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- iG Brazil Efficiently Offers More Services and Payment Options, Boosting Subscriber Base
- iG Brazil has more than 1.7 million active subscribers to its free internet services, making it one of Brazil's largest Internet Service Providers ISPs. The company is capitalizing on its established customer base and boosting corporate revenue by expanding its internet offerings with innovative services customers can purchase in advance,...
- Tags: Payment, Oracle Corp., Revenue Management, Internet Service, iG Brazil, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance
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- US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures
- The Commerce Department is considering deploying digital signatures to make DNS less susceptible to hacking, ComputerWorld reports. Under the proposal, DNS records would be signed by DNSSEC Domain Name and Addressing System Security Extensions. There have been some commitments to the system for the following top-level domains:...
- Tags: Digital Signature, DNS, ICANN, Domain Names, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Will Bush sign Pro-IP? Biz, labor, schools push for it
- There's no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally called for the Justice Dept. to prosecute copyright...
- Tags: Bill, President, IP, Justice Dept, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
- Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in education. LISBON--Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the...
- Tags: Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Portugal, School Children, Government Hope, Magellan, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Reuters, laptops, education
- News items 2008-10-03
- Pterodactyl-inspired flying robots
- According to Sankar Chatterjee, a professor of paleontology at the Texas Tech University in Lubbock TTU, a 225-million-year-old pterodactyl might soon be reborn as a flying robot. The Tapejara wellnhoferi, which lived in Brazil, was a big flying lizard with an unusual 'accessory,' an 8-inch-high fleshy crest stuck straight up...
- Tags: Professor, Texas Tech University, Aircraft, Tapejara, Pterosaur, Aerospace & Defense, Robots, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Top media sites in Brazil in July 2008
- Sites Audience, 000 Minutes per Visit Visits per Visitor Total Brazilian Internet Audience 25,288 34.9 49.3 Multimedia 16,720 7.9 9.3 YOUTUBE.COM 11,549 12.9 6.5 Globo Videos 8,293 2.5 6.2 WindowsMedia 3,580 2.3 2.8 MSN Music 2,053 3.6 1.8...
- Tags: MSN, Music, NB
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Why IT mergers fail
- Why IT mergers faileds hp lay offsTry employing writers that can count.24600 lay offs 50% will be in the USA so 12300 out 47,000 is ~25%.SidetrackThe gain from a Hurd/Fiorina style merger is easy to comprehend, Murph. Combine two companies and lay off a slew of people. All...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, information technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., merger, Electronic Data Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- IBM expands cloud computing footprint
- IBM on Wednesday said that it has opened four new cloud computing centers sprinkled around emerging markets. The latest additions give Big Blue 14 cloud computing centers. Specifically, IBM rolled out cloud computing centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam. ...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- The price of a pink slip
- The price of a pink slipdouble-edged swordThis is a double-edged sword. Employers are going to be much more reluctant to hire someone if they know they will have to continue paying them after they fire them. And what's the incentive for a laid-off worker to look for a...
- Tags: pink slip, worker
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Video: Vinod Khosla: 'It's about main tech, not clean tech'
- Video: Vinod Khosla: 'It's about main tech, not clean tech'The weapon of choice on the war on coalKhosla accurately points out coal is base load power, and the replacement of coal is not simple. Coal represents about 60% of U.S. power generation, all of it base load.Nuclear is the...
- Tags: Corporate communications, video, Vinod Khosla, coal, clean technology
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- OLPC faces 'vicious' rivalry in laptop market
- One Laptop per Child exec David Cavallo says the organization welcomes new entrants to the low-cost laptop market, but describes the response of some competitors as "unfortunate." When the One Laptop per Child organization first mooted the idea of a super low-cost laptop aimed at schoolchildren in the developing...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Kid, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Natasha Lomas ZDNet China, OLPC, laptops, education, Intel, Atom chip
- News items 2008-09-17
- No, this is not bathroom humor. Brondell touts toilet seats that cut back on toilet paper usage
- No, this is not bathroom humor. Brondell touts toilet seats that cut back on toilet paper usageAir Dryer??In a toilet?? Let's see.... water.... electricity... plumbing.... naked butt..... Hmmmmmmm.But as a conversation piece, it could be loads of fun. I mean, uh, discussing how the air dryer blows your........
- Tags: Forest Service, toilet, Forest, set-aside, Brondell
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.
- Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.Once again, the greed practiced by US...broadband providers gets in the way of real progress. The inherent greed factor of capitalism is strangling our Internet. To regain our world dominance in the Internet world requires the government to step in and nationalize the...
- Tags: INTERNET, Vertical industries, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Future-Ready, AT&T Corp., government, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Don't bet big on green
- Don't bet big on greenYou point out that the IQ normal curve skews left?I know the problem well - I don't know of a good answer. Sorry.Oil is being developedBrazil's large offshore deposits and Kazakhstan's already proven, and old, reserves of both oil and gas.I agreeFor one...
- Tags: Free trade, NPV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- Whatever happened to CMP?
- When this decade dawned, the big three technology news publishers were International Data Group, Ziff-Davis and CMP Media. Now, Ziff-Davis has been split into multiple pieces, including this site owned ultimately by CBS. And the initials "CMP" are nowhere to be found. The business that brings you...
- Tags: Acquisition, Information Week, CMP Media, United Business Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Thin Clients, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Up close with one-to-one computing
- CNET News' Ina Fried traveled to Campinas, Brazil, to explore the Bradesco Foundation school, home to one of Latin America's largest one-to-one computing projects.
- Tags: Computing, CNET News, News
- Videos 2008-08-29
- Photos: Up close and one-to-one
- The Bradesco Foundation school in Campinas, Brazil, is home to one of the largest one-to-one computing projects in Latin America. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Latin America, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-08-29
- Dell: Turnaround interruptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Photos: Raising accessibility standards
- Some of the most striking nonprofits in Brazil are those that help connect people with disabilities--not just to the Internet, but also to jobs. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Standards, Internet, Quality, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-08-28
- (Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)
- (Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)ProximityWhile North America tends to have affluent and poor areas of town, many countries don't work that way. You can walk along a canal of slums in S.E.Asia and hit the entrance to one of the wealthiest neighborhoods. They're not ten meters apart.Inclusão Digitalpost duplicadoInclusão DigitalParabéns pela...
- Tags: Vertical industries, city name, slum, Paulo Perantunes, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
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