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Skype's tagline is "The whole world can talk for free." Now,eBay's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subsidiary plans to bridge the language gap to boot -- but at a price Skype on Thursday announced a deal involving language services providerLanguage Line andVoxeo, a provider of standards-based Interactive Voice Responses andVoIP platforms, desig...
Microsoft has strategies in place to deal with the twin competitive threats of Linux and Google, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday, with the software company using innovation, tenacity and time to gain on its rivals Ballmer said Microsoft planned to use "sheer tenacity" to wrest market share in the online advertising space from Google and Yahoo, usin...
Google aims to keep itssearch engine crown, and on Thursday introduced four new products with that goal in mind Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4 and Google Notebook are designed to help its users find and share more relevant information. Specifically, the products feature new capabilities that leverage user communities to facilitate two-way exchanges...
Many of us are aware that the United States has a large trade imbalance with China. We also realize that a significant part of this trade imbalance has to do with the enormous amount of textiles that China is exporting to us The fact is, we shouldn't blithely think that China's exports to us might continue indefinitely to be predominantly everyday,...
A group of executives from Internet companies such as Lycos and Yahoo Shopping have launched a tightly focused local shopping search engine they say will help shoppers pinpoint retailers whether they want to buy online or off Yokel.com features both a national site and a local site focused on the Boston market that will contain a deeper database of...
Business intelligence vendorSAS has added five new software-as-a-service applications to join its original on-demand offering, SAS Solutions OnDemand: Web Analytics SAS Solutions OnDemand: Business Intelligence derives intelligence from customer, operational, financial and other data;...
Getting cheaper and better cable services to consumers has been difficult because the laws governing the sector have proved tough to change. This week, officials in two states announced key decisions that may significantly change the terms of the debate. Both announcements involve cable franchise reform That's the issue that's been frustrating tele...
Opera Software on Wednesday announced plans to bring a Web revolution to the living room. The Norway-based browser developer intends to do this through a partnership with Nintendo Specifically, Opera is putting its browser on Nintendo's much-anticipated new generation Wii console. Wii users can browse the Internet between gaming sessions using what...
Microsoft took sides with console competitor Nintendo at the E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles this week, highlighting the significantly lower price tags on both Nintendo's Wii and the Microsoft Xbox 360 compared to gaming powerhouse Sony's Playstation 3 The renewed fight for gamers' attention is marked by innovation in gaming graphics, networked...
Google aims to keep itssearch engine crown, and on Thursday introduced four new products with that goal in mind Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4 and Google Notebook are designed to help its users find and share more relevant information. Specifically, the products feature new capabilities that leverage user communities to facilitate two-way exchanges...
Using authorization given in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S., the National Security Agency (NSA) has secretly been working with major telecom companies to collect and store records of millions of phone calls, according to a published report USA Today reported Thursday that the NSA has worked with AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth to build a ...
Microsoft is highlighting its latest advances in collaboration technologies at its Center for Information Work (CIW) -- a four-year-old, 3,500-square-foot technology laboratory. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant uses the facility to develop futuristic technologies and demonstrate to its customers, partners and the industry at large what's next in productivity and other software applications...
Anyone who believes that the recent political maneuvers to keep the net neutrality issue out of the legislative agenda this year have been successful is sadly mistaken, promise backers of the concept The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently rejected a proposal by Democrats to include net neutrality regulations in a telecom bill, called the ...
When the phone stops ringing, we all know what we need to do: Open up our overpriced CRM (customer relationship management) databases and start making calls My CRM makes it very easy for me. It prioritizes calls based upon their probability of success....
Web conferencing has become a popular communications medium in corporations for its ability to curb costs and improve productivity. Rather than bring a group of engineers together from various locations for a face-to-face meeting, Web conferencing enables them to meet virtually, which eliminates travel hassles and expenses. In addition, top company executives use it to communicate quickly and effectively with shareholders, the press and employees...
You'd never know the latest gaming notebooks from Alienware, featuring new wireless and multi-core processor technology, were actually coming from the world's largest PC maker, Dell, and that is just the way Dell wants it The computer giant does not want to drain down the boutique factor of Alienware's high-end hardware and customizable configurati...
Internet and wireless networking gear maker Cisco Systems posted better-than-expected profits for its third quarter, but issued a forecast that disappointed some analysts and investors Cisco beat both earnings and revenue targets from analysts, with revenue up 18 percent to US$7.32 billion as consumer and business demand for its networking gear inc...
In a move that speaks to online video's momentum,TiVo and Internet TV startupBrightcove on Wednesday announced a deal that will allow TiVo subscribers to receive Brightcove's broadband video programming About 400,000 TiVo subscribers who have their set-top boxes connected to the Internet with a broadband connection will be able to watch music video...
Buyers winning name brand merchandise on an auction site for a great price may not get the real deal -- and that can be a big deal in terms of costs to the companies, the auction sites and the duped consumers Anyone buying products with brand names like Microsoft, Gucci, Nike, Canon, Nokia, Louis Vuitton, Gameboy and Disney -- to name just a few --...
I am a bit of an economics junkie. My interest in the dismal science carries over from my interest in evolution and can be summarized as, why things are the way they are and how they got that way. I am currently finishing up a book that gets me where I live, Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction & Economics by Paul Ormerod. This is no crackpot author, Ormerod was head of the Economics Assessment Unit at The Economist and he has taught economics at the university level. Nevertheless, perhaps another, more positive, way to look at the same phenomena is simply to acknowledge that nothing is permanent...
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