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Most people are aware that print media is in trouble. Nationally, thousands of employees of print media companies, especially newspapers, have been laid off. How do print media stay vital? Alternatively, will print media even exist 20 years from now? ...
Six federal banking regulators, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, FDIC and Office of Thrift Supervision, last November issued final rules clarifying what U.S. banks and credit institutions would have to do to comply with Red Flag provisions of the 2003 Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (Facta). The rules are crafted to ensure that banks ...
Some two weeks after the Federal Communications Commission rebuked Comcast for its network management practices, the government agency has spelled out details of the cable provider's marching orders in a 67-page supplement. Within the next 30 days, Comcast must make a full disclosure to the FCC of the behavior that lowered the regulatory oversight...
Nine months after Barack Obama, John McCain has unveiled his own technology plan for America. At last, both candidates can be graded for their long-term friendliness to the tech sector Lost beneath the theatrics of Obama's pledge to announce his VP choice via text messaging and McCain's successful YouTube "fan club" videos are the real issues that...
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new technology and service called "Photosynth." The system, currently available to users through a Web site, uses multiple snapshots of a scene to create a seemingly 3-D representation. Careful using it, though -- any image "synthed" by users on the demo site becomes viewable to anyone....
Japanese video game giant Nintendo has been hit with a lawsuit alleging patent infringement Hillcrest Labs of Rockville, Md., has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission and a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Maryland against the company....
What's the deal with those new Windows ads? In what looks to be another shot at saving Vista's troubled reputation, Microsoft has brought comedian Jerry Seinfeld aboard as a spokesperson for the struggling software. Seinfeld will star in a series of ads launching early next month, The Wall Street Journal reports. He's rumored to be getting US$10 mi...
There's something both primal and communal about the beat of a drum, whether it's just one or 2,008 of them -- as the world experienced at Beijing's Opening Ceremony to kick off the Olympics (which might be called the ultimate global social networking event). A drum's beat seems to capture people from the inside out, turning something as individua...
A lot of effort in recent months has been expended toward something people are calling "data portability." Just about everywhere you look; you'll bump into people pontificating about it. In case you've been out of the loop (perhaps hiking in the Himalayas), you can run the term through your favorite search engine to pull back numerous articles and blog posts on the subject. You might even want to dip into the Twitter and FriendFeed streams to see the ebb and flow of the micro debate...
Technology often evolves more rapidly than the laws needed to regulate it, especially in the realm of copyright law. The Associated Press, Viacom and YouTube are just some of the parties involved in a variety of lawsuits and accusations focused on Internet copyright issues. Guidelines are in place concerning the fair use of copyrighted materials, but their interpretations have often left lawyers, judges, corporations and everyday consumers wondering and arguing about what exactly is legal and what is not.
eBay has instituted a fee schedule that allows sellers of fixed-price items to list a product for 30 days -- in many cases, multiple quantities of that product -- for just 35 US cents. In the past, sellers had to pay up to $4 per item per week. As of mid-September, sellers able to maintain large inventories of a product will find it easier and che...
Palm has debuted the latest addition to its Treo line of smartphones, the Treo Pro. The announcement comes less than a week after photos and details about the new handset were leaked on the Web Aimed at business users, the mobile device will be available in Europe in September through carriers Vodafone and O2, as well as in an unlocked configuratio...
Salesforce.com has acquired InStranet for US$31.5 million, a transaction that includes the assumption of $4.2 million in cash on InStranet's balance sheet. This deal is grander in scale than any of Salesforce.com's previous acquisitions; the company's past purchases have been small one-off technology providers in niche areas.
Microsoft is bumping up its monetary investment in its controversial partnership with Novell. Styling the deal as a so-called incremental investment increase, Microsoft will buy up to US$100 million in Suse Linux Enterprise Server support certificates. The certificates are sold and exchanged for IT support from Novell for its Suse Linux Enterprise...
The race is over for domestic airlines looking to turn their planes into flying WiFi hotspots; American Airlines is first off the runway. But can offering onboard Internet access help smooth out passenger turbulence created by additional charges for carry-on bags, food, even blankets and pillows? American on Wednesday began looking for the answer t...
Intel is sharing its vision for the future of computing at its Intel Developer Forum, which is taking place in San Francisco. Put simply, the products under development have three major focuses: superfast, superportable and superconnected Revelations include details about the much-hyped Nehalem high-speed processors, new uses for the efficient Atom...
Microsoft announced Tuesday it is easing licensing restrictions for server applications. Companies will no longer be required to pay additional fees to move software within a server farm, the company said The move is an attempt to remove barriers in order for its enterprise customers to develop more dynamic data centers and enterprise IT systems us...
Small business is under fire -- and increasingly, it is the small business' Web site strategy that is being relied upon to create an effective defense What are the conditions facing Web site experts and multi-tasking entrepreneurs alike -- and what are the critical changes in the online e-commerce and marketing world that will help small businesses...
I am sitting on a train heading to New York from Boston for a CRM conference. Not driving, not flying -- I prefer the train for this trip for a bunch of reasons. Rail brought us traveling troubadours like Woody Guthrie, circuses and baseball, and it helped define a job type: the traveling salesperson. I am riding today with the knowledge that this mode of travel is going to again become the standard for business travel in the years ahead...
Proponents of open source software are trying to make a case for using the collaborative approach to conquer the world's most vexing medical problems. However, established practices of avoiding the spotlight and protecting vested interests in breakthrough results still hamper the collaborative process This kind of proprietary work ethic leads to re...
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