Brian Prince

Customers of the Skype Internet telephone service will have a new search feature, courtesy of the Jyve add-on for Skype 3.0. Jyve, described by its creators as a live “Ask” engine, is a featured “Extra” for Skype users, Jyve officials said. With Jyve, users can connect with people around the world via the Internet to […]

McAfee announced Dec. 19 that its McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus safety tool now supports Firefox, AOL Instant Messenger and AOL Mail. SiteAdvisor Plus actively shields consumers computers from dangerous Web sites encountered when browsing, searching, instant messaging or e-mailing, said officials at the Santa Clara, Calif., company. The new Protected Mode feature prevents consumers from browsing […]

Opera Software announced Dec. 18 the introduction of real-time fraud protection for its Web browser Opera 9.1. The Fraud Protection tool includes technology from GeoTrust, a digital certificate provider, and PhishTank, a collaborative clearinghouse for data and information about phishing on the Internet. Fraud Protection extends the original anti-phishing capability in Opera, company officials said. […]

Actuate announced Dec. 18 that Actuate 9 SP1, with its new support for native Microsoft PowerPoint, now allows users to choose from the complete range of Microsoft Office formats for viewing and presenting information. Actuate 9 SP1, which is scheduled to be available in December, offers the features from business intelligence applications by giving users […]

Never in his wildest dreams did Jim Bell imagine he would help take pictures of Mars. But in 2004, he did exactly that when he led the photography team for NASAs mobile robot missions to Mars. Now some of the pictures snapped by the two robot rovers named Spirit and Opportunity can be viewed in […]

A recent study by JupiterResearch predicts that 82 percent of small businesses will be using the Internet to do business by 2011. “The Internet is an extremely important medium to market to [small businesses],” said Sonal Gandhi, an analyst at JupiterResearch and the lead author of the report. The study predicts only a modest increase […]

Elay Cohen remembers when many people thought sales representatives would never use a partner relationship management application. These days, the senior director of the PRM Division at Salesforce.com happily reports those naysayers were largely wrong. As of Oct. 31, Salesforce.com, a San Francisco-based provider of CRM (customer relationship management) applications, managed customer information for 27,100 […]

Boeing officials confirmed that a laptop containing the personal data of some 382,000 current and former employees was stolen from a former employees car in the first week of December. Officials of the Seattle-based company declined to say exactly when or where the theft occurred, but stated that the data stored on the laptop contained […]

EMC officials Dec. 13 unveiled EMC Smarts IP Availability Manager 7.0 and EMC Smarts Service Assurance Manager 7.0 software—products the company says bring heightened levels of security and cross-domain support for managing IT and service provider environments. Smarts IP Availability Manager automates real-time root-cause analysis of critical network connectivity layers, including network-attached storage connectivity. Its […]

Hewlett-Packard announced Dec. 12 it will acquire Knightsbridge Solutions for an undisclosed amount within the next 30 days. Knightsbridge is a Chicago-based services company focused on the information management areas of business intelligence, data warehousing, data integration and information quality. Knightsbridge has 700 employees in offices across the United States and in London who will […]

Verio is rolling out the latest version of its Web-based shopping cart tool, ShopSite 8.1, to help its Web hosting customers create and manage successful online stores. ShopSite 8.1 will help small and midsize businesses manage inventory, payments and sales records commerce on their Web sites. It is compatible with multiple payment processing services, including […]

Webroot Software, a company specializing in anti-spyware software for both businesses and consumers, announced the availability of a new security solution for small and medium-sized businesses through its global distributor, Ingram Micro, and its Channel Edge partners. Webroot SME Security is an Internet-based threat solution designed to protect SMEs (small and medium-size enterprises) from spyware […]