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Sony PSP could get phone functions

Sony is considering developing a mobile phone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday. Sony is considering developing a mobile phone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple's highly popular iPod...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Nikkei, Phone, Apple iPod, Mobile, Sony PlayStation Portable, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, iPhone, IPod, Sony PSP, Reuters

News items 2009-06-29

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Green Dam's day not done

Chinese students were out partying in celebration of the news that China has delayed its mandate that PCs sold in the country must have intalled some spyware named Green Dam Youth Escort, according to Reuters. "We are very happy because we got what we wanted," a young artist said....

Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Ed Black, PC, Manufacturer, Desktops, Manufacturing, Government, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-02

First Malaysian Ringgit Trader Live on RTFX

CIMB Bank, the commercial banking arm of CIMB Group in Malaysia, has become the first Ringgit market-maker to go live on Thomson Reuters' RTFX Reuters Trading for Foreign Exchange platform. The Ringgit is currently non-tradable outside of Malaysia, the central bank remaining averse to freely allowing the currency to be...

Tags: Bank, Thomson Reuters Corp., Foreign-exchange, Malaysia, IBS Publishing, Ringgit, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance

White papers 2009-07-01

Breaking news: Green Dam Day delayed

On the eve of destruction, China has delayed Green Dam Day. Reuters reports that China will delay an order that all PCs sold in the country come equipped with Green Dam-Youth Escort. The government had set July 1 as the day. [Add 1]...

Tags: Software, China, Agency, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Management, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-30

WebMessenger 1.3 (Mobile)

WebMessenger gives you safe, secure, and professional instant messaging and presence status to and from the iPhone or iPod Touch. Stay connected real time with colleagues, associates, family, and friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, Cisco's Jabber, and Reuters. WebMessenger gives you business grade security, keep chat messages private...

Tags: Mobile, IM, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-06-25

July 1: Day for offline protest against Green Dam

While PC makers are saying nothing about the impending July 1 deadline to install Green Dam Youth Escort on machines sold in China, as The Wall Street Journal non-reports in a non-story, Beijing artist Ai Weiwei is agitating for Chinese citizens to protest by staying offline July 1. The Daily...

Tags: China, Protest, Citizen, Government, Internet, Vertical Industries, Search, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for Iran

Could one bullet take down the Iranian regime? When that bullet kills an innocent young woman and her last minutes are captured on cellphone and played over and over again on YouTube, it's possible. Especially if the Iranian government continues to act with...

Tags: Web, Bullet, Video, Corporate Communications, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Free FLV Converter 6.5 (Windows)

Get your favorite online videos easier than ever with this free software. You will be able to search videos without opening your browser and watch them using the built-in video player. This freeware can convert FLV files to AVI, iPod (MPEG4 or H.264), iPhone, 3GP, PSP, or MP3 audio only....

Tags: FLV, Microsoft Windows, Video, Koyote Soft, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-21

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

Ever since I first heard about the Internet and then saw its incredible development and application across industries, I've been on the look out for the economic effects of this powerful platform technology. The specific economic influence I've been looking for is a strong deflationary trend. That's when we will...

Tags: Software, Craigslist, Advertisement, Technology, IBDT, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-20

FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive deal

Well, that didn't take long. It was only a few days ago that four U.S. senators sent a letter to the FCC, asking the agency to investigate whether these carrier-exclusive deals - such as the Apple-AT&T deal for the iPhone - limit consumer choice. ...

Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-19

US State Department Reschedules Twitter Maintenance Due to Iran Primetime

Reuters are reporting that the US State Department stepped in and asked Twitter to postpone maintenance in order not to disrupt service during Iranian daytime. Twitter, in their blog post explaining the rescheduled downtime, said ...our network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is...

Tags: U.S. Department Of State, Twitter, Security Force, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Semantic Technology Conference kicks off with Keynotes from Open Calais and Siri

This year's Semantic Technology Conference got fully underway this morning, with Keynote presentations from Tom Tague of Thomson Reuters' Open Calais Initiative and Tom Gruber from Siri. Despite the wider economic situation, attendance for this fifth year of the event feels a little up on last year, and there's...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Tool, Siri, Tom Tague, Tague, Enterprise Adoption, Virtual Personal Assistant, Virtual Personal Assistant Paradigm, Podcasts, Channel Management, Productivity, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Senators ask FCC to look into iPhone-AT&T exclusivity

With rumors flying about that Apple plans to open up the iPhone to Verizon as well as AT&T, four Senators are calling on the FCC to investigate exclusive mobile deals like the iPhone deal and Verizon (doh!) Sprint's exclusive access to the Palm Pre, Reuters reports. In...

Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, Senator, Verizon Communications Inc., John Kerry, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Government, Wireless And Mobility, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-15

UK News 1.2 (Mobile)

UK News fetches the current feeds from Reuters UK, BBC, and Times. UK News has easy user navigation. UK News provides latest news from various news feeds on a daily basis.

Tags: Mobile, News, Muthu Arumugam, UK News, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-15

Microsoft ready to launch beta of its free Morro antivirus offering

Microsoft ready to launch beta of its free Morro antivirus offeringSimplicityNifty! (Weird how this had cross my mind this morning after we finished our migration to SBS 2008 and suddenly there's a Reuters article today.)Really, all I would like to see is something like how Windows Defender is today--remarkably silent,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Morro antiviru, Microsoft Ready, Google Inc., Morro, beta, Symantec Corp., antivirus

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

Google trumps fossil fuel industry?

Google is searching for more than websites. They're searching for the holy grail of energy as well. Financially competitive alternative energy. Now their energy chief claims they are close. Here's the original interview with Google's energy guy. He told Reuters the federal government...

Tags: Fossil Fuel, Google Inc., Harry Fuller, Telecom & Utilities

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Semantic Web: To be or not to be

Semantic Web: To be or not to beSemantic web - choose your vendors carefullyI am all for the semantic web and the development of a layer of consciousness over it for full interoperability and new application mashups. I've heard of a number of publishers thinking about jumping on the...

Tags: Zemanta, Calais, Semantic Web, Thomson Reuters Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Sprint CEO says Pre deal is longer than six months

Sprint Nextel CEO says "They need to check their facts" on Verizon Wireless claims that it will be offering the Palm Pre within six months. NEW YORK--Verizon Wireless's claims that it will be offering the Palm Pre within six months are not accurate, says Sprint Nextel's CEO Dan...

Tags: Network, Palm Inc., Sprint Communications, Smart Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sprint, Verizon, Palm, Palm Pre, Marguerite Reardon CNET News

News items 2009-06-05

Kindles in color by 2010? Prime View to buy E Ink for $215M

E-book news is in a flurry today with the shipping date announced for the new Kindle DX, and Google announcing it will be selling e-books, but there's some more news to add to the pile: According to a Reuters story, Taiwanese display maker Prime View International...

Tags: Sony Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp., E Ink Corp., E-book New, E-Ink, E-books, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Dell's major units take first quarter hits; IT demand indicators 'remain mixed'

Dell's major units take first quarter hits; IT demand indicators 'remain mixed'Wow!I don't like Dell, but those are horrible numbers.Where is all that government stimulus money?How does Dell compare to Apple these days?Forget market share.How does Dell compare in terms of Net Profit Dollars?The embarrassing part is that Dell has...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Supply chain management (SCM), Desktops, Sales strategy, information technology, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-28