Wednesday - May 6, 2009
Google's right to use the word "Android" for its mobile phone operating system is being challenged by Erich Specht, who acquired a trademark for the name "Android Data" in 2002. Google attempted to gain the right to use "Android" for its OS last year, as it happens, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied its petition due to possible product confusion. Google went ahead and used the name anyway. Last week, Specht filed a lawsuit seeking injunctive relief against Google and fines that could total $94 million.
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Tuesday - May 5, 2009
Can the privatized and anonymized be monetized? When it comes to the mega-million-name member lists of social network sites like Facebook and MySpace, Big Business really wants to know. As consumer databases go, the Facebook and MySpace lists have an appealing advantage over databases derived from indirect sources like phone books and rental lists.
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Wednesday - April 29, 2009
A long time ago -- meaning, of course, three or four years in Internet time -- wikis came to represent the best of the true democratic, user-generated nature of the Web. The collaborative writing/editing of a wiki meant that all voices could be heard, but majority rule would prevail.
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Wednesday - April 29, 2009
Other site search solutions may have looked like diminutive Davids when they first appeared next to Goliaths Google and Yahoo, but many of the smaller tools offer special functionality the giants don't have. Like the big guys, however, smaller solution providers know that prospective buyers are attracted by the word "free."
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Tuesday - April 28, 2009
With an attractive force akin to the massive black hole at the center of the galaxy, online social networks have pulled into their orbits scores of new startups searching for profits. The target: eyeballs. Last January, Facebook totaled 68 million unique visitors and 1.1 billion page views, and MySpace had 58 million unique visitors and 810 million page views, according to Compete.com.
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Tuesday - April 28, 2009
IT developers are moving toward higher-level languages that make their work simpler in order to keep up with business needs. That simplicity is found in lingos such as Java, C Sharp, Visual Basic and .Net. However, even those languages are sometimes not simple enough for the Web 2.0 world, spurring developers to also turn to dynamic languages such as PHP and Ruby, which can provide a faster return on development efforts.
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Monday - April 27, 2009
The concept of five nines availability has its roots in server deployment. That standard demands that the IT department or the service provider hired by an enterprise deliver access to applications and data 99.999 percent of the time. Even with today's migration to cloud storage and SaaS product delivery, much can happen to extend downtime to more than the remaining 5.26 minutes of every year.
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Friday - April 24, 2009
Crowdsourcing may be killing a lot of jobs. True, it's still a nascent business strategy that works well only in certain scenarios, and it can't be lumped in with outsourcing as the cause of mass layoffs. As is the case with outsourcing, though, it can be particularly difficult to quantify crowdsourcing's negative impact.
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Friday - April 24, 2009
Nothing is as heart-wrenching to an e-tailer as watching a customer abandon a full cart just seconds before consummating the deal. To be so close yet so cashless is more than frustrating; it's harmful to an e-tailer's health. A virtual armory of tools are in use to woo, cajole, prompt and push consumers to make the buy -- but are they working, or are they turning even more customers away?
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Thursday - April 23, 2009
Moving a company into cloud computing changes a lot more than just where the servers happen to be located. For instance, tech support might move out the door as well. In some cases, tech support workers may still have their desks, but they will no longer be their company's go-to guys when a problem develops.
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