10 future technologies

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

10 future technologies
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
The complete list also includes virtualization and fabric computing; cloud computing; ubiquitous computing; contextual computing; augmented reality; …

AJAX World – Towards Ubiquitous Computing Using Flex + AIR + …
SYS-CON Media – Montvale,NJ,USA
… Mobile (in one or more technical forms) can take us a step towards the vision that Mark Weiser presented in his original works on ubiquitous computing. …

AJAX RIA News – Towards Ubiquitous Computing Using Flex + AIR + …
… co-founder and COO of Finicity, believes that Flex + AIR via any desktop + Mobile (in one or more technical forms) can take us a step towards the vision that Mark Weiser presented in his original works on ubiquitous computing. …

Bystander in ubiquitous computing
By Nicolas Nova
The presence of bystanders in some pervasive games or ARG is interesting as it shows how the notion of “user” in ubiquitous computing is flawed. Unlike face-to-face (so to say) interactions with a desktop computer, ubicomp/pervasive …

Free Your Phone With OpenMoko
By Jonathan Franzone
To support what they are calling ubiquitous computing. Ubiquitous computing means more than computing wherever you wander: It means knowing the locale, weaving seamlessly into the local fabric, and vanishing. …

WebGuild: Gartner Group’s Top Ten Technologies
By Tech Startups(Tech Startups)
Multicore and hybrid processors Virtualisation and fabric computing Social networks and social software Cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms Web mashups User Interface Ubiquitous computing Contextual computing Augmented reality …

Mobile Google
By Kyle Maxwell
The mobile web is the first step to ubiquitous computing, and Google clearly intends to play a big role in that. Maybe they’ll even end up trying to play a role in a transhumanist future… getting ahead of myself there.

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2008 Business Travel Survey: Networks, Franchisors See Global …

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

2008 Business Travel Survey: Networks, Franchisors See Global …
Business Travel News – New York,NY,USA
Meanwhile, HRG has joined the category by recently launching a North American affiliate program, aimed at attracting regional corporate travel management …

Travel services company expands affiliate program
Purchasing.com – Newton,MA,USA
Existing affiliate program members consist of: Austin Travel, Melville, NY; Avia International Travel, Houston, Texas; Casto Travel, Santa Clara, …

US TMC joins HRG affiliate network
Business Travel World – London,England,UK
Jim Collins, the agency’s owner, said: “The HRG Affiliate Program offered the best package of structured tools to contribute to our long-term growth …

Active Affiliates
AffiliateTip.com – Summit,NJ,USA
By Shawn Collins Affiliate networks and merchants often speak in terms of total affiliates in a given network or affiliate program, but that’s immaterial. …

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Health sites get their own ad network with HealthSTAT On-Demand

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

Health sites get their own ad network with HealthSTAT On-Demand
The Industry Standard – San Francisco,CA,USA
The service has been described as “AdSense for health sites“, which is apt; like Google, Healthline is taking the search technology it’s known for and using …

YouTube Monetization: Let Users Sell Ads
ReadWriteWeb – CA,USA
When Google launched video ads last August, we predicted that “AdSense for Video” was inevitable. “Google can offer two things to advertisers: a huge …

MySpace Critiqued for Offensive Advertising, Facebook Launches Ad …
Marketing Vox News – USA
MySpace owns the AdSense account and can block inappropriate URLs as it sees fit. Her attempts to contact MySpace two months ago were left unheeded. …

Marchex Takes On Google With Text Ad Network
Mediapost.com – New York,NY,USA
It’s Adhere, a new offering from Marchex, and it goes head-to-head with Google’s AdSense. Marchex’s Adhere is a consolidation of two of the Seattle-based …

The Ad Network Business: Not Doing So Bad, After All?
Silicon Alley Insider – New York,NY,USA
… see all the rates being paid for impressions on the top 154 networks, including biggies like Advertising.com, AdBrite, BlueLithium, Google AdSense, etc. …

Healthline Launches Semantic Health Ad Newtork
TechCrunch – Atherton,CA,USA
It is like an AdSense for health sites. But instead of relying simply on matching keywords on the page where the ad is being served, Healthline says it can …

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Cisco, Intel, Others Launch WiMAX Open Patent Alliance

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

Cisco, Intel, Others Launch WiMAX Open Patent Alliance
CRN – Manhasset,NY,USA
By Brian Kraemer, ChannelWeb Six industry heavyweights Monday unveiled a patent alliance to help promote the once-struggling WiMAX wireless standard. …

Vendors, US operators target WiMAX IPR
TelephonyOnline – USA
Six vendors and operators have agreed to collectively pool their patents related to WiMAX in an effort to create a transparent intellectual property …

