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Designing products for life-saving situations
Insight newsmaker When mission critical equals life-and-death, intuitive use is the basis of designing devices for such events, says Motorola's design team head.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Motorola Inc., Product, Training, Officer, Malaysia, Copenhagen, Environment, job, radio
Most security products flunk quality tests
News Nearly 80 percent of security tools fail to perform during initial certification tests, requiring two or more cycles of further testing, reports product testing firm.
Tags: Security applications/tools, ICSA Labs, Security Product, Verizon Communications Inc., Security, performance, Security Update, accounting, Security applications/tools
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.
Define your project's vision with this exercise
Techguide The Vision Box exercise is a powerful way to help define the vision of the ultimate product, motivate the project team, and generate enthusiasm among stakeholders.
Tags: IT Management, Product, Exercise, project manager, Windows Guru, product development, CEO, vision, marketing, technique
Microsoft pushes back Stirling release
News The product, designed to manage Microsoft and third-party security software, has been delayed due to interoperability concerns.
Tags: PC security, Software integration, Network security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Corp., Security, Product, IT Professional, Stirling, threat management
Hiring the super project manager
Techguide If you’re hiring a project manager to lead your PMO, you have to look beyond a PMP certification. Find out what characteristics to focus on.
Tags: Human resources, IT project management, Project management, Business Manager, Product, Tool, Developer, Small And Medium Business, project manager, team environment
Using Grouping Sets in SQL Server 2008
Techguide A neat new feature in SQL Server 2008 is the GROUPING SETS clause, which allows you to easily specify combinations of field groupings in your queries to see different levels of aggregated data.
Tags: Databases, Server platforms, Microsoft SQL Server, GROUPING SETS, Clause, Product, Database, SQL, SalesHistory, GROUP
Norton AntiVirus 2009
Product Reviews Norton AntiVirus 2009
Tags: Norton Co., Security, Product, antivirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Norton AntiVirus 2009, Malicious Software Signature Update, phone, performance, malicious software
Norton Internet Security 2009
Product Reviews Norton Internet Security 2009
Tags: Norton Co., Security, Product, Norton Internet Security, Internet Security, antivirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security 2009, performance, Symantec Corp.
Windows Server 2008 goes down-market
News Company to offer public preview for Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Server Solutions 2008, both based on mainstream server release from earlier this year.
Tags: Server platforms, SMB, E-mail servers, Product, Midsize Business, operating system, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, server software, product manager
Apple selling used products online in China
News The company has launched an online store in China selling refurbished products in an aim to boost its business there.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Web sites, Apple Inc., Product, Yuan, Apple iMac, Apple iPod Shuffle, Apple iPod, News.com
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
Mozilla not interested in building Firefox OS
News Does Firefox backer want to turn its open-source browser into the basis for an operating system a la Google's Chrome OS? Not for now at least.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Google Inc., Mitchell Baker, Operating System, revenue, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation
News Coders find way to disable normal activation requirements of Microsoft's latest operating system, although Redmond says it is working to shore up antipiracy protections.
Tags: Windows 7, Piracy, Malware, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, antipiracy, Microsoft Windows
Accounting rule change approved by FASB
News Change allows companies like Apple to recognize revenue much faster.
Tags: Business structures, Apple Inc., TV, Sales, Apple TV, financial, Apple iPhone, agreement, accounting, Business structures
