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Weak Speech Recognition Leaves Customers Cold
Problem: Companies need to take a more realistic approach to speech technologies.
Recently, a potential Amtrak customer called the companys automated phone system to get...
Backup Tapes Missing from Marriott Timeshare Business
Marriott Vacation Club International is missing backup tapes with personal information for 206,000 customers, owners and associates, the company disclosed on Wednesday.A spokesman for...
Microsoft Wins, Open Standards Lose
Some people, bless their hearts, think that what determines which technology is bought and deployed in business and government depends on technical quality. You...
Massachusetts CIO Resigns Over OpenDocument
Peter Quinn, the man responsible for bringing OpenDocument to the state of Massachusetts as CIO, will resign on Jan. 9, citing the controversy around...
MT1 Reads You E-Mail for On-the-Go Access
MagneticTime, an Irish audio company focused on user mobility, recently launched MT1, a software product that translates e-mails and Microsoft Word documents to audio...
GM Seeks Cutting Edge Despite Outsourcing
With a fully outsourced IT strategy, can a company gain a technological edge? Fred Killeen, acting chief technology officer of General Motors Corp., is...
Critical Impact: Windows Metafile Flaw a Zero-Day Exploit
Microsoft Corp. has issued a security advisory for what Secunia is deeming an "extremely critical flaw" in Windows Metafile Format (.wmf) that is now...
Google Clamps Down on Its Classifieds Feature
Sometime last week, search giant Google Inc. did something that seems rather innocuous to Google Base, its free feature for searching classified ads, event...
Symbol Anticipates a Breakout Year for RFID
If market indicators prove out, 2006 could be the breakout year for RFID—at least thats the goal for the folks at Symbol Technologies Inc.,...
Patent Lawsuit Challenges Google Talk
Google Inc.s instant message and Internet phone feature, Google Talk, has been hit by patent infringement allegations.
Rates Technology Inc. based in Hauppauge, N.Y., filed...