Monthly Archives: November 2007
Inside the Microsoft Interop Lab
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft has an interoperability play around Web services, and it's taking shape in a lab here on the software maker's campus.Greg Leake, Microsoft's...
IBM Launches Energy-Efficiency Certificate Program
IBM is launching an industry-first initiative to help its customers benchmark and verify how efficient they are before and after embarking on data center...
Microsoft Embarks on Lawsuit Rampage
Microsoft has launched a stampede against solution providers who deal in counterfeit or infringing software by filing 20 lawsuits in 13 states.
As part of...
No Phone Bills With ooma
So how much would it be worth to someone to completely do away with the monthly phone bill and never have to pay for...
Bumps on the Road to Document Exchange Nirvana
The OpenDocument Foundation has announced its plans to sever itself from participation in or further advocacy of its namesake office document format in favor...
Ex-Wal-Mart Exec Surrenders To Wal-Mart
Julie Roehm, the onetime Wal-Mart marketing chief who said she was improperly fired and counter-charged that Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott extorts discounts from...
Pay By Touch Giving Up On Biometric POS?
Pay By Touch, which has made a major push in point of sale biometric payments, is backing off that business, according to a report...
Smartcard RFID Market Projected to Soar
With contactless payment leading the way, the market for smartcards is expected to hit $1.42 billion by 2011, up from about $472 million today,...
Best Buy, Amazon Pushing Video Visions
Creating what amounts to a private version of video-sharing site YouTube, Best Buy is launching a video sharing service the week of Nov. 5....
E-Commerce Sites Arent Too Social
The influence of social networking sites on e-Commerce has been overblown and such sites have very little influence on purchases, according to a report...