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Carly Fiorina, whose name and image became synonymous with tech giant Hewlett-Packard after she overcame numerous challenges to close the acquisition of Compaq three years ago, stepped down today from her CEO and chairman of the board posts at HP The announcement that Fiorina had resigned after 5 1/2 years as CEO was made by the HP board of directo...
Although a study released today found that 8 of 10 respondents had received unsolicited mobile phone messages and warned that the intrusions will only worsen, one analyst questioned whether the problem was as significant as thestudy made it seem "Every form of communication, old and new, gets spammed -- from 'voice spam' on the streets of New York ...
There are three common myths about corporate image and name identity: Big money will buy you a big image, customers are just sheep, and constant bombardment will bring constant sales. Corporate image and name identity form the backbone of any business. Without them there will be no growth, no IPOs, no M&As. It is critical to understand how to play this game, blindfolded or with clear vision...
Every day, employees are bombarded by an avalanche of messages: voice mail items on their desktop and mobile phones, notes on their pagers, e-mail, a fax or two, and perhaps just a number of sticky notes taped to their computer screens. At the same time, because of recent technical advances, users are pressured to respond to these messages ASAP: Being unable to reply because one is traveling or out of the office for a meeting, for example, is simply no longer acceptable...
Linux has so far barely made a blip in the mobile phone market, accounting for less than 1 percent of units shipped in 2004, according to IDC. Yesterday MontaVista announced an effort to change that The company, which develops mobile phone software for Linux, has created Mobilinux Open Framework to gather momentum for its Montavista Linux Consumer...
IBM continued its extension to the small and medium business market this week as the company unveiled its entry-level, Unix-based p5 510 server, priced at just under US$4,000 The company is matching similar moves by rivals Hewlett-Packard and Sun. All are responding to demand for more powerful resources from smaller businesses, which are a growing ...
Ask Jeeves announced today that is has acquired privately held Bloglines, a free online service for searching, publishing and sharing RSS feeds, blogs and rich Web content. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed Bloglines will continue to operate as an independent brand in the Ask Jeeves portfolio and retain its name and unique URL....
Continuing a trend it began almost two years ago, Microsoft said it has bought a privately held antivirus firm to help it beef up its arsenal of information security tools, this time focusing squarely on the enterprise Microsoft said it would acquire East Northport, New York-based Sybari Software, which currently has some 10,000 business customers ...
It's anything but smooth sailing for COAST these days. Members of the Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors are dropping like flies. Analysts said a factor in the controversy could be Microsoft's entrance into the multi-million-dollar market On Friday, Computer Associates International, which owns Pest Patrol anti-spyware software, resigned...
Google today offered up a new way to search the information superhighway forthe best routes on terra firma's highways with a beta release of Google Maps. Some are already touting the site as a vastimprovement over offerings from Yahoo and Mapquest....
Congressman Mike Thompson is hoping three times is the charm for hislegislation to create a national recycling program for electronic waste The California Democrat has twice before filed bills to establish nationalstandards for handling e-waste only to see them whither and die in aparliamentary backwater....
A new company in the anti-phishing space is offering a free program that acts much like a firewall for Web sites to protect computer users from online fraud attacks FraudEliminator, a security software startup, is offering the first product to provide comprehensive protection to home Internet users from online fraud schemes and phishing attacks....
Efforts to harmonize international copyright laws have been in progress since the late 19th century, but the rise of the digital medium has thrust the movement back into the limelight recently. More than any other medium, the Internet has taken the copyright and intellectual property environment and turned it on its head. Since the Web's emergence in 1995, companies, governments and content creators have slowly adjusted, through lessons learned, innovation and legislation...
Despite spending a reported US$2.4 million for 30 seconds of television time during Sunday's Super Bowl, some advertisers failed to ensure their Web sites could handle additional traffic their campaigns generated According to Keynote Systems, several major companies saw the performance of their Web sites suffer during the game, which saw the New En...
Three technology giants -- IBM, Sony and Toshiba -- today took the wraps off of their jointly developed, much-hyped "Cell" chip, which the companies claim to be "effectively a supercomputer on a chip." A prototype was unveiled today at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco. It integrates 234 million transistors, measur...
Google today said it has not yet decided whether to appeal Friday's ruling by a French court that ordered it to pay US$260,000 plus costs to luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton for breach of trademark The high court in central Paris also ordered Google to stop displaying advertisements for Vuitton's rivals whenever Web searchers typed the plaintiff's ...
Harvard President Larry Summer's comments that "innate differences" account for some of the reason women don't succeed as often as men in science careers shines a light on a problem that most in the world of science and technology are keenly aware of The university president, dutifully repentant, on Thursday appointed two task forces to try to rect...
In the wake of widespread complaints about fee increases on sellers, eBay has said it will reduce some of the charges and boost customer service in the U.S. and Canada. However, the online auction giant is standing firm on its move to hike Final Value fees on inventory format listings and Store subscription fees It is unclear if threats from the co...
Looking to add to the arsenal of content it searches -- and on which it can sell advertising space -- and to take part in one of the Web's hot trends, Ask Jeeves reportedly is in the process of acquiring Bloglines, a company that provides free news- and blogger-aggregation services Ask Jeeves has yet to formally announce the deal, which was first r...
In the rush to implement new technology, security concerns may sometimes be left behind, but doing so can mean the difference between widespread adoption and failure This, David Endler, director of Digital Vaccine atTippingPoint Technologies, told CRM Buyer, is the impetus behind the VoIPSecurity Alliance, announced today....
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