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######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### PC manufacturers are hoping that improved features of Windows #, which was recently launched by Microsoft, will lure more consumers to buy PCs. Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Toshiba America, and Acer are among PC

######## Article ###### ###### In order to achieve bigger sales even with limited ad budgets, major marketers--such as Volkswagen, Sprint Nextel, and Xerox--are revising the strategies they adopt for buying search ads. Some of the new strategies include

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Google plans to offer songs from leading online music providers on its search pages. From a search results page, users will be able to stream a song and listen to it. They can also buy

######## Article ###### Broadband providers feel that usage-based pricing needs to be instituted for Internet connections. With always-on broadband connections, many heavy web users enjoy Internet services for a flat rate. Some telecommunications and cable providers, including AT

######## Article ###### Goby (goby.com) is an activity search engine designed to help users to find activities to do during their free time in any U.S. location. The new engine has three query boxes--What, Where, and When

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Walt Disney Co. will be shortly unveiling a technology code-named Keychest. The company says that Keychest will allow users to view movies on-demand from multiple devices. Besides, the technology will allow entertainment companies

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Windows has released an interim upgrade to its smartphone software, Windows Mobile #.#, that is a distinct improvement over the original Windows Mobile #, but still falls far short of the standard

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Sony is forging an ever-closer alliance with Google, as it looks to Google#;s open-source Android operating system and other open-source technologies to help put Sony back in play on

######## Article Iridium Communications, which a decade ago starred in a legendary tech industry crash & burn, is making a modest comeback. The idea behind Iridium, back in the late ####s, was to provide global phone communications at a time when

######## Article ###### Hollywood studios are fighting with Netflix and Redbox over revenue share from DVD rentals as its highly profitable DVD sales business declines, a decline that may not end when the recession does. According to the author, #;Hollywood

######## Article ###### ###### Perhaps the new e-mail is here now that Google#;s most recent product consolidates communication, collaboration, and media sharing into one innovative and insanely useful application. Google evidently knows a lot about human nature, particularly

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft#;s Windows Vista--launched a couple of years back--was shunned by users for numerous reasons. The OS was incompatible with many programs, and users preferred Windows XP, an operating system

######## Article Cisco dominates the networking world, but now it is being challenged on its technology home turf by Arista, which is offering ultrafast networking gear for large data centers. Arista#;s founder, Andreas Bechtolsheim, has a long history of

######## Article In an innovative venture, Meetesh Patel, chief executive of New Energy Technologies, is working with engineer Gerard Lynch to generate power from rumble strips. They believe that power can be generated at parking lots or toll plazas by

######## Article ###### Google recently reported financial results for the third quarter, the second successive period of gains for the company. Google#;s profits are a clear indication that Internet advertising is moving from recession to recovery. Google is a

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Hollywood is exploiting the popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to boost movie ticket sales. Marketing movies on social media sites represents a new trend. The horror movie #;Paranormal Activity#; recently

######## Article Computers are now being taught to recognize objects, which would enable them to do object-recognition tasks in minutes that would otherwise take humans hours to do. For example, if computers could recognize objects, they could instantly search

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### New services--like Google Wave, Twitter, and Facebook--that enable constant user interaction in innovative ways seem to mark the end of the email era. Google Wave allows users to share ideas in real

######## Article ###### Amazon.com first began the practice of posting customer reviews and ratings of its products online. Now, most online vendors allow customers to post product reviews--positive as well as negative. These vendors are working to find

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### MarkMonitor is a brand-protection firm that scans social media sites on a daily basis to find out unauthorized profiles created in its clients#; names by cyber criminals. The company offers a

######## Article For years there has been talk about interactive television advertising, in which viewers could click on their remote controls to interact with ads and (advertisers hope) buy products. In fact, says analyst Colin Dixon of digital media consultancy

######## Article The recession may have hit hard on Earth, but there is little sign of it in outer space. Rising global communications demand, especially for satellite television, is causing a boom in satellite operations. The industry saw a #

######## Article ###### ###### The economic downturn has not kept Viacom from launching a new television channel, Epix, which will show Paramount and MGM films along with original programming. The reason for this move is that the recession has sped

######## Article #;Smart grid#; technology has the potential of transforming a vital but surprisingly archaic electrical infrastructure, saving money, reducing energy waste, and supporting the adoption of green technology. In ####, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering said that

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Recently, thousands of email accounts provided by Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Hotmail were compromised. Microsoft and Google believe cyber criminals obtained account passwords through phishing schemes. Cyber criminals often succeed in obtaining private data or

