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The LiMo Foundation and the GNOME Foundation on Monday announced that they have begun working together as partners to further open source innovation Starting immediately, LiMo Foundation will become a member of the GNOME Foundation's advisory board and the GNOME Foundation will become an industry liaison partner for the LiMo Foundation....

Most security professionals believe that endpoint security is a strategy in which security software is distributed to end-user devices but centrally managed. Endpoint security systems work on a client/server model. A client program is installed on or downloaded to every endpoint, which in this case, is every user device that connects to the corporate network. Endpoints can include PCs, laptops, handheld devices, servers, printers and even specialized equipment. ...

Hacking the technological protections built into copyrighted digital material in order to view or use the content does not necessarily contravene the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans ruled on Friday The move could send shock waves through the music, TV and movie industries, as well as...

In what's been called the "biggest leak in intelligence history," more than 90,000 classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan came to light on Sunday and are wreaking havoc in political circles around the globe Covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009, the reports were published Sunday by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks...

The Federal Communications Commission has redefined broadband speeds as 4 Mbps (megabits per second) for downloads and 1 Mbps for uploads Characterizing the move as "overdue," the FCC pointed out that the previous standard of 200 Kbps (kilobits per second) in both directions was set in 1999....

Two weeks ago, I described how universities are encroaching on the space of traditional venture capitalists, initiating small funds to commercialize their own research. Their deal flow, driven by internal entrepreneurs, should move at a healthy clip, because the lousy returns of the last 10 years will force many mid-tier venture funds out of business. ...

Its 9:00 a.m. on Monday morning, and Fred from the ABC call center is logging onto the company's metrics portal to find out his first call resolution and average handle time. He also has access to a complete set of other metrics that provide a composite view of his performance over the previous week. His manager is able to see team's aggregate met...

As I'm writing this, Microsoft is reporting a solid quarter with sales (or use) exceeding expectations significantly on four keystone products: Windows 7, Office 10, IE8, and the Xbox. While Steve Ballmer is clearly not performing at Steve Jobs' incredible levels, Microsoft continues to generate cash at a rate that most companies, states and countries don't seem to be able to approach. ...

India's Ministry of Human Resource Development has unveiled a prototype of a touchscreen computer that will initially cost US$35. Eventually, Minister Shri Kapil Sibal said, the price will drop to $20 and then $10. "I think -- assuming the device does come to market -- that there will be some unexpected demographics interested in it," he added.

Just weeks after AT&T announced that it would be phasing out unlimited data plans for mobile phone customers, rumors are swirling that Verizon may follow suit. The catalyzing factor could be the launch of the Motorola Droid X, which is widely considered to be Verizon's answer to the iPhone. The Droid X brings many of the data-intensive elements of...

Just weeks after AT&T announced that it would be phasing out unlimited data plans for mobile phone customers, rumors are swirling that Verizon may follow suit. The catalyzing factor could be the launch of the Motorola Droid X, which is widely considered to be Verizon's answer to the iPhone. The Droid X brings many of the data-intensive elements of...

Just weeks after AT&T announced that it would be phasing out unlimited data plans for mobile phone customers, rumors are swirling that Verizon may follow suit. The catalyzing factor could be the launch of the Motorola Droid X, which is widely considered to be Verizon's answer to the iPhone. The Droid X brings many of the data-intensive elements of...

Three years after Apple launched the iPhone, mobile commerce has reached a tipping point, driving retailers to change the way they think about their businesses. Mobile commerce has evolved from its origins as a marketplace for "virtual" goods like ringtones and applications to one enabling the sale of "real" products, particularly low-cost items that offer immediate gratification.

The use of analytics in contact centers enables management to extract critical business intelligence that would otherwise be lost. ...

And you thought Apple was the only Teflon technology company out there. Despite a brief six-year lifespan filled with privacy complaints and user gripes over neck-snapping design changes, Facebook just signed up User No. 500,000,000. Businesses continue to pile onboard the Mark Zuckerberg express, thanks to the powerful recommendation engine that ...

Twitter has announced that it will be working toward consolidating management of its data centers within its own organization. The company's first custom-built data center, located in the Salt Lake City area, will fire up later this year Twitter will keep its relationship with NTT America to maintain its current operational capacity, said Jean-Paul...

Amazon.com has signed a deal with the Wylie Agency to offer 20 books from big-name authors exclusively on the Kindle Store for two years, effectively cutting publishers out of the equation The titles include Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, Philip Roth's Jewish-American literary masterpiece Portnoy's Complaint, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, and...

This is an interesting story that no one is really talking about yet. If all goes according to the plans of Philip Falcone, Harbinger Capital Partners will turn into the newest competitor in the wireless industry. "LightSquared," as the new venture will be called, will offer a wireless data service that sounds a lot like what Clearwire is doing. I...

It's well established that social CRM and the use of social media for sales and marketing purposes can be a difficult concept to fully grasp and integrate into business operations. That's because every business needs to understand its audience in order to put together a social strategy that makes sense for its unique circumstances. A one-size-fits-all template fits no one in the social era...

HP says it has begun customer evaluation of a Windows 7 tablet that appears to resemble the Windows-based touchscreen device that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer trotted out in January at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show The device, apparently called the "HP Slate 500," will run Windows 7 Premium. It will have two cameras and a stylus....