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Ive covered a lot of trade shows in my time, but this weeks VON conference in Boston was the first time I took along a Wi-Fi-equipped laptop. It changed the whole texture of the experience. No longer a mere word processor and morning e-mail checker, my laptop became a real-time communications tool, carrying the “presence” […]

VoIP is now heading for full-blown adoption in financial services, with claims that it can shave up to 50 percent off banks telecommunications bills. One example is SouthTrust Bank, a Birmingham, AL-based regional with more than $53 billion in assets, 12,000 employees and 700-plus branches across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee […]

If you work at Microsoft (or are part of the Redmond ecosystem), Joel Spolsky probably needs no introduction. And its not because his company, Fog Creek Software, is a household name. But Spolsky (known in Microsoft circles as just-plain Joel, or “The Joel”) is one of the characters whose words have had serious impact on […]

Restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday is blaming a sharp decline in sales on a decision to drop coupon based marketing in favor of a national television ad campaign. Same-store sales dropped nine percent in September. The company began its “brand building” advertising campaign in mid-September and company officials said they miscalculated the impact of coupons. They […]

At a trade show on digital technology, the Chief Executive of Best Buy said he expects home networking to become the next big thing in technology. Brad Anderson said bringing refrigerators, security systems and other devices into the home network are the future of digital technology. In 10 to 15 years, people will be able […]

Grocery retailer Kroger is using a tool to analyze traffic on some of its new e-commerce features like online coupons and gift cards that can be printed from the internet and redeemed in stores. The tools also provide customized reports on how consumers are using the e-commerce features. Read the entire Internet Retailer story here.

The Vatican Library has begun tagging books with radio frequency identification chips so librarians can keep track of books and perform inventory checks more easily. The library houses 1.6 million books, ancient manuscripts and the oldest known complete Bible. So far, 30,000 books have been tagged, enabling librarians to use a hand-held device to keep […]

While they are bullish about Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2), PC makers arent putting all of their security eggs in the Microsoft basket. PC vendors are well on their way toward getting SP2, Microsoft Corp.s most recent operating-system update, preloaded on all of their new machines. But many PC vendors are complementing—and in some […]

Microsoft Corp. wants to deliver its Windows Server 2003 update, known as “R2,” in 2005. To make sure it will be able do so, the company is prioritizing its feature list and moving some R2 features into later releases. Microsoft officials updated the companys Windows Server roadmap and made the changes public on Monday, in […]

The parade of indictments of top company execs, from Enrons Ken Lay to CAs Sanjay Kumar, has thrust the oft-neglected topic of corporate governance to the forefront. As companies get their corporate acts in order, IT pros should step forward to take a leading role. Without information management, there can be no corporate governance of […]

Many features that end up in Microsoft Corp. products often start as projects in the companys research division. Rick Rashid, senior vice president for research, in Redmond, Wash., sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco recently to discuss search technologies; the “Longhorn” version of Windows; and […]

Microsoft is poised to deliver a new interim build of its Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Service Pack 1) to testers. Windows Server 2003 SP1 is the server complement to the recently released Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2). SP1 includes new security features plus bug fixes. Windows Server 2003 SP1 also provides the foundation for […]