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Handheld devices now tie top executives to corporate e-mail systems and application servers. Since this capability allows mobile workers to be better informed and more responsive, companies are thinking about expanding their reach. As usage spreads, more formal metrics are being put into place to determine whether or not these changes help the bottom line. Some hidden costs may force companies to at least pause and in some cases reign in their expansion plans...
Salesforce.com has released Summer '06, the quarterly update of its flagship on demand CRM application. Improved lead tracking is one of the enhancements in this version, which happens to be Salesforce.com's 20th release. Also, new scripting features for sales beef up the application's sales guidance functionality Salesforce.com has also released a...
Novell is touting its inclusion of Xen server virtualization software in its new Suse Linux Enterprise 10, calling the open source virtualization technology from XenSource one of the most important features of its latest Linux platform Novell, which also released updated enterprise desktop and server software as part of its Suse Linux Enterprise 1...
The blogsphere is buzzing with a report made by a Skype competitor -- who also helpfully provided screenshots illustrating the event -- that Skype's protocol has been cracked by a Chinese engineering team Charlie Paglee, head of VoIP provider Vozin Communications, claims in his blog, VoIPWiki Blog, that a team at an unnamed research institution rep...
Online advertisers beware. Click fraud is on the rise, according to numbers released Monday by the Click Fraud Index, an independent click fraud reporting service Pay-per-click fraud reached 14.1 percent of all clicks tallied in the second quarter of 2006, slightly higher than the average of 13.7 percent for the first quarter, according to the Inde...
In a move that could help unlock the potential for selling feature-length movies over the Internet, Movielink Monday said it had reached an agreement to license technology allowing downloaded movies to be burned onto DVDs by users Movielink said it had licensed the technology to allow DVD burning but retain digital rights management (DRM) controls ...
In response to concerns from corporate users, Microsoft on Friday pulled the plug on software that allowed users sharing Windows PCs to shield information from other users in a private folder Private Folder 1.0 first appeared on Microsoft's Web site last week as a Windows add-on. Corporate bloggers, however, published concerns that the software wou...
Hewlett-Packard on Monday revealed a miniature wireless high-storage data chip that potentially could compete with RFID technology in the enterprise space and with Bluetooth in the consumer arena The Memory Spot chip is roughly the size of a grain of rice with a built-in antenna and is based on CMOs -- a widely used, low-power integrated circuit de...
Looking to retain its lead in one area where it has a significant advantage on its portal rivals, Yahoo said Monday it would add new features and products as part of a redesign of its Finance site Yahoo Finance remains the category leader, out-drawing MSN's site, a resurgent AOL offering and Google's recently launched site. Yahoo garners about 35 p...
eBay's recent decision to ban Google Checkout as an acceptable payment method raised the eyebrows of some in the online community who cried that the restriction is unfair to consumers. Yet the move opens up a debate as to how online merchants should balance the risks and benefits of accepting alternative payment methods On July 6, Rob Chesnut, seni...
Of all the weeks for me to pick to take a vacation, last week was probably the worst. There was so much going on that my "vacation" became busier than a normal work week Microsoft, for one, was the subject of some positive buzz as news bubbled up around its so-called "iPod killer." On the negative side, it was hit with an historically huge fine by ...
So-called "image spam" is on the rise once again -- as clever hackers try to sneak by spam screening software that tests messages for spam based on keywords After declining steadily throughout 2005 -- from about 12 percent of all spam at the beginning of the year, down to about 5 percent in November -- the use of image spam jumped dramatically in D...
Sony is giving PlayStation customers a trip to the movies This week the company announced its Memory Stick Entertainment Packs, "designed for people who want to experience the full range of multi-functional features" on their PlayStation Portable systems....
The summer is heating up for Intel as it prepares to propel three new products into the market in upcoming weeks Intel's latest offerings include the Core 2 Duo chip for desktop PCs, Montecito chip for high-end servers and Merom chip for mobile notebooks. Shipment of the processors has already begun, and Intel is preparing to release several other ...
Several dynamic random access memory chip makers continue to be penalized for alleged price fixing efforts that did nothing to stem the falling price of their products from the late 1990s to 2002 The chip makers, which include Samsung, Micron, Infineon, Elpida, Hynix, Mosel-Vitelic, Nanya Technology and NEC, are being sued by New York and more than...
After a five-month beta program that saw more than 700,000 downloads, VMware this week said it would offer VMware Server, its virtualization software, for free Virtualization is a technique for deploying technologies that allows multiple virtual operating systems to run on a single physical machine while maintaining distinct hardware profiles. In e...
Electronic Arts on Thursday said it is developing six new games for Nintendo's upcoming Wii game console, expected to make its way to market later this year EA's dedicated Wii development team is crafting new releases from the best-selling "Madden NFL," "Need for Speed," "Harry Potter," "Tiger Woods PGA TOUR," "SSX" and "The Godfather" franchises....
Dell said Thursday it would change the way it prices its personal computers, drastically reducing the number of rebate offers The move does not represent a pure price cut, according to Dell, but instead comes in response to complaints from small businesses and residential customers about confusing mail-in rebate offers....
Touch-screen technology for mobile phones is generating considerable interest from consumers, and it is starting to grow significantly. By the end of 2007, momentum will be very strong for the technology, and by 2012, 40 percent of all mobile phones will likely utilize touch-screen technology "The touch screen market in cell phones is nearly ready ...
A revamping of security standards is being prepared by the major payment card issuers and is expected to be announced within the next 60 days "[MasterCard, along] with other payment brands including American Express, Discover, JCB and Visa, are currently considering potential recommended updates to the PCI Data Security Standard based on feedback p...
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