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USA Weekend bites at Jajah p.r. pitch

USA Weekend bites at Jajah p.r. pitchThere are lots more out there...Not even a mention of Skype or Gizmo? Didn't need to be a piece on VoIP options, but it should have presented other options...especially PC based ones!You can be a Vonage!All you need to do is sign up to...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, JAJAH, Jajah p.r., USA Weekend

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

USA Weekend bites at Jajah p.r. pitch

To read the puff piece by Reed Tucker in yesterdays USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement, youd think there were only two Internet phone services- Vonage and Jajah.Well, give Jajah credit for another p.r. coup. Were talking about a publication stuffed into more than 23,400,000 individual Sunday newspaper copies. "Unlike...

Tags: Vonage, Skype, General

Blog posts 2007-04-02

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News to know: VMWare; White House; Google Books; Skype; Apple vs Android

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware to step up data center automation game Sam Diaz: White House not equipped to hold keys...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, White House, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Digital Cameras, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Verizon trashes AT&T over its lousy event coverage

It's pretty obvious that AT&T doesn't care about its customers and that it can't scale to meet the growing demands of its iPhone customers. AT&T's U.S. network is completely saturated and over-sold. Complaints about widespread AT&T outages at large events like Macworld Expo, WWDC, SXSW and concerts...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., ComicCon, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-27

The state of Internet TV: Consumers may pay for content; Aggregators win

The state of Internet TV: Consumers may pay for content; Aggregators winhulu works because there is no set schedule...i have anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months to find and watch my favorite tv shows. if life interferes then i can watch a marathon over...

Tags: INTERNET, Marketing research, Internet TV, TV

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

News to know: Social media screwups; Microsoft's search; iPhone; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Robin Harris: The $17.5 million hard drive Jason Perlow: National Archives: What, Me Worry? Jennifer Leggio: The very worst of social media ...

Tags: Apple AirPort Express, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple Airport, Social Media, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Research in Motion: the surveillance workplace

Research in Motion: the surveillance workplaceit's their rightIt's RIM's right to do all this, but only if it is all disclosed prior to taking the job.I completely agree with the company email being saved, but anything else would creep me out.SeparationMy employer has a simple policy: thanks to rules regarding...

Tags: Strategy, surveillance workplace, Research In Motion Ltd., co-worker

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from stimulus plan

Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from stimulus planThe debt is already thereThe irresponsibility of the previous administration to carry on an all out war with decreases in taxes is what got us into this mess in the first place. We've been draining money on overseas projects for the last...

Tags: indirect benefit, stimulus plan, benefit

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Kaspersky suffers attack on support site, no apparent data breach

Word came out this weekend that the U.S. support site for the AV Vendor Kaspersky Labs was compromised by attackers. Earlier this week an attacker used a SQL Injection attack to compromise a section of the usa.kaspersky.com website and posted a list of database tables fetched via...

Tags: Kaspersky Lab, Attacker, Attack, Kaspersky, Security, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2009-02-09

News to know: Intel, IBM; Apple; SOA

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan:  IBM job cuts underway Intel restructures manufacturing ops; 5,000 to 6,000 workers hit Sam Diaz: Wall...

Tags: Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), GPS, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Recruitment & Selection, Handhelds, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Some Linux backers upset about selection of Silverlight to stream Obama inauguration events

While Microsoft cheers the selection of Silverlight for streaming the Obama inauguration events this week, some are upset that the Linux desktop is not a supported operating system. Microsoft's cross platform Silverlight browser plug in supports Windows and Macintosh. The Mono project's Moonlight 1.0 -- an implementation of...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-01-19

So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?

So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?RE: So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?Okay, I've been in school all day and couldn't wait to get home and download the Windows 7 Beta! And now I get this! I navigate to the webpage and all it says is "Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, WINDOWS 7 BETA, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

Investing in the right vehicles for change

Investing in the right vehicles for changeTop-down, bottom-up, until we get rid of THOSE terms ...... it will always be "business as usual" for businesses the world over.The mass of unorganized workers will NEVER be able to implement change from the "bottom-up" because they are simply not empowered.The elite up...

Tags: right vehicle, Phil, Big 3

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Google and T-Mobile push patch for Android security flaw

During the weekend, Google and T-Mobile pushed a patch fixing last week's disclosed security flaw affecting Google's Android. The flaw and the PoC were communicated to Google on October 20th, with the vulnerability itself made possible due to Android's use of outdated third-party software packages. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Security Flaw, Google Android, T-Mobile, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in Poland

Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandNice spin on the headlineimplying that Apple is the one paying people to stand in line.RE: Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandThat is just pathetic that they have to pay people to pretend to want an iPhone....

Tags: Apple iPhone, IPhone Launch, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Numbers on the NBC's Silverlight Olympic Coverage

Numbers on the NBC's Silverlight Olympic CoverageWould have loved to watchbut the GARBAGE known as Silverlight won't run on my PowerPC Mac the last PPC Powerbook.I sent them an e-mail about this and that they should have picked Flash or generic MPRG4 for the transport so ALL could see the...

Tags: Live 8, Microsoft Silverlight, NBC Universal Inc., Silverlight Olympic, Silverlight Olympic Coverage

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Unboxing and first look at the HTC Touch Diamond

The devices just keep rolling in here at the ZDNet Mobile Gadgeteer headquarters and this time we have the HTC Touch Diamond device that was announced at a major kick-off event last month. I didn't attend the event where each attendee is getting a Diamond, but HTC came to Mobius...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Video, HTC Touch, Image Gallery:The HTC Touch Diamond, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-07

E-trade, Schwab, Google fall victim to "Office Space/Superman 3" attack

A great example of an attack where Web Application Firewalls WAFs, simple scanning tools, HackerSafe certifications, and PCI (it might through some financial controls I'm not aware of) are not going to help you stay secure was posted by Kevin Poulsen over at the crime blog at blogs.wired.com.  Poulsen's article states: ...

Tags: Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Bank, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Attack, Poulsen, Financial Services, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe

Looks like Microsoft’s Office Open XML will be an ISO standard after all. Maybe. Pundits â€" even OOXML rivals --predicted on Sunday that the Redmond, Wash. software giant has amassed the required number of votes to pull it over the goal line. Of course, a final vote...

Tags: Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-31

MWC08: The XPERIA X1 is one slick Windows Mobile device!

Probably one of the slickest devices being shown at the MWC event here in Barcelona is the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 Professional phone running Windows Mobile. HTC has made some strides in adding some flair to Windows Mobile, but SE looks like they took it even further with this latest...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, T-Mobile, SE, UI, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-14