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Cisco to Introduce Digital Stereo System at CES
Cisco has won much attention from consumer news sites since the New York Times reported Monday that the network giant at CES next week is expected to... More »
Cisco WebEx Wins Frost & Sullivan Award
Cisco, a provider in network support services, recently announced that its WebEx has been awarded the prestigious market leadership award for "Audio & Web Conferencing Se... More »
Minneapolis Wi-Fi Municipal Network Hits A Bump - Its Parks Department
Billed as the shining example of a municipal Wi-Fi network that works, the Minneapolis network support has run into a glitch, much like most of the nation's other municipal W... More »
Facebook And Google Launch Single Sign-On Services
Facebook and Google have both launched new user-ID services that let users take their existing log-ins and deploy them across a number of sites. Google's Friend Connect, out now... More »
LinkedIn Redesigns Search
Professional social networking site LinkedIn has launched a new search platform designed to give firms an easier way to find potential new recruits as well as enabling users to loc... More »
Judge Awards $873M Fine For Spamming Facebook
A Canadian citizen was slapped with an $873 million fine Friday for sending approximately 4 million spam e-mail messages to Facebook users – the largest judgment ever handed ... More »
Jerry Yang Quits As Yahoo! CEO
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has decided to step down from his post after a series of pitfalls plaguing the company. Yahoo has been struggling to turn its business around after it refu... More »
Apple Introduces Internal University
Apple Inc. has expanded its reach in the educational market through launching "Apple University" program. The company has employed the expertise of Joel Podolny, the ... More »
Facebook Removes Italian Neo-Nazi Pages
Social networking site Facebook has opted to take out pages posted by neo-Nazis to stir up violence. Facebook's move came subsequent to allegations made by European politicians th... More »
Google Features Video Chat in Gmail
Google's Gmail has another addition to its lofty features - video and voice chat. Gmail is a free webmail service which was launched four years ago. The service gained wid... More »
LinkedIn Trims Down Workforce by 10 percent
Social networking site LinkedIn decided to follow the most recent trend among businesses today - cutting jobs to get through the recession. The company plans to lay off 36 employe... More »
Veoh Sacks 20 Percent of Manpower
Veoh, an online video-sharing web site, announced its move to retrench 20 percent of its labor force in light of the weakening ad market. Veoh's step is attributed to the globa... More »
Google Backs Out from Yahoo Deal
Search giant Google has opted to call off an impending agreement with Yahoo. The company cited the legal troubles it has gotten into with the emergence of the deal as the primary ... More »
Yahoo-Google Ad Deal Deferred
Search giants Yahoo and Google opted to put off their search advertising agreement and are now back to square one. The deal has been quite controversial upon its announcement a... More »
Yahoo Alledgedly Offers Misleading Ads
Yahoo is currently under fire for offering publishers a menu of choices for what ad appears in their site, may it be legal or not. Yahoo Right Media's Direct Media Exchange pro... More »
Google Coordinates with NASA to Expand Web Range
Google is currently teaming up with NASA to build a novel communication system in space. Vint Cerf, Google vice-president and chief internet evangelist, is collaborating with the ... More »
Google, Microsoft & Yahoo Team Up for Web Freedom
Tech giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have collaborated to promote freedom of expression on the web as well as secure online privacy. With the help of a new organization, Glo... More »
Symantec Creates a Startup Atmosphere
Symantec, a leading security company, has built a new Incubator division that would allow its engineers to work in a startup atmosphere. The Symanctec Protection Network or SPN wa... More »
Yahoo To Launch Developer Platform
Yahoo is set to launch its platform designed for web developers this week, a move that aims to lure more site visitors. The platform is also part of Yahoo's scheme to add so... More »
Russia Impedes Google Acquisition
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has blocked Google's $140 million deal with Zao Begun, an online advertising firm. ZAO Begun offers contextual advertising ser... More »
Yahoo to Cut 1,400 Jobs
