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LENOVO PROMOTES GREEN COMPUTING WITH ‘BLUE SKY’
2007-09-13 06:02:13
By Elena Malykhina InformationWeek September 12, 2007 12:11 PM Lenovo on Wednesday introduced its smallest, quietest, and most energy efficient desktop in the company’s history. The ThinkCentre A61e, a desktop the size of a telephone book, contains 45-watt AMD (AMD) Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron energy efficient processors and costs as low as $399. Lenovo claims the ThinkCentre A61e is the first full-functioning PC in the industry to use only 45 watts of energy. It can help reduce annual energy costs by 35%, the computer maker said.  As an example, a business with 50,000 desktops could save over $1 million in annual energy costs and cut more than 20 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.  Also codenamed “Blue Sky” for being environment-friendly, Lenovo’s new desktop was given Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold status by the Green Electronics Council. The ThinkCentre A61e contains up to 90% of reusable and recyclable materials an
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Canadian government concerned about Google ‘Street View’ maps
2007-09-13 05:51:59
Security By Humphrey Cheung Wednesday, September 12, 2007 18:25 Mountain View (CA) - Canadian government officials are concerned that a planned rollout of Google ’s Street View maps could violate the country’s privacy laws.  Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says snapshots of people, buildings and store fronts might be too invasive and has requested more information from Google and Immersive Media, the company that Google has contracted to perform the photographs. Immersive Media and Google have already rolled out Street View maps for many cities in the United States.  The pictures have become somewhat controversial after netizens started combing through the snapshots trying to find people in interesting situations.  Several websites have spawned, like the Street View Gallery, that show the best pictures. Stoddart says the proposed service might violate the PIPEDA Act which stands for the Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act.  She adds that


Microsoft unleashes bevy of new webcam and mice peripherals
2007-09-13 05:44:04
By Joel Hruska | Published: September 12, 2007 - 03:18PM CT Microsoft has launched a wide array of peripherals recently, and while webcam s and mice may not be the most exciting products in the world, they are devices many of us find ourselves in the market for at one time or another. First up we have the LifeCam NX-3000 and VX-7000 products, both of which are heavily marketed as being integrated with Windows Live Messenger. The main difference between the two seems to come down to the camera’s megapixel rating (the NX is at 1.3 with the VX at 2.0) and the use of what Microsoft refers to has a “glass element lens” on the VX-7000. The viewing angle on the VX is also larger, and it features what Microsoft calls “Auto-Adjustment for Low Light Conditions” which probably translates into “jacked up contrast” in real English. MSRP sits at $59.95 on the NX-3000, $99.95 on the VX-7000.  As for mice, Microsoft has three new members of the family to intr


Yahoo To Sell Ads For Bebo
2007-09-13 05:03:36
by Anne Shaw 22:18, September 12th 2007  Yahoo scored a new point in the ads-selling competition by announcing today that its UK and Ireland division will sell Bebo’s display advertising. Bebo is the number 1 social networking site in UK and Ireland and, according to the data released by comScore Media Metrix in July 2007 it has a monthly audience of 11.6 million users. Bebo, which was founded in 2005, is already considered the third biggest social networking site worldwide. In the last five years the social networking sites, online places where a user can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to other users, have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users.  But for Yahoo is the first time when is working with a social networking site. Through this partnership the company will provide to its advertisers substantially improved marketing opportunities, especially in the highly-desirable 13-24


