Archive for May 29th, 2008:
ISWC to explore latest developments in wearable computers
ISWC to explore latest developments in wearable computers
Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India
… researchers, practitioners, designers, and manufacturers from the fields of wearable computing, smart clothing, ubiquitous computing, mobile computing, …
Media Power Inc. Donates $5 Million for Augmented Reality Research …
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
… Online Communities, Perception, Robotics, Ubiquitous Computing, Virtual Reality and Wearable Computing. For more information visit www.gvu.gatech.edu.
Orwellian Ubiquitous Computing?
RINF.COM - Lancaster,UK
As computer chips become smaller and their processing power increases exponentially, ubiquitous computing has become a practical reality. …
Ubiquitous Computing?
By Adnan
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 By Daniel Taylor | “…just by walking down the street you could be subject to a personal biometric system, you could be scanned by the gateway of the transit system, there could be something embedded in the …
Back in the Saddle
By PNAC Radio(PNAC Radio)
It may seem like a vision of a distant science fiction world, but this scenario laid out by Adam Greenfield, author of “Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing“, could be just around the corner. In fact, at this very moment …
Media Power Inc. Donates $5 Million for Augmented Reality Research …
By Agenna Mathley
… Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Visualization, New Media, Online Communities, Perception, Robotics, Ubiquitous Computing, Virtual Reality and Wearable Computing. For more information visit www.gvu.gatech.edu .
Juan Freire - From the Analogue Commons to the New Hybrid Public …
By Regine
Juan Freire is one of the very very few people who keep track of what is written in the field of ubiquitous computing, free software and technology but who would also hang around with media art curators and mingle with the hackers and …
Sonic Interaction Design: Special Issue Journal
By mobilesound
intersection of auditory display, ubiquitous computing, interaction design and interactive arts. This field is devoted to the privileged role the auditory channel can assume in exploiting the convergence of computing, communication and …
Canada falling behind in digital world
Canada falling behind in digital world
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
In all parts of Canada there are examples of entrepreneurs trying to create new companies and jobs based on the digital economy. …
‘Digital 9/11’ ahead unless EU network security heightened
Siliconrepublic.com - Dublin,Ireland
The agency said EU member states have a long way to go to safeguard the European digital economy. It said that while spam cost business €64.5bn in 2007, …
Don’t fret, pet. The fog and cold help make Sunderland Britain’s …
TelecomTV - London,UK
… and remote areas are now better connected to the world wide web and the global digital economy than are their urban and metropolitan cousins. …
So much for the myth of the `Alpha Geek’
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
But Brooks’s assignment of a present-at-the-creation date for the “nerd ascendency” to Microsoft and the digital economy in the 1980s is subjective. …
Is Optus already throwing in the towel on FTTN?
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
… of winning the coveted NBN (national broadband network) tender being considered by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. …
Revisiting Internet Governance : Ethics and Politics in Human …
Blog d’AdmiNet (Communiqués de presse) - France
On May 29th, the French Deputy-Minister newly in charge of the develpment of digital economy is opening a conference series aimed at « developing economic …
MCN to host digital economy conference here
Huntsville Forester - Ontario, Canada
by Brent Cooper Rob McPhee, the executive director for MCN, said that his organization will host a province-wide gathering on the digital economy at …
Open Your Mind up to the Challenges We Face in a Global Digital …
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
… indicates that the pressure senior managers already face to deliver value will intensify significantly into the future with a global digital economy. …
Fujitsu to exhibit at WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008
Fujitsu to exhibit at WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Langen, Germany,May 2008 — Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) will showcase its range of WiMAX™ solutions on Stand 3.47 at the WiMAX Forum Global …
Security, Costs Remain Challenges for WiMAX
Internet News - Fallbrook,CA,USA
New survey shows enterprises realize mobility benefits but aren’t turning to WiMAX very soon. By Judy Mottl: More stories by this author: Wi-Fi is cemented …
Starent Networks Performs Interoperability Testing to Advance …
TMCnet - USA
“Interoperability among multiple vendors validates the standards-driven WiMAX initiative, which should ultimately lead to quicker roll out of WiMAX networks …
WiNetworks Introduces Pico Base Station WiMax Optimizer
Laptop Logic - CA,USA
The Pico Base Station is designed to optimize indoor and outdoor WiMax for optimal high-speed performance. WiNetworks has announced their new Pico Base …
Wintegra and WiChorus Demonstrate Open Mobile WiMAX Solutions
TMCnet - USA
By Raju Shanbhag WiChorus (News - Alert), a provider of scalable Intelligent Wireless Core Platforms for WiMAX and LTE (News - Alert) networks, and Wintegra …
Intel: July launch for next-gen WiFi/ WiMAX platform
FierceWireless - Washington,DC,USA
The platform is expected to offer faster performance and longer battery life, and is long awaited by the WiMAX community as it incorporates both WiFi and …
S.Africa’s WBS launches new broadband
Reuters - USA
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) said on Wednesday it had commercially launched its WiMax broadband network system …
WiNetworks Win7200 Pico Base Station optimizes WiMAX coverage
engadget - Santa Monica,CA,USA
by Darren Murph, posted May 28th 2008 at 8:54AM Although we’re still waiting for WiMAX to really crash the party, WiNetworks is way ahead of the curve with …
Wi-Fi could beat WiMax to the long-distance punch
CrunchGear - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Interesting… is WiMax dead in the water? There have been quite a few moves to avoid WiMax in urban situations and even if Xohm takes off, that leaves plenty …
Could Apple, Sprint team up on WiMax-powered iPhones and iPods?
