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Toolbars and add-ons bring increased functionality to Web browsers andthe computers that run them. UK-based SpinVox does the same thingfor cell phone users. The company offers several services that convertvoicemail to text messages or e-mail and allow message broadcasting tolisted recipients and social networks SpinVox is just beginning to market t...
Part 1 of this two-part series started a conversation with ubExact.com CEO Wilhelmina Stephenson. Part 2 continues the discussion When ubExact.com's CEO Wilhelmina Stephenson started work on her innovative beta platform last year for a new search engine concept, she had every reason to believe consumers would gravitate to the new search technology ...
What started out on Sept. 2, 2008, as a potential innovation in the search engine space ended this month as the latest technology sacrifice to the economic gods ubExact.com went out of business, unable to sustain enough financial traction to make the innovation viable. ubExact spent much of its beta and post-launch endeavors designing the search pl...
Creating strong passwords with letters and numbers is vital to keepingsecure access to computers and online accounts. Remembering them andeasily retrieving them are equally vital. A password is only as goodas the user's ability to remember it In today's world of mobile access and multiple accounts, that can be avery big problem. Until now, the avai...
In a society far away and long ago, people mostly farmed and ran storefront businesses where they lived. Then came the migration to the cities, where a new generation of workers stuffed into bulgingurban-based factory jobs. Many spent their entire adult lives working for The Man in an upstairs office Then more social changes and transportation adva...
Every industry has a hero who paves the way with innovation. Cisco is looking for developer heroes for the open source software industry and hopes to find three as winners of its Think Inside the Box Developer Contest The contest, which started in October, encourages developers to produce applications that run on Cisco's new Linux Application Exten...
The drawback with using most search engines is they all seem to give similarresults and generally all have the same look and feel. They lackpersonalization and offer a mostly boring environment "Most people select the first few results on Google, even thoughYahoo and Microsoft Live give better business results for specificinformation. And Live is m...
Given the many options out there, someone in the market for a portable computer may have a hard time deciding whether to go with an ultra-small netbook or a small-but-not-THAT-small notebook computer. If you want a netbook, you've got another choice ahead of you: Would you like that with Linux or Windows? While it's no surprise to see the latter o...
I recently carried out a personal quest for a netbook computer.Relying on a bit of insider snobbery since I write about computertechnology almost daily, I was not expecting a big problem in making aselection It's not that I really needed another computer. My home office is wellstocked with two desktops running Windows XP and a third formerWindows b...
The Internet provides opportunities for businesses to interact withcustomers in new ways. As innovations in social media appear,enterprises slowly adopt those same trends to offeralternatives for making the sale online Some companies are attracting potential new clients through live videostreaming or open chat channels. Sometimes these cutting-edge...
A quiet battle of sorts is taking place behind the scenes in thesoftware industry. Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing haveevolved, placing much more attention on Web-based applications This greater focus has also raised expectations for the servicesdelivered via Web 2.0. The open source software community hasresponded to this growing ...
As malware writers and Internet attackers become moresophisticated, 2009 looks to be a year of more focused attacks byprofit-driven criminals bent on stealing data from businesses,employees and consumers Networking firm Cisco released itsannual Threat Report Monday, citing a nearly 12 percent increase in thenumber of disclosed vulnerabilities over ...
Syncplicity, a startup online data management company, announced last October the closing of its post-seed funding round for US$2.35 million. The company offers an automated, all-in-one service for online and offline file syncing, backup and sharing Silicon Valley-based True Ventures led a group of private investors in compiling the funding pool. S...
Syncplicity, a startup online data management company, announced last October the closing of its post-seed funding round for US$2.35 million. The company offers an automated, all-in-one service for online and offline file syncing, backup and sharing Silicon Valley-based True Ventures led a group of private investors in compiling the funding pool. S...
Syncplicity, a startup online data management company, announced last October the closing of its post-seed funding round for US$2.35 million. The company offers an automated, all-in-one service for online and offline file syncing, backup and sharing Silicon Valley-based True Ventures led a group of private investors in compiling the funding pool. S...
The old adage about a sucker being born every minute is no less true among respondents to spam. Dishonest people have always been trying to make a fast buck by duping others into confidence scams, and the Web has give those people an easy way to communicate with more potential marks. However, modern-day scam artists may be capable of making a faster buck from a lot fewer suckers...
It's a small wonder that the Linux operating system remains vibrant in multiple industries and is poised to make a dash for more consumers' desktops, considering how often misunderstandings get in the way of its advancement For instance, Linux was not immediately recognized as a real OS in the way that consumers and business owners viewed the Apple...
The sour economy is causing industries and individuals alike to tighten their belts in just about all areas of spending, including software. Downloading free and low-cost open-source software is often an attractive alternative to proprietary commercial products. The potential for enterprises and other users to switch from high-priced software to open-source alternatives poses a new opportunity for open-source developers...
Terra Soft Solutions, the developer of Yellow Dog Linux (YDL), has been acquired by the Japanese software firm Fixstars Corporation, a developer of Cell Broadband Engine solutions The new company, now known as "Fixstars Solutions," is operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fixstars and will maintain its entire product line from a regional office...
Search and databases often have troubled relationships. Web-based search utilities have become essential business tools. The database is the lifeblood of many a business' record-keeping system. Both are vital -- just don't try to put the two together or integrate spreadsheets and other documents with them For example, searching just doesn't exist w...
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