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### A year since launched, Google#;s Android operating system for mobile phones is gaining momentum in the smartphone race, proving itself a worthy rival of the iPhone. The open source software OS has

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft is releasing its new Operating System (OS) Windows #, which could erase the bad reputation of its predecessor Windows Vista. Tests done on pre-release Windows # versions on different machines have led

######## Article ###### ###### Smartphone manufacturers Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple are competing with each other to offer medical applications through smartphones. Recently Palo Alto-based Stanford Hospital & Clinics commenced a trial in coordination with Epic Systems Corp., a

######## Article ###### ###### New digital cameras with unusual features like a built-in projector and dual LCD screens are now available. Compared with digital cameras that were available five years ago, the new models have improvements like larger LCD

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Microsoft and Google are focusing on developing mobile phone operating systems in an attempt to compete with Apple#;s iPhone. Microsoft says over ## new handsets, including touch-sensing models such as

######## Article Energy firms in Germany are trying to reduce emissions from coal burning plants by storing carbon dioxide underground. The Swedish energy giant, Vattenfall AB, plans to store the gas inside saline aquifers below fields in eastern Germany, with

######## Article Google is creating custom ad campaigns for big ad spenders like Ford Motor Co. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Besides, Google has helped Quaker Oats--a PepsiCo unit--and J.C. Penny Co. to launch their ad campaigns on

######## Article ###### In ####, two landmark studies published in the #;New England Journal of Medicine#; demonstrated the effectiveness of therapeutic hypothermia in protecting the human brain after a cardiac arrest. One of the studies was conducted in Australia, and

######## Article Deal making and risk taking are returning to the tech industry, a sign that firms believe the worst of the Great Recession is behind them. In a three-week period, Jon A. Woodruff, head of technology mergers and

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Upgrading Windows has always been a rather fraught process, whether you are migrating to a new machine or installing a new version of Windows on your current machine. Unlike Apple#;s Migration Assistant

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Technology that was initially developed to provide accessibility for the disabled is being #;mainstreamed#; to provide a variety of popular consumer features. Apple#;s latest iPhone, for example, has a voice

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Google is taking a new approach in challenging Microsoft Internet Explorer#;s dominance of the browser market. It is positioning itself inside Internet Explorer, by offering its Chrome browser as an IE

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### Alex Betancourt of Publisher#;s Clearing House Online Network was surprised when he checked the website logs late last year and found a sharp increase in the number of visitors using mobile browsers. In

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### A rising number of exchange-traded fund investors (ETF investors) are seeking online resources that advise about ETFs. At present, ETFs account for only # percent of dollars invested in traditional mutual

######## Article While the fight over health care still dominates U.S. politics, another contentious issue is coming back to the fore: carbon curbs as a tool for combating global warming. While this debate features some familiar partisan splits, it

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### The police department of Rancho Cucamonga, California enhanced its status as one of the ## best places to live in the United States with a low crime rate when it recently gained efficiency

######## Article ###### Baidu is a powerful Internet service of global dimensions. Robin Li Yanhong, president of Baidu.com, has helped his search website--now considered as China#;s information gateway--to successfully survive Google#;s dominance in the Internet

######## Article After previously looking inward and focusing on cost cutting and infrastructure enhancements, some healthcare, government, and banking organizations are pushing the limits of web-enabled consumer relationships by delivering an enhanced web experience because business is increasingly being

######## Article San Francisco-based iPierian, a biopharmaceutical firm, has developed a new type of stem cell that could improve drug development process vastly. The new stem cells are created by inserting four genes-- through viruses--into skin cell genomes

######## Article ###### Multicore chips are becoming the new hardware standard, but will your software be able to use the additional power they provide? It used to be that if you upgraded your computer, you could expect your existing software

######## Article ###### ###### Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is an extension of XML designed specifically for financial reporting. In XBRL, financial data is given unique identifying tags, which not only act as identifiers, but provide a range of information

######## Article Dell#;s purchase of Perot Systems Corp is well timed, since Perot does nearly half of its business in the medical sector at a time when federal spending on health information technology is set to increase greatly. A

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Social networking site Twitter has emerged as a top technology platform, with about ##,### applications enhancing the microblogging service. The Twitter platform has been able to inspire diverse applications

######## Article ###### ###### IT shops often frown on employee use of social media as mere socializing, a way to waste time and goof off. But author Scot Finnie argues that Twitter is a different beast, and one that has