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
On WiMax. The techno-industry sleuths at TG Daily have a new report stating that Apple wants to hire a senior wireless system engineer who would be …
FCC Filing Teases WiMAX Option for Future Apple MacBooks
A new FCC filing for an Intel 5350 WiFi/WiMAX combo card that fits into Mini PCI Express slots is probably the best evidence yet for future WiMAX functionality in Apple MacBooks, but it’s still far from a confirmation. …
VIA Offers Customization Of Case Design And WiMAX In New Mini …
VIA Technologies has introduced the new VIA OpenBook mini-note reference design targeted at the rapidly growing global market for ultra-portable notebooks.
WiNetworks Win7200 Pico Base Station optimizes WiMAX coverage
By Darren Murph
Although we’re still waiting for WiMAX to really crash the party, WiNetworks is way ahead of the curve with its Win7200. The Pico Base Station was designed to provide “optimized indoor and outdoor WiMAX coverage,” and is available in …
Yet Another Company Thinks It Can Stretch WiFi To Compete With WiMAX
So forgive us for being skeptical of yet another company claiming that its special take on WiFi can take on WiMAX. It’s even come up with the name MaxFi that’s almost certain to have the WiMAX folks checking with their trademark lawyers …
WiMax, the winner Google and the user
By PeteI
The Internet search giant, though, has joined a group of blue-chip corporate investors in the new Sprint-Nextel bailout of Clearwire—a move that will save WiMax and further Google’s innovations in mobile search. …
Q&A: Jeff Molander on affiliate marketing
Q&A: Jeff Molander on affiliate marketing
E-consultancy - London,UK
… affiliate networks like Commission Junction as an “indicator of purchase intent” in a more complex, yet highly predictable, shopper behaviour pattern. …
Borders Breaks Off 7-Year Amazon Partnership
InternetNews.com - USA
Next week, Borders plans to launch an affiliate marketing program through Commission Junction, where site owners will place links to Borders on their own …
Google Adwords trade mark case hits the UK courts
Own It - London,England,UK
… has launched a UK trade mark and passing off claim against Directline Holidays for buying its trade mark as a Google Adword under Google’s new policy. …
Search-Engine Experts Boosted By Partnership
Black Enterprise - New York,NY,USA
Local and is the second company in Europe to be appointed an authorised Google Adwords reseller. It specialises in helping small and medium-sized …
Citysearch Sued For Click Fraud
TechCrunch - Atherton,CA,USA
… dollar settlements involving advertisements on Google and Yahoo, and has recently filed a class-action lawsuit against Google’s AdWords program. …
Google enables advertisers to use third parties to track ads
InternetRetailer.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Google has announced it is enabling third parties to tag display and rich media ads in its Google content network through AdWords to track the placement and …
Google India appoints senior executives for AdWords
Televisionpoint.com - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
… advertising clients in these sectors and counsel them in strategising their advertising campaigns to get better results from the AdWords programme. …
Fraudsters targeting Google AdWords users: Bigmouthmedia
Computer Business Review - UK
By Bhavana Navuluri Online fraudsters have been targeting AdWords users to attempt to steal their personal and business banking details and also to divert …
Google AdWords users are perfect victims of online fraudsters
ePaymentsnews Network (subscription) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Online fraudsters are eyeing Google AdWords users in order to steal internet traffic and get access to the banking details of businesses and individuals. …
The man who would run Yahoo
The man who would run Yahoo
CNNMoney.com - USA
Plan A, which Johnson spearheaded, was to buy Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500), a company that for all its problems commands roughly twice as much online-ad …
Yahoo files lawsuit against lottery scammers
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service Yahoo is suing a group of unidentified companies and individuals loosely called the “Yahoo Lottery Spammers” for running …
Microsoft demos ‘touch Windows’
BBC News - UK
During the conference, CEO Steve Ballmer also talked about the company’s failure to buy Yahoo, following its offer of $47.5 billion. …
Marcial: Yahoo’s End Game
BusinessWeek - USA
A deal of some kind is imminent, according to his sources by Gene Marcial Yahoo! finally looks ready to do a deal, according to people familiar with the …
Industry Moves: Yahoo’s Ira Kurgan Returns to Fox Broadcasting
Washington Post - United States
Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO) executive Ira Kurgan has left the company and returned to Fox Broadcasting Co., where he previously worked for 18 years, reports THR. …
Slow Dissolve: Bill and Steve at the D Conference
New York Times - United States
