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Just about a week after Microsoft threw down the gauntlet in the Open Source Development Labs' (OSDL) courtyard, IBM yesterday threw it back at Microsoft Two IBM-sponsored research reports arguing that Linux is less expensive both to buy and to operate than Windows and Unix come on the heels of Microsoft's invitation to the OSDL to co-sponsor a stu...
It's time to start giving your customers a seat at the development table. Voice of the Customer (VOC) programs are delivering results today, which is exemplified in the best practices of some the leaders in this concept Breaking the rut of complacency when it comes to new product development and getting the true voice of their customers reverberat...
A new threat to national security surfaced this week and if federal agencies fail to address it, they could hamstring important tools to catch terrorists. The General Accounting Office (GAO) reported this week that federal agencies are breaking privacy and security laws while conducting data-mining activities. According to the GAO, of the five federal agencies examined, "none followed all key procedures."
Google is raising eyebrows by probing for opportunities outside the digital world for the first time ever, announcing it would conduct a test of a program to re-sell print advertising space to customers of its online marketing programs Google has purchased space in next week's issues of PC Magazine and Maximum PC magazine with the intention of re-s...
Toshiba, the main backer of a next-generation DVD disc format known as HD-DVD, has signaled it will not ship its players based on the technology before the end of the year, leading some analysts to doubt the format's ability to compete with the Sony-backed Blu-ray format Furthermore, although some have noted that the two formats both have unique te...
Just about a week after Microsoft threw down the gauntlet in the Open Source Development Labs' (OSDL) courtyard, IBM yesterday threw it back at Microsoft Two IBM-sponsored research reports arguing that Linux is less expensive both to buy and to operate than Windows and Unix come on the heels of Microsoft's invitation to the OSDL to co-sponsor a stu...
Reviving an issue that has dogged the e-commerce industry since its earliest days, at least 18 states are stepping up efforts to collect sales taxes from online merchants, likely meaning more Web shoppers will be paying at least a little extra during the key holiday season As part of a push to let merchants -- primarily those with brick-and-mortar ...
Mercury Computer Systems and Terra Soft Solutions announced today they have joined forces to deliver an advanced dual-PowerPC 970FX-based High Performance Computing cluster node The duo announced an alliance to provide the XR9 with its 64-bit Linux OS 'Y-HPC' and cluster management suite Y-Imager, pre-installed and configured. The heart of the tech...
In a move that helps it keep pace and push ahead of rivals such as Google and could help it take on pure voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) companies such as Skype and even traditional telecom companies, Microsoft said it would buy privately held Teleo for an undisclosed sum San Francisco-based Teleo provides both software and services that enable...
Bidding to one-up rival Google, Yahoo is rolling out enhancements to its Yahoo Mail search functions, enabling users to search attachments and e-mail text for specific words, phrases and photos Yahoo said the upgrade is an acknowledgement that many users are stuffing their mailboxes full of messages, an outgrowth of the race to provide nearly unlim...
If you've ever bought software directly off the Internet, the chances are good that Digital River had a hand in it. The e-commerce company helps many software publishers, retailers and others by managing online sales operations, helping to sell software in the most cost-effective way possible Today, Digital River (Nasdaq: DRIV) rarely finds a custo...
Verizon is moving forward aggressively with plans to expand its broadband offerings, throughout the U.S. But experts tell TechNewsWorld that the moves are necessary, and timely, because broadband competition is rapidly accelerating, especially in the wireless market New York-based Verizon on Monday cut its monthly subscription charge for wireless b...
Shareholders of StorageTek have approved the sale of the company to Sun Microsystems, helping the buy clear the last major hurdle and turning attention to Sun's ability to effectively integrate the US$4 billion purchase More than 99 percent of shareholders who voted cast ballots in favor of the merger, despite some early grumbling when the deal was...
There's a wealth of information out there for hackers, or "black hats," as they are also called. The arrest last Thursday of alleged Zotob writer Farid Essebar, 18, who went by the name Diabl0, has shed some light on the thriving underground culture, but much remains a mystery The hacker underworld in which Essebar participated comprises numerous i...
In a move that helps it keep pace and push ahead of rivals such as Google and could help it take on pure voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) companies such as Skype and even traditional telecom companies, Microsoft said it would buy privately held Teleo for an undisclosed sum San Francisco-based Teleo provides both software and services that enable...
In what appears to be clear evidence that the digital revolution is ready for takeoff, results from a commercial mobile TV pilot in Helsinki, Finland, reveal consumers are willing to pay for services Specifically, 41 percent of pilot participants said they would be willing to purchase mobile TV services, according to the study, and half thought a f...
Microsoft made the first beta of its new file system available to the Microsoft Developer Network ahead of schedule. But analysts still have questions about the functionality of the program WinFS is a relational file system for Windows. Microsoft calls it an essential piece of its Integrated Storage strategy that bridges the gap between file system...
Apple has done what it does best once again. Fans and the media alike are abuzz trying to guess at what the company will reveal Sept. 7 at a "special event" in San Francisco Because Apple is notoriously tight-lipped about new products and because its iPod is still the portable music player to have, its announcement-of-an-announcement has got imagin...
Overnight, the earth became flat, metaphorically and in reality, too, as an ultra-sophisticated, digitally formatted, flat geographical platform, where business and corporate agendas in shapes of large digital cyber-warfare torpedoes skate at bullet speed. Precise navigation, correct targeting and direct hits took over Now there are players and the...
Telecommunications services providers have been searching for ways to stay afloat in a tough, highly competitive market. Recently, a group of them, dubbed Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), have crafted business plans based on the supposition that wireless Wide Area Networks (WANs) are more efficient than wired networks "WISPs think they ...
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