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######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Yahoo! has recently revamped its home page. Revamping has been done at a time when more websites are focusing on aggregation of online content. Yahoo! competitors Microsoft and Google too incorporate information

######## Article ###### Deep packet inspection (DPI) is an Internet-monitoring technology that helps in addressing network congestion problems and combating virus threats. The DPI technology is gaining momentum, despite fears that it would affect user privacy. People are concerned

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### New smartphones like the Palm Pre, the iPhone, and the N-series phones from Nokia Corp. have big screens and make it easy for users to watch longer duration movies and

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft is aggressively cutting prices of its Windows and Office suite of products as well as its newly launched Internet services, as part of its efforts to face the challenges posed by the

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Google is slowly progressing in the office productivity applications market, which has been dominated by Microsoft until now. When Google entered the business applications market with its web-based collaboration platform Google Apps, General Electric

######## Article ###### Many startups are coming up with innovative alternative energy products and services even in this current period of recession. Cleantech information service provider GreenBiz.com recently identified a list of small green businesses that have succeeded, despite

######## Article ###### ###### The PC industry plans to cash in on ultrathins that combine the advantages of battery life and portability of netbooks with the performance of traditional notebooks. These ultrathin laptops would incorporate either AMD or Intel processors

######## Article ###### ###### ###### While buying computers, people have to make their choices from a range of similar products that have huge differences in prices. Therefore, consumers often get confused whether the extra money that they pay for some

######## Article Nandan Nilekani, cofounder of Indian IT services company Infosys Technologies, is now working in a revolutionary government project to equip every Indian with an ID card within ten years. The plan involves providing every Indian with a microchip

######## Article ###### Mitsubishi Motor in Tokyo has planned to start selling its electric minicar called the i-MiEV, leading the way for other electric car manufactures in the automobile industry such as Subaru, BYD Auto, and Nissan Motor. As

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### FedEx is making a commitment to online video as the centerpiece of a new ad campaign it is launching through ad agency BBDO. The campaign is called #;#,#,# Succeed!#; and is

######## Article Cloud computing may be growing more popular, but that is also raising concerns about security #;in the cloud,#; especially given recent episodes such as the hack of Twitter corporate data from the Google cloud server, as well as

######## Article Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager, is making use of behavioral economics to encourage people to use electronic prescription services. Uniform supplier Cintas and home improvement retailer Lowe#;s are among the ## customers that recently participated in

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Nissan#;s new Infiniti G## Convertible got an August advertising launch that included a mobile component. The mobile device campaign includes a new mobile WAP site and SMS, plus user generated media and direct mail

######## Article E-marketers are using predictive technologies and analyzing online behavioral data for enabling retail websites to attract customers through targeted ads. ATG is an analytics company that offers an e-marketing solution to a retail website called FigLeaves

######## Article ###### Computer scientists, roboticists, and artificial intelligence researchers recently gathered at Asilomar Conference Grounds. These researchers discounted the possibility of any spontaneous emergence of centralized superintelligence. Enhancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have made computer scientists debate whether limits

######## Article ###### ###### Google has entered into the real estate domain recently by launching searchable property maps. These maps provide listed homes, snap shots of these homes, as well as links to websites of property brokers. Like Google Maps

######## Article Steve Perlman, founder of Palo Alto-based OnLive Inc., plans to develop cloud-based video gaming platform. The gaming platform would change the current trend to purchase newer, faster computers or consoles for gaming applications, according to Perlman

######## Article ###### Recently, private email accounts of a Twitter employee were accessed by a hacker. Based on information available from these email accounts, the hacker disclosed that Twitter expects its earnings to peak to $###million in end #### from

######## Article Solar companies GreenSun Energy and #GSolar based in Jerusalem, Israel, are trying to develop cheaper processes to generate electricity from sunlight. Renata Reisfeld and her team of chemists and physicists at GreenSun Energy are developing a cheaper process

######## Article ###### Alabama governor Bob Riley had initiated a distance-learning program named Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) in #### for rural and urban students to receive advanced course material. To implement the ACCESS distance-learning

######## Article ###### Many tech companies are offering online educational programs for students and are analyzing their progress. DreamBox Learning, Indian Math Online, GoGo Lingo, Grockit, Brightstorm, and SmartyCard are some of the companies that offer a range of innovative

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### The market for Apple#;s iPod Touch devices is rapidly growing. Meanwhile, the company is witnessing declining sales trends for its earlier iPod models. AdMob, a mobile advertisement provider, notes that the

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft will be releasing its new Windows # operating system with some big improvements over the previous versions of its operating system. For Vista users, the upgrading process to Windows # would not be

