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SMBs Sitting on a VoIP Wall of Worry

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...

Google Sitemaps Flaw Draws User Concern

A flaw in Google Sitemaps is allowing users to see the statistics for AOL, MSN, and any other Internet property with a Google Verification File on its server, according to Search Engine Roundtable, a search engine and marketing forum The flaw allows users to view the top search queries and top search query clicks for a competitor's sites. The flaw ...

Web Portal Gives Patients Control of Mammogram Records

Patients who want to manage their own breast health records have a new tool with which to do so MyNDMA.com, launched today by IBM and i3 Archive, is a Web portal that gives its users a place to store digital mammogram results as well as faxed-in medical documentation. But the portal is much more than that, because it is linked into i3's grid-based ...

NBC Universal Deal Highlights P2P Pivot

It used to be that peer-to-peer (P2P) operators and major music and movie entertainment companies mentioned in the same statement indicated some sort of legal action by either side, but the latest announcement -- a deal for NBC Universal content to be available on Wurld Media's Peer Impact P2P service -- has the two holding hands In what was called...

Microsoft Taps Partners for Anti-Phishing Efforts

Microsoft said it had formed alliances with three partners to beef up the anti-phishing technology in several of its products, including the soon-to-be-released Internet Explorer 7 and its MSN Search toolbar The Micrososft Phishing Filter, which will be available in updates of Windows and in the Windows Live hosted software, will use lists of trust...

RealNetworks' Helix Targets Mobile Enterprise

In a bid for mobile business customers, RealNetworks this week unveiled its next generation Helix Server The Helix Server Unlimited is Real's enterprise solution for delivering streaming experience to wired, and now, wireless devices. The new version supports 3GPP technology. That allows enterprise customers to stream mobile content to a variety of...

Sony's Latest Headache: Copyright Infringement Allegations

It's been a long two weeks for Sony. In the latest development in the Digital Rights Management (DRM) software saga, the music giant's applicationhas allegedly infringed on others' copyrights Jon Lech Johansen, better known as DVD Jon, claims in his blog that the XCP software from First4Internet that Sony used to prevent unauthorized copying of its...

Cisco Buys Scientific-Atlanta in TV Play

Moving into position to add cable-quality video to the voice, data and wireless services that its products help telecoms and other companies provide, Cisco Systems said it will buy cable equipment maker Scientific-Atlanta in a deal worth US$6.9 billion Cisco will pay $43 per share in cash in exchange for each share of Scientific-Atlanta, which has ...

Cingular Aims for Boost in Mobile Web Use

Hoping to boost mobile Web use and unlock potentially massive revenue in the process, Cingular Wireless has revamped its mobile Web services with an eye toward making it faster and easier for users to access the Internet from the phones Cingular, the largest U.S. mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, rolled out what it billed as a "significant up...

HP Hedging Bets in DVD Format War

It appears that one side may be hanging by a thread in the battle over the next generation of DVD discs. Although PC giant HP indicated it may sway from its support of Blu-ray to the competing HD-DVD format or both, analysts are handicapping the contest as a win for Blu-ray, though not so much for consumers HP prolonged the conflict over the duelin...

Survey: Consumers Inclined to Switch Banks if Victimized

A forthcoming survey -- commissioned by Sun Microsystems -- indicates that 50 percent of consumers have promised themselves that if they are victims of identity theft at a particular financial institution, they will take their online business elsewhere An executive summary of the survey -- to be released in the coming days -- was provided to TechNe...

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Passion: The Fifth P of Marketing

There's a dividing line emerging in marketing today, and it doesn't have anything to do with the size of a marketing budget, the amount of CRM or channel management software installed, the size of the company or its long-standing reputation. In fact all these things don't matter nearly as much as a marketing department that has a passion to execute and deliver results...

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Beware the Legacy Cable Guy

In a move that makes Jim Carrey's character in "The Cable Guy" look angelic, the California Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA) recently circulated a letter to Sacramento lawmakers in an attempt to scare them into protecting cable's dominant video market position It's now easy for cable companies and others that offer high-speed Interne...

Cingular Bids to Boost Mobile Web Use With New Features

Hoping to boost mobile Web use and unlock potentially massive revenue in the process, Cingular Wireless has revamped its mobile Web services with an eye toward making it faster and easier for users to access the Internet from the phones Cingular, the largest U.S. mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, rolled out what it billed as a "significant up...

HP Hedges Bets on DVD Format

It appears that one side may be hanging by a thread in the battle over the next generation of DVD discs. Although PC giant HP indicated it may sway from its support of Blu-ray to the competing HD-DVD format or both, analysts are handicapping the contest as a win for Blu-ray, though not so much for consumers HP prolonged the conflict over the duelin...

Broadcasters Survey DVR Users, Like Results

A new report issued at a press conference held by the six major television networks this week said digital video recorders (DVR) increase viewership. But advertising agencies are still holding fast to their displeasure with the technology According to the networks, homes with a DVR watched 5.7 hours of TV each daily, compared with 5.1 hours for hom...

Sony Sets Sites on Skype With Internet-Based Phone Service

Sony this week said it would venture into the world of Voice over Internet Protocol -- with a twist. The electronics giant is partnering with Glowpoint to offer a new consumer version of Sony's Instant Video Everywhere (IVE) service featuring free, unlimited video and voice service for consumers worldwide Sony said the IVE service combines the bes...

Internet Heavyweights Back Adware Whitelist Effort

Several major Internet companies have lined up behind a plan to certify downloadable software as being free of unwanted spyware or other programs that aren't disclosed to consumers seeking out downloadable software TRUSTe, a coalition of major e-commerce, Internet and payment companies, said its Trusted Download Program would launch in beta form ea...

Marketers Cautioned About Web-Based E-Mail

Use of Web-based e-mail is on the rise and online marketers should be wary about it That's the thinking of Lyris Technologies, a subsidiary of J.D. Halsey that released a survey yesterday revealing 64 percent of consumers used Web-based services like Hotmail and Yahoo to check their e-mail compared to 37 percent who say they use a desktop client li...

Sony Deals With More DRM-Related Bad News

Just days after Sony decided to drop its controversial anti-piracy software on its CDs, more bad news has surfaced for the music giant: Sony's uninstall program makes the computer even more vulnerable to malware Princeton researcher J. Alex Halderman posted instructions for how to find out if your PC is infected at the Freedom Tinker blog, but reco...

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