Monthly Archives: October 2005
Analysts Doubt Video iPod Rumor
As the Oct. 12 date of the next Apple Computer Inc. Special Event approaches, the Mac rumor mill has divided into two camps, one...
Clash Between Internet Networks Leads to Plea for Federal Help
Some consumers feeling the impact of a spat between two major Internet network operators are asking for government intervention, but so far theres no...
Best Buy Initiative Will Include Item-Level RFID
One of the earliest participants in Best Buys RFID initiative, iRiver America, is currently doing pre-pilot testing of OATSystems Inc.s RFID framework, with plans...
Blog Acquisitions Signal Tipping Point for User-Generated Content
The blogosphere was abuzz with surprise and cautious optimism Thursday with the news that a major blog network and a blog update notification service...
Microsoft Forms Security Alliance
Microsoft Corp. is at the helm of a new industry consortium aimed at uniting security vendors to work on products standardized on the Microsoft...
AOL Launches Grass Roots IM Presence Campaign
AOL (America Online Inc.) is enlisting prominent blogging, media and social networking Web companies to encourage the implementation of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) presence...
Microsoft Acquires Unveil Technologies
With the goal of enhancing its call center application development capabilities, Microsoft announced Thursday a technology acquisition from Unveil Technologies.
The terms of the deal...
Some Absences in Presence
AOL has embarked in a program to add "presence" features to as many blogging, media, and social networking sites as possible. People using these...
New Legislation for Federal Employee EHRs
Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) said recently that he plans to introduce legislation to mandate the creation of an electronic health record (EHR) for every...
VeriSign Acquires Dave Winers Weblogs.com
Weblog pioneer Dave Winer has sold his Weblogs.com ping server to Internet and telecommunications services giant VeriSign Inc.
News of the deal swirled around the...