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Despite its required drawbacks, web application development will move to online platforms in what is known as platform as a service--a form of cloud computing that holds substantial potential to assist

######## Article The DNA scanner of Steve Turner, chief technology officer and founder of Pacific Biosciences, is very different from other devices that decode human genes. Pacific Biosciences uses laser beams, focusing them on tiny DNA loops circulating through mutated

######## Article Canada-based Smart Technologies has developed interactive whiteboards that connect to the Internet. The digital boards function as portals that help students save data on to laptops, letting them print or email the saved information. Over ## percent

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Adobe#;s Flash technology has long played a significant role in delivering compelling graphics online, but a shadow now hangs over its future because some innovative and powerful technology companies such

######## Article ###### ###### Intel#;s new Atom processor chip, which resulted in the emergence of low-priced netbooks, is also the reason for most of the problems encountered by netbook users. The Atom range of processor chips has been

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Conventional wisdom says to never deploy a new operating system before the first service pack, but Windows # might be an exception, so this article outlines the six deployment packages

######## Article Japanese company Sharp has planned a strategy to sell its low-priced ##-inch flat panel LCD TV sets to low-end Chinese customers, while its ##-inch LCD model will be sold for high-end American customers

######## Article According to a study conducted by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology at UC Berkeley, two-thirds of adult Internet users do not prefer tailored ads. Researchers involved

######## Article ###### ###### Automakers are taking a new, second look at hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative to battery power for cars of the future. Fuel cells, which produce electricity by combining hydrogen with oxygen, were highly promoted early

######## Article Apple has taken a beating from environmental groups in recent years, in spite of its progressive public image and the presence of Al Gore on its board of directors. Greenpeace turned its guns on Apple in #### over

######## Article An excerpt from the book Change By Design, by Tim Brown, argues that the thought processes used by designers are applicable to a host of business processes, and are of growing importance in an environment in which innovation

######## Article Stephen Gold, owner of Electra Plumbing and Construction, is a building contractor in San Francisco and a volunteer for Los Altos-based Wildlife Conservation Network. Gold works with researchers to ascertain the type of equipment wildlife researchers would

######## Article Power utility companies have a tough time predicting the availability of power from their wind- and sunlight-based energy sources, given the unpredictability of these natural sources of energy. Therefore, to provide continuous power, wind or solar energy

######## Article Social media website Friendster is betting its future on Southeast Asian users, since about ## percent of Friendster#;s traffic originates from four countries in Southeast Asia, namely, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The company is actively

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### At NAB ####, a lot of discussion pertained to the innovative Blackmagic Design#;s Ultrascope, which is appropriate for a high-quality but inexpensive waveform monitor and vectorscope at a time

######## Article ###### ###### ###### In ####, Netflix was on the verge of introducing a device for streaming movies to TV sets when CEO Reed Hastings had second thoughts. He canceled the launch, and ended up spinning off the device

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### The vast proliferation of digital documents such as email has transformed the landscape of legal discovery, providing documents required in legal proceedings. Frequent headlines attest to firms being hit with big legal fees as

######## Article It was not long ago that only birds twittered, and no one had ever heard of Facebook. Companies like Facebook and Twitter have come out of nowhere to rule the popular culture by harnessing the power of viral

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### When it comes to great brand rivalries, the only one where we can always be sure where MacLife will come down is Mac versus PC. Their reviewer finds a much closer call in comparing

######## Article A team headed by Sara Pryor, chair and professor of the atmospheric science program at Indiana University, has studied the role of climatic changes in reducing wind speeds in the U.S. and adversely influencing the evolving wind

######## Article ###### Libraries, says the author, are not doing enough to build links that pull their collections together, or to make the interconnections visible to search engine crawlers. The key component of a well designed web is stable, readable

######## Article A bad romantic breakup has led to a court ruling that may leave websites much more exposed to legal action due to third party postings on their sites. The case, in Barnes v Yahoo!, arose when a vengeful

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Of the nine free security software programs tested by AV-Test.org, Avira#;s AntiVir Personal clinched the top spot. Excellent malware detection, scan speed, and disinfection capabilities

######## Article Detailed analysis of all online activity at its website has enabled Rail Europe, a North American distributor for train travel tickets of ## European railroads, to streamline its web operations. In July ####, Rail Europe employed the services

######## Article ###### ###### Firms in the life sciences industry have particularly demanding business processes, and are calling on business intelligence (BI) software and other tools to help them manage those processes. Life science firms must deal with enormous amounts

