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Sony built its reputation in the electronics field on the premium thesis. Sure, there may be lower priced competitors in the market, but they couldn't beat Sony for quality, design and sheer wow factor. Consumers recognized that, and they have been willing to pay a premium for it With Sony's new "W" line of Cybershot cameras, though, the company ha...
Billionaire investor Warren Buffet is donating the bulk of his formidable personal fortune to charity, and the Reverend Cecil Williams could not be more pleased Williams is not a direct recipient of Buffet's largesse; the Sage of Omaha will donate US$31 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and $6.4 billion to charities set up by his wif...
Microsoft will not reduce the price of its Xbox 360. So said John Porcaro, group manager of PR and communications for Microsoft U.S After ongoing rumors that Microsoft would slash the price of its gaming console, Porcaro used his blog to set the record straight....
Like numerous other large Internet, technology and media players, Google is getting more into video, now testing a free video offering supported by advertising that accompanies sports, animated, amateur and other videos Google said video normally selling from between 99 US cents and $15 is now available for free, thanks to banner ads across the top...
There are a few challenges facing the North American customer care outsourcing industry that may dampen growth in the coming years, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report that projects earned revenues to reach US$20.1 billion in 2012 from $19.5 billion in 2005 These predictions are intentionally conservative, which means that growth could conce...
Once again, AT&T's actions have sparked a national debate over customer privacy. The company deliberately kicked off a new round of debate with its announcement last week that it was changing -- or as it said, "modifying" -- its privacy polices for Internet and video customers This comes on the heels of the recent revelation by news media that AT&T...
Sony CEO Howard Stringer is adding fuel to the to fire in the battle over next-generation DVD formats. Stringer said movie studios are taking a liking to his firm's Blu-ray next-generation DVD, favoring the format over rival HD DVD technology Sony is going toe to toe with Toshiba for share of the high-definition DVD marketplace. Matsushita Electric...
Hoping to put its software at the center of a unified PC-based communications system that encompasses voice as well as data, Microsoft said it would work with a number of partners in the telecom and tech industries to produce a range of devices -- including IP phones and peripherals Microsoft said it would work through strategic alliances with a ra...
QuickBase, a division ofIntuit, has upgraded its hosted-model product to make it easier for sales reps and sales executives -- two user groups that often have competing application requirements -- to use the sales module New functionality in the application, called "Manage Your Sales Team," includes more advanced configuration, reporting and displa...
Last week's dismissal of the Metabolite case by the Supreme Court was a welcome relief to the intellectual property (IP) community, seemingly besieged with Supreme Court cases, eBay-inspired injunctive denials, patent reforms, Congressional pressures, the Blackberry brouhaha, and other challenges to the patent system this year The Metabolite non-de...
In the midst of social networking zeitgeist, many advertisers find themselves torn. The lure of the young demographic that flocks to sites such as MySpace and FaceBook is powerful, but the risks many. The recent case of a 16-year-old being lured into traveling to the Middle East is just the latest example of the potential downside of such sites Th...
Florian Mueller is at it once again. The founder of the NoSoftwarePatents.com campaign that led to the European Union's landslide vote against a proposal for a software patent directive is ready for the next battle The same forces that supported the software patent directive he successfully defeated are now trying to pass the European Patent Litiga...
Last week Hewlett-Packard, which is expected to pass IBM as the largest high-tech company in the world this year, put its new CEO on stage, and much of the behind-the-scenes discussion was on why Mark Hurd has been successful while predecessor Carly Fiorina crashed and burned Meanwhile, over at Microsoft there was one rising star who stood out abov...
A new study indicates that public, wireless broadband networks -- WiFi networks -- planned by both big and small cities may provide Internet access to as many as six million homes within five years The report, by the Boston-based consulting firm Strategy Analytics, indicates that even though there has been much "rhetoric," both for and against muni...
It has worked for geeks, but can the popularDigg technology news site -- an enormous online water cooler that attracts masses of readers who determine the top and most-viewed article rankings -- surface with success in mainstream news? Fans of Digg, which has grown to rival other Internet news giants such as Google and Slashdot, say that bringing a...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday became the latest agency to acknowledge that personal data had been placed at risk due to a lost laptop computer, part of a trend that underscores the wide range of threats facing consumers' personal information The FTC said it would provide free credit monitoring for 110 people whose names, addresses,...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's timing couldn't be better The National Academy of Sciences Thursday reported that it's been 2,000 years since the Earth has had as high a temperature as it has right now. The news is giving Gore's New York Times bestselling book, An Inconvenient Truth a convenient boost....
Oracle reported a strong fourth quarter Thursday, saying profit rose 27 percent over a year ago as sales surged 25 percent, with the gains largely attributed to the company's aggressive acquisition strategy The maker of database products and business applications said revenues from new licenses for applications surged 83 percent in the quarter, wit...
A 2005 study by AMR Research found 91 percent of companies increased or maintained their customer relationship management budgets for 2006. With so many companies shopping for new CRM solutions or reviewing upgrade opportunities, businesses need help finding the right solution to meet their current business needs and long-term support requirements...
Part 1 of this two-part article examines how companies such as TiVo have developed innovative business models to make the longstanding dream of digital media convergence a reality. Part 2 takes an in-depth look at the importance of content to this movement Driven by technology, access to content is TiVo's primary need. To a large degree, however,...
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