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Nokia targets 300M services users by 2011
News Finnish phone maker looking beyond selling devices and wants 300 million users on its devices pulling cloud data within two years, says its corporate strategy chief.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Data services, Mobile platforms, Facebook, Nokia Corp., London Business School, mobile, Broadband, chief development officer, device manufacturer
Asian call centers target for social media
News Call centers, abound in India and Philippines, need to retool and deploy social media tools to say competitive in market, say top Salesforce.com execs.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter Inc., Marc Benioff, network, Web 2.0
Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you
News Social network tightened rules for companies running contests on its platform, and sources say those companies will be required to buy ad space, too.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web sites, Web 2.0, Facebook, advertisement, CEO, U.S., CBS Interactive Inc., Human Resources Inc., Web sites
A case for mobile-based micro banks in urban areas
Blogs Today is Mahatma Gandhi's birthday--or Gandhi Jayanti, as the day is known here in India. While most know Gandhiji as th...
Popularizing S&T culture to the masses
Blogs What does it take for a country to become economically progressive? For sure, it involves a lot factors such as good...
Would you use a cloud-based service to store IT documentation?
Techguide Scott Lowe is thinking about using a free Microsoft service to store his organization's IT documentation. Share your thoughts about using an offline storage vault for this type of data.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Scott Lowe, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows
MySpace names its first chief financial officer
News The News Corp. social network hires Mark Rosenbaum as CFO less than a week after it announced a new chief technology officer.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, CFO, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, News Corp., layoff, chief technology officer, co-founder
UK government open source guidelines ignored, says Ingres
News Software tenders that have taken place since the government published its open source policy in February have ignored those guidelines, according to database firm Ingres.
Tags: Open source, Open-source Database, Chief Information Officer, Open-source Software, Ingres, proprietary software, open standard, Open source, incentive, ZDNet Asia
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban
News Authorized individuals will be able to use USB thumb drives that are owned by the government and necessary for mission-critical functions, U.S. Navy CIO says.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, U.S. Department Of Defense, Malware, network, Chief Information Officer, Authentication and encryption, USB Flash Drive, medical record
Yahoo reportedly considers deleting Zimbra
News Web e-mail software company may not fit into a media-oriented Yahoo, and so Zimbra could be on the block just two years after being acquired.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web servers, Zimbra, Interactive Advertising Bureau, chief marketing officer, Comcast Corp., e-mail company, media company, private equity
Facebook's COO: Response to disabled accounts was 'too slow'
News Sheryl Sandberg says the database failure was a consequence of the social network's rapid growth, which sometimes causes unexpected snags.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Facebook, Social Networking, Database, Palo Alto, network, California, Web sites, Web 2.0
Expert says Adobe Flash policy is risky
News Adobe Flash Player allows arbitrary content to access applications without permission, says researcher at Foreground Security.
Tags: Personal applications, Multimedia, Security Management, Web sites, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Web sites, Web Browser, researcher
Can Adobe beat back the hackers?
News As its software becomes a major means of attack, security experts wonder if it can fight hard enough.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Security Management, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., software, Antivirus Software, Authentication and encryption
Intel shakeup gives EMC a longtime chip exec
News Two tech titans are reshuffling their top ranks, with chip bigwig Pat Gelsinger headed from Intel to storage specialist EMC.
Tags: Processors, Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., Paul Otellini, Chip, EMC Corp., Storage, general counsel, Joe Tucci, Processors
