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Allies have begun taking sides in a court case that has far-reaching implications for the Internet. At stake is a practice at the heart of the Net: linking information between Web sites The case pits search Goliath Google against adult entertainment publisher Perfect 10, and is currently before a federal appeals court in San Francisco where support...
The battle plans have been laid, and the combatants are poised to attack. After months of mystery, the big three game console makers -- Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo -- have each revealed their next-generation gaming machines. Whether the coming market showdown will result in any dramatic reshaping of the market remains to be seen, but most industry watchers expect the leaders to maintain their positions -- at least for now...
Amazon.com is remaining tight-lipped about published reports stating that the company plans to launch a digital video download service in August. However, as the public waits for Amazon to reveal details, analysts muse that Apple remains the company with the most potential to succeed in the space Reports indicate that Amazon executives are focusing...
People eat, put on makeup, play with the stereo, and of course, talk on their mobile phones while driving. Why not add e-mail to the list? A Waterloo, Ontario company has done just that, and Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS) says its iLane device -- "the world's first hands-free and eyes-free e-mail solution for in-vehicle use" -- is a safe way...
Signaling its intention to refine its social networking tools and leverage them in its search war with Google and others, Yahoo said Tuesday it had hired a well-known data mining expert to focus on ways to improve social search Yahoo said it hired Dr. Raghu Ramakrishnan into the newly created position of Vice President and Yahoo Research Fellow. He...
Viacom is giving a new meaning to the adage, "I want my MTV." MTV Networks UK & Ireland -- which Viacom owns -- on Tuesday unveiled MTV Flux, an interactive online community that lets audience members control their own television channel....
Just in time for late-summer vacation road warriors, Google on Tuesday began offering mobile phone users in more than 30 major metropolitan areas the ability to view highway maps with live traffic updates With its enhanced application, Google is moving deeper into territory inhabited by rivals Microsoft and Yahoo. Both competitors offer real-time t...
The United States is still wearing its notorious spam crown For the third year in a row, the world's super power is also the world's leading spam thoroughfare, according to Sophos' "Dirty Dozen" report on the top 12 spam-relaying countries during the second quarter of 2006....
Yahoo said Tuesday it would join forces with PC security firm Symantec to provide a co-branded Web security service, an offering that mirrors those from other Internet firms The service will give Yahoo customers the option of buying a Web-delivered version of Symantec's Norton Internet Security software at a discounted price of US$49.99, $20 below ...
Mobile phone shipments grew a vigorous 26 percent year-to-year, reaching an unprecedented 235 million units shipped during the second quarter of 2006 Nokia and Motorola accounted for a massive 55 percent combined market share during the quarter, according to a research report, "The Second Quarter 2006 Global Handset Market Share Update," from the B...
Trying to get your hands around organizational change is a difficult challenge for most companies, but it is even more daunting when you are trying to identify the needs of employees that support multiple product lines and span numerous geographic locations. Today, Web-based surveys continue to take on a strategic and instrumental role in the feedback lifecycle process, as it enables an organization to gain valuable information and hear the "voice" of both its employees and customers...
Napster. The brand name stirs memories of a Digital Rights Management (DRM) frenzy that had copyright holders up in arms over the once-illegal file-sharing service Of course, Napster has cleaned up its act and Apple's iTunes Music Store has helped transition digital music downloaders to the right side of the law, but DRM issues are still making he...
Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday that it has slashed the prices of some of its products by more than half as the company continues to fight for market share against chief rival Intel Price cuts included AMD's dual-core Athlon 64 X2 5000+, chopped from US$696 last quarter to $301, and the Athlon 64 X2 4600+, cut from $558 to $240. AMD also...
Microsoft did it with the operating system, and now a newer company called JotSpot is trying to leverage ease-of-use and a friendly interface to popularize wikis, collaboration sites that allow for multiple editors and contributors JotSpot said its JotSpot 2.0 wiki application platform takes wikis -- named after the Hawaiian expression "hurry quick...
As part of its appeal against a decision by a district court judge, SCO has filed a claim purporting that IBM destroyed certain software code, thus making it impossible for the Utah-based company to detail how IBM had infringed its Unix code Last year IBM asked the court to limit the scope of SCO's claims on the grounds that SCO had not provided en...
As an Arkansas judge considers whether to give his final approval for a settlement in a high-profile suit against Google alleging widespread click fraud, a group of plaintiffs is trying to block the deal, saying the search engine has not done enough to stop the deception Attorneys for some plaintiffs told the court Monday that Google has failed to ...
Microsoft is planning to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software and hardware products under the brand "Zune," turning up the competition on Apple's popular iPod The company did not reveal pricing or a specific target date, but simply confirmed speculation of the offering and said that the first products would ship la...
Advanced Micro Devices said Monday it had reached an agreement to buy ATI Technologies for US$5.4 billion in stock and cash, a deal that creates a considerably more formidable competitor for chip-making leader Intel ATI is a top maker of graphics processors and related chipsets, with its products installed in PCs, digital televisions, video-game co...
A new survey conducted by Insight Advantage and sponsored by IT security company Workshare, based in San Francisco, shows that organizations are not doing enough to prevent IT data breaches and the loss of "sensitive" data The survey is based on interviews with 359 executives responsible for security, compliance, risk management and legal issues at...
Like most retailers, supermarket conglomerate Ahold has a customer loyalty card program, and like most retailers, it mines that data as much as it can to help it sell more products. The data it has gathered over the years range far beyond what a certain customer buys every week. It can also determine, for instance, a customer's price sensitivity to a certain item -- that is, how much he or she is willing to spend on it...
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