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- Ad spending by sectors in Q1-Q3 2007
- Spending for the 10 largest categories reached $20.8 bln in Q1-Q3 2007, 2.3% less than Q1-Q3 2006. Most product categories have decreased their ad spending, with the exception of Pharmaceuticals, Wireless Telephone Services, and Direct Response Products, according to Nielsen. The top category in terms of increased ad spend was...
- Tags: Advertisement, Telephone Service, Wi-Fi, Wireless, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Don't sacrifice innovation in push for standards
- David Berlind oversimplifies the issue of multiple standards in "When two standards are better than one." While it is certainly true that having a single standard -- which is available to all developers -- offers the consumer the lowest cost option, and usually a myriad of choices for software vendors,...
- Tags: standards
- Blog posts 2006-01-04
- MSN buys into Net calling future
- MSN buys into Net calling futurepaying your phonebill to MS?is this the start of subscribing to MS Bell?Another M$ "innovation"?Sounds more like scambling and copying. Google can make one simple move, and it ends up costing M$ big time. Just let this one go Bill, the money in VoIP is...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, VoIP, Microsoft Corp., Net-calling future, Net-calling, MSN, telephone service, phone
- Discussion threads 2005-08-30
- The real reason why SBC won't work with Vonage on E-911
- The real reason why SBC won't work with Vonage on E-911As long everyone is treated the same... and they're notYes, SBC should be forced to work Vonage. The ability to call 911 is critical. We can do it on cell phones... why not VOIP?On the flip side though,...
- Tags: INTERNET, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, VOIP, telephone service, SBC, Vonage Holdings Corp., E911
- Discussion threads 2005-03-31
- Calling up a Net phone answer to 911
- Calling up a Net phone answer to 911Still needs work"Since local telephone services providers are required by law to provide dial-tones on unused phone lines explicitly for emergency use people who have shut off their landline services in favor of VoIP can still reach authorities using the package."There is a...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, telephone service, Internet phone
- Discussion threads 2004-05-27
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- Google trying to take privacy seriously
- This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary the same on that affected CNET earlier last month was confirmed to have affected all Google employees hired before December 31, 2005. There's nothing Google could have done about it, but it's...
- Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Social Security, Security, Government, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-05
- Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
- A recent uproar in the right wing blogosphere about the shutdown of anti-Obama sites on blogger.com has some serious implications for those considering cloud computing. What seems to have happened there was a simple, if pernicious, denial of service attack carried out for political reasons - but there's not much...
- Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Blog, Blogging, Internet, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-05
- $34m VC round for Spanish SaaS venture
- $34m VC round for Spanish SaaS ventureSaaS - not quiteMy feeling is that this company is not SaaS. Specificlly because it is a service company relying on human labour. To double revenues you need to double people utilisation rates assumed constant. Yes there is a web front-end but this alone...
- Tags: Spanish SaaS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-04
- TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership
- I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Samsung SGH-T339 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T339Several months after it came out with its HotSpot @Home service, T-Mobile introduced two new Wi-Fi-equipped cell phone, the Nokia 6301 and the Samsung SGH-T339. Though the features between the two phones are largely similar, the SGH-T339's red flip design calls more attention to itself. Call quality...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, T339, Samsung SGH-T339, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., T-Mobile, phone
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- Stolen: Google employees' personal data
- Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external...
- Tags: Google Inc., Social Security, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Sales, Finance, ZDNet Australia, Privacy & data protection
- News items 2008-07-03
- Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy
- Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policyDon't trust GoogleGoogle has more information about more people, all over the world, than any government agency anywhere in the world. People worry about the Bush administration, but they should be worrying about Google.Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.If you don't...
- Tags: Absolute Power, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)
- EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube and its usersViacom's Data DragnetIt seems to me that their is no justification for allowing this data dragnet.Whether dynamic or static, IP addresses can be traced back to many of the original users through data from Internet service providers. The Whitter article cited...
- Tags: Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., IP address
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
- Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...
- Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- I have to stop using Gmail :(
- I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?
- Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?I only had a quick look at the spreadsheet so I may be wrong. However it looks like this is bug counting exercise with a bit of 'how long were we exposed?' thrown in....
- Tags: Patches, patch-counting nonsense, security metric, Mozilla Corp., nonsense, security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Whither Blu-ray?
- Whither Blu-ray?It's the lack of HDTV ownersand the ignorance of those who do own that I think is the biggest issue. People who don't have HDTV would see no benefit to spending extra money on BluRay, and those who do own will never believe there is a difference unless you...
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?
- In partnership with indie security consultant Rich Mogull left Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help to -- we can only hope -- put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture. The idea is...
- Tags: Mozilla Corp., Rich Mogull, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data
- A federal judge ordered PDF Google to hand over 12 terabytes of YouTube user data to Viacom, finding that the list of "login IDs" does not qualify as personally identifying information. In opposing Viacom's request for the information, Google had asserted users' privacy rights: "Plaintiffs would...
- Tags: Google Inc., Personally Identifiable Information, YouTube Inc., IP, IP Address, User Data, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Sync files between computers over the Web, free
- Freeware application and Web service Dropbox instantly backs up and syncs your files over the Internet and to any Windows or Mac computer. Once you install the application, it will create a Dropbox folder on your hard drive. Any file you put inside that folder will sync...
- Tags: Web, File, Computer, Dropbox Web Interface, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
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