Holiday
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Tis season to be shopping online, at work
News Employees plan to spend 14.4 hours shopping online from work computers during this year-end festivities, highlighting need to keep systems secure, study finds.
Tags: Business security, IT training, Web sites, Social Networking, Employee, Survey, Computer, ISACA, Information Technology, Web sites
Look what sentiments can do to an economy!
Blogs Sentiments undoubtedly play an important role in an economy. In recent times, we have seen how sentiments can swing cons...
Game console makers at crossroads
News Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are coming to terms with a dearth of blockbuster titles and increased rivalry from new gaming platforms such as smartphones.
Tags: Game players, Games, Console Maker, Game Console, Microsoft Corp., Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sales, entertainment, Nintendo Wii, console
5 security precautions to take for the holiday break
News What do you think about when Christmas approaches? Some of us think about how vulnerable our networks might be while we're away on vacation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Authentication, Disaster Recovery, Security, Holiday, Backup, virus, network
Hungry fail whale eats up Twitter lists
News In response to a high level of error messages, Twitter temporarily disabled its fledgling "Lists" feature.
Tags: Web 2.0, E-business, Lists Feature, Twitter Inc., Web 2.0, retail company, blog
Amazon paces holiday tech discount drive
News Deep, early price cuts on tech gadgets by electronics makers and retailers may be good for consumers and bad for profits.
Tags: Web sites, Unit Sale, TV, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronics, Amazon.com Inc., Web sites, Price, E-book Reader, flat panel
Big marketing budget drives Moto Droid sales
News Verizon and Motorola are spending big bucks--US$100 million--on marketing new smartphone, and it looks like it will pay off with 1 million devices sold by year's end.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Droid, Motorola Inc., Phone, network, Google Android, Device, Sales
Checking work e-mail every day on holiday
News A third of U.K. techies can't resist checking work e-mail messages daily even on holiday, according to a poll.
Tags: Data Management, Web services, Mobile Device, e-Mail Message, e-mail, Silicon.com, PC, Web services, Data Management
Private-sale shopping sites are hot
News Saddled with unsold merchandise amid the recession, makers of luxury goods are selling their wares through members-only shopping sites.
Tags: Business plans, Business development/management, E-business, Shopping Site, GSI Commerce Inc., home furnishing, Business, Business plans, Vente-Privee.com, Site
Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel
News November's Patch Tuesday features fixes for holes in Windows, Excel, and Word, and a critical one affecting the Windows kernel that could be used in drive-by download attacks on Web surfers.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Office, Security, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Apple Macintosh, antivirus, patch management
Sony 'cautiously optimistic' about holiday retail sales
News Mike Fasulo, executive vice president of company's electronics division, says gadget maker is hopeful about better sales this year than last.
Tags: Home entertainment, Game players, DVD, TVs, MP3 players, Blu-ray, Electronics, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Glasgow
Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360
News Microsoft drops price of high-end Xbox 360 console by US$100 to match Sony's price cut for the PlayStation 3.
Tags: Game players, Sales, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Game players
Amazon goes global with new Kindle
News New edition of the e-book reader that can wirelessly download books in more than 100 countries. Also: a price cut for U.S. consumers.
Tags: Handhelds, Forrester Research Inc., e-reader sale, eReader, Sony Reader, e-reader, U.S., Amazon.com Inc., Sales, online retail company
First Google Android 2.0 phone arrives
News The new version of the Google Android operating system adds new features to devices and improves performance.
Tags: Development/design, Google Android, Open Source, Google Inc., Motorola Inc., Phone, Operating System, Google Android, Sprint Communications, software
Facebook provides free tool for translating sites
News Translations for Facebook Connect allows Web developers to tap technology that has been used to translate the social network itself into 65 languages.
Tags: Web 2.0, Site, Web Site, single sign-on, authentication, Google OpenSocial, Lee, Web 2.0, board, Facebook