They were cagey when it came to talking about the bid for Yahoo and what might happen next, and they were generally testy when they were challenged about …
Gates on Yahoo: It’s up to Steve
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Gates said he knew the question would come up on-stage, but said he won’t have more to say. “You won’t see me answer since it’s all up to Steve. …
Yahoo! sets law loose on the spammers again
iTWire - Australia
by Stephen Withers Spammers beware - Yahoo! is back in the courts taking legal action against those involved in phishing attacks on its users. …
Yahoo and the Case of the Lottery Spam Bandits
Wired News - USA
By Betsy Schiffman May 27, 2008 | 5:29:37 PMCategories: Lawsuits, Legal, Yahoo Yahoo said today it sued a bunch of John and Jane Does for fraudulently using …
Biz break: Yahoo suit targets phony lottery scheme, claims its …
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
So here are several that caught our attention, starting with Yahoo. The Sunnyvale Internet company has sued an unknown group of defendants it alleges …
Acquisio Introduces New Multi-Engine ‘Pay-Per-Click’ Bulk Editor
Acquisio Introduces New Multi-Engine ‘Pay-Per-Click’ Bulk Editor
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
As Seth Worby, Director of Search Engine Marketing at Verndale explains, “After years of looking for the right PPC solution, I found Acquisio and I couldn’t …
Spear.co.uk Nominated for ‘Publisher of the Year 2008′ Award
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Spear, which specialises in driving large volumes of traffic through paid (PPC) and organic (SEO) search engine marketing, has increased its turnover by 30 …
Social Media Marketing Techniques
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
If you want to increase your web traffic, you have to find creative ways to manage your search engine marketing so that you don’t skip from one website to …
Sherpa! Web Studios Awarded ‘Most Effective Search Engine …
PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna,Bulgaria
“We are honored that our search engine marketing work received such a prestigious award,” states David Felfoldi, Chief Experience Officer at Sherpa! …
Search Engine Strategies (SES) Conference & Expo Returns to …
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Each year, the conference features engaging discussions, high-level learning and presentations on the very latest in search engine marketing—providing …
Leapfrogg Build Partnership With Multi-Lingual SEO Specialists
SourceWire (press release) - London,UK
Pioneers in the field of multilingual search engine marketing, Oban offer expert localised search strategies for a number of multinational companies …
No secrets to tried and tested online marketing
Business Feet - London,England,UK
The news follows the publication of an affiliate marketing advisory booklet by search engine marketing company Bigmouthmedia as part of its Top Secret …
eBay baby seized by German police
eBay baby seized by German police
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
German authorities take into care a seven-month-old boy after his parents offer him for sale on eBay “as a joke”. The child was advertised as a “nearly-new …
Parents Try To Sell Baby on eBay
KWTX - Waco,TX,USA
(May 24, 2008)–Authorities in southern Germany have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for …
EBay Courts ‘Power Sellers’
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
By Cutting Fees For Big Sales And Boosting Defenses Against Fraud, EBay Shows It’s Listening To Top-Flight Users. But What About The Little Guy? …
eBay’s ProStores Has Outage Tuesday
AuctionBytes Blog - Natick,MA,USA
Some sellers reported that eBay’s store-hosting service was down and they were unable to access their accounts. A forum thread started on the eBay Seller …
New Marvel Crossover Auctions on Ebay
seibertron.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Three new auctions have appeared on eBay.com for the upcoming Transformers/Marvel Crossovers line. The listings have been set in a Buy it Now format and all …
Trading Post launches eBay rival
NEWS.com.au - Australia
By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson SCORNED Australian eBay traders were given a new online venue to sell their goods yesterday after the Trading Post launched a …
Telstra Takes On EBay
SmartOffice - Sydney,Australia
By Computer Daily News | Tuesday | 2008-05-27 Telstra subsidiary Sensis has launched a new Australian online auction site aimed squarely at eBay, …
Parents Put Baby Up for Sale on eBay
AOL News Newsbloggers - Dulles,VA,USA
A German couple put their baby up for sale on eBay - and not one of those scary Reborn babies you usually see on the auction site, …
Found on eBay: 1969 Chevy Muscle Car Station Wagon
Car Domain - Seattle,WA,USA
… As many of you may know, I have a thing for station wagons, so it’s not totally unexpected that I use “station wagon” as a search term on eBay. …
IIFA Experiences can now be yours on eBay