With the ongoing worldwide financial setbacks, Yahoo's profits plunged forcing the company to retrench 1,400 workers by the end of this year. CEO Jerry Yang said in a statement... More »
Apple and Psystar Reconciles Out of Court
Apple and Psystar have agreed to settle their legal battle outside of court. Both companies have signed an arbitration in California agreeing to keeps costs down and to maintain t... More »
Google Resolves Apps Start Page Glitch
Google has finally fixed a glitch that affected its Apps "Start" pages. The bug was identified on Thursday afternoon which hit on Google apps hosted collaboration and co... More »
YouTube Introduces "Video Your Vote"
Youtube has become one of the most popular mediums of campaign in the 2008 US Presidential Election. Users have been posting videos to support, or in some cases, mock the candidat... More »
Outsourcing Deals Fall Off
TPI, a sourcing advisory firm, has reported that most of the business organizations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have signed lesser outsourcing deals compared to that of ... More »
Apple Sued for MP3 Music Player Market Monopoly
Apple is facing yet another legal battle as the company is sued by Luxpro, a Taiwanese electronics firm, for contract interference, attempted monopolization of the MP3 player mark... More »
Washington Employs Google Apps
Washington's $4 million intranet is now powered by Google apps. The use of the apps in the city's new intranet was initiated by CTO Vivek Kundra. Though Google will not be entirel... More »
Facebook to Focus on User Sharing Capability
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the social networking site is gearing towards expanding its users capability to share personal infromation. Zuckerberg believes informat... More »
Kernel Developers Team Up with Wall Street
An End User Summit will be organized by the Linux Foundation in line with its plan to collaborate its kernel developers with users at Wall Street. Among the major developers are s... More »
MySpace, Facebook Tops Mobile Social Networking Market
According to ABI Research, Myspace and Facebook leads the budding market of mobile social networking. The ABI survey was participated by 500 respondents by which 46 percent cla... More »
MySpace Teams Up with HP
MySpace has signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday to integrate the computer manufacturer's printing services with the web site. The deal was announced at HP'... More »
eBay Cuts Jobs by 10%
Ebay has announced plans of retrenchment by 10 percent or about 1,000 employees. The move is part of eBay's effort to restructure its operations and make the company more competit... More »
Google, Yahoo Puts Off Ad Deal
Sarch giants Yahoo and Google have decided to postpone its ad collaboration amidst investigation conducted by the federal government. The impending ad deal sparked numerous compla... More »
Microsoft Distributes Laptops to Deprived Children
Computer technology giant Microsoft is giving out laptops to children coming from less developed countries. The laptops will be powered by Windows XP operating system and Intel pr... More »
Supreme Court Inhibits from DVR Patent Battle
The US Supreme Court rebuffed disrupting a $74 million judgment against Dish Network Corp. The company was charged of infringing a patent held by TiVo Inc. involving digital video... More »
UK Internet Ad Spending Surges at 20 Percent
The Internet Advertising Bureau says that UK's expenditures on internet advertising swelled 21 percent in the first six months of this year. The report concluded that Bri... More »
Careers and Jobs UK Redecorates Website
Careers and Jobs has introduced a new look on its website in an effort to promote innovation and development. The new site displays a brand new 'Quick Search' tool which enables j... More »
India Embraces Windows Vista
Microsoft is widely promoting Windows Vista in India where 2 million licenses of the OS were sold. Despite several concerns over Vista's performance, the country has continuously ... More »
Microsoft Offers Virtual Open Source to CodePlex
Microsoft is putting up code to CodePlex, an open source project hosting website, employing licenses and conditions that oppose to the tenets of open source. The company has been ... More »
Dustin Moskovitz Leaves Facebook
Facebook co-founder, Dustin Moskovitz, has announced he is quitting from the company together with engineering manager Justin Rosenstein. The two plans to invest in the software i... More »
Belgian ISP Claims Illicit File-Sharing is Inexorable
SA Scarlet , a Belgian internet service provider, has argued in court that it cannot viably impede illegal file-sharing. The ISP has a 2007 court order to thwart copyright infring... More »