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Business & Legal Reports (BLR) is changing its name to Business & Legal Resources as the company, like many other organizations, is recognizing the value of its online business and making the necessary changes to strengthen it

######## Article The agricultural industry is considering biotechnology as a key enabler for the future. By ####, the industry will have to produce more food--almost double the amount it produces at present--to cater for the expanding population. Existing

######## Article Government websites can be one of the most useful sources for a wide variety of information, but users may be uneasy about the government snooping on their Internet usage. If you look up the FAQ on explosives at

######## Article ###### ###### Windows # from Microsoft is a mix of good features, some drawbacks, and areas where judgments of its certain features are reserved. Windows # OS is sprightly enough to run and perform well on all existing

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Twitter is taking over the world of online buzz. The author has a folder in Google Reader, labeled #;Buzz,#; that stores the feeds he uses to keep up with news

######## Article ###### More companies are beginning to see the power of viral marketing. For example, Michael Phelan, executive director of marketing at PlumChoice, says PlumChoice tried some innovative marketing ideas during a tradeshow, resulting in product queries that were

######## Article ###### ###### When the author bought a rural house it was ####, and broadband was not yet a consideration. Once it became an issue he was stuck, first with dialup and then with a clunky wireless modem that

######## Article ###### The International Report looks at several developments in Europe and a promising one in Africa. In August the European Commission (EC) put out a report looking back at the last five years of EU communications policy and

######## Article ###### As of ####, CosmoCom has provided University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare, one of the biggest healthcare centers in the mid-South, with a cutting-edge art contact center system capable of supporting multiple call centers and healthcare

######## Article With the advent of the Internet, blogs, and social networks, we now live in a digital world in which news is reported as it occurs, and in turn, newspapers and magazines are failing at an increasing rate, but

######## Article ###### There is some degree of truth to the mantra #;form follows function#;--what something does will dictate how it looks--yet there is more to it when it pertains to industrial design (ID), which takes all aspects

######## Article ###### The pace of technological innovation is now so high that a library conference can have as its theme what library technology will be like a year from now. A year ago the talk was all about #;Web

######## Article ###### ###### Skilled amateur photographers now have an opportunity to make some money from their shots by selling them to so-called microstock photography websites. Professional photographers have long sold their work to stock photo agencies, which in

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### JVC has made its entrance into the significant niche of under-$##,### interchangeable-lens solid-state-media HD cameras with its innovative eGY-HM###. Instead of introducing yet another codec

######## Article ###### ###### ###### As the summer comes to a close, the year-long revival of the paid content argument shows no sign of letting up, but the problem of much of the thinking in the paid content discussion

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Users could dispense with existing TV broadcasts and go for Internet TV to save money. However, users need to make some investments to get an experience similar to that offered by cable or satellite TV

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### With its new ATI FirePro V-series, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had created innovative ATI workstation graphics accelerators that produce enhanced performance at substantially lower costs. For many years, ATI was the first

######## Article ###### ###### ###### Social networking in forms such as in-person conferences and print media has been long established in the library world. Online social networking will not and should not replace these forms of connection building, but

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### On August #, ####, social network junkies--and some companies that depend on sites to interact with clients--grew increasingly impatient, uncertain, and frustrated as a huge distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacking

######## Article ###### Via a simple though not necessarily easy process, home-brew biodiesel will allow you to turn used fry-oil waste into high-quality diesel fuel. This author was tired of paying for ## gallons of regular diesel

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### Apple has recently launched the latest versions of Logic Studio and Final Cut Studio. The company has moved the current versions of its audio- and video-editing software

######## Article The term #;Web #.##; for a host of interactive and user-drive technologies came into wide use around ####, and was quickly adopted in the public library world. By #### the ALA published a report on Web

######## Article ###### ###### ###### ###### News coverage of the launch of Bing, Microsoft#;s search engine competitor to Google, is playing out as a movie that we have seen before. Whenever a new search engine comes out, the story

######## Article ###### Natural language search comes to financial services thanks to MyRoar, a tool designed to allow financial specialists to search their databases with direct questions rather than mere keywords. Founder and CEO Kate McDonough, was a bond analyst

######## Article Customer service representatives (CSR) from the contact centers of Las Vegas-based online retail company Zappos.com use an unconventional metric known as #;The Wow Moment,#; which focuses on harder-to-measure consumer responses. Zappos.com goes beyond

######## Article ###### ###### Steve Perlman, head of OnLive, has never made a high-profile splash in Silicon Valley in spite of a career that has put him near the center of developments such as QuickTime and WebTV. But now