Google Official Leading Health Projects Resigns
2007-09-12 07:46:38
By KEVIN J. DELANEY September 12, 2007; Page B14 Google Inc. said its vice president in charge of health-related projects is leaving the Internet company, a departure that comes as competition over online medical-information services is heating up. Adam Bosworth, an industry veteran with a reputation as a brilliant programmer, was overseeing the Mountain View, Calif., company’s health-related initiatives. (See his Google biography.) In a series of speeches and posts on the company’s blog since last year, Mr. Bosworth discussed the issues Google was mulling in the medical area. They centered on providing consumers with relevant health-related information, control of personal medical data and community features for discussing health issues with other consumers and medical experts. Google has yet to release services targeted at those areas, apart from one limited initiative. Any Google services face competition from existing and planned offerings from rival Microsoft Corp. a
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Skype Worm Attacks Security Software
2007-09-12 07:10:31
09.11.07  Skype is working with domain owners to shut down malicious sites infecting Skype for Windows users via instant messages. By Lisa Vaas Yet another worm is sticking it to Skype The VOIP (voice over IP) company’s security team as of Sept. 11 was working with domain owners to shut down malicious sites that are infecting Skype for Windows users with a virus being spread via cleverly composed instant messages. Initially, Skype was calling the virus w32/Ramex.A, but Finnish security firm FSecure is calling it W32/Skipi.A, whereas Symantec, in Cupertino, Calif., is referring to the worm as W32.Pykspa.D—a new variant in the family of worms called Pykspa. Infected systems are sending chat messages to other Skype users asking them to click on a link that appears as a harmless .jpeg file. If clicked, the worm then transmits the infection anew. The worm is camouflaging itself with a bitmap file of soap bubbles—namely, a default bitmap graphic contained in the Windows installa
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IBM joins OpenOffice.org to widen its reach
2007-09-11 06:54:40
It will provide developers, other resources to open-source projectSeptember 10, 2007 (Computerworld) — IBM has gotten so much from the OpenOffice .org office suite to enhance its own products that the company has decided to finally give back in a big way: It’s joining the open-source project and will contribute code, developers and other resources for free. In an announcement today, IBM said that by joining the effort directly, it hopes to develop feature enhancements and help push broader adoption of the OpenDocument format (ODF) standard used in the suite.  Doug Heintzman, director of strategy for IBM’s Lotus collaboration division, said IBM has been using OpenOffice code for the past several years to create its own version of the office applications integrated into the Lotus Notes 8 collaboration suite. By incorporating OpenOffice features, Lotus Notes 8 gained integrated office applications that seamlessly work within the application, he said. To build on those


Apple hits iPhone sale goal ahead of schedule
2007-09-11 06:41:42
Sep 11, 2007 04:30 AM Chris Sorensen Business Reporter Apple Inc. says it has sold one million iPhone s in less than three months, but there’s still no word on when gadget-crazed Canadians can make calls with the much-hyped device – unless, of course, they happen to be handy with a soldering iron. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer-maker said yesterday it has reached its Sept. 30 goal of selling one million iPhones three weeks ahead of schedule. Apple’s announcement helped sooth investor concerns about sluggish iPhone sales – particularly after Apple said unexpectedly last week that it will slash the smart phone’s price by one-third – but only served to rub salt into the wounds of would-be Canadian iPhone buyers, who still have no word on when the iPhone will be made available here. “We haven’t announced anything further,” said Odette Coleman, a spokesperson for Rogers Communications Inc., the only Canadian wireless carrier that is currently capab


Google recruits Capgemini to open enterprise doors
2007-09-10 23:44:03
10th September 2007 By Nick Mayes Google has recruited IT services vendor Capgemini to help it push its Google Apps office software suite into enterprise accounts. Paris, France-based Capgemini will provide consulting, integration, helpdesk, and support services around Google’s Apps Premium Edition offering which was launched in February and covers the search engine giant’s word processing, spreadsheet, email, messaging, and Start Page applications. The partnership is not exclusive. Capgemini already manages more than 1 million desktops worldwide as part of its outsourcing contracts, and has a close relationship with Microsoft. Richard Payling, director of sales channels at Capgemini, told Computer Business Review that the company would deliver Google Apps as a complementary offering to its existing managed desktop services. He said: “It doesn’t have to be one or the other…Office productivity tools have moved away from a one-size-fits-all model because c


