsuits against each other, signing an agreement to cross-license their mobile technologies instead The cross-licensing agreement covers a host of patents relating to second- and third-generation, or 2G and 3G, mobile services....
Ask Electronic Arts (EA) head John Riccitiello what he thinks about the game software development industry and you might be surprised by the answer. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, EA's chief executive said games coming out from top game makers lack innovation and that the industry needs to aggressively expand their audience beyond traditional gamers and pursue so-called casual gamers...
Microsoft has issued a statement about its position in regard to the Free Software Foundation's version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL), which was crafted in part to protect users from possible Microsoft patent infringement lawsuits. Microsoft's stance? The company, in four paragraphs of text, essentially thumbs its nose at the GPL "Micro...
Google will buy on-demand Web security provider Postini for US$625 million in cash, a move that the search giant hopes will help lower a key hurdle to broader adoption of its on-demand, Web-based applications targeted at business users Privately held Postini serves some 35,000 businesses around the world, with about 10 million end users who receive...
After initially denying it had plans to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 gaming console, Sony on Sunday announced a hefty price reduction and announced a new PS3 model As recently as Friday, Sony's president told Reuters there were no plans to cut the PS3 price, something observers expected was coming because the console's sales continue to lag b...
Microsoft will release six security updates next week as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update, the company announced Thursday Three of the updates being rolled out on Tuesday have been labeled "critical," two were called "important" and one was named "moderate" in importance. They are for vulnerabilities in Office, Windows and the .Net framewor...
Sure, you can walk into any big-box bookstore and see several shelves full of volumes about open source software -- about why you should use it, how to use it, and what to do when you stumble on problems. Likewise, the Web sites of Linux-related companies and organizations are chock-full of white papers and articles analyzing one or another's position on open source hot topics...
Let's just say the iPhone is the best generation-one product I can recall in the tech market -- ever -- in terms of hardware design and execution. But, much as Japan did in World War II, Apple merely stung the heck out of a number of big companies -- and most of Asia as a geographical region. It wasn't, by any means, a killing blow Even FOSS (free ...
Some 30 percent of businesses in the UK leave data, some of it sensitive, on their PCs when they dispose of them, according to research findings released this week by computer maker Lenovo In the survey of 300 businesses commissioned by the UK-Ireland arm of the company, 29 percent of IT managers in large companies with 1,000 or more employees and ...
Rock concerts for causes took off in the 1970s, with the Concert for Bangladesh, No Nukes, LiveAid and FarmAid electrifying audiences worldwide. However, Live Earth, a series of concerts beginning on July 7 aimed at combating climate change, will go them one better. With the advent of the Internet and time-shifting television technologies, viewers won't have to be glued to their sets in order to catch the show...
Three men in the UK, originally arrested on terrorism charges in October 2005, were sentenced Thursday to serve 24 years in prison after they admitted to using the Internet to incite murder Younes Tsouli, Waseem Mughal and Tariq Al-Daour initially denied the terrorism charges....
Sony has no plans to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 consoles, Sony President Ryoji Chubachi told Reuters during a press interview, despite hints from the electronics giant that it might do so in order to rev up disappointing sales figures The price point for the PS3 has long been seen as a sticking point for greater sales of the device, which c...
Playing Electronic Art's (EA) line of sporting games just became a little easier for Wii console owners. The game maker has unwrapped its new EA Sports Family Play system, which will make it "easier for players of all ages and skill level to play its most popular EA Sports games" on the Wii, according to the company. The new style of game play will be available with the release of Wii versions of "Madden NFL '08," NBA Live '08," and "FIFA Soccer '08."
Conceding many Xbox 360 gaming consoles were built with a flaw that resulted in system crashes, Microsoft is tripling the system's warranty, upgrading its design and reimbursing those who paid for repairs The initiative will cost up to US$1.15 billion, the company said....
While wireless carriers are shuddering in the face of the iPhone's launch, Sprint Nextel has sent letters to some of its more demanding customers telling them, in effect, "you're fired." The number of customers let go is unknown, according to press reports, and Sprint did not return calls for comment by press time. However, sending these letters es...
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