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HP-3Com merger heats up Cisco competition
News update Hewlett-Packard's 3Com acquisition will give serious boost to its datacenter credentials and challenge networking rival Cisco Systems, notes analyst.
Tags: Data centers, Data Management, Networking technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., enterprise networking, HP ProCurve, Retek Inc., Ovum, network, Cisco Systems Inc.
PC vendors want slice of smartphone pie
News Converging mobile PCs and smartphone capabilities push vendors toward lucrative smartphone market, but barriers to diminish impact, says Gartner.
Tags: Development/design, Smart phones, Cellular phones, revenue, mobile, handset, Smart Phone, PC Company, Gartner Inc., Sales
Amazon to boost Asia's cloud assurance
News update Cloud provider's push into Asia-Pacific is expected to provide a boost of assurance to companies of cloud computing's viability, says analyst.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web services, SingTel, software, Amazon.com Inc., Asia, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Storage, Web Service
Maintaining an online presence in Jabber
Techguide Follow these steps to maintain a presence in the Jabber online community, such as retrieving a list of friends from the roster.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, List, Jabber, Roster, Conference, Presence, code snippet, P2P, Password, Service
New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars
News In conjunction with the rise of virtual worlds as a tool for business training and meetings, companies should assign a dress code to their employees' avatars, according to market research firm Gartner.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Avatar, Web sites, Web 2.0, Gartner Inc., market research company, 3D, Environment, research company
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
Facebook acknowledges access problems
News Some members of the social network claim to have been unable to access their accounts for several days now; it's a database problem, Facebook says.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Database management, Databases, Facebook, Database, CBS Interactive Inc., Web 2.0, Web sites, e-mail
Facebook Connect branches out
News Aiming to make its universal-log-in product more ubiquitous, company announces a three-step integration wizard and a translation tool to automatically convert a site to a Facebook user's native language.
Tags: Web 2.0, entrepreneur, network, U.S., Hitwise, social Web, crowdsourcing, Connect Wizard, Social Networking, MySpace
Wary green-tech venture investors shift gears
News Applying the venture capital model of IT onto energy isn't working, which is something many clean-tech venture capitalists will learn the hard way, say experts.
Tags: Green IT, Venture capital, Clean Technology, Department Of Energy, BP Plc, Venrock, Information Technology, Green IT, Investor, alternative energy
Yahoo CEO eyes Asia, mobile for growth
News Internet company sees strong potential to expand its footprint via Asian markets as well as mobile platform, says Yahoo head Carol Bartz.
Tags: Search, Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., advertisement, CEO, U.S., mobile, Asia, Singapore
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
Configuring VoIP in Twinkle
Techguide If you need a reliable and capable SIP softphone for Linux, Vincent Danen suggests using the feature-rich Twinkle to configure its use.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, SIP, Phone, Fedora Project, Twinkle, laptop computer, authentication, VoIP, headset
S'pore offers certification for social marketing
News Singapore company provides training and certification course designed to teach companies how to use social media sites as marketing platforms.
Tags: Marketing, Internet, Certification, Social Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Asia, Social Media, Tool, Singapore, Small And Medium Business
Baidu CEO touts growth of China's search engine
News Robin Li tells Stanford students to embrace tough decisions when running a startup, in discussion that centered on entrepreneurship in the tough Chinese market.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Palo Alto, venture capital, Baidu.com Inc., Search Result, China, Internet, Internet company
Nominum's Skye puts DNS services in the cloud
News The Internet infrastructure company is offering hosted DNS services through its newly created Skye cloud division.
Tags: Cloud computing, E-business, Broadband, Cloud computing, Internet-infrastructure, DNS, Internet Service Provider, data center, Web
