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Web censure 'curbs human rights'
Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.
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How to Optimize Business Process ROI with Unified Communications
These days, companies are implementing unified communications technologies across their organizations, applying unified communications to various communication processes in different departments. Yet the contact center is one of the most critical communication channels to an organization's success, as its agents are on the front line with customers. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Gary Barnett explains how to get the most ROI out of your unified communications investments, especially in the contact center.
- Expanding a unified communications (UC) strategy to business processes in the contact center can extend the benefits outside the enterprise to the end consumer, ultimately leading to improved customer satisfaction. But it requires IT groups to look at the technological and architectural consideratio...
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Microsoft Will Be Asked to Alter EU Browser Choice Screen Yet Again
Microsoft will be asked by representatives from seven smaller Web browser-makers to alter its Web browser choice screen, which was designed to sidestep European antitrust concerns over bundling Internet Explorer with Windows by offering users an automatically downloaded window with several browser options. A report from a March 8 meeting suggests that the European Commission, the EU's antitrust body, encouraged the smaller browsers to engage with Microsoft over the issue. While Microsoft has already introduced more randomization into the placement of the larger browsers on the ballot screen, these smaller companies want changes that will give their products a better chance at front-and-center positioning.
- Microsoft faces another request from seven browser companies
to alter its quot;Web browser choice screen quot; for European users of Windows.
Originally introduced on March 1 to sidestep concerns from the European
Commission (EC), the EUs antitrust regulatory body, about the bundling of
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10 Reasons Why Microsoft Bing is Gaining on Google
News Analysis: Although Google still controls a significant portion of the search space, evidence suggests Bing is gradually gaining ground on the search giant. It still has a long way to go. But if things keep up as they are, Bing may prove to be a formidable competitor to Google in a few short years.
- Google provides a service that is not easily
rivaled. Its search algorithm is outstanding. The simplicity with which users
can search the Web is top-notch. And the company's integration of Search into
so many other products and services makes it a likely choice for both consumers
and...
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British Conservatives promise superfast Internet
LONDON (Reuters) - Investing in a high-speed Internet network would open up a new global trade route for Britain, boosting economic recovery and creating thousands of jobs, the opposition Conservative party said on Thursday.
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Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite Gives Developers Jump on Apps
Adobe's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite enables organizations to build applications through Adobe client technologies.
- Adobe's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, the latest
version of which began shipping in November, is a set of Web services with
which organizations can build applications for interacting with users,
implementing business processes and managing document-based communications, all
through Adobe client te...
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Google Bike Directions Point to Google Maps as Key Search Tool
Google's addition of biking directions and bike trail data to Google Maps March 9 is one more example of the search engine giant's increased emphasis on connecting users to information. The move is also part of the company's plan to get more users coming to Google Maps for the purpose of showing them advertisements from local businesses. Of course, the biking directions are in beta and leave something to be desired for some early testers. The New York Post sent one of its intrepid reporters out to test Google Maps biking directions in New York City. It didn't go well.
- Google's addition of
biking directions and bike trail data to Google Maps March 9 is one more example
of the search engine giant's increased emphasis on connecting users to information, with a side of advertising. The idea is to help cyclists plan bike routes quot;that
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Intel Previews Six-Core 'Gulftown' PC Processor
At the Game Developers Conference, Intel showed off its Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, the chip makers first six-core CPU for consumers. Codenamed Gulftown, the Core i7-980X comes with more cores and computing threads, and a larger L3 cache, than the current i7-975, and all at the same price.
- Intel is showing off its new high-end Gulftown gaming chip, the six-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Intel officials previewed the chip March 10. The chip, the first six-core Intel chip for consumers, is built on the companys 32-nanometer m...
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Motorola, RIM Top U.S. Phone Ownership, Says Report
Motorola was the most-used handset during a three-month period ending in January, according to a new report from comScore. Among smartphone users, RIM dominated, Google gained share and Microsoft lost out.
- Motorola is the leading handset manufacturer in the United States,
while BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion leads the smartphone space,
according to market research firm comScore. Google also is gaining share in the smartphone space, though Microsoft is slipping a bit, comScore
said March...
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Telegraph poles to take broadband
Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK.
