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An Introduction to the Short Message Service

The Short Message Service SMS is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile telephones. The text can comprise of words or numbers or an alphanumeric combination. SMS was created as part of the GSM Phase 1 standard. The first short message is believed to have...

Tags: Phone, Alphabet, GSM Association, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking

White papers 2000-07-20

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Hollywood to kids: Pay up for preschool movies

The scene: An Irish preschool for toddlers. The children sit on the floor in a semi-circle, watching a TV screen. They squeal with delight at "The Little Mermaid," "Toy Story" and other Hollywood kids' fare. Enter a black-masked villain, carrying a fearful letter. He is not the true villain, though;...

Tags: Villain, Hollywood, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Mice, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"

News flash. In a recent report called "Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?," market research house Forrester is advising IT managers to forget about the notion that there's any such thing as TRULY green technology. Yes, folks, it's part of that green tech backlash that we've all been...

Tags: Asset, Green Technology, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Energy Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Velocity 103

We've seen plenty of Windows Mobile devices in our day, and at times they all start to blur together--same story, just different packaging. However, back at CTIA Spring 2008, a new company called Velocity Mobile caught our eye, impressing us with a fresh approach to the user interface. Recognizing that...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Monitors & displays, Handhelds, Velocity, Velocity 103, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch

Product reviews 2008-10-03

Apple wins royalty rate showdown

Guess Apple won't have to shut down iTunes after all. Apple had warned that if the royalty rate for music downloads increased, iTunes would become unprofitable and they might pull the plug. But the Copyright Royalty Board handed Steve Jobs, as well as...

Tags: Board, Apple Inc., Royalty, Apple iTunes, Corporate Governance, Digital Music, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Apple's victory: No music royalty hike. Now what?

Does this mean it's a moot point, that my blog post this morning - Could royalty rate hike force Apple to reconsider variable pricing? - is no longer relevant? The Copyright Royalty Board has denied a request by a music publishers association to increase royalties for songwriters...

Tags: Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Copyright Royalty Board, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Could royalty rate hike force Apple to reconsider variable pricing?

It's the other battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley and this one, more like a showdown between the record labels and Apple, could determine the future of music on the iTunes Store. The Washington-based Copyright Royalty Board is expected to rule, by today, on a request by...

Tags: Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Apple iTunes, Pricing, Marketing Research, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-02

VIDEO: iTunes, mp3 rippers paved the way for RealDVD

There's another legal showdown brewing between Hollywood and the techies. RealNetworks and the motion picture studios are headed off to court over RealDVD, just-released software that allows users to rip their personal DVD collections into a PC or portable hard drive. Yeah, just like everyone's been doing with music CDs...

Tags: Rip, CD, Video, MP3, Apple iTunes, Music, RealDVD, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-02

SIM card Contacts Rescue Software (exe)

Cell phone SIM card information recovery software rescue lost or corrupted mobile phone address book and sent item SMS messages with time and date in few minutes. GSM mobile SIM card salvage utility has ability to read SIM of any country or any network service provider effectively. SIM card contacts...

Tags: Software, SIM Card, Mobile, Data Recovery Services, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-02

California governor: Silicon Valley Should Go to Germany

After more than a hundred years of talk about the Pacific Rim economic opportunities for California, Silicon Valley and other California businesses are firmly focused on the west rather than the east. But Thursday morning California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be at Intel's HQ in the heart of Silicon Valley...

Tags: California, CeBit, Transportation, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Management, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!

Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!RE: Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!One can only home apple shuts iTunes downMusic Industry to AppleLOL!disagree strongly"one appeal of the iPod is how easy it is to buy music for...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, music industry, music

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!

The National Music Publishers' Association wants to see an increase in the royalty rates paid to its members for songs purchased through online music stores. Apple doesn't like the sound of that. Could Apple really shut down iTunes? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Sonarca Sound Recorder (exe)

Sonarca Sound Recorder is a powerful sound recording software. Sonarca Sound Recorder can record various sound input to dozens of to audio formats such as WAV (including A-law, GSM, PCM, U-law,DSP, VOX, G721, G723 and G726), MP3, WMA, OGG , APE, FLAC including native FLAC and Ogg FLAC, MP2 ,...

Tags: Recorder, OGG, Accmeware, Sonarca Sound Recorder

Software downloads 2008-10-01

Studio, Real trade lawsuits over RealDVD

U.S. movie studios sued Real Networks in federal court today, alleging that Real's RealDVD product violates the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and breaches Real's contract with the DVD Copy Control Association. Read the MPAA's complaint. The move follows Real's release of the software today,...

Tags: MPAA, Lawsuit, Movie, RealDVD, DVD, CSS, Public Relations, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-30

RealDVD officially launches, so do lawsuits; Is it 'StealDVD'?

Update: RealNetworks announced Tuesday that its RealDVD software, which allows you to rip and burn DVDs easily, officially launched. And the lawsuits weren't far behind. In a statement Techmeme, RealNetworks billed RealDVD as a "watershed" product. The software, which goes for $29.99 on sale, allows you to...

Tags: Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, RealDVD Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-30

House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today

The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-29

1080p HDTVs are a harder sell than you might think

Never mind the fact that most people can't tell the difference in sets smaller than 50 inches, never mind that there's not much available content if you don't own a Blu-ray player or a next-gen game console: You have to have 1080p. Or at least that's what you might think...

Tags: HDTV, 1080p, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-26

A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now

When I spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren last week he told me that there would be a time when the Internet radio site would need to issue a call to arms to its listeners -- that time is now. Westergren sent a pleading message to his...

Tags: Internet Radio, Radio, U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Pandora, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Jackson Browne and Copyright

Jackson Browne and CopyrightRE: Jackson Browne and CopyrightPosted to the wrong place. Moved here: http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11048-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=52418&messageID=988050&start=-9996?SO!WHO CARES WHOM YOU VOTE FOR!!!!!I agree. it should be the length drugs are givenDrugs take far more money and time to produce than movies and music. On top of that, they may...

Tags: Jackson Browne, Fair Use

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Run, don't walk, and pick up a REDFLY Mobile Companion for $199.95

Run, don't walk, and pick up a REDFLY Mobile Companion for $199.95Hope u get a cutCause I just ran to the browser and ordered one to try with my Tmobile Dash. The more I try to find a replacement for my Dash, the longer I keep it because while it...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, REDFLY Mobile Companion

Discussion threads 2008-09-25