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Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) has certainly made quite an impact on corporate governance since its enactment in 2002. Most of us remember the corporate debacles that brought about SOX. In fact, one of them, the Enron failure, is still very much in the news today Consider some of the ways that SOX has affected corporate governance: choosing auditing firms, a...
By definition Search Engine Marketing refers to both paid search and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The former is based on a pay-per-click advertising model as companies bid on specific search terms or in the case of Google, AdWords, to get a more visible placement within search engine results. SEO refers to a series of Web site design processes by which companies tailor the content, keywords and messaging on a Web site to improve its rankings in search engines. SEO by nature requires a commitment on the part of companies to continually compete for top rankings in their chosen search areas. SEO is never a one-and-done proposition, but a continual re-fueling of sites with fresh content to keep its rankings up in search engines...
Longtime Linux distribution vendorXandros is not touting the latest Linux kernel functionality,KDE 3.42 user interface, or other cutting edgeopen source gems of the new version of its desktop operating system Instead, Xandros has dubbed version 4.0 of its OS the "Digital Lifestyle Linux Desktop," and touts wireless capabilities, music manager with ...
As Congress draws closer to passing significant telecommunications reforms, it's clear that a larger issue serves as a backdrop to the hot topics of net neutrality, cable franchise reform, and municipal WiFi. That is, will the Internet be treated like telecommunications, or the other way around? New technologies have caused a convergence in the co...
Novell has fired its CEO and CFO after several quarters of anemic growth during which its main competitor, Red Hat, has grown significantly Novell's Board of Directors has replaced CEO Jack Messman, who has been with the company for decades, with chief operating officer and president Ron Hovsepian, an IBM alumnus who joined Novell in 2003....
Software and search heavyweightsAdobe andGoogle joined forces this week, announcing a multi-year distribution deal that pairs the Google Toolbar with Adobe's downloadable Macromedia Shockwave Player The Adobe deal is widely viewed as yet another weapon in Google's arsenal against its entrenched rivalMicrosoft. Indeed, the deal means that Internet E...
Federal regulators on Wednesday agreed to impose or increase universal service fees on wireless and Internet-based phone subscribers The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) changed the "safe harbor" percentage for wireless carriers from 28.5 percent to 37.1 percent. The FCC is also requiring Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) carriers to contr...
For months, the so-called DVD format wars have been mostly theoretical -- but now, the real marketplace battle is finally getting underway. Sony and Toshiba, two of the frontrunners in the race, will face off with competing technologies, with Samsung being the first to make Sony's Blu-ray strike against Toshiba's HD DVD possible. Samsung is coming to market next week with a Blu-ray player that will play Sony's Blu-ray-based DVDs...
When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 it was thought the move would induce the nation to toe the line on the theft of intellectual property within its borders, but that hasn't been the case -- and it won't be until the Asian giant steps up its efforts at innovation, according to one IP attorney "Until China becomes more of a produc...
Just two years ago this summer, there was international alarm that youths, some as young as 11 years old, were signing up, en masse, for online gaming accounts. However, that seedy scenario no longer prevails as the online gambling industry has embraced "effective measures" to promote "responsible gaming." Sources indicate that more than 100 leadin...
Implementing a tag-based Web analytics solution is rarely the slam-dunk that vendors imply. Depending on how your site is structured and how dynamic your content is, tagging can range from fairly straightforward to fiendishly complex. How can you tell which experience you're likely to be in for? This article will consider some of the most common st...
Everywhere you turn these days in the digital world you'll run into touts about sharing. Share files. Share photos. Share video That's fine, but someone forgot to tell the e-mail providers about this sharing craze. They're still putting limits on attachments to e-mail messages that put a grave crimp in any serious sharing to be done over the Net....
A group of high-tech companies including Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, eBay, Google, Sun Microsystems, HP and Symantec have formed the Consumer Privacy Legislative Forum with the goal of promoting the adoption of a nationwide privacy law At this early juncture, there are few specific tenets the Legislative Forum is calling for, according to a statement...
Microsoft made a major move into robotics this week as the software giant previewed its Windows-based Robotics Studio robot software development platform Along with a list of robotics partners including Lego, White Box Robotics, and universities around the globe, Microsoft said its robotics development tools would address fragmentation of different...
Video game titan Electronic Arts on Wednesday announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mythic Entertainment Mythic is recognized for its success in the online gaming space with the "Dark Age of Camelot." The company is currently developing "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning" under license agreement with Games Workshop....
With the tech industry still abuzz over the announcement that Bill Gates will step back from the day-to-day operations of Microsoft, the software giant Tuesday acknowledged the immediate departure of one of its top marketing executives Martin Taylor, 36, regarded as a key advisor to CEO Steve Ballmer, left the company after 13 years. Microsoft said...
Opera Software on Tuesday released Opera 9, its newest Web browser. The browser is freely available in more than 25 languages for Windows, Mac, Linux and other platforms Opera 9 attempts to improve the way its users access, share and use online content by including widgets -- small and useful Web programs -- and support for BitTorrent, the popular ...
CDC Software has made its third offer to acquire mid-market CRM vendor Onyx, offering shareholders a choice of all-cash or cash-and-shares in CDC The offer -- US$4.85 per share in cash, or $2.50 in cash and $2.50 in CDC stock -- comes a few weeks afterOnyx signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by M2M Holdings, a private equity firm jointly o...
As the trend toward outsourcing grows, companies are gradually turning to "smartsourcing" to make the practice work for optimum effect "When a company is smartsourcing, it is leveraging its strengths and managing its 'weaknesses' -- so to speak -- through strategic partnering," said Carl Frappaolo, Delphi Group executive vice president. Outsourcin...
With floor space at large retailers at a premium these days, you'd think the allure of reducing all the aisles occupied by DVD movies to the footprint of a kiosk would be compelling, but that's not the case According to a studio executive who agreed to talk to the E-Commerce Times on terms of anonymity, there hasn't been any push on the movie indus...
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