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Borders partners with Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi in stores

In response to Barnes & Noble's move this summer to offer free Wi-Fi in its stores via AT&T, Borders on Thursday announced that it has signed an agreement with Verizon to provide free Wi-Fi service in more than 500 stores nationwide. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Borders Books & Music, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Reporters Without Borders lists repressive regimes

The "Enemies of the Internet" â€" according to a Reporters Without Borders report are Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. These countries have all "transformed their Internet into an Intranet in order to prevent their population from accessing ‘undesirable’ online...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Borders Books & Music, Internet, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Sustainability Across Borders

The social and environmental challenges facing business today are a complex mix of the global and the local, with the two levels frequently interrelated. Climate change, for example, is a worldwide issue, but progress has to occur in individual countries and cities, each with their own, sometimes widely different, societal...

Tags: Sustainability, Economist, Borders Books & Music

White papers 2008-10-01

The Borders of Computing

The Borders of Computingm$-centric.. and a bit of a puff pieceWhile I liked the attempt to highlight on the use of tech in south american schools and rehabilitation - I disliked the overbearing focus on how much of a market they are and what it means for microsoft.No amount of...

Tags: Borders Books & Music

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

The Borders of Computing

Exploring the Borders of Computing CNET News' Ina Fried sits down with Kara Tsuboi to discuss her special report on computing in Latin America.

Tags: Borders Books & Music, Computing, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, microsoft, brazil, columbia, south america, schools, art, civil war

Videos 2008-08-26

Australian Customs Guards Computers and National Borders With New Operating System

The Australian Customs Service uses a range of sophisticated techniques to protect national borders. To back this up, it maintains about 5,800 computers, including 600 notebooks, at 93 locations. However, its IT department was struggling under the burden of maintaining its desktop infrastructure and was concerned about the security of...

Tags: Operating System, Notebook Computer, Mobility, Borders Books & Music, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2008-06-01

Portrait of the Borders Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)

Screensaver featuring images from the latest book from award winning UK photographer Jason Friend. This screensaver features 11 images from the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, United Kingdom.This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, Borders Books & Music, Microsoft Windows, Image, Jason Friend Photography

Software downloads 2008-05-16

UNESCO backs out as group names Internet Enemies

Today is Online Free Expression Day, a Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres, or RSF) event that was to have been sponsored by UNESCO. But the free speech organization revealed today that UNESCO backed out. We were notified...

Tags: Borders Books & Music, UNESCO, Internet, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Borders to break free of Amazon

Borders to break free of Amazon1991???I wonder where Reuters got the alliance "since 1991." The Borders.com domain name was registered 22-jul-1994, and I think I remember an attempt of their own, maybe somewhere in the late 90s. Even Amazon.com was only registered 01-nov-1994. Was it 2001?I found confirmation of 2001I...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Borders Books & Music

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

Decorate Documents or Pictures With Borders

In Microsoft Office Word 2007, borders can add interest and emphasis to various parts of the document. The user can add borders to pages, text, tables and table cells, graphic objects, and pictures. The user can add a border to any or all sides of each page in a document,...

Tags: Borders Books & Music, Border, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

White papers 2007-12-01

Securing Networks Without Borders

Many of the principles of modern IT security are based on identifying and securing the network perimeter. However, with VPN, Webmail, mobile devices, and telecommuters and road warriors, the perimeter has become so fluid that this method has lost much of its effectiveness. To delve into why...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Network, Information Technology, Borders Books & Music, Perimeter Security, Perimeter, Strategy, Telecommuting, Networking, Security, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Webcasts 2007-11-28

Professor, clean water advocate share Heinz environmental award

Two individuals will share the 13th annual Heinz Award for the Environment, scheduled to be presented Oct. 22 in Pittsburgh. Each year, $250,000 awards in five achievement categories are presented by Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation to honor the memory of her late husband, Senator John Heinz of...

Tags: Storage, Heather Clancy, H.J. Heinz Co., Borders Books & Music

Blog posts 2007-09-12

Police: Bomb plot foiled for U.K.-U.S. flights

Police: Bomb plot foiled for U.K.-U.S. flightsRemember "Blasting caps"?The mind control experiments of the 1960s have made a comeback. Make a claim about terrorism and you can justify any response you want! Are you stupid enough to go against the government by questioning them?Well so much for "FIghting them there...

Tags: Vertical industries, Borders Books & Music, government, attack

Discussion threads 2006-08-10

Another mobile magazine shuts down

Another mobile magazine shuts downMobile magsPC magsI have come to believe the only good tech mags are from the UK. I normally find them at Borders books.The rise of the UMPC Magazine!In a week or so, the rise of the UMPC magazine will emerge. I wonder if that trademark...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Advertising & Promotion, mobile magazine, Borders Books & Music, mobile

Discussion threads 2006-08-01

Photo: Digital reading at Borders

The lightweight Sony Reader, while only the size of a closed paperback, comes with a cover to mimic the board and spine of an actual book.

Tags: cover, mimic, Borders Books & Music, Sony Corp., photograph, board

Image galleries 2006-04-03

Photo: Digital reading at Borders

The lightweight Sony Reader, while only the size of a closed paperback, comes with a cover to mimic the board and spine of an actual book.

Tags: cover, mimic, Borders Books & Music, Sony Corp., photograph, board

Image galleries 2006-04-03

Burners without Borders deliver Wi-Fi to the Gulf

Hurricane Katrina struck just as Burning Man - that Labor Day weekend celebration of everything - was winding down in the Nevada desert. So Tom Price and about 20 other volunteers broke down the festival's heavy equipment and headed southeast to try to help out, Dan Terdiman writes...

Tags: Price, Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-01

Borders 1.0 (Mac)

Find the hidden line by analizing the numbers on the playfield. Borders includes 15 levels. Each level has some different puzzles. Begin now to play Borders - it's easy and it's fun.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Borders Books & Music, Michael Heberle Software, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-11-28

California wins tax spat with Borders.com

California wins tax spat with Borders.comThis is fairAs long as eCommerce has the same rules as regular interstate commerce, then fair is fair. Interstate commerce conducted via telephone, fax or postal mail has always had that rule of no tax if done interstate, and there are no physical locations...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, E-business/E-commerce, Borders Books & Music, tax, fax, tax spat

Discussion threads 2005-06-15

More on help for tsunami victims

Om Malik has a good list of organizations for donations to help tsunami victims. He also has a suggestion for Carly Fiorina and HP:  Hewlett Packard has been trying to position itself as the digital photo/imaging company for years, and very successfully so. It has been a good corporate citizen and...

Tags: donation, Borders Books & Music

Blog posts 2004-12-31