Free Web Directories Increase both Traffic And Profit
2007-06-20 06:24:49
By: Dalvin Rumsey  Perhaps many of you are wondering what the best solution to increasing traffic and profitability is. Well, my first and only option would be using a web directory. Not sure what this means? Imagine a very well organized place where you can find all sort of information, which is divided into several categories. Therefore, should you decide to submit your website to directories, you will be on the right way to boosting up your profit, your web traffic, as well as the search engine ranking that your website gets. There are many reasons to make you choose web directories. Your first reason should be the fact that these web directories manage to attract a large amount of traffic. The people who are interested in a specific category will most definitely open all the websites they can place within that particular category. This way, the website that you have submitted in a category you will gain a lot of traffic.Having many links that lead to your website is another good s
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‘Halo 3′ takes industry to new heights
2007-09-27 06:45:54
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY  Halo 3 launched straight into the stratosphere Tuesday.  First-day sales of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 space adventure totaled $170 million in the USA. It was the most successful video game rollout in history and, the company boasted, topped the $151 million Spider-Man 3 made at the box office in its opening weekend in May. TECHNOLOGY LIVE: Share your thoughts on &lsquo ;Halo 3&prime ; Though not quite a fair comparison — each game costs $60 or more, most movie tickets are $10 or less — the early sales are “spectacular,” says Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter. He estimates 2.5 million copies were sold starting with midnight store promotions coast to coast, meaning one-fifth of all Xbox 360 owners bought a copy in the first 24 hours. “I would guess that the number is 1 million higher in a week, and double by year end.” GameStop’s Bob McKenzie calls Halo 3 the biggest title in the history of the 4,400-store c
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Microsoft: Excel 2007 bug is skin deep
2007-09-27 06:31:19
Posted by Stephen Shankland  A bug in Excel 2007 reported earlier this week may be ugly, but it’s only skin deep, Microsoft said late Tuesday.  With the bug, results that should have been shown as 65,535 showed instead as 100,000, and a related problem cropped up with 65,536, Microsoft’s David Gainer said in a blog posting. But the problem affected how Excel showed the number, not in what the spreadsheet software actually “knows.” “This is an issue in a function that puts numbers in cells, so the values in Excel’s memory are actually correct,” Gainer said. “Any calculations based off that cell will be accurate too.”  That’s still a problem, of course, but it might be comforting to know that it’s not as likely to creep outward from one result to the next.  A repair is in testing now. “We’ve come up with a fix for this issue and are in the final phases of a broad test pass in order to ensure that the fix


Microsoft Tells Availability, Price of Office 2008 for Mac
2007-09-26 05:29:15
Updated Office suite is scheduled to debut early next year at Macworld Expo. Martyn Williams, IDG News Service Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:00 AM PDT Microsoft Corp. has named the date on which Mac OS X users can get their hands on the latest version of its Office suite. “Office 2008 for Mac” will be launched on Jan. 15 in the U.S. — that’s the first day of the Macworld Expo event planned for San Francisco — and it will be launched in other major markets during the first quarter, the company said. Three versions of the suite will be available: the basic package includes all the Office applications. The “home and student edition” is targeted at consumers and includes a three-user license. The “special media edition” comes with all Office software and the “Expression Media for Mac” image management application. The basic edition will cost US$400, the home and student edition will cost $150 and the special media edition w
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Microsoft Renews Wireless White Spaces Push
2007-09-24 06:17:29
By Roy Mark September 21, 2007  Microsoft and Philips claim new testing shows no interference between unlicensed broadband use and television channels.   Based on a new round of field trials, Microsoft and Philips are asking the Federal Communications Commission to renew testing on devices that can access the Internet using empty buffer spectrums—known as white spaces—between television channels.  Microsoft and other members of a powerhouse group of technology companies called the White Spaces Coalition covet the spectrum as an alternative to telecommunications and cable companies delivering Internet connections. Broadcasters, in particular, are opposed to the concept, fearing unwanted and harmful interference with their signals.  In July, the FCC put a damper on the whole idea when it said testing on a prototype supplied by Microsoft failed to consistently sense or detect TV broadcast or wireless microphone signals. The White Spaces Coalition said the FCC inadvertently us
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New BlackBerry Makes Wi-Fi Calls
2007-09-24 05:38:08
T-Mobile’s new BlackBerry Curve 8320 could be the hit handheld of the fall season. By Sascha Segan  On the heels of AT&T’s uninspiring BlackBerry 8820 comes what may be the hit BlackBerry— even the hit handheld—of the fall season. Today, T-Mobile announced the BlackBerry Curve 8320, which combines the popular BlackBerry Curve cameraphone with the ability to make calls over 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi networks.  The 8320’s Wi-Fi calling feature is part of T-Mobile’s Hotspot@Home system, which charges an extra $10 per month for unlimited calling from Wi-Fi areas. While you can use public unencrypted networks, call quality is much better at home using a specially-tweaked router that T-Mobile sells for $49 (with a $50 rebate, so it’s essentially free). When I reviewed Hotspot@Home, I experienced trouble with handing off calls between Wi-Fi and cellular networks—but that was months ago, so I’m looking forward to seeing if handoffs have improved.  The


