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Internet giant Google is teaming with athletic shoe titan Nike to prepare the field for soccer fans worldwide with a new multi-language site that coincides with this summer's World Cup competition in Germany Dubbed "joga.com," joga being Portuguese for "play," the new site will allow players and fans of soccer -- or football, as the sport is known ...

Microsoft may have missed the Web 2.0 bandwagon's first go-round, but the software giant is emerging with a set of new tools designed to deliver better customer experiences online. The company also released a test version of the new Internet Explorer browser The announcements came during MIX06, a conference intended to stir excitement among Web des...

Microsoft has scored a contract to provide Internet Protocol television services (IPTV) to one of the largest phone companies in Europe, possibly providing it a key proving ground for its technology as Web TV grows in popularity Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom announced they had reached a deal to have Microsoft's IPTV software p...

The Mozilla Foundation is preparing to launch yet another version of its open-source Web browser -- ahead of Internet Explorer 7 The Mozilla development team freezed the code for Firefox 2.0a1 last Thursday, according to the minutes of a March 14 Firefox 3 status meeting at the foundation's headquarters. The latest update, however, indicates that t...

Google has launched a beta version of a financial news and information site, creating a destination for investors and others that will target Webportal rivalYahoo, whose own finance site is one of the most heavily used on the Internet Google Finance is an improvement over existing options, Google said, because lets users find financial data on a co...

A coalition of some 600 organizations opposed to a scheme by America Online and Goodmail Systems to "tax" e-mail claimed on Monday that supporters of the plan have a long-term agenda to make everyone pay for exchanging electronic missives over the Net Referring to an op-ed piece by Esther Dyson, an investor in technology start-ups and editor of cne...

More and more companies are jumping into the Web analytics arena. In fact, Jupiter Research estimates the size of the Web analytics market will reach US$565 million in 2006 Choosing a Web analytics firm, however, is not merely a matter of brand name or even price. There are three distinct options in the analytics world: client-side, server-side and...

Microsoft is formalizing a trend that has been front and center in the CRM arena for years; the integrated suite approach to customer service is already a staple of most enterprise applications. Now, though, it has trickled down to the mid-market and even small business spaces Last week, with much fanfare, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined a new...

WiFi equipment suppliers are reaching a crossroad: more users are purchasing their products, but at the same time, pricing is declining. To try and prop up their profit margins, suppliers are experimenting with various packaging techniques, such as bundling or unbundling value-added features. For users, some confusion seems likely as they sift though all of the different options, but it shouldn't be too difficult for them to find good deals...

More than 200 former PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel and Retek customers have moved to SAP via its Safe Passage program since its introduction January 2005 The program was set up to entice companies worried about the uncertainties associated with Oracle's acquisition of their main enterprise application. It offers companies SAP software, technology ...

Looking to expand itsenterprise reach, Microsoft laid out its latest software and marketing drive late last week, trumpeting its "People-Ready" strategy of software-driven efficiency and collaboration for workers In announcing details of the plan, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer also jabbed at software and services rival IBM, indicating the company's c...

Search engine users concerned about the government's new interest in search term data were relieved by a Federal judge's ruling on Friday. Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, said Google must provide the government with 50,000 Web addresses in its search engine index -- but it doesn't have to provide a sample of search queries...

Seeking to help protect children from the seedier side of the Web, some U.S. lawmakers are hoping to reignite interest in creating a ".xxx" domain where pornographic and adult content would be concentrated Introduced late last week, the "Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2006" would force the Department of Commerce to work with the Internet Corporation ...

Seeking to keep its low-cost advantage, boost new product development and supply fast-growing markets,Dell plans to double the number of people it employs in India Over the next three years, the company expects to grow its workforce there to 20,000. For Dell, the move could be an effective way to fend off competition from other low-cost PC makers, ...

In the wake of a string of high profile data breaches reported by banks, retailers and credit card companies, a U.S. House panel on Thursday approved a bill drafted to protect consumers from identity theft and credit card fraud The House Financial Services Committee cleared the Financial Data Protect Act of 2005, which spells out requirements for c...

Blogs are providing an unprecedented look inside organizations in the Internet age. Via blogs run by current and former employees and associates we can now see aspects of major technology companies that otherwise would only be visible to a few insiders While it is fun to position these companies against one another for sport. Looking at the histo...

A newInternet venture that screams "too good to be true" is testing users' taste for gamesmanship in the online auction space, offering electronics, jewelry and other luxury items at a fraction of their retail prices The idea is that UniqueAuction.com, launched in September, makes up for the loss on the item by charging bidders fees -- US$2 per bid...

Unlimited, uncensored access to video featuring Howard Stern may or may not be the epitome of the new era of digital television. Nevertheless the pay television service "Howard TV" and similar offerings are emerging rapidly as the government's deadline requiring conversion from analog to digital TV broadcasting approaches The deadline -- three year...

"In terms of new VoIP products, this is definitely the year of the small business,"John Macario, president of Savatar, told CRM Buyer Macario has attended several VON Conference and Expos -- the voice-data industry's primary trade show -- over the years. At this year's show, now drawing to a close, he says he heard the words "SMB" and "VoIP" in the...

The U.S. House Committee on Government Reform this week issued its most recent grades for IT security among government agencies, and once again, the division charged with ensuring cyber security for the nation got an F The Committee said despite investment and improvement efforts, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was not passing the test o...