######## Article ###### The U.S. government is heavily investing in improving technology infrastructure at schools across the country. The economic stimulus package passed by President Barack Obama#;s administration will include about $### million allotted for implementing the Enhancing

######## Article Emerging smarter video processing techniques, also known as video analytics, would help extract important information from video streams. The nature and use of the information extracted through video analysis would vary with applications, such as movement tracking and

######## Article ###### Though buying electronic books online is easy, copyright rules give publishers or distributors the right to delete e-books purchased by users and to restrict users from sharing e-books. Recently, Amazon.com Inc. deleted digital books

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### T-Mobile has recently released the myTouch #G--the successor to its G# smartphone--with new improvements. The T-Mobile myTouch #G built by HTC runs on an enhanced version of Google

######## Article ###### ###### Barnes & Noble Inc., one of the largest bookstore chains in the U.S., has planned to launch an e-bookstore to offer bestsellers at competitive prices. The company is venturing into the electronic book market, which

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Moon in Google Earth is a new tool recently launched by Google as a part of its free online #-D mapping service. The tool allows users to virtually orbit the moon. Using Moon in

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Implementation cost is a significant factor that organizations need to analyze while selecting virtualization solutions offered by companies such as VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix. VMware vSphere is best suited for high-performance data center

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft has recently released the Technical Preview version of its new Office #### application to a small group of users. The company has also planned to release a web-based

######## Article ###### ###### Companies that integrate a mix of print, event, and online resources reach a broad audience that shows relatively minimal overlap. For example, Canon Communications found that only ## percent to ## percent of its trade-show

######## Article Cisco Systems uses e-mail metrics to find out how best to leverage its WebEx online meeting forum and e-learning product. Cisco uses StrongMail as its e-mail service provider to send out promotional e-mail newsletters

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### The DXi#### is a disk-based backup system and data deduplication solution offered by Quantum. The backup solution offers about ###TB of disk space for backup infrastructures based on virtual tape library (VTL

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Enterprise data loss prevention (DLP) products can be categorized as perimeter-based, client-based, or hybrid systems that make use of both perimeter- and client-based techniques. A perimeter-based DLP product can be

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### xVM VirtualBox is a free workstation virtualization platform offered by Sun Microsystems. The virtualization tool that runs virtual machines on a range of operating systems continues to challenge other players

######## Article Apple and Research In Motion, two strong players in the smartphone market, are reaping substantial profits from their phones that account to only a small percent of the overall cellphones market. Brian Modoff, an analyst at Deutsche Bank

######## Article ###### Cloud computing addresses on-demand computing needs and is best suited for scaling IT infrastructure based on traffic. Even with several compelling benefits, cloud-based hosting is still facing resistance from some IT professionals and business executives

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Google#;s Chrome OS could prove better than many operating systems currently available in running web applications. Google has developed many web apps for messaging, spreadsheets, documents, and others

######## Article ###### ###### Several industry observers consider the web-based operating system Chrome OS, which Google plans to develop, would be a strong competitor to Microsoft#;s Windows-based operating systems. However, while developing the new operating system, Google

######## Article ###### ###### The emergence of netbook computers and cloud computing has paved the way for the development web browser based applications. Small and light netbook computers that are capable of running applications like iTunes and Word could significantly

######## Article Semantic Web applications, touted by some as Web #.#, could help the Obama administration to accomplish its aim of bringing transparency and accountability to the way the U.S. government operates. The Obama government is working to

######## Article ###### Establishing data retention policies is a challenge for companies. Data retention policies define how long data need to be retained by companies. Data retention periods vary depending on data types. Appropriately defined data retention policies could help

######## Article ###### ###### While major vendors Oracle, Google, IBM, FairCom, and Amazon provide database management tools that help to manage and analyze large volumes of enterprise data, database startups Aster Data Systems and Cloudera have built their businesses--with

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Companies are investigating the possibilities of utilizing cloud computing and virtualization solutions for reducing their hardware and software costs. The Infrastructure Executive Council#;s program manager Mark Tonsetic recommends organizations seeking to use cloud computing

######## Article Social networking norms are slowly finding their way into project planning as well as product development. Mining company Nevsun Resources, storage vendor Seagate Technology, international executive recruiter Egon Zehnder, and PLM solution provider PTC are using social networking

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft Corp. recently released over ##,### lines of Linux driver codes to the open source Linux community. The driver helps in running Linux virtual machines on the Hyper-V virtualization software offered by

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### OpenSolaris ####.## is the latest of version of open source operating system offered by Sun Microsystems. In OpenSolaris ####.##, Sun has added new network virtualization features that would help administrators

######## Article ###### Internet marketers can use e-mail metrics to measure data that goes deeper than click-through rates. David Daniels, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, says that marketers should look at their e-mail metrics

