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Microsoft unveiled a new secure sockets layer virtual private networking (SSL VPN) solution Thursday. Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 is the fruit of its July 2006 acquisition of Whale Communications The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker also announced that it has partnered with Celestix Networks and Network Engines, two appliance man...
Media conglomerate Viacom demanded on Friday that Google's video service YouTube remove from its Web pages as many as 100,000 video clips containing copyrighted material The two sides had been negotiating a licensing agreement that would allow Viacom-owned content on the YouTube site, when talks broke down. Viacom's demand came next....
Microsoft has acknowledged a clever person might be able to remotely exploit the voice recognition features of the new Vista operating system to gain access to a PC, but a company representative downplayed the seriousness of the problem The company's response was posted on the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog. MSRC program manager Adr...
A record holiday season pushed Amazon to nearly US$4 billion in sales in the fourth quarter, but a heavy reliance on electronics sales, continued promotions and shipping discounts ate into profits, forcing executives to defend some of its recent moves into new markets Profit plummeted 50 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005, though some of that ...
As the Enron story gradually begins to fade from the news, one has to wonder if such an economic debacle could happen again. As a result of Enron, WorldCom and other corporate scandals, there are now former top executives from several major corporations who, since they probably won't live long enough to serve out their time, have been given what amounts to a life sentence...
For the past three years, a Chicago consulting firm has assumed a Grinch-like role with its annual estimate of worker productivity losses attributable to the Super Bowl. Those losses, though, may actually be gains for many businesses, according to the firm's top executive Money lost due to productivity declines during the two weeks leading up to th...
Inventory has different values depending on time. The goal of a supply chain is to deliver the right product at the right place at the right time and the right cost. Miss any of those elements and the value of the inventory can be severely damaged Let me demonstrate with a real example. My family made two purchases on Christmas Eve this year. One o...
The Linux community is planning to improve the position of the open source operating system by addressing one of the more vexing barriers slowing mainstream adoption: Linux-compatible device drivers. Developers are now offering to provide hardware vendors with the necessary drivers for free Drivers create the necessary links between hardware device...
With the first shipments of the new Microsoft Vista operating system still lingering on store shelves, many consumers may not yet be sure whether Vista's much ballyhooed security enhancements will make them less vulnerable to virus, adware and spyware infections. Microsoft claims its restricted access to the operating system's kernel will lock out hackers and malware purveyors...
Oracle has released new versions of all five of the major application sets in its software lineup The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company announced the release of Siebel CRM 8, Oracle E-Business Suite 12, PeopleSoft Enterprise 9, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12 and JD Edwards World A9.1 during its Applications Unlimited event in New York....
Following several quarters of disappointing earnings reports and a fall to the No. 2 spot in global PC sales, Dell on Wednesday reinstated Michael Dell as CEO of the computer company he created in his dorm room at the University of Texas more than 20 years ago The move comes with the immediate resignation of former Chief Executive Officer Kevin Rol...
The Microsoft executive who led the company's Zune product launch, among other things, is retiring from the company, officials announced Wednesday Bryan Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft's entertainment business, plans to leave the company in the next several weeks to pursue personal interests. Taking his place at the helm of the Zune musi...
The first portable hard drives for mobile phones will soon be on the market, promising to spark a "multimedia revolution" by meeting increasing storage demands of smartphone users Seagate this week announced the Digital Audio Video Experience, or DAVE, a portable drive that connects wirelessly to mobile phones via Bluetooth and WiFi....
After this week's arrest of a California man accused of selling pirated copies of Microsoft and Adobe Systems software, police said the suspect had brazenly offered the disks on eBay and on personal Web sites. This latest case highlights an ongoing trend that software makers are battling "It may take a lot of guts, but there are a lot of people wi...
Google further solidified its paid search lead in the fourth quarter, nearly tripling its profit amid a 38 percent jump in revenue as the search giant continued to burnish its reputation as the can't-miss Internet company Google secured net income for the quarter of US$1.03 billion, or $3.29 per share, up from $372.2 million a year ago, while reven...
With the December announcement that NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, acquired Jungo, a residential gateway software provider, we're continuing to witness consolidation in the market to deliver complete end-to-end access and service provider solutions The purchase also reaffirms the key roles that home connectivity and enh...
The use of RFID technology in the retail industry has been increasing, albeit tentatively, and the debate over RFID in general continues unabated. Meanwhile, proponents are finding that RFID adoption is easier in the manufacturing sector and upstream in the supply chain, in areas such as asset tracking and inventory management, as well as security-related, government-driven applications, such as international air travel...
Overall holiday sales for 2006 -- including both online transactions and sales at brick-and-mortar stores -- showed an increase of 4.4 percent over 2005, according to theNational Retail Federation (NRF) Quarterly growth in 2006 online sales ran in the double digits, and Internet sales are expected to continue on a double-digit growth track througho...
Microsoft's much-anticipated Vista operating system became available to consumers this week, and, as with many new technologies, the excitement was tempered by an atmosphere of caution So, Vista is finally here. Now what?...
Sony's profits are down, while Nintendo's sales are way up. The Wii video game console is selling faster than Nintendo can keep up with. Following Sony's announcement of its disappointing results Tuesday, which it partly blamed on huge costs for the PS3 launch, speculation is running rampant about the PlayStation 3's position in the video gaming market...
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