Microsoft Renounces Hiring Freeze
Microsoft denies allegations of setting up a hiring freeze despite reports that some employees received a note stating the company's move to re-evaluate its staff levels and to ha... More »
BT Supports Foreign Wi-Fi Hotspots
The British Telecom is now offering 6,600 Wi-Fi hotspots to its consumers. The areas supported will be the United States, South America, and Canada. BT has recently made an agr... More »
Seagate Threatened by Fujitsu's Move
Seagate, the world's largest HD maker, is somehow pressured by Fujitsu's plan to quit the business. Fujitsu is in the process of selling its HDD business to Western Digital, anoth... More »
Microsoft Puts Up UK Tech Center
Microsoft is constructing three new tech centers in Europe in an effort to snag Google's spot in the search engine market. The centers will be located in Paris, London, and Munich... More »
Apple Warns to Close Down iTunes Store
Apple has threatened to shut down iTunes store as it fervently disagree with the increase in song rate. The Copyright Royalty Board is considering of making an incremental chan... More »
Best Buy Awarded with Antitrust Approval to Acquire Napster
Best Buy, the largest specialty retailer of consumer electronics, has been granted with antitrust approval to acquire Napster. With the deal, both companies are anticipat... More »
Slide Dispenses New Video on Facebook
Slice Inc., a social network software maker, has made an agreement with major media companies to distribute video content on Facebook. The collaboration involves CBS Corp's CBS... More »
Intel Continues Investments Despite US Recession
Intel has announced it will continue to invest in products and services despite the ongoing US economy slump. The company incurred $38.3 billion in revenue last year and ... More »
YouTube Enhances Video Usage Analytics
Video sharing website YouTube has made improvement on its video usage metrics, allowing account holders to scale the popularity of various parts of a clip. All YouTube users wh... More »
Tesco Aims Profit Increase from State-of-the-Art Businesses
Tesco, UK's biggest grocery and the world's fourth largest retailer, is aiming for £1bn of profit from its sophisticated businesses. Businesses that comprise Tesco's Reta... More »
HSBC Integrates IT and Operations Head
HSBC has merged the roles of chief information officer and chief operating officer, in an effort to combine the bank's technology and customer services strategies. The move aim... More »
Broadcom Teams Up with Skyhook for Advance Location Data
Broadcom, a US supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for broadband communications, has opted to improve its mobile device chipsets and location-based services (LBS) infrastructure... More »
Europe ID Card Scheme Gets Wide Interest
Europe's ID card system is slated to be introduced at the Information Security Solutions Europe in Madrid next week. The project, also known as Stork, is designed to enable Europe... More »
Microsoft Refuses to Concede in Internet Search Battle
Though Microsoft ranks third in the search market, the company is still positive they can turn things around and surpass Google with its 60% share in the market. Microsoft offe... More »
Women Conquering the World of IT
The IT world has been dominated by men, but women are slowly joining the IT workforce. Women working in technology industry consist of only 25 percent of all IT worke... More »
Citrix Trials BYO Computer Scheme
Citrix Systems is trying out a new program that would most benefit its employees. The company is giving out $2,100 per employee to get a laptop of their choice which will be us... More »
UK's MI6 Uses Facebook for Drafting
UK's security service, M16, has employed Facebook as a channel for recruitment. The agency aims to expand its web of spies;thus, resorting to the social networking site's services... More »
Apple Applauded for Delivering Accessible Products
Apple has been acclaimed for making iTunes and iPods accessible to the blind. The American Foundation for the Blind recognizes the new iPod Nano and other Apple efforts to cater t... More »
Orkut Blocks Community Underwriting Indian Terrorists
Orkut, Google's social networking site has thwarted access to a community on the site that clearly promotes Indian terrrorism. The community is purported to be an advocate of Indi... More »
Microsoft Expands Small-Business Program Incentives
Microsoft has added a new line of products to its Big Easy program benifiting small and mid-sized business customers. Microsoft has introduced Big Easy 2.0, a revision of its p... More »
