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'Spoken Web' can bridge India's digital divide
Insight newsmaker Director of IBM India Research Laboratory believes voice-enabled Web portals can unleash "untapped potential" of country's rural communities.
Tags: R&D, IBM Corp., Technology, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Innovation, phone, software, keyboard
Fixing a busted IT research system
Insight newsmaker Professor James Foley says major trouble stalks the US technology education pipeline.
Tags: IT training
Hostile work environment: A manager's legal liability
Insight Lawsuits involving hostile work environments are increasing every year. As a manager, you can be held liable for cases that happen under your watch. Find out how to keep your workplace free of sexual harassment.
Microsoft shares slide as ruling expected today
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A century later, Einstein's first ideas still hold power
News It's rare that a person gets a chance to overturn humanity's conception of the universe.
Tags: Processors, R&D
Microsoft shares slide as ruling expected today
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Tags: Open Source, Article, online help, Encarta.com, Wikipedia Article, software, Wikipedia
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Concrete ideas
Blogs I attended the fifth International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA) last mo...
Are your IT projects a house of cards?
Techguide Organizational cultures that prioritize business value over mechanical project execution, will prevent IT folks from spinning business benefits to get their project approved--and doomed for failure.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Budgeting/cost control, Business Benefit, Card, appraisal, Michael Krigsman, Management Practice, Sommer, software
Challenge to Google Books settlement focuses on class actions
News Lawyer plans to file a new objection to Google's settlement with book rights holders claiming that class action lawsuits were not intended to strike licensing deals.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Legal, Settlement, Class Action, RAM, copyright law, New York Times Co., U.S.
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., U.S., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, blog
Microsoft closing the book on Encarta
News The software maker decides to shelve its online encyclopedia, no doubt due to the growth of alternatives such as Wikipedia.
Tags: Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Web Analytics, Microsoft Windows Live, Encyclopedia, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Encarta.com, layoff, Digital media, software
IBM makes the world its lab
News Convincing countries and companies around the world of need to innovate during the economic downturn, has resulted in new cutting-edge partnerships for Big Blue.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., University, Chip, Samuel J. Palmisano, intellectual property, Switzerland, China Telecom, China, strategy
