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Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking parts: Contractors and subcontractors have ripped off the federal government for about $3.5 million in bogus networking parts, an FBI investigation has revealed. According to Reuters, Operation Cisco Raider revealed some 3,500 fake versions of Cisco equipment were sold to federal agencies. The counterfeit parts moved from companies...; Tags: U.S., Network, FBI, Investigation, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Nokia kicks off strategy to focus more attention on the U.S. wireless market: I have been enjoying the recent posts on the Nokia Conversations site and a couple that I found particularly interesting was the post about Nokia's changes in the USA and the interview with the N96 and N78 creators. One is directly applicable to U.S. users of Nokia products, like myself,...; Tags: U.S., Strategy, Phone, Device, Nokia Corp., N96, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Our big carbon footprints: A class of MIT students in mechanical engineering has studied the carbon footprints of different lifestyles, from the homeless to multimillionaires. And the results are both fascinating and frightening. According to the study, even the people with the lowest incomes in the U.S. emit twice more carbon than the average...; Tags: U.S., Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Study finds that 14 percent of U.S. consumers "borrow" free Wi-Fi: A new study from Accenture reveals that 12 percent of U.S. and U.K. respondents admit to using someone else's Wi-Fi connection. Accenture says that piggybacking is more common in the United States, with one in seven people--14 percent-- admitting to borrowing someone else's signal. And, not surprisingly, the practice is...; Tags: U.S., Accenture Ltd., U.K., Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Security, Wireless, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-04-22

Alternative energy folks should be smiling as gas expected to soar in cost: The U.S. government is preparing American drivers for $4 gasoline this spring. Meanwhile crude oil prices seem to be settled into a range just above $100/barrel. As long as the U.S. dollar stays weak and demand for oil doesn't drop considerably, there's no reason to expect lower oil prices....; Tags: U.S., Alternative Energy, Gasoline, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-09
How much solar to run the whole U.S.?: Courtesy: NASA. One blogger says he's calculated the answer. It's close to 600 square miles. To provide all the electricity now used in the U.S. How does that compare to all the mall parking lots in the land? Cover them over with...; Tags: U.S., NASA, Europe, Blogging, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-06
Top 10 megaregions in the United States: The core of the U.S. economy is made up of roughly a dozen megaregions, some of which stretch into Canada and Mexico. They produce hundreds of billions -- and sometimes trillions -- of dollars in economic output. They harness human creativity on a massive scale, and they are the source...; Tags: U.S., Blogging, Internet; Download resources 2008-04-02
Patriot Act preventing Google Apps adoption in schools: Canada's Globe and Mail is reporting on one university that is experiencing a serious backlash for rolling out Google Apps. LakeHead University used Google's free online email and collaboration tools to replace an aging infrastructure, and has successfully saved the school hundreds of thousands of dollars. The backlash...; Tags: U.S., Google Inc., Google Apps, Tool, USA PATRIOT Act, Backlash, Productivity, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Apple's U.S. sales skyrocket in February: According to a report released by market research firm NPD Group sales of Macs skyrocketed to 14 percent in units, and 25 percent in dollars of all retail sales of computers in the U.S. The results were reported by Pacific Crest Securities analyst Andy Hargreaves on Monday...; Tags: U.S., Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-03-19
Hippo shows they're still coming to America: Despite the falling dollar and rumors of the U.S. leading the world into recession, tech start-ups are still coming to America. I spent yesterday writing up an interview about Healthphone, a start-up created to market a New Zealand medical technology to the U.S., Canada, and the Pacific...; Tags: U.S., America, San Francisco, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-13
TIA 2.0: NSA conducts data sweeps and mining without oversight: In a front-page piece on Monday, Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal argued that the NSA has been building, over the past several years, the same capability that was planned for Total Information Awareness. TIA was an "experimental Pentagon antiterrorism program meant to vacuum up electronic...; Tags: U.S., Phone, Story, NSA, E-mail, Government, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-12
EU to probe US prosecution of gaming firms: The EU says it's taking a look at US prosecution of European online gaming outfits to see if the Bush Administration is especially targeting non-American firms, Reuters reports. "The U.S. has the right to address legitimate public policy concerns relating to Internet gambling, but discrimination against EU...; Tags: U.S., European Union, Games, Internet, Free Trade, Personal Technology, Finance, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-11
The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO: In all the talk (and there's been plenty of talk) concerning the ISO meetings on Office OpenXML OOXML one point stands out. (Picture from Stephesblog.) The U.S. voted no. As Andy Updegrove notes, the vote involved approving over 900 changes to OOXML meant to...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Office, Idea, Problem, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-02
Global Warming (GW)? The spin cycle is on high.: The only thing more controversial in the U.S. these days than GW George W is the other GW Global Warming. And that's the GW this blog is interested in. A report from the National Climatic Data Center is being spun dry right now. To one recent blog...; Tags: U.S., Temperature, Global Warming, NCDC, January, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-02
Washington State First to Provide a U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) - Compliant Enhanced Driver License: With the implementation of the U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative WHTI program, U.S. citizens ultimately will need to provide WHTI-compliant proof of identity upon returning to the U.S. from western hemisphere nations. With Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire's sponsorship, and anticipating increased border crossings in 2010 with the upcoming Winter...; Tags: U.S., Washington, Microsoft Corp.; Case studies 2008-03-01
Proposed 3Com buyers aim to allay U.S. security concerns (again): Bain Capital and Huawei will resubmit its bid for 3Com to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. in hopes of closing a deal. A $2.2 billion buyout of 3Com has been hung up over concerns that China's Huawei would have access to critical U.S. security...; Tags: U.S., Bain, 3Com Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-29
New Ricoh R8 sports wide 7.5x zoom lens in a compact body.: [Updated: February 21, 2008 @ 5:28 am] I'm a big fan of extra-wide point-and-shoot cameras so I'm looking forward to getting a closer look at the new Ricoh R8, announced yesterday. Like its predecessor the R7 (which wasn't released in the U.S.), the R8 sports a fairly wide f/3.3-5.2 28mm-200mm-equivalent...; Tags: U.S., Ricoh Corp., Camera, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Images: Be prepared for total lunar eclipse: On Wednesday evening the United States will be treated to a total lunar eclipse--the last one for almost three years. by Andy Smith; Tags: U.S., News.com, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-02-20
Poll: If the U.S. Presidential election were held today, who would you vote for?: Presidents appoint cabinet officers and regulatory members who execute technology policy. Plus, this is President's Day weekend in the U.S. So IMHO, appropriate time to ask: [poll=196] by Russell Shaw; Tags: U.S., President, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-15

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