Intel announces new chips for pocket-sized Internet devices
2007-09-20 01:01:12
By Mark Boslet Mercury News  Article Launched: 09/19/2007 12:27:28 PM PDT  Intel underscored its commitment to the market for pocket-sized Internet devices Wednesday, announcing development of a new package of technologies it calls Moorestown.  The announcement came as the chip giant said it was on schedule to ship its first chip for use in these products during the first half of next year. Sales of portable Web devices are expected to expand in coming years as improvements are made in their ability to combine Internet access, computer-like features and phone calling - and as they become smaller in size. The news came on the second day of the Santa Clara company’s semi-annual developers forum, where the technology firm is showing off emerging product initiatives to about 5,000 hardware engineers at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.  The push to become a supplier of chips for portable Internet gear is a critical step as Intel looks for new markets for its computer chips.
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The Elegant iPod Touch
2007-09-20 00:52:31
Palm candy from Apple: more than an iPod , less than an iPhone  by Stephen H. Wildstrom The new iPod Touch from Apple (AAPL) is in a class by itself. It’s like an iPhone, only without the phone. It’s a music player, though not your best choice if that’s what you’re looking for. It’s a wonderful video player and Web browser, despite certain limitations. Most important, it’s beautiful, and I bet it sells like crazy, even at $299 for an 8-gigabyte version and $399 for 16GB.  The Touch screams out for comparison to the iPhone, which costs the same as the 16GB version but offers half the storage. The new iPod has the same general appearance, with a similar 3.5-in. display, but is shorter, noticeably thinner, and features the iPod’s trademark polished metal back. Its basic software is the same as the iPhone’s, though tweaked in some interesting ways. And Wi-Fi is the only wireless option. That means no voice service, but also no commitment t
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IBM offers it’s flavour of Open Office for free
2007-09-20 00:38:44
Composes Open Document Symphony  By Egan Orion: Wednesday 19 September 2007, 16:54 IBM ANNOUNCED in New York City yesterday that it will offer a complete set of office productivity applications as free downloads. Branded as IBM Lotus Symphony, the office suite will include word processing, spreadsheet and presentation programs. Implementing the XML based file and display formats of the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) specification, Lotus Symphony will be based upon software written by the Open Office coalition, which IBM has joined along with Sun, Google and others. Last week IBM announced that it has dedicated 35 developers to contributing code to Open Office.The rest of IBM’s Lotus line of email, messaging and work group collaboration applications, led by its flagship Lotus Notes product, are proprietary. IBM has invested significant resouces in Lotus for over a decade, ever since it bought Lotus for $3.5 billion in 1995. But its Lotus SmartSuite line of office applica


