Inventory
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Consumer electronics hit by inventory glut
News Inventories pile up for manufacturers of computers, mobile phones and TVs, signaling a worse-than-forecast fourth quarter.
Tags: Hardware, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Cost control, Business development/management, SanDisk Corp., Inventory, TV, Electronics, Sales
KACE KBOX 1000 Series
Reviews The appliance format of the KBOX 1000 puts a new slant on systems management, making the process significantly easier, quicker and more affordable compared to traditional software-only solutions.
Tags: Lumension Security Inc., Tool, systems management, Hardware, network, Microsoft .NET Framework, PC
Transport firm to use RFID to track spare parts
News Singapore public transport operator SMRT, engages TCM RFID to install warehouse inventory management system based on radio frequency identification technology.
Tags: RFID, Inventory management, Communications, Supplier, Inventory Management, Singapore, managing director, radio, RFID, Michael
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
Report: Google display ad exchange set to arrive
News Exchange developed by Google's DoubleClick unit that lets publishers sell excess display ad inventory before bargain-minded buyers is set to debut, according to a report.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web 2.0, New York, text advertisement, DoubleClick Inc., Web Site, Internet advertising, Web, acquisition, Web 2.0
Developers look past Apple's jammed iPhone App Store
News Software programmers are designing apps for Google-backed Android operating system, fired by frustration with Apple's rejections and delays.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Business applications, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Ideaworks, Apple App Store, Iconfactory, Operating System, App
At eBay, showrooms push aside yard sales
News Listing new GM cars is likely the first of several ways eBay aims to sell more brand-name products while reducing its dependence on secondhand vendors.
Tags: E-commerce, E-business, eBay Inc., General Motors Corp., Sales, retail company, Best Buy Co. Inc., analyst, manufacturer, car
Google hoping history repeats itself with display ads
News Company dominates search and search advertising markets, but hopes it can learn a new trick by applying its auction-based format for text ad sales to display ads.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet Search Advertising, text advertisement, Search Result, DoubleClick Inc., Internet, Internet advertising, Web
Sony announces US$299 PS3 Slim
News In Germany, Sony unveils a new game console with the same features and functions as the "old" PS3, but smaller and lighter.
Tags: Games, Game players, Gamer, Cell, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Power Supply, processor, hard drive, CEO
Save time by changing multiple Access form/report controls at once
Techguide When you want to apply the same format to more than one control, it's far more efficient to update them at the same time. Here’s a look at how to do it.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Tab, Cell, Tool, Stock, font, Mouse, Microsoft Excel, toolbar
AMD's second quarter margins squeezed
News Chipmaker reports second quarter earnings that falls short of Wall Street targets.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Sales/revenue, Accounting, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip Company, Graphics, microprocessor, performance
At 40, the Internet's still reshaping history
Insight The Net has crushed geographic barriers and withstood extraordinary growing pains. But the human race has work to do adapting to its creation.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Netcraft, WWW, Net, cloud computing, Web 2.0, Web sites, PC, Facebook
eBay equips itself to face growing competition
News Although competition from social networks and entertainment sites make it challenging for eBay, the online marketplace says it is poised to retain users.
Tags: E-commerce, MySpace, eBay Inc., Southeast Asia, entertainment, social networking, YouTube Inc., network, revenue, blog
Microsoft grants Windows XP a reprieve
News System builders and resellers get extra time to obtain licenses for the discontinued XP for their systems.
Tags: Windows XP, Sales strategy, Microsoft Corp., PC Company, Accommodation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, British Broadcasting Corp.
Microsoft wins deal to sell NBC ads
News The tie-up, which stems from the Redmond's purchase of Navic Networks, will allow Microsoft to sell ads that run on NBC's cable and broadcast stations.
Tags: Advertising, Digital media, TV, Google Inc., Cable, Advertisement, Digital media, NBC, NBC Universal Inc., Wall Street Journal
