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Tele Atlas to TomTom: Match Garmin offer: Tele Atlas to TomTom: Match Garmin offerTele Atlas BuyoutI use Tom Tom. The map technology they use is Tele Atlas. If you ask me, Garmin and Tom Tom should both forget Tele Atlas. Where I live there are NUMEROUS errors. Roads that have been in existence for...; Tags: tele atlas, tom tom, garmin ltd., tomtom; Discussion threads 2007-11-01

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Will the Olympics melt the Internet?: Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can â€“ or will â€“ break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...; Tags: nbc, network, video, stream, internet, corporate communications, web site development, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-07
Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC: If you're Jeff Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, you might get pleasantly surprised over the next couple weeks at the number of your Time Warner Cable subscribers who use their Internet connections to access streams of video of the 25 sports being sent live via www.nbcolympics.com. ...; Tags: nbc, time warner inc., cablevision systems corp., corporate communications, business ethics, internet, digital video, marketing, leadership, management, personal technology, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-07
More worries for Beijing visitors: If you are headed to or already at the Olympic Games and you weren't worried by my Tech Tips for Beijing Visitors at the end of last month, maybe you should be now, In telling the Wall Street Journal's readers "Don't Forget About China's Dissidents," Ellen Bork...; Tags: olympic games, hard drive, analysis, government, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-07
News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...; Tags: apple iphone, linuxworld, larry dignan, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., cisco systems inc., cloud computing, help desk, data centers, corporate communications, it operations, storage, hardware, data management, marketing; Blog posts 2008-08-06

ID theft bust: Indictments are nice, more arrests much nicer: Praise be, big time. Almost. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorneys offices in Massachusetts and California announced today that they have indicted 11 individuals as part of an international ring of hackers (really, crackers) who purloined at least 40 million credit card and debit...; Tags: u.s., network, debit card, u.s. department of justice, ukraine, identity theft, hacking, financial services, security, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-05
On eve of Olympics, Internet companies agree to code of conduct: Internet companies have reached agreement on a voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China and other repressive countries, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced yesterday. "I commend Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and other participants for agreeing on the principles of an internet freedom code of conduct,"...; Tags: google inc., censorship, yahoo! inc., agreement, code of conduct, internet, policies and procedures, human resources, richard koman; Blog posts 2008-08-05
Why x86 is perfectly fine for now: Why x86 is perfectly fine for nowAgreed - But demand drives progressEverything you say is true, but the more people who say I want 64bit and I want it now, the more progress you will see in 64bit apps and drivers. If 64bit demand is low, companies will turn...; Tags: intel x86, x64, x86 is, vista x64; Discussion threads 2008-08-05
News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook: Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...; Tags: facebook, microsoft windows vista, apple inc., intel corp., vyatta, mauku, phishing, service-oriented architecture (soa), sales strategy, cyberthreats, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), spam, security, spam and phishing, web services, enterprise software, software, sales, operating systems, microsoft windows, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-05
Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR ban: New York cable operator Cablevision's planned remote-storage digital video recorder does not violate Hollywood studios' copyrights, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today PDF. The decision overturns a district court ruling that blocked introduction of the device because, the lower court said, it would directly...; Tags: cablevision systems corp., digital video recorder, dvr, digital video, personal technology, home entertainment, richard koman; Blog posts 2008-08-04
Purewire raises funding, adds Noonan to board: Purewire, a security start-up competing in the software-as-a-service Saas market, has banked $2 million in friends-and-family funding and added industry veteran Tom Noonan to its board of directors. The latest funding round, which was led by Imlay Investments, Inc., brings the company's total financial to $3.75 million...; Tags: monitor, data center, board, purewire, data centers, corporate governance, software as a service (saas), monitors & displays, storage, security, hardware, data management, business operations, corporate law, emerging technologies, components, ryan naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-04
FCC Chairman: It's Okay To Discriminate: Maybe you thought that the Federal Commission Friday ordered Comcast to end "discriminatory network practices." After all, that's what the Commission said in its release following the agency's 3-2 ruling. But in his own statement on the matter, Chairman Kevin Martin said: ...; Tags: fcc, telephony, chairman, federal government, voip, telecommunications, telecom & utilities, government, networking, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-04
News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel: Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...; Tags: apple iphone, comcast corp., yahoo! inc., computer science, broadband, computer, intel corp., robots, corporate governance, digital cameras, federal government, monitors & displays, broadband internet, network technology, emerging technologies, business operations, corporate law, consumer electronics, personal technology, government, hardware, components, telecommunications, networking, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-04
Are we seeing a disturbing trend in "blackmail" innovation...?: I've been thinking about the acquisition of a Silicon Valley startup, Ribbit, by BT, the giant British telecoms firm. Ribbit started out in classic form as the vendor of disruptive telecom technologies. Ribbit declared itself "Silicon Valley's First Phone Company" - a...; Tags: silicon valley, innovation, telecommunications company, ribbit, telecom & utilities, leadership, telecommunications, telephony, strategy, management, networking, tom foremski; Blog posts 2008-08-04
String Resource Translator (exe): Editor for resource files that supports internationalization. Allows you to edit the string resources in existing files, create new files for new locales, update one resource file from another and so on. One part of a pair of utilities the other is the String Resource Creator from Tom Jorgenson Consulting...; Tags: resource, globalization, .net, application servers, middleware, strategy, management, software development, software/web development, enterprise software, software; Software downloads 2008-08-04
SEC unanimously approves use of corporate blogs to meet Reg FD requirements: SEC unanimously approves use of corporate blogs to meet Reg FD requirementsBusiness Wire statementHere is a link to Business Wire’s preliminary statement on this issue:http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080801005612/en-Tom Becktold, SVP, Marketing, Business Wire; Tags: blogging, business wire, reg fd, sec, blog; Discussion threads 2008-08-01
News to know: Apple patch; IBM; PC upgrades; EDS; Yahoo: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes Nate McFeters: Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled Black Hat Sneak Preview Larry Dignan: IBM plans building spree: To build $360M...; Tags: google inc., facebook, larry dignan, pc, yahoo! inc., apple inc., electronic data systems corp., ibm corp., firewire, sales strategy, desktops, consumer electronics, personal technology, sales, hardware; Blog posts 2008-08-01
First Data Could Allow User Generated Financial Credit Reports: At the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference I spoke with Michael Capellas, CEO of First Data, which processes about one-half of all US credit card transactions. He said that the company collects massive amounts of financial data and that this part of the business is just ten percent...; Tags: financial, first data corp., financial data, financial accounting, finance, tom foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-31
AT&T to FCC: We Ban P2P Traffic: If blocking P2P traffic is bad, isn't banning it worse? It's now been reported not just once, but twice, that AT&T is banning P2P traffic by its wireless customers. That will not make iPhone 3G customers happy. So if the first item on the...; Tags: fcc, p2p, traffic, at&t corp., peer to peer (p2p), federal government, internet, government, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-31
Tech 'tips' for Beijing visitors: It looks like foreign tourists are avoiding Beijing in droves. China originally expected 1.5 million visitors. Now that's down to 450,000. Still, that's nearly 450,000 journalists coming to town. Everyone's a reporter now, thanks to tiny electronics and the Web. Even tourists should regard themselves as such....; Tags: china, journalist, beijing, video, corporate communications, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-31