Microsoft Endgame
2007-09-20 00:07:07
by Joel Dreyfuss  One day, we may look back on Sept. 17 as the official beginning of the end for Microsoft ’s dominance. Two separate events signaled the shift; one was the European Union court’s harsh ruling against Microsoft itself, charging that the world’s No. 1 software maker had abused its monopoly power to harm competitors. The verdict was expected – and showed that European bureaucrats had more courage than the U.S. Justice Department.  The other important announcement was IBM’s offering of Lotus Symphony, a suite of office applications, for free. This is just the latest bullet to the head of Microsoft’s cash cow. Years ago, when Google CEO Eric Schmidt ran Novell – and tried to save the faltering networking company – he argued that Microsoft’s real stranglehold on the PC market was not the Windows operating system but its Office productivity software suite.  Most users could care less about operating systems, he said, but they wanted to run Microsoft Offi
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Powerpoint clone added to Google Docs
2007-09-19 00:49:38
Adding to its slate of Web-based applications, Google Presentations allows users to create slideshows and share them with the world or with a defined set of contacts.  It can also be used as a free, basic alternative to Microsoft Powerpoint, allowing users to block any outside access to their documents. Users can also present the slideshows live to a group of people, complete with a chat box for comments during the presentation.  Like other Google Apps, files created on Presentations carry a complete history of modifications made and the people who made the respective changes.  Users can also send the file to someone via a one-click e-mail button, automatically giving them access to the presentation. Google Presentations has many of the same basic elements as Microsoft Powerpoint.  It contains a set of slide layouts and designs, as well as a complete palette of text editing options.  The major component not in the initial release of the new Google app is animation.  There are no
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Apple Boot Camp Beta Expires With Leopard
2007-10-03 06:31:31
Until Mac OS X Leopard ships, users would have to upgrade to version 1.4 to remain covered under the software license.  By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeek October 2, 2007 12:55 PM  Apple has told Boot Camp beta users that the software license will expire with the release of the next version of the Mac OS X, so customers will need to upgrade to Leopard to continue receiving support for the software that enables the use of Windows on the Mac.  Apple said on its Web site that Boot Camp beta versions 1.0 through 1.2 expired on Sept. 30, and users would have to upgrade to version 1.4 in order to remain covered under the software license. Boot Camp is currently licensed for use on a trial basis for a limited time.  “The new beta license will allow you to continue using Boot Camp until Mac OS X Leopard is available,” Apple said. Leopard, which is scheduled to ship this month, will include Boot Camp.  New features in the latest beta version include support for keyboard bac
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Apple, Jobs, AT&T named in ridiculous $1 million iPhone lawsuit
2007-10-03 05:56:47
By Jacqui Cheng | Published: October 02, 2007 - 07:48PM CT When Apple announced that it would be dropping the price of the 8GB iPhone by $200 only two months after the device’s debut, many initial buyers were not amused. Just before Apple issued its $100 iPhone credit to appease the early-adopting crowd, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was quoted saying that people shouldn’t be upset about the price drop—”That’s what happens in technology.” But one customer disagrees and has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Apple, AT&T, and Steve Jobs as a result.  New Yorker Dongmei Li’s problems started with her failed attempt to pick up an 8GB iPhone on launch day. The 8GB model had sold out at the Apple Store that Li had chosen to wait at for several hours—instead, she purchased the 4GB version for $499, complete with two-year contract with AT&T.  The laundry list of off-the-wall claims begins here, with Li alleging that Apple engaged in unfair and dec
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Coming Soon: A New Zune
2007-10-03 05:30:49
The next version of Microsoft’s music player won’t make any serious iPod inroads, but Zune holds a key role in bigger company ambitions Expectations ran low when Microsoft (MSFT) launched its Zune digital music player last holiday season. No wonder, considering the ease with which Apple’s (AAPL) hugely popular iPod vanquished all rivals. As it happens, Zune was no exception. The device has sold a paltry 1.2 million units. Apple sold 21.1 million iPods during the holidays alone. Given such overwhelming odds, you could forgive Microsoft if it simply walked away from this market. But the software giant unveiled a new batch of Zunes and some tweaks to the software that powers the device in time for the upcoming holiday season. Distant Vision   In mid-November, the company will roll out three new players. The $249 Zune 80 is the biggest, capable of holding 20,000 songs. The Zune 8 will run $199 and hold 2,000 songs. And the $149 Zune 4 will hold 975 songs. The Zune 8
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Adobe debuts media player
2007-10-02 06:48:52
By Mark Raby Monday, October 01, 2007 Chicago (IL) - Adobe has launched the beta version of its new media player , using the same format and streaming technology seen in YouTube and other video sharing sites.  CBS, PBS, Yahoo, and several other Internet companies have already pledged support for Adobe’s new endeavor.   The player will include embedded advertising either through forced-play video clips or permanent banners around the video window. According to Adobe, the Media Player will be supporting digital rights management, based on the currently offered protected streaming to Flash Player from Flash Media Server. The player is able to play .FLV files, the format used in YouTube and other similar sites.  It will require a 9 MB plug-in from Adobe. It is a move for Adobe into a market that is already highly concentrated.  Microsoft’s Windows Media Player currently holds the most digital player market share, with Real Player and Quicktime also remaining computer stapl
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Microsoft Office heads to the Web
2007-10-02 06:40:40
By Ina Fried Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: September 30, 2007  SEATTLE–In another clear sign that Microsoft sees the threat posed by its traditional business moving online, the company is readying a rival to Google’s Documents and Spreadsheets.  The software maker is announcing Office Live Workspace, a free online tool for viewing, sharing and storing–but not editing–Office documents online. (Its existing Office Live efforts will be rebranded as Office Live Small Business.) It’s not quite ready–starting Monday customers will be able to put in their name to be part of a beta testing program expected to begin later this year.  Still, the effort is a recognition that competition is heating up in the productivity arena, an area that large rivals had basically ceded to Microsoft a few years ago. In addition to Google’s effort, which as of earlier this month also includes presentation software, IBM announced its free Lotus Symphony produ
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Microsoft Blogger Accidentally Leaks Office Mobile Upgrade
2007-10-01 05:27:04
The upgrade, when it becomes available, should solve an incompatibility issue that left Windows Mobile 6.0 users unable to read Office 2007 file formats. Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service Friday, September 28, 2007 A Microsoft Corp. employee on Thursday accidentally blogged about an upgrade to Office Mobile that shouldn’t be available for another couple of weeks.  The upgrade, when it becomes available, should solve an incompatibility issue that left Windows Mobile 6.0 users unable to read Office 2007 file formats. Jason Langridge, who works in Microsoft’s Windows Mobile group in the U.K., wrote that Office Mobile 6.1 was available and he included a link to the download page. But a representative with Microsoft’s external public relations firm said that the upgrade was put up on the site initially for internal testing and was accidentally made available to the public. The new version of Office Mobile is expected to become available very soon, probably within the next
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Making YouTube Pay Off
2007-10-10 06:33:17
Andy Greenberg, 10.10.07, 1:36 AM ET  Since shelling out $1.6 billion for YouTube last year, Google has yet to wring a profit from the video site’s millions of user-generated clips.  Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) has tried inserting overlay ads into videos, and on Tuesday, it launched a new program to distribute ad-laced, commercially produced YouTube video clips to sites through its AdSense network.  But the key to unlocking profits from the torrent of homegrown online videos may instead be in the hands of a small British video search company called Blinkx.  Blinkx released a tool Wednesday that lets online publishers place targeted text ads in any video embedded on a Web site based on the actual content of the video. That’s a big contrast to Google’s approach: Google figures out what ads to pair with a video based strictly on the video’s title and any keywords attached to the clip. Blinkx software “listens to” and “watches&rd


