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It's taken decades and international cooperation among governments, agencies in the private sector, and a variety of multinational and local organizations, but a multibillion dollar global market has grown up around the issuance, verification and trading of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions reduction credits With the ongoing d...
Qlusters is the commercial company that sponsors the open source openQRM project. openQRM provisions and manages Linux, Unix and Windows virtual environments and physical servers within the enterprise datacenter Four components make up an openQRM-managed environment: the openQRM server, a pool of computing resources, centralized disk storage and th...
The average person spends nearly an hour a day driving to and from work, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So-called "extreme commuters" spend four hours or more -- that's the equivalent of spending over a month per year sitting in a car Long commute times are one factor driving the demand for technology-based accessories, and accessory manufact...
Visa and Nokia on Tuesday launched a mobile payment platform that aims to turn digital devices into digital wallets The system allows consumers to swipe a phone across a credit card scanner, which then reads the credit card information on a microchip that is embedded in the handset. Customers authorize the purchase by pushing a button on the handse...
In the midst of a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that has featured a slew of high-definition (HD) products and announcements, Warner Home Video unveiled its "Total Hi Def" disc late Tuesday The company boasts support from major retailers for its innovation, which it hopes will alleviate consumer confusion over whether to purchase DVDs and players ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down a decision that affects the value of licenses for patents In particular, the decision was a repudiation of an established doctrine set forth by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which held that a patent licensee in good standing cannot generally challenge the patents under the agreement; instead,...
There are pundits who say loyalty was stillborn on the Internet, but Keynote Systems isn't one of them The San Mateo, Calif., provider of on-demand test and measurement products for gauging mobile and online performance reports that loyalty to big Net brands solidified last year, as did those brand's market share....
We are at a very important juncture in the evolution of service-oriented architecture. An incredibly important issue right now is whether we are going to win broad acceptance and deep penetration, or whether SOA remains somewhat marginal There are a number of things going on in the market that deserve examination. Trends and developments in informa...
Telecommunications industry analysts have been evangelizing the arrival of cell phones running on the Linux operating system for the last few years. The sermonizing has recently reached a fevered pitch in some quarters The message, they say, is undeniable -- the Linux operating system is on its way as a full-powered alternative to the Windows Mobil...
Security threats paint a constantly evolving landscape, and there is no end in sight in terms of threats that keep appearing Enterprises have survived through extraordinary cycles of security threats, including the 2003 "summer of worms"; the 2004 proliferation of DDoS-based (distributed denial of service) cyber extortion of online betting sites; a...
More than half of all American teenagers network online, according to new research conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project In growing numbers, teenagers are using the Internet to form and maintain friendships, network and get advice and information about nearly any subject, according to the report....
Eons, the media company launched by Monster.com creator Jeff Taylor, on Tuesday unveiled a search engine aimed at baby boomers and seniors Dubbed "Cranky.com," the age-relevant search engine is designed to deliver targeted search results to users who are over 50 years old. It combines expert reviews with user ratings and rankings to come up with re...
Appearing to hedge it search bets, electronics giant Samsung on Monday announced partnerships with competing search engines Google and Yahoo Samsung will preinstall mobile search software and services from the two leading search engines on millions of its mobile phones....
Shares of Sprint Nextel plunged Tuesday after the wireless company warned that its growth for the current year would not meet earlier forecasts. The company also said it planned to slash 5,000 jobs from its payroll Sprint's warning suggests the company has not yet realized the benefits it had hoped for when it merged Sprint and Nextel in a US$36 b...
Making New Year predictions about technology requires a very polished crystal ball Eric Openshaw, principal and leader of Deloitte Consulting's technology, media, and telecommunications practice in the U.S., offers some sobering insights into the world of consumer technology, providing details about a few of the most significant trends he sees taki...
With sales up more than 20 percent, more e-commerce outlets than ever before and relatively few high-profile snafus compared to previous years, the holiday season of 2006 might be seen as an unqualified success A closer look, however, reveals both winners and losers in what was a blockbuster holiday shopping season overall. Some winners went with t...
When Apple introduces a new version of a product, it's usually undertaken with some buzz-inducing design flair that fires up the imagination and whets the appetite for consumption. That iss not the case with its new MacBook offerings Instead of fiddling with the good looks of the MacBook, the 1 Infinite Loop crew have focused their desire to excel ...
RealNetworks Monday unveiled a slew of partnerships aimed at competing with the likes of Apple and Microsoft to deliver digital content to multiple devices. The announcements came amid a frenzy of product releases from technology giants as the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) got under way in Las Vegas Real announced a deal to ...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took center stage at International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Sunday night in Las Vegas, kicking off the computer industry's largest annual convention with a keynote speech that described what he called the "Digital Decade." Gates was quick to cite plenty of stats to back up his assertions: more than 2 billion dig...
Apple may well unveil a set-top box bearing the name "iTV" at this week's Macworld Conference and Expo. However, Netgear beat Apple to the punch with its Sunday debut of a new hardware media receiver and a content partnership with BitTorrent At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Netgear Monday announced its Digital Entertainer HD media rec...
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