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Networking giant Cisco Systems will shut down most of its American and Canadian offices from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 in a move the San Jose, Calif.-based company says will save it about US$1 billion Cisco's announcement is just the latest signal that technology companies are making efforts to cut costs as demand for new computing equipment slows down and...

From its beginnings in 2006, when the online video advertising industry had little revenue, to an estimated revenue of over US$900 million this year, the industry has exploded Amir Ashkenazi, CEO of Adap.TV, a San Mateo, Calif.-based online video advertising platform provider, shares those thoughts in an exclusive interview with ECT News Network....

From its beginnings in 2006, when the online video advertising industry had little revenue, to an estimated revenue of over US$900 million this year, the industry has exploded Amir Ashkenazi, CEO of Adap.TV, a San Mateo, Calif.-based online video advertising platform provider, shares those thoughts in an exclusive interview with ECT News Network....

From its beginnings in 2006, when the online video advertising industry had little revenue, to an estimated revenue of over US$900 million this year, the industry has exploded Amir Ashkenazi, CEO of Adap.TV, a San Mateo, Calif.-based online video advertising platform provider, shares those thoughts in an exclusive interview with ECT News Network....

I have in my hot little hand a two-page handout that I got at the recently concluded Dreamforce 2008 event in San Francisco. With all the excitement about the election and the economy, as well as this day job I have, I had not really taken the time to peruse it. A quick glance a couple of weeks ago told me that the company had added a new color ...

About eight months ago, the owners of a sporting goods company contacted their attorney, Doug Wolf, a partner at Wolf Greenfield. It seemed a company was using the firm's logo and trademark without proper authorization. Setting the matter right should have been a straightforward task for Wolf -- except for the fact that the intellectual property theft was happening online, specifically in Second Life.

You might not think you have robots in your house, but think again. There's your dishwasher, for instance; you put dishes in it, walk away, and a half hour later they're clean. Same thing with your washing machine. Or your programmable coffeemaker Though these everyday mechanical devices aren't humanoid, they are on the robotic spectrum, in the sen...

Bethesda Softworks announced Tuesday that it will software tools to allow gamers and developers to tinker with the publisher's recent PC and console release, "Fallout 3." Dubbed the "Garden of Eden Creation Kit," or G.E.C.K., the editor will enable gamers to create mods, or personal modifications of the PC version of the game....

Once seen as immune to economic slowdowns, the online advertising sector has now become the downturn's latest victim Based on new data, New York City-based eMarketer predicts that growth in the online ad sector is slowing....

Movie rental giant Blockbuster announced Tuesday it has teamed with hardware maker 2Wire to launch a content delivery service on the 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player. The set-top box will provide users with direct access to Blockbuster OnDemand content via their televisions The small set-top box works with either WiFi or a wired broadband conn...

Opera Software has thrown open the doors to reveal the final version of its popular Opera Mini 4.2 browser for mobile phones. The 4.2 version has been in beta the last few weeks, and now that Opera Software has opened a new server park, users of the browser in the United States should see a 30 percent speed boost. This release is the first version...

Is Microsoft about to rebrand Live Search as "Kumo"? News reports on Monday had the software giant buying up domain names such as "Kumo.com," "Kumo.net," "Kumo.jp" and the like from CSC Corporate Domains, a domain registrar with which Microsoft often does business....

Last Wednesday, a troubled teenager went home, logged onto the Internet, and discussed his unhappiness with strangers at a discussion board he liked to frequent. He wanted to kill himself, he said. And then Abraham Biggs Jr. did just that -- on live videocam. The camera stopped running approximately 12 hours later when the police came to the door.

Part 1 of this two-part series on five of the boldest decisions made by technology companies this year explores the launch of Hulu and Amazon.com's decision to go DRM-free with its Amazon MP3 store Now, for the three remaining genius strokes in the E-Commerce Times' lineup of bold decisions that changed the technology landscape in 2008:...

Part 1 of this three-part series on intellectual property law in virtual worlds discusses trademark rights as applied to virtual goods. Part 2 addresses patent rights, including how patent rights can be obtained based on actions performed in virtual worlds, and whether patent rights are enforceable against virtual infringers. Part 3 delves into copyrights: how they can be obtained based on actions performed in virtual worlds, and how to protect your rights when your copyrights are infringed in virtual environments...

Part 1 of this two-part series on Web applications -- that is, software hosted in the so-called cloud -- takes a look at the breadth of this new space and identifies some of the category niches developing within it. Part 2 continues the discussion with consideration of the Web 2.0 effect....

As many industries focus on green technologies like hardware and devices that use less energy, a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) suggests that makers of video game consoles could do more to cut their hardware's hunger for electricity In the U.S., video game consoles consume roughly the same amount of electricity that it...

With the economy in a downward spiral, many e-tailers plan to offer deep discounts and special shipping deals on the Monday following Thanksgiving, aka Cyber Monday, which has become a big spending day for online shoppers in the past several years Eighty-four percent of online retailers plan to have a Cyber Monday promotion to stimulate sales for w...

President-Elect Barack Obama didn't show (previous commitment), but Obama Girl was there. So was Obama's unofficial Web troubadour, will.i.am. A real politician, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, presented an award to a real member of royalty, Queen Raina of Jordan, while Chad Vader, the unambitious, not-so-real brother of a member of pseudo-royalty, Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader, looked on...

Sony Pictures Entertainment's online video network, Crackle.com, has announced its upcoming season of online programming, which will start airing next month., Crackle's shows are primarily made for distribution exclusively over the Web, not regular TV Crackle's claim to fame is short, original episodes produced and filmed with the same basic high-q...