Google’s OS dreams calling on Linux
2007-10-09 06:18:08
October 8, 2007 1:33 PM PDT Posted by Tom Krazit  Can Google ’s application development prowess be transformed into a next-generation mobile operating system?  It seems increasingly likely that Google, the ubiquitous tech company, is about to throw its hat into the race to develop the next big mobile device. Google’s no gadget-maker, but it does develop quite a bit of software, and reports have been building that the company is relatively close to releasing the Gphone. (Our style department says we have to spell it that way.)   Most people who have wandered onto the Internet in the past couple of years are familiar with Google. The company’s various applications from Gmail and Google Docs to Google Desktop and the Google Toolbar are likewise familiar to lots of PC users. When it comes to smart phones, Google Maps is almost a must-have application, and it comes standard with the iPhone.   So Google’s got experience in taking applications built for a PC and
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Offshore software development battlefield
2007-10-08 06:36:03
By Mandar Thosar  Published  09/12/2006  In early years of this decade, companies had started realising the benefits of outsourcing the activities to the experts that provides them competitive advantage. With more and more companies outsourcing their software activities, the global market for offshored IT services and business processes has nearly tripled since 2001. In bid to take advantage of this fact, players are now diving in this industry. Offshore software development has now become the battlefield with cutthroat competition. The existing players are making it difficult for new players to enter in custom software development market and new players, like new IT ventures and contries, are trying hard to get themselves identified as software service providers. In attempt to increase the market share, companies are shifting their focus towards local opportunities. To sustain current growth, the seasoned players are sorting out the options in new upcoming technologies like mobile


IBM, Google, Universities Combine ‘Cloud’ Forces
2007-10-08 04:56:21
By WILLIAM M. BULKELEY October 8, 2007; Page B7 International Business Machines Corp. and Google Inc. said they are starting a program on college campuses to promote computer-programming techniques for clusters of processors known as “clouds.”  In a joint telephone interview, IBM Chief Executive Samuel Palmisano and Google CEO Eric Schmidt said each company will spend between $20 million and $25 million for hardware, software and services that can be used by computer-science professors and students.  So-called cloud computing — which lately has attracted the attention of many tech giants, including Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. — allows computers in remote data centers to run parallel, increasing their processing power.  The cloud can run many software applications and can be accessed by many users. It promises to allow companies and universities to share resources and not have to expand their own costly data centers. However, the concept poses
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