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Cisco Topspin Acquisition Paying InfiniBand Dividends

Just months after its US$250 million acquisition of Topspin, Cisco Systems today announced the first fruit of the merger's labors: technology that will help customers power their on-demand computing systems Cisco said the latest elements of its Data Center Networking Architecture portfolio, InfiniBand-based Server Fabric Switch (SFS) portfolio and ...

ESPN Mobile Taps Sanyo for Multimedia Phone

Sanyo today unveiled the Sanyo MVP, a multimedia phone built exclusively for ESPN Mobile Targeted to avid sports fans, the Sanyo MVP is designed to work on a high-speed "EVDO" (Evolution Data Optimized) wireless network, enabling it to deliver the ESPN programming at ultra-fast speeds, as well as fast Internet browsing, e-mail access and downloads....

Rolling Stones Flash New Album

Hoping to usher in a new form of highly portable and more secure digital music, SanDisk has unveiled a new form of flash memory that includes digital rights protection SanDisk is touting TrustedFlash as a new, more secure platform for digital music, movies and games. The flash memory cards will be compatible with a range of mobile devices, includin...

Search Engine Placement Lawsuit May Chill Free Speech

A lawsuit filed against Web sites that allege search engine results on Google.com were rigged by a placement firm is being watched throughout the Internet industry, as possibly having an impact on the free speech rights of bloggers, experts tell the E-Commerce Times The Las Vegas-based search engine placement company Traffic-Power.com has filed sui...

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IP Protection Vital to Economic Growth

Recently, I've made several trips to Geneva, Switzerland, the home of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). I've seen firsthand how this once-sleepy organization of patent attorneys and intellectual property technicians has become ground zero for an assault on the economies of the industrialized world In a global information economy,...

Online Advertising Continues Rapid Growth

Advertisers sunk nearly US$3 billion into online marketing campaigns in second quarter, with spending on Web advertising jumping 26 percent over the same period last year, according to a new report The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers said Internet advertising revenues for the second quarter were $2.985 billion, up 7 ...

Google Gets Bigger, But Doesn't Say How Much

It is not uncommon for a 7-year-old to view themselves as the center of the universe and the largest persona among their peers, and search engine superstar Google is no different To mark its seventh anniversary, Google touted a Web search index three times that of any competitor, but despite former claims of billions and billions of Web documents i...

Microsoft and JBoss Collaborate on Interoperability

Microsoft and JBoss today bridged part of the gap between open-source and commercial software with plans to explore how their respective technologies can work together better The two companies will explore enhanced interoperability between the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System and Microsoft Windows Server products and deepenJBoss support for the W...

Treo Smartphone Gets Windows Put in by Palm

Formerly bitter rivals Palm and Microsoft announced an alliance this week in hopes of strengthening both companies in smartphone technology, devices that combine mobile phone functionality and Internet connectivity So what makes two enemies that have fought fiercely over the mobile handset space come together? The answer is market and money, Ovum V...

Microsoft, Intel Back Toshiba's HD-DVD

Microsoft and Intel yesterday lined up behind Toshiba and its next-generation DVD technology, called HD DVD, in a move that seems significant because of the combined influence of the two industry giants, but which in fact, one analyst said, will likely have a negligible effect "The announcement will appear to be more than it is," Josh Martin, resea...

Sun Ships MS-Compatible StarOffice 8

In a bid to grab market share from Microsoft, Sun today launched the latest version of its desktop productivity suite, StarOffice 8. The offering represents the first upgrade for Sun's office software in about two years -- one that is designed with improved compatibility with Microsoft Office StarOffice 8 software includes word processing, spreadsh...

FTC Launches Aggressive Campaign to Educate Online Consumers

Saying a consumer that is aware of online threats is essential to a strong U.S. economy, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched its most ambitious effort yet to educate Americans on the dangers lurking on the Web The FTC joined today with cybersecurity experts in government and the private sector, consumer protection groups and online comp...

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine The survey, which Battelle, of Columbus, Ohio, has been conducting annually for more than 40 years, showed that much of the growth in R&D is being fired by the Asian region....

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine The survey, which Battelle, of Columbus, Ohio, has been conducting annually for more than 40 years, showed that much of the growth in R&D is being fired by the Asian region....

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine The survey, which Battelle, of Columbus, Ohio, has been conducting annually for more than 40 years, showed that much of the growth in R&D is being fired by the Asian region....

Dell in Midst of x86 Battle

Dell yesterday said it has added multi-core technology from Intel to its portfolio of dual-socket servers and workstations. Meanwhile, AMD also said yesterday that IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun are using its new dual-core Opteron The announcements undoubtedly heighten the competition between AMD and rivalIntel. Analysts said the X86 dual-core proces...

When Technology Wastes Time

Technology intended to untie the American worker is actually taking a tremendous toll, according to new research from IT analysis firm Basex. The report indicates that technology tools, including e-mail and instant messaging, are the main culprits when it comes to unnecessary interruptions that cost U.S. companies nearly US$600 billion per year The...

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Turning a Blind Eye to Video Game Violence

Take-Two Interactive, the U.S. company that lied about secret animated sex scenes stashed in one of its brutally sadistic "Grand Theft Auto" Rockstar video games, is counting on Bill and the Boyz, a.k.a., Microsoft, for a little extra lift Next month, Take-Two plans to set an all-in-one, M for Mature "GTA III," "GTA Vice City," and "GTA San Andreas...

Palm Puts Windows in Treo Smartphone

Formerly bitter rivals Palm and Microsoft announced an alliance this week in hopes of strengthening both companies in smartphone technology, devices that combine mobile phone functionality and Internet connectivity So what makes two enemies that have fought fiercely over the mobile handset space come together? The answer is market and money, Ovum V...

Microsoft Will Double India Headcount

Microsoft is launching an effort to add hundreds of new employees at existing facilities in India, a move that could more than double its head-count there Reports from Indian media say Microsoft is ramping up hiring at the India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad and the Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Bangalore....

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