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- Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?
- Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?Subscriptions, ah, yes...I remember back in the stone age when cable was born. Then it was, well, yes you are paying for it but NO COMMERCIALS, WOW!Years have passed and in most markets not only are you paying monthly, but there are programs...
- Tags: Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, cable, consumer economic, RealNetworks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
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- Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...
- Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?
- It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more edgier terrain by their creative agencies. And yet where trust and sustainability is at a premium, its hard to figure how BBDO convinced Pepsico to cross the line...
- Tags: Advertisement, PepsiCo, Suicide, Twitter, BBDO, Christine Lu, TBWA, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Next up for layoffs: Real
- Real Networks said today that it informed 130 employees, or 7.5 percent of its worldwide workforce, that their positions would be eliminated at the end of year. In a post on the company's official blog, the company said the layoffs were part of a larger cost cutting plan that "is...
- Tags: Layoff, Severance Package, RealNetworks Inc., Health Care, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- American auto industry low on fuel and popular support
- After today's Senate hearings the Detroit Big Three are nowhere nearer getting any federal aid than they were after their last visit. Whatever you may think of the automakers "plan" to change and become viable, there is no plan in the Senate itself that would lead to a bill that...
- Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Industry, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for
- Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost, according to a new study by NETCompetition.org, a site committed to Net Neutrality "pro-competition Internet forum funded...
- Tags: Consumer, U.S., Google Inc., Bandwidth, Study, Broadband, Precursor LLC, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- The emerging case for open business methods
- The Internet has been the genesis of countless useful business innovations over the last several decades. These include a globally unified e-mail network, the advent of search engines, the rise of rich user experiences and SaaS, and most recently cloud computing to name but a few. But perhaps...
- Tags: Network, Industry, Business, Business Strategy, Business Method, Reasons Organization, Dave Bort, Internet, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales
- Bad news from chipmaker AMD today - the Sunnyvale company has warned that Q4 revenues will be about 25% lower than those for Q3. AMD blames weak consumer demand as buyers are increasingly unwilling to lever open their wallets and purses. Some quick numbers....
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Adobe lays off 600; skips Macworld Expo
- Adobe Systems, Inc. announced yesterday in a statement that it will eliminate 600 full-time positions, or roughly 8 percent of its workforce, amid weaker than expected fourth quarter earnings. Fellow ZD blogger Larry Dignan notes that demand for Creative Suite 4 was weaker than expected and the...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macworld, Workforce Management, Operational Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- LeWeb sold out
- Much to my surprise but relief LeWeb 2008 has sold out. That's what Loic LeMeur told me the other evening. Given the economic downturn, that has to count as an extraordinary result. Perhaps things in Paris are not as bad as they are elsewhere. Several of those attending have been...
- Tags: Hotel, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- AMD: Fourth quarter sales to fall 25 percent sequentially
- As promised, AMD issued its fourth quarter update Thursday and it wasn't pretty. In a terse statement, AMD said that sales for the fourth quarter will be 25 percent lower than the third quarter tally of $1.58 billion. AMD said its projections don't include process and technology...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- i2, JDA call off merger
- JDA and i2 said they are calling off their supply chain wedding plans amid an uncertain economic picture. In August statement, JDA agreed to buy i2 for $346 million, or $14.86 a share, in cash. On Wednesday, i2 shares closed at $7.70. JDA was going to finance...
- Tags: Merger, I2 Technologies Inc., JDA, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- IBM launches first Linux-OpenOffice desktop with virtualization features
- IBM has added a Linux desktop with new virtualization capabilities to its portfolio. The Virtual Desktop, which bundles Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, Virtual Bridges' KVM-based desktop virtualization software and IBM's Open Collaboration Client Solution, is available now, Big Blue announced on Thursday. None of the...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Virtual Bridges, IBM Lotus Symphony, Linux, Virtualization, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending
- AT&T said Thursday that it will cut about 12,000 jobs, or 4 percent of its workforce, due largely to "economic pressures." The layoffs are beginning to sound like a broken record (or MP3). AT&T said it wants to streamline its operations as its business morphs to one...
- Tags: Job, AT&T Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Schwartz: Three reasons you need JavaFX
- In the run-up to today's launch of JavaFX, ZDNet sat down with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz to get his thoughts on JavaFX, Flash, and the future of Java. [ Read: Sun launches JavaFX 1.0, and JavaFX Q&A ] [Ed] Q. Why did Sun create...
- Tags: Developer, Java Platform, Sun Microsystems Inc., JCP, Audience, JavaFX, Ed, Jonathan, Microsoft Obviously, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Amazon puts human genome, other data sets in the cloud
- Amazon Web Services AWS on Thursday said it will publish data sets such as the Human Genome, U.S. Census and labor statistics to its cloud to make the information easier to access for researchers. For starters, Amazon will publish various U.S. Census databases from the U.S. Census...
- Tags: Genome, Amazon.com Inc., Data Set, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Sun launches JavaFX 1.0
- On Thursday Sun released the production version of JavaFX, a new platform for building rich internet applications. Version 1.0 targets web browsers and desktops, but subsequent releases will be available on mobile devices, TVs, and other consumer electronics devices. A mobile emulator is included for developers to preview building mobile...
- Tags: Asset, Developer, Web, Mobile, Sun Microsystems Inc., Web Browser, Plug-in, Graphics, Mobile Emulator, JavaFX Development Environment, JavaFX Desktop, Asset Management, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Open source thrives in downturn
- Collaboration initiatives are all about streamlining business processes, and the interfaces between legacy closed systems and open source stacks are an increasingly common place to find business collaboration environments. According to research firm Gartner, open source software is present in 85% of enterprises and the...
- Tags: Intalio Inc., Collaboration Initiative, Alfresco, Open Source, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovation
- Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovationGreat idea!! But, yes, the car manufactureres would have to be draggedkicking and screaming. Though, the current economic climate just might be the thing that forces them into it. Of course there would be a lot more component...
- Tags: Manufacturing, car, chip industry, chip, industry
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Adobe lays off 600 workers, CS4 demand weaker than expected
- Adobe said Wednesday that it will eliminate 600 full-time positions, or roughly 8 percent of its workforce, amid weaker than expected fourth quarter earnings. The company said in a statement that it will deliver fourth quarter revenue between $912 million to $915 million, down from its previous...
- Tags: Revenue, Adobe Systems Inc., Earnings, Worker, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
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