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Microsoft Building One-Mile Wi-Fi

BY Chris DannenThu Aug 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Despite protestations from the Bush administration, the FCC succeeded last year in making a certain chunk of the nation's TV and radio spectrum--dubbed "white space"--available to unlicensed broadcasters. That meant that companies ...READ»

CLOUD COMPUTING | 2 comments

Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud Bridges Gap Between Enterprise and EC2 Atmosphere

BY Kit EatonWed Aug 26, 2009 at 9:03 AM

Amazon, everyone's favorite online bookstore, also offers some pretty neat pay-per-use cloud computing systems. The company's just tweaked them, adding in all sorts of hooks for business networks to make it an even more useful ...READ»

SEARCH ENGINE WARS | 1 comment

Yahoo Still Working on Search--What About Bing?

BY Kit EatonTue Aug 25, 2009 at 10:03 AM

There we were just thinking Microsoft had sewn-up Yahoo's search-engine powers by licensing Bing to it, and now it looks like Yahoo's still polishing its search powers all on its own anyway. What the heck is going on? Complex, ...READ»

CRM | Comment

The CRM Solution for Private Equity and Venture Capital Firms

BY Martin BegleyMon Aug 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM

Financial Services companies don’t sell “stuff.” But when you look for a CRM (Client Relationship Management) system most of them are only designed for companies that do. The needs of a financial services company, especially ...READ»

APPLE STORE | 2 comments

Apple Store Is Highest Grossing Retailer on Fifth Avenue

BY Clay DillowMon Aug 24, 2009 at 9:38 AM

The 10,000-square-foot Mac Mecca at the corner of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown is pulling in an estimated $350 million annually.READ»

SEARCH ENGINE WARS | Comment

WolframAlpha Deal Means Bing Gets Its Geek On

BY Kit EatonFri Aug 21, 2009 at 9:37 AM

Microsoft's Bing just keeps getting more interesting: The latest news is that Microsoft recently closed a deal with WolframAlpha's management to get some of Wolfram's impressive sciencey "fact calculation" goodness showing in Bing's ...READ»

GOOGLE BOOKS | Comment

Google Books Deal Faces Challenge by Tech Giants

BY Kit EatonFri Aug 21, 2009 at 6:26 AM

Google Books' deal to scan an archive of published books has been controversial right from the start, and now faces its biggest challenge yet: From a powerful coalition that includes Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon. Is it all about search ...READ»

WINDOWS MOBILE | 4 comments

To Combat iPhone, Microsoft Unleashes Slowness, Confusion

BY Chris DannenWed Aug 19, 2009 at 1:14 PM

Microsoft will use one version of its Windows Mobile operating system to combat Android sales, and another version against the iPhone, According to Digitimes. The hare-brained two-tier strategy won't roll out until October, when ...READ»

DATA CENTERS | 4 comments

Energy-Aware Internet Routing Could Save Big Bucks

BY Ariel SchwartzMon Aug 17, 2009 at 2:01 PM

It's no secret that access to endless energy is the lifeblood of data centers. At the same time, energy costs vary widely depending on location. What if data centers could use that price variability to their advantage? That's the ...READ»

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE | 1 comment

Will Tech Buyers Ever Come Back?

BY Chris DannenMon Aug 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM

Is the tech sector weaker than we think? Just last week, analysts were abuzz over buoying technology stocks: The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit 2,000 points on news that chip demand was once again rising. Philadelphia's Semiconductor Index, ...READ»

CLOUD COMPUTING | 3 comments

Is Apple Shooting for the Cloud?

BY Kit EatonMon Aug 17, 2009 at 8:29 AM

More information is trickling out about Apple's new data center in North Carolina--it seems it's going to be big. Amongst the biggest in the World, in fact. Are the folks at Cupertino shooting Apple into the cloud computing ...READ»

ZUNE HD | Comment

Zune HD Pre-Sales Start Today as More Device Details Emerge

BY Clay DillowThu Aug 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM

Been waiting to get your hands on the much-hyped Zune HD? Online pre-orders for Microsoft's iPod challenger began today at Amazon, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and the Microsoft store as the September 15 release date nears. For Zune lovers who ...READ»