Yahoo Concludes Ad System Upgrades
Yahoo is finally done with its online advertising system upgrade. The renovation aims to create graphical display ads which were used by Google in its phenomenal search marketing.... More »
New ISC Certification Underlines Software Lifecycle Security
A new certification has been launched by the ISC2 or Initiative for Software Vendors, designed to substantiate secure software development practices. Furthermore, ISC aims to addr... More »
Developers Get First Windows 7 ALpha
Microsoft has announced Windows 7 alpha will be initially distributed to developers attending its Professional Developers Conference (PDC). The company has stayed mum on the de... More »
Web Servers Don't Get Much Protection from Companies, Says Sophos
Security firm Sophos revealed that business organizations are not giving much effort in shielding their web servers from incursions, resulting to numerous cyberattacks. Ac... More »
Spam Blocking List Unveiled
Barracuda Networks has opened a spam blocking list that companies can use for free. The Barracuda Reputation Block List or BBL has been made available so businesses will have a... More »
Business Mail Filter: The Key to Business Security
Internode, a telecommunications carrier, has revealed the availability of Ironport spam and virus filter technology as part of its services to small and medium enterprise customer... More »
Qualcomm To Deliver Satellite-Cellular Chips
Qualcomm, a wireless telecommunications research and development company, has signed an agreement to manufacture multimode mobile chipsets that joins in satellite and cellul... More »
Wi-Fi Network Installed for U.S. Soldiers In Iraq
Aruba Networks revealed it has installed a secure Wi-Fi network to serve up to 20,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The network server will be centered on Joint Base Balad, the larges... More »
Intercage Resumes Operation
The controversial San Francisco company is now back online after its services were ceased by network provider Pacific Internet Exchange. Intercage resumed its operation, ... More »
Microsoft Buys Back Shares at $40 Billion
Microsoft has declared plans to repurchase its shares from investors at $40bn or £22bn. The move is Microsoft's way of redeeming its share price which has slumped to a... More »
McAfee to Acquire Secure Computing for $465M
Security firm McAfee has decided to procure network security company Secure Computing at $465 million. The move is aimed to expand McAfee's influence in the network security arena... More »
Google Backs Yahoo Ad Deal Despite Reproach
Google has declared its support over the proposed advertising deal with Yahoo amidst criticisms from various advertisers. The deal received numerous censures as it is seen to b... More »
Cisco to Procure Jabber
Cisco intends to buy Jabber, Inc., a presence and messenging software provider. The acquisition will enable Cisco to use Jabber's technology "in the network" and t... More »
Mobile Phone Makers Struggle as Banking Crisis Looms
Mobile phone makers are on the verge of losing their customers as an effect of the ongoing worlwide financial downturn. One of the most reliant on Wall Street's progress ... More »
Nvidia to Cut Hundreds of Jobs
Chip firm Nvidia has declared it is retrenching about 360 jobs as the company focuses on key developments. Nvidia has around 5,000 employees all over the world, and offices in Eng... More »
60 Percent of U.S. Firms Victims of Cybercrime, DOJ Survey Says
The National Computer Security Survey (NCSS) which is spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that about 60 percent of U.S business are being attacked by cybe... More »
Wireless LAN Benchmark Curtails Power Consumption
According to Matthew Gast, principal engineer at Trapeze Networks, the forthcoming 802.11v standard will increase power savings in Wireless LANs. The standard has been ini... More »
ITC Probes Wii Patent Infringement
Nintendo is facing allegations of impinging on patents of Hillcrest Laboratories with its widely used Wii games console. The International Trade Commission is conducting an invest... More »
Sandisk Declines Samsung's Offer
Sandisk has said no to Samsung's offer which the company sees as a hostile bid. Samsung is offering £2.5bn or $5.9bn for Sandisk takeover, however, the deal was turned do... More »
Google Teams Up with GE
Google has made another deal and joined forces with multinationtall American technology conglomerate General Electric. The move is part of Google's effort to establish a "sma... More »
Dell Cuts Technology Spending
