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It is my belief that Benjamin Franklin, were he alive today, would throw off his visor and scream at the transition occurring currently from a print-society to a cyber one It was only a hundred years ago, at the dawn of the print-society, where words, nicely arranged and neatly printed on newsprint, were sold to a select and literate few. That's ho...
The usage of ".US" domain extensions is sharply rising, with organizations switching to alternative top level domain extensions rather than ".com" to bolster their online brand with American audiences, according to Sedo.com, a leading online marketplace for the sale of domain names, based in Cambridge, Mass According to data from the ".US" registry...
The software universe is teeming with programs for creating slideshows from digital images. Many of these applications fulfill their appointed task very well. But one snag for me when creating slideshows has been their file size Although some programs claim they'll create slideshows suitable for posting on the Web or sending through e-mail, I've fo...
America Online joined several other investors in pumping some US$16 million total into Internet television startup Brightcove, with AOL also securing the right to use the firm's technology to help content owners distribute video across its family of Web sites AOL joined Interactive Corp./IAC, Hearst Corp. and investment bank Allen & Co. to provide ...
One e-mail worm and one browser flaw have security researchers paying close attention to Internet activities: Sober is back on the loose and Microsoft's Internet Explorer has yet another "extremely critical" flaw -- one that was initially thought to be fairly harmless The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about a bogus e-mail fro...
In an apparent move to cater to governments, Microsoft today said it is taking steps to offer the file format technology behind Word and Excel to customers and the industry as an international standard A large group of co-sponsors, including Apple, Barclays Capital, BP, the British Library, Essilor, Intel, Microsoft, NextPage Inc., Statoil ASA and ...
RadioShack may be more associated with remote controlled toy cars than cutting edge technology, but a deal with voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) provider Skype puts the retailer at the forefront of the Internet-based voice technology's move to mainstream RadioShack said it will sell Skype hardware and software, previously available only online, ...
Online advertising revenues continued to expand at breakneck speed in the third quarter, surpassing US$3 billion for the first time in history and growing nearly 34 percent over the same time frame last year In their quarterly report on Web marketing, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said sales totaled a rec...
What began as a promising way to protect CDs from piracy has become a public relations nightmare for Sony BMG Entertainment and its digital rights management (DRM) partners, First 4 Internet (F4I) and SunnComm The new lawsuits leveled at Sony BMG stem from its sale of audio CDs protected with a scheme developed by F4I called XCP. Meanwhile, the blo...
Online advertising is a cost-efficient way to relay your message to potential customers, allowing you to reach more of your audience and providing thoughtful and meaningful data on your marketing spend. Unlike the majority of marketing programs that are difficult to track, online advertising provides direct insight into the return on investment of your marketing campaigns and helps to build a larger customer base and revenue...
Mozilla is doing something that no open-source Web browsing project has ever done before -- using independent filmmakers to spread the word about its next release Call it open-source marketing. Mozilla is reportedly preparing to tap into the large community of amateur filmmakers to produce 30-second video advertisements to promote Firefox 1.5, the ...
A new combatant, Broadband over Power Lines (BPL), has entered the broadband Internet access services competition. This network option relies on electrical power lines to move information to users. While the universality of electrical power offers vendors hope in penetrating the broadband market, the suppliers could have difficulty gain much market traction. "There are already two well entrenched networking options in the broadband marketplace, so it can become difficult for a third one to gain acceptance," stated Bruce Leichtman, president of Leichtman Research Group...
In a move that underscores the growing importance of flash memory chips as consumer electronics devices continue to shrink in size, Intel and Micron Technology announced a joint venture that will create flash chips for the likes of Apple and others The two chip makers will contribute up to US$5.2 billion over time to the venture, with each contribu...
Microsoft is up in arms over a French security team's decision to make a potential vulnerability in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Microsoft Windows XP SP1 public. The French Security Incident Response Team published details about a proof-of-concept exploit that targets the vulnerability without first informing Microsoft Winny Thomas claims he cam...
The time American Internet users spend online increasingly involves searches for information, with the practice now trailing only e-mail as users' primary purpose of using the Web, according to the latest survey from the Pew Internet Project The group said its survey indicated search engine users in the U.S. jumped from about 38 million in June 200...
Whether you call it "Voice over Internet Protocol," or a trendier "Voyp" you're joining a widening group of vendors, industry watchers and analysts who see VoIP as SMBs' telephony technology of the future The key reason most businesses are so interested in VoIP is the cost savings that come from communicating over an Internet connection, and that i...
In a move analysts say could boost the fortunes of three companies and accelerate the adoption of mobile video, digital video recorder company TiVo announced a new service that enables users to transfer shows they've recorded to their video-capable Apple iPods and Sony PlayStation Portables (PSP) The enhancement to TiVo's portability function, know...
A national survey by The Ernst & Young Consumer Trends Center predicts that online sales this holiday shopping season will increase, as consumers seek to combat high gas prices by eschewing trips to the traditional shopping mall A copy of the survey provided to the E-Commerce Times indicated that, overall, the 2005 retail holiday sales increase for...
A truly humbling experience is to give your first Webinar as an analyst. I remember it well; my voice projected the "deer in the headlights" image that we all try to hide but the world sees anyway. Giving a good Webinar is a natural talent for some, but for the rest of us it takes work and concentration I just had to write about this subject to s...
Continuing with a theme, this week I'd like to focus on companies that misact with respect to consumer rights. Last week we went into some detail on Sony's despicable recent actions which compromised consumers' rights and safety. This is all related to the idea that power corrupts. As the time comes to make your holiday purchases, it would be a good idea to look beyond the rhetoric this year and find out which companies really are acting against your best interests -- and choose accordingly...
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