######## Article ###### ###### Natural search is delivering a higher return on investment at a lower cost than pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns. Companies have found they can reap long-term marketing benefits from inserting links and metatags and adjusting

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Wireless and mobile technologies are changing the manner in which enterprise IT departments operate. Mobile browsers that have been developed with the open source WebKit engine as foundation can now

######## Article ###### ###### Google recently announced that it has taken its web-based collaboration platform Google Apps out of the beta stage. The company#;s email service Gmail is yet to pass the beta cycle. Beta is a name

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Google has announced the development of a lightweight operating system (OS) named Google Chrome OS that would compete with the Windows OS. The announcement created a speculation whether the Google Chrome OS, particularly on netbooks

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft Security Essentials, formerly called as Morro, is a free security solution offered by Microsoft. The software is currently in its beta stage. Security Essentials can be easily installed and uninstalled on systems

######## Article ###### ###### The authenticity of information spread through Web #.# technologies like social networking websites is a huge concern for people using these platforms. Popular social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook facilitate informal communications and

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### After the excitement created by the announcement of the Chrome OS by Google, enterprise CEOs are grappling with a more critical question as to how would web-based computing change the way software

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### The type of cloud computing approach an enterprise selects generally determines the ideal data management option it should adopt. When analyzing the capability of a cloud computing database manager, the category of applications--e

######## Article ###### Social networks are a key platform for business-to-business (b-to-b) marketing. A virtual trade show hosted by #;BtoB#; magazine, #;Leading Edge: Demand Generation in the Digital Age,#; brought together numerous companies to discuss lead

######## Article ###### Business-to-business (b-to-b) marketers have turned to social media in droves over the last two years to generate demand and build brand recognition. According to a survey conducted by #;BtoB#; magazine and the Association

######## Article ###### ###### The recent submission of Linux kernel code by Microsoft is considered a strategy of Microsoft to cement its position in the high growth open source market. Analyst Al Gillen at ITC says Microsoft has initiated this

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### The future of Unix, the operating system developed by programmer Ken Thompson at the Bell Laboratories about four decades ago, looks bleak. In ####, Thompson created the initial version of the operating system

######## Article ###### During the ##th anniversary celebration of the Apollo ## moon landing, NASA officials and supporters recalled the technology advances inspired by the first manned mission to moon. The Apollo space program accelerated the development of a number

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Firefox #.# is the latest version of web browser from Mozilla. Mozilla has made several reliability and performance enhancements to the browser. The new browser broadly supports HTML

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Google and Microsoft have recently made major announcements regarding the release of their new products. Google has planned to develop a web-based operating system (OS) called Chrome OS. The company is

######## Article Exxon Mobil has recently announced that it would invest $###m in San Diego-based Synthetic Genomics to develop next-generation algae-based biofuels. The company plans to make a further investment of $###m if its venture succeeds. Craig

######## Article Two groups of physicists, one led by Pierre Colin of Munich-based Max Planck Institute for Physics and the other by Michael Kuhlen of Princeton-based Institute for Advanced Study, say they have developed methods to detect the

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Last year, Peek Inc. launched a low-cost email-only device that targets business users and teenagers. In appearance, Peek#;s email-only device looks similar to a smartphone, with a wide display

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Popular economics blogs, such as Real Time Economics of #;The Wall Street Journal,#; Economix and Freakonomics of #;The New York Times,#; Free Exchange of the #;Economist,#; Marginal Revolution, and Calculated Risk, are helping Americans to

######## Article ###### More than twelve media companies--including Time Warner Inc. and CBS Corp.--would participate in a #;web TV#; trial conducted by cable operator Comcast Corp. The idea behind the Comcast web TV trial is to place more

######## Article ###### ###### Recently, around ### students at Northwest Missouri State University tested the Reader, an electronic-book reader from Sony Corp. Some students liked the keyword search capability of the Reader, which is not possible with regular textbooks

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Mozilla has recently released version #.# of its Firefox web browser. Mozilla Firefox ranks No. # in the browser market next to Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), which holds about ## percent

######## Article ###### ###### ###### More than twelve TV networks, including CBS Corp., AMC, Cablevision Systems Corp., BBC America, Food Network of Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., and A&E Television Networks, have accepted to join the nationwide online video subscription

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Apple#;s App Store has contributed to the growth of developers like DistinctDev Inc., and PopCap Games Inc., who create gaming and other applications for iPhones. These developers are adopting various marketing strategies

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Programs such as TweetDeck and Seesmic help users to manage tweets on the Twitter website. These programs use the Adobe Air tool to refresh the Twitter website content continuously while these programs themselves

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### The Google Voice app for BlackBerrys and Android-based smartphones could convert them into hubs that would manage all user contacts and voice mails. Recently, the applications were demonstrated privately by the original

