E-Commerce Times: E-Business Means Business

Tuesday - March 9, 2010

Google and Dish Network reportedly are testing a service that allows television users to search for television programming and Web content from set-top boxes. Google software installed in the boxes allows users to create a personalized programming lineup, anonymous sources told The Wall Street Journal. It's no secret that Google and Dish have been collaborating since 2007, when the companies entered into a partnership for Google to deliver ads to the satellite network's audience and develop mechanisms to more accurately measure how they are viewed. [More...]

STARTUP TO WATCH
Urban Airship's Flight Plan: Push Out Info, Pull In Revenue

Tuesday - March 9, 2010

Given the growing popularity of mobile devices and the great many applications to go with them, you would think that this new niche had plenty of room for newcomers. Many of those newcomers, though, will find it difficult to capture a great deal of consumer attention. Places like the Android Market and the Apple App Store are popular and growing fast, but they're awash in apps that struggle to stand out from the crowd. [More...]

CRM for the Small Business, Part 4: Getting the New System Up and Running

Tuesday - March 9, 2010

When it comes to implementing a new CRM system, small companies have several options. If they have enough resources and experience to devote to the task, they can implement the system themselves. If they choose not to go that route, a third party can be brought in to help them implement it, Craig Klein, president and CEO of SalesNexus, told CRM Buyer. [More...]

Newegg Scrambles to Straighten Out Fake-Chip Crack-Up

Monday - March 8, 2010

Newegg, a well-established online Web site that sells electronic products, apparently had counterfeit -- or perhaps demo products -- make their way into its inventory that were then sold to customers. The site reportedly shipped several fake Intel Core i7 processors to customers. At least one of those customers contacted tech Web site HardOCP, which decided to write about it. [More...]

AT&T Makes Room for Android Backflip

Monday - March 8, 2010

With its $99 price, the new Android-based Motorola Backflip clearly stands apart from Apple's iPhone on more than just appearance. Both are smartphones, to be sure, and both are offered through AT&T. They also provide many of the same features and functionality. However, they likely occupy very different positions in AT&T's strategy. [More...]

OPINION
Publishers: The New Filter-Tips

Monday - March 8, 2010

Recently, Amazon announced that it was offering 70 percent royalty rates to authors interested in self-publishing for the Kindle platform. That rate is considerably higher than the 10-ish percent standard in the publishing industry today for print and 25 percent for digital. So where are all the new authors with books flying off the e-shelves and onto the iPads? [More...]

iPhone Gets Down to Business With Open Source BI App

Monday - March 8, 2010

Users of apps from BIRT, the open source Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools project, will be able to access them on the iPhone starting Monday. Actuate, which founded the BIRT project and coleads it with the Eclipse Foundation, is putting its BIRT Mobile Viewer on the App Store. [More...]

PODCAST
Thin Is In: The Enterprise Virtualization Inflection Point

Sunday - March 7, 2010

The growing interest and value in PC desktop virtualization strategies and approaches has its roots in both technology and economics. Recently, a lot has happened technically that has matured the performance and economic benefits of desktop virtualization and the use of thin-client devices. [More...]

OPINION
The End of Novell's Makeover Addiction

Saturday - March 6, 2010

Tuesday's surprise $1 billion buyout offer for Novell from the New York-based private investment group Elliott Management came with a letter spelling out the investors' goal for the company. "Over the past several years, [Novell} has attempted to diversify away from its legacy division with a series of acquisitions and changes in strategic focus that have largely been unsuccessful," the firm wrote. [More...]

Microsoft Puts All Its Eggs in Cloud Basket

Friday - March 5, 2010

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer extolled the benefits of cloud computing and spoke about the software giant's increasing commitment to it in a speech at the University of Washington on Thursday. Microsoft has clearly been moving toward the cloud over recent years. All of its products, including Windows, Office and Xbox, are in some way connected to it. [More...]

Court Sees DVR Case TiVo's Way

Friday - March 5, 2010

TiVo stock skyrocketed Thursday following news that it had won its long-running court case against sister companies Dish Network and EchoStar. Specifically, a federal appeals court affirmed a previous contempt finding against Dish and EchoStar for violating a court-ordered permanent injunction to stop making and selling infringing digital video recorder technology. [More...]

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