WiMax Hits the Patent Pool
eWeek – New York, NY
By Roy Mark WiMax took another tentative step forward June 9 with the formation of the Open Patent Alliance (OPA), creating a patent pool to help companies …

Clearwire, Cisco, Intel form WiMax patent group
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
Companies, such as consumer electronics developers that are interested in building WiMax into their products, can use the OPA to discover which companies …

WiMax patent alliance announced
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Six technology heavyweights came together Monday to announce an alliance to jointly license patents for the broadband wireless technology WiMax. …

WiMAX: What is Intel Thinking?
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
Intel will shortly announce its long-awaited “Montevina” Centrino chipset that includes WiMAX functionality. While this is an obvious direction for Intel to …

Intel, Cisco to push WiMAX patent pool
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
Six major tech companies are planning today to announce a collaboration that would jointly license WiMAX patents in an effort to limit royalty rates and …

Six top firms announce WiMAX patent alliance
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) – Six leading tech firms have formed a patent alliance in order to encourage expansion of WiMAX, an emerging high-speed …

NextWave And dMedia Partner On Advanced Mobile WiMAX Device
RF Globalnet (press release) – Horsham,PA,USA
Ltd. and NextWave Wireless Inc. have teamed up to begin development on an advanced mobile WiMAX device that will debut in 1H 2009. dmedia’s aggressive move …

Open Patent Alliance Formed to Advance WiMAX 4G Technology
Earthtimes (press release) – London,UK
(Business Wire) To accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, Intel Corporation, …

Swimming in the empty WiMax pool
By Joel West(Joel West)
The news is all abuzz with the announcement of a planned patent pool for WiMax to be called the Open Patent Alliance. (The announcement is coming at the WiMax Forum in Amsterdam). I still see nothing to recant my earlier observation …

2008 06-09 MediaBytes: APPLE – WIMAX – ICAHN – YAHOO – MICROSOFT …
By shelly@palmer.net (Shelly Palmer)
The six major technology companies which joined together behind WiMAX are expected to form a coalition to jointly license WiMAX-patents. CISCO (NASD: CSCO), INTEL(NASD: INTC), SAMSUNG, SPRINT(NYSE: S), ALCATEL-LUCENT (NYSE: ALU) and …

Intel Joins Forces With Big Players to Patent WiMax Technology
By Editor
WiMax is the wireless broadband standard that can transmit data for up to 30 miles using a bandwidth that exceeds current DSL and cable capabilities. This would make free WiFi more of a possibility in many areas around the globe. …

2008 06-09 MediaBytes: APPLE – WIMAX – ICAHN – YAHOO – MICROSOFT …
By Shelly Palmer
The six major technology companies which joined together behind WiMAX are expected to form a coalition to jointly license WiMAX-patents. CISCO (NASD: CSCO), INTEL(NASD: INTC), SAMSUNG, SPRINT(NYSE: S), ALCATEL-LUCENT (NYSE: ALU) and …

International branded vendors playing key role in Taiwan WiMAX …
By Maximus(Maximus)
International branded network-equipment vendors have been playing an important role in the development of Taiwan’s WiMAX industry over the part two years, in part because they are determined to build up their respective ecosystems …

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The World’s Hardest-Working Billionaire

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

The World’s Hardest-Working Billionaire
Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon
31, he launched a bid for Yahoo!, to combine its advertising businesses with Microsoft’s. After three months of strategic and sometimes personal memos to …

Icahn trashes Yahoo for failed growth plan
Reuters – USA
NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – Carl Icahn on Monday fired off another letter savaging the board and management of Yahoo Inc (YHOO. …

Icahn tells Yahoo! to sell to Microsoft
Telecom Paper (subscription) – Houten,Netherlands
Investor Carl Icahn has again written to Yahoo!’s management calling for the sale of the internet company to Microsoft. Icahn, who holds a small stake in …

Hostile Takeover: Bill Gates Offers $45bn For Yahoo
LeadershipNigeria – Abuja,FCT,Nigeria
The above amount, which is seen to be so attractive that the investors of Yahoo are expected to find it difficult to turn down, represents 62 per cent …
 

Icahn’s big bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
SAN FRANCISCO: Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc could leave …

Yahoo, Icahn Trade More Letters
bMighty.com – Manhasset,NY,USA
By bMighty.com Staff In yet another letter sent to Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock, investor Carl Icahn has accused Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the Yahoo board of …

Google Says, Yahoo Directory Does Have PageRank
Search Engine Roundtable – USA
On Thursday, we broke the news that the Yahoo Directory had no PageRank via a WebmasterWorld thread. Matt Cutts of Google quickly commented saying that the …

