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The Microsoft vs. Google rivalry took a bizarre turn Thursday in the blogosphere as speculation and controversy ran rife about a memo purportedly leaked from Microsoft featuring the impressions of an ex-Google employee about Google's work culture Apparently in response to a request from a Microsoft recruiter, the former Googler details the work-har...
AMD announced Friday that it will begin shipping its quad-core Opteron processor, dubbed "Barcelona," in August. Enterprise-level server manufacturers including Sun Microsystems have committed to using the standard and low-watt special edition (SE) versions of the chip, giving the chipmaker a much needed boost against archrival Intel and its Xeon 5300 Clovertown quad-core chip...
A University of Maryland researcher announced this week that he has created a prototype device using a parallel processor that could very well be the "next generation of personal computers." The test model, using technology based on parallel processing on a single chip, is capable of computing at speeds up to 100 times faster than current desktops,...
On the eve of Apple's big iPhone push, mobile communications market powerhouse Research In Motion (RIM) reported astoundingly strong BlackBerry sales. RIM's earnings were up 73 percent for the quarter ending June 2, beating expectations and surprising Wall Street The stock price surged more than twenty percent Friday, rising more than US$33 and rea...
Genome researchers have successfully transformed one bacterial species into another by replacing all of its DNA, according to a report published Thursday Biologists at the J. Craig Venter Institute transplanted the entire genome, or set of DNA, from one species of Mycoplasma bacteria into another. About three days later, the DNA from the first bact...
The BBC announced Wednesday it will launch its iPlayer on-demand TV service on July 27. Initially restricted to users in the UK, the service will become available to an expanded Internet audience in the fall "It's a revolutionary service which offers audiences more value, because from now on they never have to miss out on their favorite programs --...
As wireless communications technology becomes embedded in the lifestyles of consumers -- led by the younger generations that have always known it -- small businesses are seeking ways to catch the mobile wave Gaining an advantage with younger shoppers online and off can be daunting to small businesses that would rather not manage technology -- but i...
Political Web sites abound on the Internet. A recent visit to just a few of them turned up a couple of polls asking variations of the question whether Dick Cheney should be impeached for violations of several U.S. laws Personally, I would have loved to have seen the results of the polls, which I enthusiastically answered more than once. However, bo...
Oracle has released Contact Center Anywhere 8.1, an application that builds on its acquisition of Telephony@Work, an on-demand provider of IP-based softwareinfrastructure for hosted contact center services, made exactly a year ago Its CallCenterAnywhere was a multichannel contact center application that provided an out-of-the-box alternative to the...
The publishing industry is struggling to cash in on eBooks; so far the digital literary attempt has been fragmented and slow, both in terms of adoption and in getting the material to the reader. However, that may change soon, given new initiatives announced in the last few days ranging from the arrival of new industry standards to a new reader with some cool effects...
One-third of all teens who use the Internet have been the victims of cyber-bullying, or harassment online, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project Girls are more likely to be cyber-bullied, as are teens who lead active online lives, the study finds....
Nintendo unveiled a new game developing tool for its Wii video game console Wednesday. The company hopes the WiiWare tool will attract budding game programmers as well as experienced independent game makers interested in putting their programming skills to the test on the next-generation console and its innovative controller "Independent developers...
In addition to its versions for Windows and Mac, Google has launched a Linux version of Google Desktop. The application lets users search both the Web and their own PC hard drive for Gmail, Web history, music, photos and other files "Since some Linux users are program developers, Google Desktop was designed with the ability to search source codes a...
YouTube may be the dominant player in the video-sharing arena today, but MySpace is stepping up its own bid to compete in that realm as it relaunches and renames the video portion of its social networking site MySpaceTV, as the company renamed it Thursday from MySpace Video, is available to all Internet users, whether they have MySpace accounts or ...
Another voice has chimed in on the controversial and complex debate over net neutrality In a newly released report, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission urges policymakers to exercise caution in establishing regulations that would require high-speed Internet service providers to treat all content the same way....
Google has struck a deal to have international technology supplier Ingram Micro distribute its enterprise search tools. The agreement is the search giant's most aggressive bid yet to foster growth in its relatively fledgling corporate search division Ingram Micro will sell the Google Mini and the Google Search Appliance hardware and software soluti...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the newLondon 2012 Olympics logo, but there is something seriously wrong with the logo-driven branding industry at large This new logo clearly proves that as we approach 2012, global society will not respond to conventional logos or graphics, but only to these kinds of insignificant, dysfunctional and obscure ...
Consumer-grade instant messaging applications such as Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Windows Live Messenger can become significant security holes when used by workers on corporate networks Instant messaging applications are easy targets for hackers taking advantage of vulnerabilities. It is critical for businesses to pay attention...
Software as a Service, also known as "on-demand software," is making inroads across East Asia as organizations large and small become comfortable enough with Web services and network application delivery to risk using them for a variety of business functions In the East Asia market, excluding Japan, SaaS enterprise application revenues amounted to ...
Game personalization, or soft modding, has been a hobby among hardcore gamers for at least a decade. In recent years, however, the underground pastime has been gaining popularity, so much that the art of creating a personalized version of a video game is even being taught at summer cyber camps. In 2007, soft modding will hit the big time and go official with the launch of Sony's LittleBigPlanet...
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