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft has planned to offer its Office software as a web-based service, changing its decades-old strategy of selling software as a boxed product. Microsoft will distribute

######## Article ###### Henry Markram, head of the Blue Brain project from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland is creating #;Blue Brain,#; a software simulation model of a rat#;s brain. The artificial cells of this simulated brain model

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Google is planning to develop an operating system (OS) based on its web browser Chrome. Google hopes to spur a completely new market for software--like the Google Docs--that would entirely

######## Article William Breitbart, a psychiatrist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, has developed a group therapy program for helping patients suffering from diseases like cancer to find hope and meaning in their lives. So far, Breitbart has tested about ### patients

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### A wide range of software tools and services has been launched to help small enterprises to use the Twitter website to their business advantage. Some of the interesting tools include TweetBeep from Inblosam

######## Article ###### ###### Cisco Systems is building a portfolio for consumer electronics (CE) companies through its recent acquisitions. Pure Digital, Linksys, and Scientific-Atlanta are some of the consumer electronics companies acquired by Cisco. Through these acquisitions, Cisco is

######## Article Media and advertising executives are concerned that the online privacy bill or similar federal regulation would threaten their business. Among other things, these executives fear about a provision that would require web surfers to opt-in before enterprises

######## Article At a workshop recently hosted by the Electronics and Information Technology Laboratory (Leti) of atomic energy commission (CEA) in France, researchers demonstrated the capabilities of three-dimensional (#-D) multigate structures in enhancing the efficiency of memory architectures

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### The new iPhone #GS smartphone from Apple comes with some promising video recording and editing capabilities. The smartphone is better positioned to compete with the Flip range of camcorders from Pure Digital, a

######## Article Even small companies like Wareham-based Local Motors Inc. are starting to involve customers in their decision making processes. Consultations provided by customers through the Internet include issues that range from the types of products to sell, looks

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Through its new iPhone #GS smartphone with video recording capabilities, Apple may well affect the low-cost camcorder market dominated by Pure Digital Technologies. Pure Digital, which networking company Cisco Systems has

######## Article ###### ###### The Google Chrome OS would place user data, preferences, and computing applications on the Internet. The author says the Google Chrome OS reminds him of the driveless desktop network computer (NC) Larry Ellison launched in ####

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Microsoft is pitching major advertising companies--WPP, Publicis Groupe, Omnicom Group, Dentsu, and Interpublic Group--a deal to buy Razorfish, its digital ad service. The deal will help Microsoft to establish a firm presence in

######## Article ###### Emails are recognized as essential communication tools by businesses and individuals. However, next-generation collaboration tools may soon take the place of emails. Cloud computing and Web #.# tools are overtaking emails in several ways. In

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Nokia has launched the E##x and the E## smartphones in the U.S. Nokia has tied up with AT&T for the launch of the E##x smartphone, while the E## smartphone

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Software maker Intuit facilitates diehard QuickBooks users to network through a website. The Intuit QuickBooks Live Community website is automatically accessible to users who open QuickBooks #### on their Macs or PCs. This website

######## Article AT&T plans to venture into the business of mobile Internet access at a time when growth in its wireline and wireless businesses is slowing. The plan to venture into this business stems from the concept to find

######## Article ###### Despite economic pressures prompting them to make cutbacks in other areas, many multichannel merchants are investing in the e-commerce consumer experience not only to drive results but also to delve further into the connection between online

######## Article TS Adams Studio, Architects Inc. has been remotely depositing checks over the Internet for the last two years. Accounting manager Kelli Adams of Architects Inc. says check deposits over the Internet helps the company to bank at any

######## Article ###### Programmable logic component manufacturers such as Cswitch Corp., Gatefield Corp., Velogix Inc., Texas Instruments, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Intel Corp. are losing their businesses in the programmable logic market. Veterans in the programmable logic market attribute

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Factors that once helped to stereotype BlackBerry users and iPhone users may soon lose their distinctions. The BlackBerry is considered to be widely used by businesspersons, while the iPhone is thought to be suitable for

######## Article ###### Chief Executive Peter Chou wants to take Taiwanese handset-manufacturer HTC from an original design manufacturer (ODM) of high-end #;smart#; phones for leading Western mobile operators and transform the company into a household name like Nokia

######## Article ###### ###### Apple is faced with the challenge of curbing the recent rise of inane, offensive, and useless iPhone applications. So far, more than ##,### iPhone applications have been uploaded to the online mobile application marketplace. iFart

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Google Inc. has recently announced its plan to launch a free operating system (OS) called Google Chrome OS for personal computers. By releasing the Chrome OS, Google will compete with Microsoft, which is currently a