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Online Travel Company Empowers Remote Workers With Messaging Solution

Expedia is the world's leading online travel company, providing business and leisure travelers with tools and information to easily research, plan, book, and experience travel. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Expedia operates internationally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, and China. As...

Tags: Expedia Inc., Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Travel Company, Online Travel Company, Worker, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Servers, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems

Case studies 2006-11-22

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Toshiba Satellite E105-S1802

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Toshiba's latest Blue Label laptop from Best Buy, the Satellite E105-S1802, is an exact replica of the company's earlier Satellite E105-S1602 model with one...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer, satellite, battery

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Understanding Enterprise 2.0 Tolerances & Scale

We're at an interesting intersection in the collaboration world where projects both large and small tend to be discussed with the same terms. This can be very confusing to the lay person since it's hard to know what sort of scale is being described. ...

Tags: Environment, Enterprise 2.0, Small And Medium Business Need, European Enterprise 2.0 Scene, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-14

Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?

Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...

Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Publishing Firm Improves User Experience, Increases Revenue With Mapping Solution

Finland-based publishing company Sanoma News wanted to incorporate interactive mapping into its Web sites to provide users with a rich and informative online experience. It built three solutions based on Bing Maps for Enterprise mapping technology where users can search local news stories, explore a local directory, and post travel...

Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Corp., Consumer Response, Operational Accounting, Web Site Development, Finance, Internet

Case studies 2009-09-01

Is Nokia losing focus by now expanding into the PC market with the Booklet 3G?

Too early to tell, but.....Nokia runs the risk of becoming an "also ran" in a new and unfamiliar market. A better move IMHO would be to come out with a revolutionary Linux powered smartbook at a sub-netbook price. Nobody knows for sure where the mobile convergence is heading, but this...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Operating systems, PC, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Deconstructing United Airlines: Where Customers are Transactions

United Airlines: Customers are Merely Transactions If you're a loyalty marketer and look at my United profile, you find something that would make you 4.5 on a scale of 5.0 when it comes to warm and fuzzy.   You'd see hundreds of thousands of United Airlines frequent flier FF miles;...

Tags: Customers Ltd., Mile, Customer, United Corp., United Airlines, Corporate Communications, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Marketing, Human Resources, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment

Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...

Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Doing More for Less with Web Conferencing

Companies of all types and sizes face a rising tide of pressure to save money in every way possible while still maintaining -- and hopefully growing -- their businesses. Headcounts have been cut, travel budgets slashed, and company meetings cancelled. It isn't pretty. For some, however, this...

Tags: Web, Web Conferencing, Internet

Webcasts 2009-07-21

Dimdim's interactive tools: a game-changer in web conferencing

For what they are and what they do, services like GoToMeeting and WebEx have become critical business tools for conducting virtual meetings, especially during these days of scaled-back travel budgets. But there's always been some things about them that bothered me, notably having to run a third-party program on my...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Web, Tool, Dimdim, Web Conferencing, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Apple Airport Express: Okay, Okay, I love the damn thing.

The Apple Airport Express, a pocket-sized wireless access point and SOHO router was refreshed with 5Ghz Wireless Draft-N capability in March of 2009. Click to view the gallery. As many of you know, I make my living as a systems architect...

Tags: Apple AirPort Express, Router, Apple Airport, Unit, Apple Inc., Wireless, Nope, Home Networking, Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Tuesday Silicon Valley news link report

Google CEO urges grads: 'Turn off your computer' -AP "Turn off your computer. You're actually going to have to turn off your phone and discover all that is human around us," Schmidt said. "Nothing beats holding the hand of your grandchild as he walks his first steps."...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Social Media, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Unlocking Successful Net Access While Globe Trotting

Getting online in places you've never been before can be a huge challenge, especially if you're on the move a lot. Paying for hotel wifi and staying late at conferences or clients are options, but what about when you're visiting a country for the first time - how...

Tags: Internet Access, SIM Card, Phone, Mobile, Network, Service, Murphy, Modems, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Linux and the channel

Linux and the channelRE: Linux and the channelThere is a company called System 76. I have a Pangolin Laptop and I am posting with it now. I love it. The support is great. The hardware was tested by the company to work so I don't have to worry about my...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, ice cream, Linux, foreclosure

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

End of tax-free Internet shopping may be near

End of tax-free Internet shopping may be nearYou have provided a prime exampleof why the so called "Fair Tax" is so grossly unfair and only a "Flat Tax" can be made truly progressive, by placing a large (2 times the annualized minimum wage) personal deduction into the code. RE: End...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, WTF, tax, Vender, tax-free Internet shopping, Internet shopping, sales tax, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Microsoft's next-generation Zunes: The end of the line?

Microsoft's next-generation Zunes: The end of the line?I had a ZuneLove my my iPod better. Wasn't at all impressed with it. The Service in the music store was shoddy. If you buy music from their store, you have to immediately burn it to disc, and rip it back off, because...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, software

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

Amazon's Kindle 2 is sleek, stylish, and has a crisp and easy-on-the eyes "electronic ink" display. But it only does one thing -- read books. After all the relatively hostile things I have said about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader in the past, I...

Tags: Device, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Anathem, Tablets, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Wiki, E-mail, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Company Leads Netherlands Online Insurance Industry With Intuitive Web Site

Established in 2007, Ditzo is a direct insurance company targeting retail customers in the Netherlands. It offers car, home buildings and contents, liability, and travel insurance. Ditzo wanted a Web site to convert visitors into customers by helping them simply obtain and modify an insurance quote online with automated calculating...

Tags: Web, Netherlands, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Insurance, Web Site Development, Financial Planning, Web Technology, Channel Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Internet, Finance, Marketing

Case studies 2009-04-01

IBM releases LotusLive Engage for cloud-based collaboration and social networking

IBM has announced the commercial availability of LotusLive Engage, a social networking and collaboration cloud service. The company made the announcement today at Web 2.0 Expo. The product will be available on April 7. LotusLive Engage is designed as a cloud-hosted company-to-company collaboration center that integrates social...

Tags: Social Networking, Network, IBM Corp., LotusLive Engage, Collaboration, Groupware, Web 2.0, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-31

English Talking Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Arabic-English & English-Arabic dictionary for S60 (Mobile)

Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin is the oldest and largest leading privately owned publishing and distribution house of Arabic books and educational materials in the Arab world. It is also the first and major Arabic electronic multimedia producer company in the Arab world. El Ilm Lilmalayin for S60 presents Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb...

Tags: Mobile, Dictionary, Paragon Technologie GmbH, Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin, S60_3.x, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-03-18