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It is happening right now. Media executives, mostly in denial, are shunning the subject. Smart ones are coming up with well-branded 24/7 Web-based news sites and general broadcasts This is a brand-new revolution, and the entire model is about to be changed....
Perhaps it was only a matter of time before an information tool such as a search engine grew into a source of information on its own. Yahoo last month took that leap, announcing Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone, a multimedia effort to bring online news to life Yahoo says that it is not looking to duplicate the efforts of other journalists, but instead w...
Current economic conditions, particularly high oil and gas prices and looming inflation, would anticipate a slowdown in major markets including personal computers, but yesterday IDC reported that the worldwide PC market continued to expand recently, posting 17 percent growth in the third quarter of this year The growth, typically tied to U.S. gains...
Skype's popularity rose to a whole new level when eBay purchased the VoIP provider last month. Now, the free Internet telephony service has become the victim of a spoof campaign designed to infect users with an IRCbot Trojan Messaging security and management services provider MessageLabs yesterday said it has detected and blocked more than 800 copi...
A California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to anyone under 17 is being challenged by two industry trade groups 10 days after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., on...
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun are some of what you'd expect from a trip to McDonald's. Now, fast food diners can also expect to play some of their favorite video games at the leading burger chain's restaurants Nintendo has signed an agreement with WiFi provider Wayport to install high-spe...
Clandestine codes used to track the output of some color laser printers have been cracked by a research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) According to the organization, the codes are part of a deal cut by the U.S. Secret Service with some printer makers to help curb the counterfeiting of currency....
Palm and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday announced that the Palm Treo smartphone will soon feature BlackBerry Connect, allowing BlackBerry e-mail, calendaring, and support for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino, among other features, beginning next year In the latest case of smartphone industry partnering and interoperabili...
At one time, the gap between wireless and wired network capabilities was so vast that wireless networks were used only on rare occasions. That has been changing recently, according to industry watchers "A growing number of enterprises are taking a look at whether a wired or a wireless network offers them the best networking option," said Carmi Levy...
The Open Source Development Labs yesterday said it has formed a new working group focused on accelerating the adoption of Linux in the rapidly-growing mobile market The OSDL said it is creating the Mobile Linux Initiative in response to input from its membership and the growing global demand for Linux-based mobile platform requirements....
With the dust still settling from Oracle's US$5.85 billion purchase of Siebel Systems, SAP is taking a run at Siebel customers, hoping to capitalize on what it calls "uncertainties" about the future of Siebel after Oracle takes control But Siebel is going on an offensive of its own, telling customers and re-sellers at its annual sales conference th...
Palm and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that the Palm Treo smartphone will soon feature BlackBerry Connect, allowing BlackBerry e-mail, calendaring, and support for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino, among other features, beginning next year In the latest case of smartphone industry partnering and interoperability, ...
Inform Technologies today announced a Web site that lets online news consumers navigate through multiple news Web sites in one location. Inform.com went live today in a beta version Inform is the brainchild of Neal Goldman, founder of Capital IQ, who sold a similar information distribution tool for the financial industry to McGraw-Hill/S&P last yea...
To delete or not to delete, that is the question. Along with its secondary question, "if you kill it, will it stay dead?" The thought that shredding can bring down major organizations, send CEOs to jail and provide fodder for Jay Leno strikes fear into every executive's heart. Even non-management employees are afraid to destroy documents and data...
The video solution on the new iPod sucks and, strangely enough, this showcases how much better Apple understands the current market and why others are either failing in it or have had to exit, like, respectively, Creative Labs and D&M Holdings (RIO) The 2005 Portable Entertainment Market...
Red Hat this past week announced the availability of a new security certification for IT professionals: Red Hat Certified Security Specialist (RHCSS) The announcement of the RHCSS certification is the company's latest milestone in its "Security in a Networked World" initiative launched in August....
The latest emerging IT security threat to the enterprise -- viruses conveyed by instant messaging (IM) technology -- is increasingly taking up the time of security experts, who are implementing an array of solutions to staunch the flow of malware, sources tell TechNewsWorld "IM and P2P are growing in popularity as delivery mechanisms for viruses, s...
Unfortunately for Samsung, it is not only the latest dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip maker to admit to price fixing, but it is also paying the largest fine, US$300 million, for the illegal activity alleged by the U.S. Department of Justice The South Korean company joins other DRAM chip makers Hynix and Infineon, which have already agreed t...
Even as rumors swirl that it might sell part or all of America Online to one or more big-name suitors, Time Warner has formally launched a US$50 million marketing campaign designed to let the world know that much of the once walled-off content of the Internet community is now freely available at AOL.com The major strategy shift away from an Interne...
Linux lovers can rejoice this week as two new distributions of the open-source platform make their way to the market Mandriva released the latest version of its Linux product, Mandriva 2006, yesterday, and Canonical launched its latest Linux version, Ubuntu 5.0, today. Analysts said both companies are offering interesting propositions for their res...
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