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AT&T's Sealed Documents Exposed as Domestic Surveillance Controversy Heats Up

Wired News has waded into the middle of the controversial court case involving AT&T's alleged participation in the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance operations An anonymous source provided the news organization with a copy of documents pertaining to the case that the judge had ordered sealed....

AT&T's Sealed Documents Exposed as Domestic Surveillance Controversy Heats Up

Wired News has waded into the middle of the controversial court case involving AT&T's alleged participation in the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance operations An anonymous source provided the news organization with a copy of documents pertaining to the case that the judge had ordered sealed....

AT&T's Sealed Documents Exposed as Domestic Surveillance Controversy Heats Up

Wired News has waded into the middle of the controversial court case involving AT&T's alleged participation in the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance operations An anonymous source provided the news organization with a copy of documents pertaining to the case that the judge had ordered sealed....

Getting an E-Biz App Up and Keeping It Running

Would you like to ramp up your e-commerce capabilities? The good news is that there are plenty of options out there from which to choose, as we see inPart 1 of this two-part series. With ongoing technological and business development, more and more of them offer the potential to realize your goals, but making the right selection can be a daunting task...

OPINION

The Science of Economics

Remember demand? It was always seen with supply and it was used to make markets until some wise guys told us that the two could go their separate ways. If you keep all things constant except for supply you can run the table, or so they said It reminds me of the old joke about the poet, the engineer and the economist stuck on a desert island and d...

Doubts Persist as Open Invention Network Adds to Patent Pool

A network of companies collecting patents and pledging them to defend the Linux operating system and environment recently acquired more patents, but doubts linger as to the effectiveness of the effort and corporate support for it The Open Invention Network, an entity formed last year with support from IBM, Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL), Philips, Red Hat an...

PRODUCT REVIEW

Little Nikon Camera Offers Big Screen, High Performance

Small may be snazzy when it comes to gadgets, but for displays, bigger is better, especially when it comes to digital cameras. Those two-inch LCDs that used to be considered spacious now seem like postage stamps compared to the three- and 3.5-inch murals adorning the latest gallery of byte shootersentering the market Just because a camera has a lar...

AMD Updates Desktop Chip Socket Design

Advanced Micro Devices unveiled new desktop processors this week that feature a new chip socket platform aimed at easing the update to newer DDR2 memory technology and processor virtualization AMD said its new socket AM2 platform makes use of AMD chips -- such as the new Athlon 64 X2 5000 dual-core processor -- easier for motherboard and systems ma...

Vonage Sets Sights on IPO Amid Skepticism

Vonage may not be in the black, but the Internet phone company is nonetheless going public. TheSkype competitor plans to price its shares for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) late Tuesday despite analysts' concerns about the long-term risks of the Voice over Internet Protocol market Some 31.25 million shares are expected to be priced at US$16 to $1...

Google Video Advertising Service Launches

Google has taken the wraps off plans to sell video advertising online, an ambitious move that could unlock significant additional growth potential for the search giant The company said it will use a placement system that is similar to the AdWords platform in place for text and graphics ads, but will not place video advertising alongside search resu...

Veterans Victims in Latest Data Breach

In a case that emphasizes the myriad ways for digital data to be compromised, files containing information on some 26.5 million U.S. veterans were taken from the home of a government employee during a burglary The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the breach Monday, but said there was no evidence that any data had been used illegally and sai...

Microsoft Advances Virtualization Strategy

Virtualization technology is becoming a hot topic in the software arena, and nowMicrosoft is upping the ante with its promise to use VT to reduce the cost and complexity of IT management Microsoft on Monday announced it has committed significant resources to making virtualization more broadly accessible and affordable for customers. Robert Muglia, ...

HD Radio Could Blunt Satellite Attack on Broadcasters

It used to be called digital radio before the marketers decided to exploit the high definition craze in broadcasting and recast it as HD Radio, but whatever it's called, it could be just the weapon airwave floggers need to fend off a growing threat for their audience from satellite radio Satellite radio has gained more than nine million paying subs...

ICM Registry Gets Second Wind in Fight for XXX Domain

The Internet domain registry that sought to create a .xxx extension for pornographic Web sites is giving the effort one more try despite the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN's) recent denial of its request in a 9 to 5 vote ICM Registry has asked for a reconsideration by ICANN. It also has lodged a few PR salvos against th...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Mercado CEO Corey Leibow Finds Profit in E-Commerce Search

From enterprise search to Web search, technology is rapidly advancing the ability of users to find information faster and with more accuracy than ever. While millions of dollars are being made on search, there's a strong case to be made that e-commerce search offers the most direct return on investment A stack of studies say e-tailers that upgrade ...

Survey: CRM Drives Change Management

A PricewaterhouseCoopers' Management Barometer survey has identified CRM as one of the top drivers of change management initiatives among multinationals today The typical company is currently using an average of five change strategies to achieve desired benefits, it said. Leadership training, at 77 percent, and CRM, at 71 percent, are the most popu...

Arming Kids Against Sexual Predators on the Net

Parents are becoming increasingly aware of the real dangers their children can encounter online, but many wonder what they can do to protect them. With countless software and awareness programs available, the answer varies from home to home, but the companies providing the armor agree that one solution is never enough "One of the problems that I se...

RightNow Technologies Scoops Up Salesnet

RightNow Technologies announced it has acquired Salesnet, a provider of specialized, on-demand sales force automation (SFA) methodology, in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed sum The acquisition, which is being hailed as a smart move on the part of RightNow, will expand its customer base and shore up its SFA capabilities....

Code Pioneer Develops Encryption Method for Windows-Based VoIP

Internet encryption pioneer Phil Zimmermann has expanded his software solution to encrypt voice communications over the Internet to include the widely-used Windows PC platform The Zfone Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) encryption comes at a time when privacy advocates and security-conscious companies are calling on the Internet-based voice commu...

Report: Google Leads in Search but Trails Yahoo in Portal Efforts

Google continues to gain market share in the search space, but its high-profile efforts to extend its reach into theportal realm have yet to succeed Outside of its search site, Google is still drawing relatively few visitors. It hasn't made a dent inYahoo's lead orMSN's second-place position, according to new reports. Market research firm Hitwise ...

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