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10 Tech Certifications Every IT Pro Needs to Know
Dice has assembled a working list of technology certifications that are in demand right now in 2010. Certifications alone will not get you a new job, but they can certainly help increase the chances for job interviews and calls from recruiters. Not all certifications are created equal in terms of paycheck impact. While nearly half of all technology professionals have at least one certification, a minority attributed pay increases to certification, wrote Evan Lesser, director of Dice Learning. Here are the 10 hottest certifications in IT right now. (Dice listed the number of job openings in four out of 10 certifications.)
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T-Mobile webConnect Accesses Super-Fast HSPA+
The T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, arriving March 14, will offer access to T-Mobiles super-fast HSPA+ network which is only available in Philadelphia right now. T-Mobile is expected to roll out more deployments during the next few months.
- T-Mobile will extend its webConnect modem line
on March 14 with the addition of the T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB
Laptop Stick, its first to connect subscribers to the high data speeds
of its new HSPA+ network, where its available. According to T-Mobile, HSPA+ offers three times the speed ...
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OnLive to Launch Cloud-Based Gaming Service
Gaming moves further into the cloud as OnLive announces a cloud-based gaming service with support from publishing heavyweights such as Electronic Arts (EA), THQ and Ubisoft.
- As more companies become comfortable moving their businesses
into cloud-based services, consumers are also waking up to the idea that
cloud-based storage (and entertainment) is a safe and practical alternative.
With this in mind, OnLive, a deliverer of on-demand, instant-play video games,
announ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad W701ds Is Portable Display Powerhouse
The ThinkPad W701ds is loaded with connectors and a Wacom digitizer tablet to handle heavyweight creative and scientific applications on location. The top-of-the-line Lenovo mobile workstation now comes with Intel Core i7 chips. Despite the expansive real estate, the touchpad and mouse buttons dont take advantage of the extra room. The digitizer and color calibration system shown in this test unit set the bar, however, for accurate and precise hardware capabilities for demanding creative and scientific applications.
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Data Center World 2010 Puts Spotlight on IT Efficiency
More than 800 enterprise IT managers, C-level executives, facilities managers and vendor representatives were out in force this week at AFCOM's Data Center World 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. Mostly those decision-making IT veterans were there for two reasons: to find out how to run their systems more effectively with an eye toward saving power and money. To that end, there were dozens of study sessions ranging from the all-encompassing The Data Center Energy Crisis to the very specialized, such as The Three-Source Static Switch: Taking Redundancy to the Next Level. For the record, 30-year-old AFCOM is the world's oldest data center professional and educational association; its members own and operate 4,500 of the world's most powerful data centers. Here are some photo highlights of the five-day conference.
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FTC Seeks Input from Google Rivals About Its AdMob Bid
The Federal Trade Commission is looking for official declarations from Google rivals about Google's proposed purchase of mobile ad provider AdMob, which could signal the regulator may challenge the deal. Bloomberg News said March 10 that the FTC is now asking Google competitors and advertisers for input about the deal to help its investigation into whether the purchase would reduce competition in the mobile ad market. This sector includes Microsoft, Yahoo and a host of smaller startups such as Millenial Media, Jumptap, Greystripe and many others.
- The Federal Trade Commission is looking for official
declarations from Google rivals and advertisers about Google's proposed
purchase of mobile ad provider AdMob, which could signal the regulator may
challenge the deal. Google offered to buy AdMob, which sells ads for placement on...
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S2 Offers Pronto Web-Based Security Solution
S2 Security expands its family of Web-based security solutions with Pronto, a browser-based system aimed at cost-conscious businesses.
- S2 Security, the manufacturer of the S2 NetBox and S2
Enterprise integrated IP-based physical security systems, announced the release
Web-based security appliance Pronto for small to medium-size businesses.
S2 Pronto brings the company's integrated security management capabilities...
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Former TSA Employee Indicted for Database Attack
Federal authorities have charged a Colorado man with trying to corrupt Transportation Security Administration databases containing information tied to the war on terror and other law enforcement activities.
- A former Transportation Security Administration employee has been charged with trying to corrupt TSA databases.
Douglas James Duchak, 46, of Colorado Springs, Colo.,was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denverthis
week on two counts of charges of attempting to intentionally damage a
p...
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Tories pledge 'fastest broadband'
The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband.
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Mobile clinic
Phones transform healthcare in the developing world
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