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LG Electronics India Meets the Needs of 6 Million Consumers Annually Across Three Web Channels: LG Electronics wanted to localize portals to ensure they meet quality of service requirements and consumer expectation management and maintain high availability for www.lgdealernet.com and www.lgcsnet.com, which are critical to LG India's Sales and Service Business Units. The challenge was to ensure scalability and 100% application availability and improve reporting...; Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., LG Electronics Inc., LG Electronics India, Portals, Web Technology, Internet; Case studies 2008-05-01

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Why Amazon Needs Kindle 2.0: Kindle-mania has arrived this holiday season -- but will it stay for good? In a recent article on Forbes.com, Andy Greenberg writes that Amazon's next e-reader won't be a game-changer, but it will keep killing the competition -- and that's why Amazon needn't upgrade its fabled gadget....; Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle-mania, Greenberg, Kindle, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?: Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...; Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?: Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...; Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK; News items 2008-12-01
Turkey, stuffing and Macs?: It appears that Americans enjoyed a healthy serving of Macs over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Writing for Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog Philip Elmer-DeWitt analyzed Apple's domestic sales on Amazon.com over the critical Black Friday selling weekend. He concludes that Apple's online sales got off to a better start than...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Electronics, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-30

SMS advertising response rates: Received SMS Ads, 000 % Responded to SMS Advert Aug-07 Aug-08 % Change Aug-07 Aug-08 Point Change Downloads for mobile phone 40,792 35,915 -12.0% 4.4% 3.9% -0.6 News or information 25,929 22,122 -14.7% 2.8% 3.2% 0.4 Mobile phone or plan...; Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-11-27
Social networking penetration by country in September 2008: Country Sep-2007 Sep-2008 Point Change Canada 83.9 86.5 2.6 Brazil 76.0 85.3 9.3 United Kingdom 78.7 78.4 -0.3 Mexico 67.3 73.0 5.7 Spain 63.9 70.7 6.8 United States 65.8 70.2 4.5 Australia 56.5 67.5 11.1 ...; Tags: Network, Federation, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB; Blog posts 2008-11-27
Microsoft's Live launches malware detection service for webmasters: Playing catch-up with Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google's warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo's SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft's Live Search has updated their Webmaster tools to offer detection for embedded malware. Moreover, as a late entrant they simply had to differentiate, and they did it...; Tags: Webmaster, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-11-26
News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-11-26
Apple retail stores to match prices: In a surprising move for the consumer electronics turned retail heavyweight, Apple has internally announced that retail store employees can match prices of other authorized retailers. The key phrase here is "authorized retailers" which means that Apple isn't going to price match some gray marketer selling Macs...; Tags: Retail Company, Reseller, Apple Inc., Retail, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-25
I want an iPhoneStormDroid: Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...; Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-11-25
MacBooks: World's greenest family of notebooks: Apple's latest Get A Mac television commercial proclaims the new MacBooks to be the "world's greenest family of notebooks." The ad touts the MacBook as completely recyclable and says that it uses a quarter of the amount of power of a single light bulb and has no mercury. ...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-25
When (if) you shop for electronics this holiday season, consider the latest Greenpeace environmental ranking: Just in time for the Black Friday retail rush at least they hope, Greenpeace has released its 10th Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics! Greenpeace rates major tech gadget vendors on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the best score the company can rate for...; Tags: Greenpeace, Energy Efficiency, Electronics, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-25
From private jets to car pool? Detroit may be getting the message.: Nothing definite will happen concerning the Detroit Big Three automakers before December 2nd. But the saga of the sagging auto sales and the wilting industrial giants in Michigan is rich with plot points and maneuvering. Here are just a few of the things happening or being said: ...; Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Airline Flight, Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Two paths for information management pros in an economic downturn: There's nothing like an economic downturn to catalyze change in information management IM strategies. Someone asked me recently, "Isn't information management a discretionary spend that will likely get cut in an economic downturn?" He cited the fact that tools for collaboration, content, and business intelligence are traditionally difficult to financially...; Tags: Information Management, Business Technology Team, Strategy, Management, Matthew Brown; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid: Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy, but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...; Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-24
News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide: There's always a lot of madness surrounding consumerist pseudo-holiday Black Friday, but with the economy in a chokehold, this year's event has been hard to predict. Will there be good deals because of a tanking economy, or did companies sign off on their specials before the...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-11-23
Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis: DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of letters of credit. Just five months ago it cost about $234,000 to rent a 170,000 tonne Capesize...; Tags: Cargo, Financial, Raw Material, Vessel, Globalization, Great Unwind, Reports, Financial Accounting, Finance, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-11-22
Where consumers spend their money online - video games grew 60% in one year: Product Category Growth, YTY Total Retail Category Excludes Travel 6% Video Games, Consoles & Accessories 60% Furniture, Appliances & Equipment 52% Sport & Fitness 40% Event Tickets 18% Flowers, Greetings & Misc. Gifts 14% Home &...; Tags: Video Game, Video, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-11-22