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It's official: Mobile is moving into the mainstream. With the ever-growing proliferation of devices offering full Internet browsing access, more and more consumers are interacting -- and purchasing -- on the Web via their device of choice. In fact, according to an October 2008 Forrester Research report, ("How Shoppers Evolve Online") "the history of category growth in the online shopping world is likely to be replicated in mobile shopping."

The purpose of a strategic plan is to guide an organization intelligently into the future -- but what happened to the last strategic plan you put together? It likely sits in a binder collecting dust on your office shelf, without ever fulfilling its intended purpose. With so much time, money and resources needed to create them, why it is that so ma...

Developing a scalable application can be a delicate balancing act, requiring you to carefully weigh your goals, resources and business needs. The purpose of this article is to provide some helpful tips to guide you through the design side of this potentially harrowing process....

Microsoft has reportedly resumed its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo on teaming up for online search and advertising. The discussions are apparently being held between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his Yahoo counterpart Carol Bartz Both companies may need each other if they want to grow their online market share. Microsoft is a poor third af...

Two recent developments have all but guaranteed Twitter's successful crossover into the mainstream: First, the popular social networking site -- and its bluebird logo -- are included in a new Sprint national television ad campaign. Secondly, the network was the target of computer worm attacks apparently launched by a teenager over the Easter weekend...

The four-month-long process to find a strategic investor for Satyam --the India-based outsourcer that rattled the global businesscommunity with its ex-chairman's confession in January of longstanding accountingfraud -- is apparently over Venturbay Consultants, a unit of Tech Mahindra, is acquiring31 percent of Satyam for US$351 million, or 302.76 m...

The entire world, it seems, is all aflitter about Twitter. Everywhere you turn, from Bill O'Reilly trashing the world of tweets on The View to Rick Sanchez praising it on CNN, someone's got something to say about Twitter. Is there something to this tweet-fest or are we all drowning in a sea of self-fascination? "It has become fashionable to castiga...

The Business Intelligence (BI) space has been on a mission for severalyears. The goal: to simplify the way these applications work for the end-user. Several years ago, one practically needed a Ph.D. to be able to ekeout usable data. Today, most line of business users can get the sameresults.

Last week, I wrote about the 3rd Rebirth of Computing. This change will lead to the potential for Google to be vastly more powerful than any company in the history of the world. Given the historical patterns associated with companies that get even a fraction of this power, current trends are frightening. Therefore, in the interest of getting ahea...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has confirmed that an update to the wireless technology will be unveiled later this month "Bluetooth 3.0, aka 'Seattle,' will be unveiled at the All Hands Meeting in Tokyo," Bluetooth SIG spokesperson Starr Baker told TechNewsWorld....

Google's YouTube and Universal Music Group (UMG) are partnering to launch Vevo, amusic video vehicle featuring UMG's videos. The site will launch inthe coming months. Few details have been provided about the launch; however, both companies will share in the revenues, and additional deals with other music labels are being negotiated, the companies said...

One of the misconceptions of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and broader cloud computing market is that these new Web-based services will "disintermediate" the channel because of their simpler, more user-friendly solutions, and direct sales and delivery business models While there is no question that the role of the traditional channel will be sig...

Part 1 of this three-part series focused on planning out a successful move to a cloud environment. Part 2 investigates obstacles and strategies relating to customization in the cloud For some companies, the decision to move to the cloud is a no-brainer -- especially if they limit their planning to pure number crunching. Without a doubt, the savings...

It's been another eventful week in the continuing original drama, "The Death of Journalism As We Knew It." Our story so far:...

Cisco has announced its intention to acquire Tidal Software for US$105million in cash and retention-based bonuses. The privately held company makes intelligent application management and automationsoftware. Cisco says that the company's line willenhance its data center product and service delivery offerings.Customers will essentially be able to be...

On Tuesday, computers infected by the Conficker worm woke up and downloaded a new variant Named "Worm.Downad.E" by Trend Micro, "Conficker.AQ" by antivirus vendor Eset and "Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Kido.o" by antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, this new variant has left many security threat researchers bewildered....

With his groundbreaking, immersive computer games, Will Wright allowed all of us to build our own virtual worlds and populate them with characters and creatures of our own designs. Now he gets a similar opportunity to fashion the next stage of his career -- and quite possibly that of interactive entertainment itself Wright, creator of "The Sims," "...

Nintendo made headlines in the gaming industry this week with the release of a new device, the highly anticipated Nintendo DSi portable gaming system. The third iteration of the top-selling on-the-go video game machine, available in Japan since last year, features two built-in cameras and recorded sounds that users can alter. The device is priced ...

Good things come in small packages, as they say, and that's perhaps never been more true than it is today, thanks to the emergence of increasingly diminutive devices equipped with Linux Perhaps most notable of late is the US$99 Marvell SheevaPlug, a wall-wart-sized device that runs Linux on a 1.2-GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM and 512 MB of flash -- an...

The enterprise demand for mobility has remained steady and even increased, despite budgets for mobility initiatives being cut during the current global economic downturn, according to a new Aberdeen Group study "More Mobility -- Less Budget: Enterprise Strategies in the Current Economic Downturn." The study measures how Best-in-Class companies -- t...