Amidst the price cuts and costly restructuring, Dell has yet another surprise for its investors. The company will be cutting its IT budget in an effort to keep in shape despite wo... More »
EU Set to Assess Yahoo-Google Ad Deal
The EU Competition Commission has announced its plan to scrutinize the ad deal between Yahoo and Google. Under the deal, the two huge companies will merge their instant messeng... More »
Samsung Makes a $6 Billion Dollar Proposal to SanDisk
Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest memory manufacturer, made a $6 billion acquisition proposal to Sandisk following a series of failed negotiations. Samsung offered a ... More »
Yahoo Launches Third Hack Day
Yahoo hosted its third annual "Hack Day" at the Sunnydale campus which was participated by 300 hackers. The event is reported to have achieved 50 "hacks" along... More »
Microsoft Lays Off QA Snitch
Robert Delaware, a Volish quality assurance, was fired by Microsoft for laying bare the Xbox 360 defects to VentureBeat. Delaware was dismissed directly by his Microsoft superviso... More »
Best Buy Acquires Napster
Best Buy has decided to snap up the once popular digital music service Napster in an effort to counter Apple's iTunes. The deal includes roughly $67 million in cash and shor... More »
Ebay to Retrench 1,500 Jobs
Ebay will possibly cut 1,500 jobs due to its slowing business. According to a report by investment-research firm Wedge Partners, Ebay is on the verge of massive retrenchment... More »
Parents Want Hi-Tech School Reports
Becta, a government education technology agency, concluded in a survey responded by 1,493 players that roughly 68 percent said they wanted schools to send out reports on their chi... More »
Google Acquires Korean Blogging Software Company
Google Inc. has once again expanded its continuously growing empire by buying Tatter and Company, a Korean blogging software developer. The acquisition is designed to help Google ... More »
Hackers Attack Large Hadron Collider Web Site
One of the web sites of the Large Hadron Collider was hit by hackers on Monday. The breach, fortunately, did not trigger off major damages. The hit was claimed by Greek Securit... More »
Queen Elizabeth II to Visit Google
Queen Elizabeth II, together with her husban Prince Philip, will be making an official visit to Google to convene with the people behind Royal Channel on YouTube. The Roya... More »
Fedora Project Back on Track After Breach
After weeks of hiatus, Fedora Project is back online and has begun dispensing updates to its Linux distribution. The Red Hat supported project was temporarily stopped due to... More »
Video Game Industry Making Sluggish Returns
Marktet Researcher NPD Group recently released a data showing video game software and hardware revenues of $1.08 billion, the smallest sales growth in more than two years. Sale... More »
SMS Cost Increases Probed by US Senate
Four telecommunications companies have been questioned by the US Senate for imposing high costs on SMS messages. The chairman of the Judiciary Subcommitte on Antitrust, Competitio... More »
AT&T Mobile Phones Highlight Yahoo Search
AT&T is plotting to feature Yahoo search engine on its mobile Internet menu. The largest telephone service provider has about 70 million customers all over the US. AT&T... More »
Britain's Transition to Fibre-Optics Could Be Too Costly
According to the government's broadband advisory group, UK could spend up to £30bn to shift to a super fast broadband that uses fibre-optic. Britain's Broadband ... More »
Advertiser Group Opposes to Yahoo-Google Merger
The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnet asserting their objection towards an impending partnership between and Yahoo and ... More »
IBM Upgrades Network Storage
IBM is making a key modification on its network storage products and services to oversee all the data created inside their organization. The company has introduced more than... More »
Dell Might Be Selling Off Manufacturing Plants
There has been speculations made about Dell auctioning its computer manufacturing plants as a way of cutting operational costs. Though Dell has neither confirmed nor denied if the... More »
Apple, AT&T Sued by iPhone 3G Owner for Dropped Calls
Apple and AT&T are now facing a lawsuit over iPhone 3G performance. Both companies are sued by Eulardi Tanseco, a native of New Jersey, for breaking state's consumer antifraud... More »
Police Grills BT on Secret Phorm Trials
BT, a telecommunications giant, has been the subject of police investigation earlier this week due to the company's deployment of the Phorm online targeted advertising t... More »
