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- New Orleans city government improvises VoIP solution: fields Bush call
- The Wall Street Journal reports that during the first several days of the crisis after Hurricane Katrina hit, New Orleans city officials used VoIP for most of their communications with the outside world.Cell and land-line service was down. Satellite telephony is expensive, plus the type of satellite phones available...
- Tags: VoIP, New Orleans City
- Blog posts 2005-09-10
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- Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification
- The bust of the notorious ATM scammer going under the handle of Cha0 in early September, once again puts ATM skimming in the spotlight. Among the main insecurities scammers face while embedding an ATM skimmer, is the retrieval process of the device that is now containing the credit card details...
- Tags: Device, Credit Card, built-In, SMS, Scammer, ATM, Network Technology, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Gallery: Concepts on parade at Paris Motor Show
- Automakers bet their future on the audience reaction to their concept at shows like this one in Paris. Concepts ranged from small, eco-friendly city cars to high-performance exotics. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Concept, Paris, Manufacturing, Leadership, Management, Andy Smith, auto, cars. Paris Auto Show, concepts
- Image galleries 2008-10-06
- Discovering Venice with a CINeSPACE device
- There are many existing services to help you to discover a city you don't know, but the EU-funded CINeSPACE project is quite unique. It combines GIS and semantic technology to provide you with an intuitive and interactive way to discover the cultural heritage of a city. The CINeSPACE project combines...
- Tags: Image, GIS, GPS, Handhelds, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Washington Times amongst newspapers putting semantic technologies to work with help from Inform Technologies
- New York-based Inform Technologies issued a press release earlier this week, reporting the success of their recent partnership with the Washington Times on a major website redesign. Having spoken to both Inform's CEO Jim Satloff and the Washington Times' Executive Editor John Solomon, there's an interesting story to tell of...
- Tags: Story, Editorial Staff, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now
- I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...
- Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband room
- Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband roomany other Carriers?So Far it's only T-Mobile. There's all this hype, and I don't work/live in a major city. T-Mobile has the fewest towers in the country and is barely rolling out their G3 network to the major metropolitan areas. ...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, mobile broadband, mobile, oxygen, Qt Extended, OpenMoko, phone, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft's planned cloud platform. Techmeme A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve? Zack Whittaker:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IPO, Robots, Linux, E-mail, Digital Media, Financial Services, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You
- To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You"We don't pay you to think."As an ex-employee computer technician from the pilot store, this was told to me verbatim several times. To me it sounded curious because if anyone should be thinking, it should be the guy repairing the computers, right?If you...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Best Buy Co. Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., LET IT, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- To: Circuit City and Best Buy. From: You.
- The CEO of Circuit City resigned last week after his failed attempt to revitalize the well-known gadget store. Since then, the 'ol City is looking like it's headed the way of CompUSA. The civic-minded Consumerist blog has decided to call on its readers to compile requests into...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Consumerist Blog, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure, and Analyze v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsThis hands-on training course, aimed at experienced VMware Infrastructure administrators, is a continuation of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure and has been...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIn this hands-on training course, you will explore installation, configuration, and management of VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and...
- Tags: St. Louis, Raleigh, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Phoenix Technologies, Detroit, San Diego, VMware Inc., Miami, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Desktop Virtualization, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- India's outsourcing bubble is bursting
- The collapse of top US financial firms is causing a dramatic slowdown in lucrative contracts among outsourcing companies in India--turning cities like Bangladore inside out. Bangalore, India--Once a high-flying tech hub, Bangalore is seeing more sober days in the wake of the credit crisis. It looks like...
- Tags: India, Bangalore, Indian Institute Of Management, Outsourcing Company, Wage Increase, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, outsourcing, jobs, skills, Saritha Rai, silicon.com
- News items 2008-09-30
- News to know: Bailout bust and tech fallout; Cloud computing; Netgear; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: AP: Stunning Defeat for Bailout Plan Torpedoes Stocks; Dow Sinks Over 750. White House, lawmakers plan new bailout deal Larry Dignan: Is Apple really recession proof? Wall...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sprint Xohm, Apple Inc., NetGear, WiMAX, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Open Source, Wireless
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Sprint's Xohm service and the first "WiMax" review
- [Update 10/2/08: Hands-on reviews of Sprint's Xohm service, which is based on Mobile WiMax, have now been posted at LaptopMag.com (XOHM WiMAX In Baltimore: Speed Tests With XOHM ExpressCard) and PCMag.com Sprint XOHM Mobile WiMAX.] No sooner had Sprint flipped the switch on its WiMax wireless broadband...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Service, Laptop Card, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?
- Sprint and its Xohm unit have finally made WiMax a reality. Now it will be very interesting to see who buys the service. In a statement Techmeme, Xohm, soon to be a joint venture between Sprint and Clearwire, announced that its WiMax broadband service, also known as...
- Tags: Sprint Xohm, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Standard Infrastructure Icons (zip)
- Create maps of city infrastructure including the basic facilities, services, and installations typical for an urban, or sub-urban community or society. Standard Infrastructure Icons depict objects of city infrastructure such as transportation, communication, social, governmental, industrial and emergency response systems, and as presented by the Federal Geographic Data Committee of...
- Tags: Emergency Response, Aha-soft, Transportation, Security
- Software downloads 2008-09-29
- Mio Knight Rider GPS
- If you ever dreamed as a child or as an adult of owning a car like KITT of Knight Rider fame, you're dream is about to come true...sort of. Unless you're rolling in money, you can't have the actual Trans Am or David Hasselhoff, but you can have the next...
- Tags: GPS, Keyboards, display, Mio Knight Rider GPS, KITT, portable navigation device, Knight Rider GPS
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- Wall Street's Pain = Tech's Gain
- The Dow is down just 28 points, to 10,993, as this gets typed at midday Friday. Maybe everyone who wanted to head to the exits already has. In meantime, the dysfunction on Wall Street should redound to New York's advantage -- in technology. The reason: Wall Street...
- Tags: New York, Wall Street, Venture Capital, Investment, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Human Resources, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Apple cuts iPhone 3G build plan; Suppliers to take a hit
- Apple cuts iPhone 3G build plan; Suppliers to take a hitBack again?Always to be found around here bashing Apple. He's just upset that Microsoft is becoming increasingly irrelevant. (Its value as a company peaked NINE years ago!)Not to mention that Windows Mobile is going down the tubes since developers are...
- Tags: Cellular phones, windows mobile, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, supplier
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
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