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Standards urged for e-tail commissions

Standards urged for e-tail commissionsParasitewareThis is an old story about parasites. The statement about merchants wanting a better solution is just not true. I have recently contacted 1300 of the best merchants and they definitely are not interested in anything other than the affiliates that are making them...

Tags: e-tail commission, e-tail

Discussion threads 2004-02-02

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Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...

Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

AVS Sparks Screensaver (exe)

Relax with AVS Sparks Screensaver. A magnificent comet tail evoking thoughts about the infinity of the universe. Developed in 3D, bright, colorful and originally designed, our screensavers will give you a lot of exciting emotions. A special feature makes possible to enrich the screensaver with your own images. This version...

Tags: Screensaver, Online Media Technologies

Software downloads 2008-08-28

Tech giants may face dollar daze

Technology bellwethers with a big chunk of their businesses overseas have benefited from a weak dollar compared to other currencies, but the gravy train may be coming to a stop. A weak dollar has helped technology giants such as Google, Amazon, eBay, IBM, HP and others even...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Dollar, Currency, Internet Company, IBM Corp., Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Salesforce quarter on target

Salesforce quarter on targetIs Salesforce.com the new ADP ... or the next Datapoint?This headline recently appeared in several places across the Web:"Salesforce.com Passes $1 Billion Annual Revenue Mark"THIS IS NOT TRUE. I don't know whether this material misstatement arose from media manipulation or an honest mistake, but it's genesis...

Tags: Sales force management, payroll solutions, Salesforce.com Inc., Datapoint, Automatic Data Processing Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-24

FCC issues 'radical' order re: Comcast

The FCC has released its formal decision PDF against Comcast, ordering it to stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. As Wired's David Kravets views it, it's an open invitation for ISPs to censor content – so long as they're protocol-agnostic about it. Calling the decision "vitriolic," Kravets says:...

Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Network Management, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sales Force Management, Networking, Government, Internet, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-20

A Wii Legal Action: Publicity For Simplicity

Finally, a fight over remote controls that rely on hand motion, more than buttons. Oh, Nintendo's Wii has about a half-dozen buttons, plus a four-cornered "plus sign" for directional instructions. Well, Hillcrest Labs of Rockville, MD, can top (actually, undercut) that. It markets...

Tags: Cable Television, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Hillcrest Labs, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-20

What SaaS can teach us about customer service

In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here's how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary--Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of...

Tags: Customer Service, Software-as-a-service, Customer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, SaaS, software. customer service, sales, Archie Black, SPS Commerce, Special to ZDNet

News items 2008-08-20

Funky Python (exe)

The more Funky Python eats, the more he grows, but if he bites into his own tail, it will be game over for the coolest snake around. Guide him to the tasty fruits and insects he craves while avoiding obstacles and outsmarting the animals that want to steal his lunch....

Tags: Python, GameFools, Games, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development

Software downloads 2008-08-20

Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underway

Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underwayGood article, Larry.Software companies are running out of ways to make you buy their latest version. There just isn't anything in newer versions that increase productivity. So they have to raise their revenue somewhere.I think it is better for companies to hire...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Internal IT, database manager, software, maintenance revolution

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond

Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...

Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Europe discussing the business of the Semantic Web at ESTC

I've written before about the importance of events that move us past introspection and academic debate, and bring the real benefits of semantic technologies to a wider business audience. As the Semantic Web Gang discussed recently, North America has had the excellent Semantic Technology Conference for several years, and this...

Tags: Europe, Conference, Semantic Web, Research & Development, Benefits, Internet, Business Operations, Human Resources, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-17

IBM Australia faces strike action

A section of under 100 employees who work in the "Flightdeck" at Baulkam Hills, Australia want a collective agreement granting them better pay and work conditions. IBM's Australian operation is facing the possibility of strike action among its workforce after a secret ballot opened yesterday for employees in a...

Tags: Ballot, Agreement, IBM Corp., IBM, workforce, strike, Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au

News items 2008-08-15

Apple's former counsel settles with SEC

Nancy R. Heinen, the former general counsel of Apple and considered by some to be the sacrificial lamb in the company's options backdating scandal, has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Without admission or denial of the SEC's accusations, Heinen has agreed to a fine of $2.2 million. In...

Tags: SEC, Apple Inc., Backdating, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Researcher discovers Nokia S40 security vulnerabilities, demands 20,000 euros to release details

Will disclose Nokia s40 security vulnerabilities for money? Part of Security Exploration's research program, Adam Gowdiak, a well known researcher with a decent history of uncovered security issues, recently made an announcement regarding two security vulnerabilities affecting the implementation of mobile Java used by Sun and Nokia in their products,...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, LinkedIn, Security Vulnerability, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-14

No retail channel for laptop Linux

No retail channel for laptop LinuxPlease do not forgetthat many of the reviews posted online at Wal-Mart their disatisfaction with the system.Yes these were in most cases "newbies" but the point:That unless the person is very sure of what they are buying, in the end if they dislike it, they...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, laptop computer, Linux, netbook, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

News to know: SAP; Microsoft patches; Nvidia; iPhone

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do Michael Krigsman: Business Objects Influencer Summit: Strategy to execution Larry Dignan: Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul Roland Piquepaille: No more need for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, NVidia Corp., Patch Management, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, 3G, E-books, Web Browsers, Linux, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-08-13

State AGs ignore phishing, spyware

Phishing, spyware and viruses cost consumers $7.1 billion in 2007, $5 billion in 2006. The Federal Trade Commission received 226,000 complaints of Internet-related fraud. But who cares? Not state attorney generals, apparently. As part of a survey of Internet-related crime, the Center for American Progress reports...

Tags: Fraud, Internet Crime, Internet, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Litigation, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Google tells Congress about DoubleClick cookie

Google is implementing a DoubleClick ad-serving cookie across its content network that will give advertisers new powers to target advertising. The cookie also gives users the ability to opt-out, the company told the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a letter released yesterday. in...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, DoubleClick Inc., Cookie, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Supporting the long tail of open source

Supporting the long tail of open sourcePerhaps a good start......would be for "good developers" to not consider people with questions as "stupid".Carl RapsonMixing modelsIt depends on what "model" or paradigm or whatever you want to call it produced the piece of OS software.Was it the IBM / Redhat "we'll professionally...

Tags: Development tools, open source, WAS IT, developer, software, Carl Rapson, long tail

Discussion threads 2008-08-12