Super Yahoo Messenger Archive Decoder
Cnet Asia – San Francisco,CA,USA
Decode and view Yahoo Messenger’s message archive that is stored on your computer. Normally, you need to log in first before you can view the message …

Wal-Mart Offers Ads Via Yahoo
AdAge.com (subscription) – USA
Talk to Yahoo. Last week the portal announced a pact to sell display and video advertising on Walmart.com through its publisher network. …

Icahn’s big bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
The Associated Press –
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could …

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Users given chance to control website traffic with Wikia Search

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

Users given chance to control website traffic with Wikia Search
Business Feet – London,England,UK
Many fear that this new system could lead to a whole new level of blackhat, with companies keen to improve their search engine marketing capable of using …

Geary Interactive Provides Market Research and Interactive …
Earthtimes (press release) – London,UK
Premium services include digital strategy, online marketing, Web site design, search engine marketing, technology and analytics. …

Go Daddy Sponsors SEO Workshop
Web Host Industry Review – USA
The workshop will feature four of North America’s “most prominent Search Engine Marketing experts,” according to the press release, who will hold separate …

Search Engine Industry Leaders Sponsor Pay Per Click Summit …
PRarticle.com (press release) – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Pay Per Click Summit, the premier internet marketing workshop thanks search engine marketing industry leaders who sponsored PPC Summit San Francisco on May …

Web Development & Design Company Gives Hot Pluto an Online Edge
dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
??In addition, CIS One’s search engine marketing and optimization is expanding Hot Pluto’s potential for increased visibility and online exposure. …

SEO Software Revolutionizes
Black Star News – New York,NY,USA
Today, search engine marketing (SEM) plays a pivotal role in the success of many businesses. In fact, during 2006 alone, $9.4 billion was spent on SEM. …

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Marchex Launches Marchex Adhere to Better Serve National and Local …

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

Marchex Launches Marchex Adhere to Better Serve National and Local …
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
… level while leveraging that brand to drive transactions at the local level,” said Michael Lee, Director, Strategic Partnerships, DoubleClick Performics. …

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You can find anything on eBay!

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

Only the lonely dare to sell on eBay
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Pittsburgh,PA,USA
I discovered a local service that would unload unwanted household items on the Internet auction site eBay. However, in order to clear your kid’s bedroom of …

You can find anything on eBay!
Lufkin Daily News – Lufkin,TX,USA
By Denise Hoepfner | Monday, June 9, 2008, 08:54 AM While browsing eBay for more stuff I don’t need, I found this great little magazine from 1937 called, …

Medford youth posts vote foe sale on eBay
KAJO – Grants Pass,OR,USA
A 19-year-old Medford man who said he didn’t care about politics posted an offer in eBay to sell his vote in the upcoming election for $100. …

Tara veteran’s medals on Ebay
Owen Sound Sun Times – Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
Medals from a First World War veteran from Tara are for sale on Ebay and Dave Thomson hopes someone will buy and return them to the village. …

My cure for shopping bulimia
guardian.co.uk – UK
With eBay, you can buy what you like – and make a few bob when you get bored. Polly Vernon reveals her online resale habit So, there’s this amazing new …

EBay found liable for counterfeit goods
VNUNet.com – UK
EBay has been hit with a €20000 fine after being found liable for counterfeit goods sold on its site. The landmark ruling, which is the first in a long line …

McCartney’s Anti-Landmine Amp On eBay
Sky News – Isleworth,England,UK
Money raised from the eBay sale of the hand-wired Vox AC15H1TV will go to a charity which fights the threat of landmines. Vox amps have been used by bands …

What not sell on ebay auction
WebWire (press release) – Atlanta,GA,USA
Many sellers think that the best way to get started on eBay is to sell items that everyone else is selling. Surely those super hot items such as ipods, …

Online ivory trading soars
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
That is why the website eBay and investigators with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) believe that the site is being used for illegal ivory …

Macca amp goes on eBay for charity
The Press Association –
The new hand-wired Vox AC15H1TV is on sale on eBay for 10 days from Monday. Vox amps have been used by bands for more than five decades and have been …

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Delving into broadband culture

June 10th, 2008 Administrator

Delving into broadband culture
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
Internet is not just a technology that drives the digital economy but also a culture. However, the full culture of interactive and collaborative teaching …

Birmingham not content with second in the digital age
Birmingham Post – Birmingham,West Midlands,UK
Business, too, is seeing the benefits of the digital economy, despite the current gloomy economic predictions. Plans for a Virtual Birmingham are in …

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