Microsoft Sets Out In-store Customer Service Reps
Microsoft Corp. plans to organize its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to assist customers buying PCs. This move is part of the com... More »
Heathrow: UK's Biggest Wi-Fi Hotspot
Heathrow Terminal 5 has been transformed to an enormous Wi-Fi hotspot courtesy of T-Mobile amidst all the controversies plaguing it recently. This move is designed to give passeng... More »
IRS Prone to Security Breach
The Treasury Inspector for the Tax Administration, a Treasury Department watchdog, revealed that the US Internal Revenue Service is operating in web servers that contain vulnerabi... More »
EBay Introduces "Green" Online Community
EBay has launched WorldofGood.com, the world's first online marketplace to convene thousands of People Positive and Eco Positive sellers and products all in one place, empowering ... More »
Sony, Ericsson to Separate Ways
Sony CEO Howard Stringer announced that the company is considering of buying out its joint venture partner Ericsson. Sony Ericsson boomed in the late 90's but has recently s... More »
iPhone Market Expands in Russia and China
Apple is set to sign deals with China and Russia for the release of iPhone. If pushed through, Apple will secure two of its largest markets, ensuring better revenue this yea... More »
Medion Joins the Netbook Market
Medion, an electronics company, has joined the long list of manufacturers hoping to triumph in the netbook market. The company released Akoya Mini E1210, claimed tp be an "ul... More »
Google Develops Open-Source Browser, Chrome
Google confirmed through its blog that it will be introducing the new Chrome browser. The browser will be launched in 100 countries and will only be available in beta version in W... More »
Skeptics Arise as Windows TV Ads Close In
Doubts are hurled on Microsoft's decision to feature comedian Jerry Seinfield on its $300-million "Windows, not Walls" campaign airing on Sept 4. Experts say Seinf... More »
TelstraClear Enters Telecommunication Market
A new name in the telecommunication industry has emerged hoping to crumble the monopoly of Telecom and Vodafone. TelstraClear will be introducing its own mobile network which assu... More »
Microsoft Acquires Greenfield Online
Microsoft' has acquired Grreenfield online for $486 million in its drive to expand its web advertising and social networking services. Also part of the agreement is Ciao.com, a Eu... More »
Yahoo Closes Mash
Yahoo has decided to shut down its social networking site, Mash, on Sepetember 29. Mash was launched during the early part of September 2007, to compete with other social networki... More »
Microsoft, Nikon Sign Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
Microsoft and Nikon Corporation announced that they have signed a patent cross-licensing agreenment. A Microsoft spokesperson hinted that the agreement aims to encourage fur... More »
Weak Economy Affects Mobile-Phone Sales
Research firm, Gartner, revealed that cellphone market sales will possibly suffer due to the worlwide economic slump. Consumers face a lot of economic difficulties nowadays, that ... More »
HP Acquires EDS
HP has finally closed the deal to procure Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) for $13.9 billion, or $25.00 per share. HP expects the acquisition to more than double its serv... More »
Microsoft Finally Develops Small Business Server 2008
Microsoft has finalized the latest version of its Windows Small Business Server which is now ready for distribution. The long awaited server is slated to be released on November 1... More »
Microsoft Teams Up with Move Networks
Microsoft took another strategic step to expand its reach to video streaming technology. The company invested an undisclosed sum roughly five months after announcing it woul... More »
ABC News Denies Dumping Webcast
ABC News recently announced that Webcast will still be up and running amidst rumors of a revamp. Webcast is one of the top video newscast on iTunes, with about 600,000 daily downl... More »
Glassdoor Website Reveals Company Salaries
Glassdoor.com started with displaying the payments to thousands of empoyees in leading companies in the United States two months ago. The site has already published more than 50,0... More »
Corel on Shaky Grounds
Corel announced that its majority investor, Vector Capital, had withdrawn its March buyout offer that valued the company at nearly $280 million. The move was due to Corel's ... More »
Cox Plans to Venture in Wireless Market
Some telecommunication companies rule the wireless market and now Cox Communications is planning to follow the same lead. Cox president,