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The Firefox browser from the Mozilla Foundation has continued to gain market share and erode the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but there are signs the juggernaut might be losing steam WebSideStory said Firefox now holds about 5.7 percent of the browser market. IE's share fell below 90 percent for the first time, at 89.9 percent....
As the Search Engine Strategies Conference gets rolling in New York this week, Yahoo announced this morning a pair of significant moves: The company said it is launching a developer network for programmers and also unveiled plans for a rebranding strategy for its Overture unit The Yahoo Search Developer Network is designed to be a one-stop resourc...
Has Nanosolar found the Holy Grail of solar energy? For years, the price of solar energy has been so high that, without some form of subsidy, it has beenunable to compete with power from the electrical grid. Now Nanosolar, a Palo Alto,California, start-up claims it has developed a "commercial-scale technology"that cuts the cost of delivering solar ...
Can you describe the three principal business models used by software firms? Before you invest in a software firm, buy products from one, or decide to work for one, look at their business model In this industry overview, we adopt a case study approach to incorporate data from NetSol Technologies. They were founded in 1996 and are listed on NASDAQ a...
Duct tape is the world's most versatile invention. It makes ducts airtight, holds car parts together, patches holes in canoes and keeps rock musicians from tripping over wires onstage. It rips easily, holds firm even underwater and provides a quick fix for almost any emergency. But sometimes, duct tape fanatics go too far You can buy wallets mad...
The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is trying to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that P2P companies aren't responsible for what users do with P2P technologies. Meanwhile, the movie industry trade group is suing more people it says are illegally distributing films online MPAA officials won't say how many laws...
America Online has launched a new feature enabling users of its wildly popular AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) platform to use the contact list feature of the service in the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program The feature, currently a beta version, will enable Outlook users to cross-reference addresses and names in their e-mail address book with the "cont...
In a move to expand its support for open-source technologies, IBM announced a partnership with Zend Technologies yesterday that will integrate Big Blue's Apache-based Cloudscape database and Zend's open-source PHP environment. Analysts said the alliance is bound to give both sides competitive advantages Under the agreement, Big Blue will work with ...
On the eve of the second annual EclipseCon2005 user group meeting this week, Eclipse Foundation founding member Borland Software has announced it will take a seat on the organization's board of directors and that new members are joining the group's roster ...
Two companies are looking to combine two tech trends -- the growing revenue from Internet advertising and the popularity of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) content distribution -- to open Web advertising to more users Search advertising company Kanoodle and content aggregator Moreover Technologies announced today they will partner to provide a self...
Amid internal turmoil and with a takeover bid looming, No. 2 electronics retailer Circuit City said it would end its four-year-old partnership with Amazon.com and handle its e-commerce itself Circuit City hinted that the Amazon partnership, under which Circuit City items were listed for sale through the e-tailer's site and which enabled customers t...
E-commerce continues to grow dramatically in spite of security threats, recent research indicates. E-commerce dollar volume in 2004 rose 88 percent and transaction volume grew by 39 percent over the previous year, according to VeriSign's latest Internet Security Intelligence Briefing The VeriSign report monitors trends in Internet usage, commerce, ...
It plays in two of the most competitive markets -- technology and online merchandising -- but HPshopping.com continues to garner accolades from industry groups. Most recently, the e-commerce site was the sole computer manufacturer and marketer to place in the top 10 of the seventh annual Mystery Shopping Study in both 2004 and 2003 Although HP cont...
Interactive marketing has come a long way. In 2005 it will appear more often not only on the big screen -- the computer screen, that is -- but on the little screen of the mobile phone as well. With a cell phone the constant companion to more than 170 million Americans, there's a lot of potential A marketing phenomenon that already has achieved grea...
As we move well into the spring semester, more and more kids are thinking about life after college. Those that prepared wisely already know where their first jobs will be. Those that didn't may, at least for a while, need to get used to the question, "Do you want fries with that?" Although the industry has been hammered in recent years, high-tech ...
A new search technology by Webroot Software takes a proactive approach to protecting computer users from spyware. It uses bots to find spyware buried deep within distribution centers Armed with the results of this robotic reconnaissance on the Web, Webroot engineers are able to build in better defenses and alerts, making its spyware definitions dat...
Looking to repeat the high score of its Xbox-exclusive "Halo 2," Microsoft has signed legendary Japanese game-maker Hironobu Sakaguchi -- who created "Final Fantasy," one of the most significant role-playing games (RPGs) ever -- to produce two new RPGs for the next-generation Xbox console Microsoft declined to disclose a time line for the two Xbox...
Intel will spend next week drumming up enthusiasm for its dual-core processing systems at its Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco. The company, hot on the heels of AMD, announced it would release a 64-bit Pentium 4 processor for PCs by midyear, ending AMD's sole proprietorship of the 64-bit world, and promised to unveil more details of its dual-core strategy at the forum...
Skype Technologies has begun allowing users to beta test free two-way short text messaging, the company announced yesterday. In addition to already receiving SMS messages for free, Skype users can now also send them via the company's "Skype to SMS" service "We launched our 'SMS to Skype' service just three weeks ago and have been very pleased with ...
The would-be bidding war for MCI Communications took several dramatic turns in the last 24 hours Qwest formally introduced a revised offer promising investors faster payouts, MCI posted earnings results that showed continued financial struggles at the long-distance company and the company's CEO reiterated his belief that Verizon Communications make...
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