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Google Squares Off Against Facebook With OpenSocial
Google's upcoming APIs are expected to help build social applications that will work across social networking and other Web sites.
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Western Digital Ships 320GB Notebook Hard Drive For $200
The SATA drive dubbed "Scorpio" has an 8Mbyte cache and a transfer rate of 3Gbits per second.
AT&T's Yellowpages.com Introduces Mobile Search Products
The applications are part of AT&T's recent initiatives to make it easier for people to conduct mobile searches.
Iron Mountain To Buy E-Discovery Services Company Stratify
The deal would let Iron Mountain offer software and services that cover discovery and data investigations, compliance and associated records management, and litigation matters.
Microsoft Antitrust Oversight Extended Through January
Attorneys in 17 states are trying to extend the antitrust settlement out to 2012, citing the continuing ubiquity of Microsoft products.
BlackBerrys Score Highest In Overall Customer Satisfaction
RIM's offerings outranked competitors in the 2007 J.D. Power and Associates business smartphone satisfaction study.
Court Blocks Patent Office From Instituting Controversial Rules
The USPTO says the rules are intended to speed reviews, but critics say they would limit patent protection.
Alcatel-Lucent Revamps Management, Will Cut 4,000 More Jobs
A seven-person management committee reporting to chief executive Patricia Russo has replaced a cumbersome 21-person committee.
Google Squares Off Against Facebook With OpenSocial
Google's upcoming APIs are expected to help build social applications that will work across social networking and other Web sites.
Garmin's Bid For Tele Atlas Sets Stage For Bidding War With TomTom
The pending battle between the two rivals has been triggered by consolidation in the industry, which went into high gear in July.
Microsoft Files Counterfeiting Claims Against 20 Software Dealers
The independent dealers are accused of selling bootleg CDs containing Microsoft software or shipping computers with illegitimate copies of Windows installed.
Open Access Proponents Unite in Face of Google-Verizon Hook-Up
A group of startups, including Txtbl, Buglabs, and ZVUE, are announcing a new coalition to promote open wireless networks and devices.
IBM Launches Virtualization Tools For Small Business
The company's revised Consolidation Discovery and Analysis Tool is designed for businesses with less than 50 servers.
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Flirting With Verizon, Google Drops 'Don't Be Evil' Pretense
The word "evil" is vastly overused these days ? here's a link to the "Top 10 Evil People in History," if you've got an afternoon to blow ? and I would never call a major U.S. wireless carrier "evil." Oligopolistic, predatory, bureaucratic, yes ? evil, no. So the idea of Google shacking up with Verizon Wireless doesn't exactly qualify as "Doing evil." But still.
Business Users Want GPS In Their Smartphones
According to the latest J.D. Power and Associates survey of smartphone users, GPS tops the list of features that users want most in their smartphones. Looks like location is going to be one of the big wireless must-have features for mobile business in 2008.
What Is Google Talking To The Carriers About?
Late yesterday it came to light that Google is in talks with Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile USA regarding its big mobile plans. Are they talking about the gPhone, or something else?
Happy Halloween From The iPhone
Still can't decide what to wear as your Halloween costume this year? Why not dress up as an iPhone?
The Zune Universe Expands, Where's The Bling?
If Microsoft wants to even catch a sliver of iPod's market share, it's going to have to build up its base of third-party accessories for its Zune music player... Oh wait. That's just what they did this week.
Pantech duo Offers Windows Mobile In A Fun Form Factor
I spent the last two days with the Pantech duo, a new 3G Windows Mobile 6 smartphone available from AT&T for $199 (with a two-year contract). Do you need a Helio Ocean-like smartphone that's ready for business?
How To Get Gmail's IMAP, Leopard, And The iPhone Working Together
When I heard last week that Gmail is getting IMAP support, I was excited. My life was going to get a little easier. And how hard could it be to set up? Change a couple of settings in Apple Mail and I'd be good to go, right?
Is The Web Headed For Meltdown 2.0?
In recent months I've seen a lot of anxiety in the tech marketplace. Bloggers, pundits, and industry insiders all seem to suggest that Web 2.0 is headed for Correction 2.0. Are we in the middle of another bubble?
Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me A Map (And Please Entertain My Takeover Bid)
It's a good time to be a mapmaker. As the digital mapping industry undergoes some serious consolidation with mergers and acquisitions, today Garmin threw a wrench into TomTom's bid for TeleAtlas by offering 15 percent more. A sign that GPS, LBS and navigation apps are on the verge of exploding?

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In today’s environment, you need to get the most out of your assets and people … all the while serving the strategic needs of your business and dealing with growth and acquisition issues. In addition, it is critically important to quantify results of those investments for leadership and accurately track service level agreements.
ECM Finally Comes to the SMB Market: New Market Trends & Research
Until recently, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) was an expensive technology reserved for large corporations – and large budgets. Join industry expert Dan Elam as he shares some new research for Kodak on the SMB market for ECM and provides insight and commentary about the findings.
Unified Communications: Building the Modern and Mobile Workforce
A new generation of Unified Communications products is changing the way people work. By integrating voicemail, email, IM, presence and other technologies, employees can collaborate more effectively. Is your strategy in motion?
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