MICROSOFT-NOKIA | 1 comment

Office Chatter: Microsoft-Nokia Deal in the Works

BY Kit EatonWed Aug 12, 2009 at 6:08 AM

The Internet rumor fairies have been sprinkling their magic news story dust around again, and have given us a rather intriguing suggestion this time: Nokia and Microsoft are due to announce an alliance today. According to the ...READ»

MEDIA PLAYER | 2 comments

Zune HD Prices Leak on Amazon: 16GB $220, 32GB $290

BY Clay DillowTue Aug 11, 2009 at 11:33 AM

The price of Microsoft's long-awaited Zune HD, the company's latest attempt to challenge Apple's iPod dominance in the portable media player space, leaked via Amazon today, giving us a glimpse (finally) at the sticker price: $220 for ...READ»

MULTITOUCH | 1 comment

Meet the Multitouch Interface of the Future

BY Chris DannenMon Aug 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM

The advantages of user interfaces such as that of the iPhone may be moving to the desktop PC and the standard keyboard.READ»

ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE | Comment

iMIS Tips and Tricks

BY Elaine CrooksMon Aug 10, 2009 at 9:58 AM

You can write a webservice using a notepad editor. Also you can test this using your browser. You can even test the webservice by browsing the asmx page in the browser.READ»

MICROSOFT | 1 comment

Microsoft Sells Razorfish. What Will Happen to Surface Apps?

BY Chris DannenMon Aug 10, 2009 at 9:43 AM

Microsoft has sold off its most reliable incubator for cutting-edge apps for its table computer Surface, leaving the future uncertain for how it showcases the platform.READ»

DESIGN | Comment

Introducing Guest Blogger John Barratt: Creativity Always Wins

BY Linda TischlerFri Aug 7, 2009 at 3:21 PM

Several years ago, I moderated a panel at a design conference in Dubai. Among the panelists was a guy from Boeing, who dazzled the crowd with a slide show of the interior of the 787 Dreamliner. It was a view into an aviation ...READ»

VIDEO GAMES | Comment

Why Games Are So Expensive, and Staying That Way

BY Kevin OhannessianFri Aug 7, 2009 at 8:09 AM

Recent earnings reports from Sony and Nintendo prove that the video game industry is not recession proof. So why do games still cost so much money?READ»

ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE | Comment

iMIS Tips and Tricks

BY Elaine CrooksTue Aug 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM

BroadPoint Consultant, Venketesh Subramony give an iMIS tips and tricks.READ»

FIREFOX | Comment

Browser Wars: Firefox to Hit One Billion Downloads Today

BY Kit EatonFri Jul 31, 2009 at 6:08 AM

Firefox has been nipping at Microsoft Internet Explorer's heels since 2004, and today the browser is passing a milestone: One billion copies will have been downloaded. That's in total, across all the versions made. Now, Mozilla isn't ...READ»

MAC SECURITY | 6 comments

Black Hat Hacker Reveals Your Mac's Not as Safe as You Think

BY Kit EatonThu Jul 30, 2009 at 12:03 PM

Just yesterday we learned of the iPhone's security issues, and today another Apple security flaw has been outed. According to a hacker there's a simple weakness in OS X that can give a malicious coder complete control of a Mac. The ...READ»

PALM PRE | 3 comments

How Should Marketers Guard Against Viral Backlash?

BY Cliff KuangWed Jul 29, 2009 at 10:52 AM

A frightening re-mix of a Palm Pre ad makes you realize: It's shockingly easy to wreck an ad campaign costing tens of millions of dollars.READ»

VIDEO GAMES | 3 comments

Microsoft's Shane Kim on Project Natal and the Xbox 360 Road Map

BY Kevin OhannessianWed Jul 29, 2009 at 10:52 AM

Microsoft continues to push the social networking and entertainment capabilities of the Xbox 360--games on demand and group movie viewing are two such features due in the next system update (due in August). We asked Shane Kim, Microsoft's VP of Strategy and Business Development for Interactive Entertainment, about the evolution of Xbox Live and what the launch of Project Natal means for the business.READ»

SEARCH ENGINE WARS | 2 comments

Yahoo, Microsoft Deal Gives Bing a Google-Rivaling Turbo Boost

BY Kit EatonWed Jul 29, 2009 at 6:55 AM

After years of foreplay, Microsoft and Yahoo have made it official: They're cozying up in bed together. The major beneficiary will be Bing--it'll usurp Yahoo search, boosting its Google rivalry power. We've been hearing dribs and ...READ»

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