India PRwire (Press Release) - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has partnered with eBay India, (www.ebay.in) to present three exclusive experiences at the forthcoming IIFA …
Dallas Web Designers Ready To Compete With Google
Dallas Web Designers Ready To Compete With Google
CBS 11 - Dallas,TX,USA
They are preparing to compete with some of the biggest names in the business, including Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Viewzi executives believe they’ve got it …
Most Popular Sites for Journalists
Marketing Pilgrim - Raleigh,NC,USA
This is only out of 10 sites - but the top 3 were TMZ, Perez Hilton, and MSN Lifestyle. They read these sites, but the sites that became most credible …
Filmmaker Sydney Pollack Dies
IGN - Brisbane,CA,USA
… Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who helmmed such box office and critical successes as Tootsie and Out of Africa, has died, Reports MSN.com. …
What To Do When Medicare Says ‘No’
ElderLawAnswers.com - Boston,MA,USA
Write “Please Review” on the bottom of your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN), sign the back and send the original to the address listed on your MSN by …
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Microsoft Axes Book Scanning Operations
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
Microsoft’s MSN search engine is lagging well behind category leaders Yahoo and Google. Microsoft has a long history of trying to copy what other search …
You Call That A Bribe?
Mediapost.com - New York,NY,USA
Here’s how Cashback works: A consumer searches a Microsoft property like msn.com or live.com for a query such as “shoes.” In this case, three ads appear …
Microsoft Shuts Down Live Books And Academic Projects!
Search Newz - Lexington,KY,USA
According to the MSN Live Search Blog, the Live Search Books service from Microsoft is shutting down. Microsoft will preserve the Live Search Books and Live …
Eight Great Party Schools
CollegeOTR - New York,NY,USA
With help from MSN Encarta and PubClub.com, we made a list of the eight greatest in the country. 1) State University of New York at Albany. …
Microsoft Offers Shopper Rebates
RetailWire (subscription) - Cranford,NJ,USA
According a Nielsen Online report for April, MSN/Windows Live Search had a 9.7 percent share versus 62 percent for Google and 17.5 percent for Yahoo. …
Microsoft’s Latest Webcam Bends for Optimal Viewing
Marketnews.ca - Toronto,ON,Canada
The wired VGA camera features MSN Photo Swap for easily sharing digital images during a conversation (it can smap 1.3 MP shots), along with a number of …
Online shopping is the next big thing
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
We are conducting a detailed study since an online business should be supported by excellent delivery systems.” Online retail is also expected to benefit …
Legitimate Home Business Market Growing Fast Despite Recession
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
There is no shortage of online business opportunities. From using software tools to invest in Stocks and Forex, to selling on Ebay or putting up affiliate …
Music giants remain optimistic
Bangkok Post - Thailand
”We expect our revenues from the online business to increase rapidly from 20-30 million baht last year to about 100 million this year, and from 250 million …
UTV forays in Digital Internet Media Space ,Acquires IT Nation
Media Newsline - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
In the online business space UTV New Media recently launched utvi.com the business website for there English business news channel. …
Its tug of war between Microsoft Word & Google Docs
Televisionpoint.com - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
… its cards to give a new lease of life to its online business, on the other hand, Google is trying to catch up with Microsoft in the offline space. …
Protecting Online Business Image: Digital Surgeons Announces …
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
(New Haven, CT & New York, NY) Every business owner and corporate executive knows that maintaining a positive company image is essential to the growth of …
Traffic Assistants to Help Grow Online Business
PRMinds (press release) - Palaiseau,France
Hyderabad, India – Date – OMS3 today announced that they have introduced Traffic Assistants (TAs) into their online business enterprise for ensuring greater …
Live Help In Your Home Business Website
PowerHomeBiz.com (press release) - USA
You already have the cost of computers and Internet obviously because of your online business, so saving a few extra dollars is a good thing. …
* Who you can trust to unleash Web 2.0’s value
ITWeb - Gauteng,South Africa
Matthew knows how to monetise an online business and is the king of deal-making. In the past couple of years he has turned an online newspaper into a …
Jobe’s Asian Treasures Opens for Business Online
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
“I’ve always loved jewelry,” says store owner Linda Jobe, who had long been looking for an opportunity to open an online business. …
