Google assembles parts for Facebook rival
An alternative to Facebook would be welcomed by many game developers, looking for a better deal for their wares.
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Tech War: Skype vs Google Talk
Beyond their similarities lie a great number of differences. Skype offers interfaces to the traditional public phone network; Google Talk does not. Skype can receive calls from the public phone network; Google Talk cannot.
Read more..Facebook user satisfaction 'abysmal'
Google slips and Bing comes on strong, but Facebook's flop was most notable in user satisfaction survey
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One Bot-Infected PC = 600,000 Spam Messages a Day
California-based Marshal8e6 deliberately infected machines in the lab of its research arm, TRACElabs, with the malware responsible for the world's nine biggest spam botnets, then observed the PCs' behavior, including each bot's top-end spam capacity.
Read more..Companies not using social nets at risk, report says
A majority of consumers want to interact with companies over social networks like Facebook and Twitter , but only 30% of businesses are prepared for it, according to a survey.
Read more..How to: SIP trunking: A primer
SIP refers to Session Initiation Protocol, the standard developed in the 1990s by the Internet Engineering Task Force that is used to set up and terminate VoIP calls and generate dial tone.
Read more..Enterprise 2.0 rollout: 4 Keys to success
In the first two months after rolling out an enterprise 2.0 suite to improve Facebook-style networking and information sharing, Philips CIO Maarten de Vries saw 10,000-plus employees start using the software. He shares four factors key to the success.
Read more..Social sources with CRM can be useful sales tool: Ovum
Data from CRM not enough, more info can be derived from other sources
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HP quashes rumors of Slate demise
The computer maker says the tablet is still under consideration
Read more..4G-satellite network planned for US next year
The rapidly growing demand for mobile broadband makes a new 4G network seem promising, especially if it can reach poorly served rural areas via satellite
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Tech War: Facebook vs. Twitter
Each site has built communities of millions of users and developers in just a few short years, and they are fighting each other to become the top destination for Web users looking to share information with friends and colleagues.
Read more..Case Study: Reliance Comm. evolved GSM platform in record time
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Till 2007-2008, Reliance offered only CDMA services to its customer base of 80 million. Onc they decided to make a foray into the GSM market, they created a single IT platform to support both CDMA and GSM business processes, saving on both cost and money.
Read more..Google and Zynga: 5 burning questions
Popular social games like Farmville, Mafia Wars and Fishville may soon be available to Google users, if recent rumors turn out to be accurate.
Read more..The Robin Sage experiment: Fake profile fools security pros
An experiment that called for creating a fake social networking personality managed to snare even seasoned security veterans
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Fact, fiction and the Internet
In their simplest form, many social networking sites are not much more than online diaries. Whether you're thinking of Bridget Jones or Adrian Mole, Alan Clark or Samuel Pepys, most of us realize that a diary is just someone's personal view, and not a reliable source of indisputable information.
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Context trumps content
Twitter. By offering a completely customized stream of information in a context that users want, Twitter has managed to grow faster than any other communication medium, ever.
Read more..Update: Motorola Deal May End Mobile-Gear Consolidation
The buyout of the mobile-networks business by Nokia Siemens could be the last big deal for some time, analysts say
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Motorola sells its wireless network unit for $1.2B to Nokia Siemens
Motorola has found a buyer for its wireless network equipment unit: Nokia Siemens Networks will pay US$1.2 billion for most of that business, the companies announced Monday.
Read more..Surveys: Social-networking users worry about privacy
Privacy remains a concern for a significant portion of people who use social-networking sites, if the findings from two recent surveys are any indication.
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Outlook Evolves Beyond E-Mail with Social Connectors
The Outlook Social Connector for Facebook is the latest tool for Microsoft Outlook to incorporate social networking
Read more..Hacker claims to have cracked Skype protocol
A hacker claims to have cracked the Skype’s proprietary encryption protocols that protect the VoIP company’s intellectual property.
Read more..India’s Bollywood embraces Twitter
Indian film stars are making a beeline for Twitter, updating fans on what they are doing, exchanging pleasantries, promoting their movies, and at times even settling scores with one another.
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The Data You Don't Even Know You Have
Let's assume for a moment that Google's collection of Wi-Fi "payload" data really was unintentional. And that Google never used the data, didn't even know it was there and stored it securely. Is it actually a privacy leak if no one has looked at the private data?
Chief General Manager - IT, Sales and Dispatch Division, Maruti SuzukiBenefits of the extended enterprise
By its very nature, business especially the auto industry cannot work in isolation. Rajesh Uppal shows the benefits of bringing suppliers and dealers on the same page as one's organization.
CIO and Head-Delivery Global Transformation Practice, WNS Global ServicesERP: Recipe for Success
It took one ERP implementation and a series of crises for Sanjay Jain to realize the secrets of project success.
CIO and Chief of Corporate Strategy, Asian PaintsOf Data Classification and Integrity
You can get data classification right, but still end up with wrong information or data that’s not in the form your business users want. And then you would not have done a great job.
Divisional VP-IS, UB GroupWork - Life Balance. Finding Equilibrium
Work-life balance doesn’t have to be a tightrope walk, as the CIO of the world’s third-largest spirit’s company tells you. Work with a merged calendar, he says. "It helps me ensure that no clashes — like birthdays — take place".