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Phase II of Google and Facebook s OpenID arms race

2008-12-10T14:00:00.003-08:00

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Yesterday, both Facebook and Google took their respective OpenID systems out of beta, continuing their neck-and-neck move away from walled garden status.

Back in May , Facebook, Google, and MySpace all debuted their open identification platforms which allow the sites to work with other services based upon a single login and user identity. However, there was immediate tension between Google and Facebook, which resulted in Facebook blocking Google s Friend Connect.

Yesterday morning, Google announced that beta testing of Friend Connect is complete, and that webmasters that wish to add social features can now link to Google, Yahoo, AOL, and OpenID services through Friend Connect.

Mussie Shore, Friend Connect Product Manager said, We have been working closely with a handful of Web site owners, social networks, and application developers to improve its speed and scalability, ease of use, and customization capabilities. We ve also expanded the features available to users with richer, more integrated profiles and new ways to discuss and share content, like including YouTube videos in your comments.

Then, a matter of hours later, Facebook s Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook Connect is ready for action , and that Connect with Facebook tags like those found on Citysearch, CNN s The Forum, and CBS The Insider. Clicking these tags will link posts from those sites back to the user s Facebook feed.

Obviously our launch partners don t cover all the Web sites you use on a daily basis, Zuckerberg said, So if you want to see this list grow, get in touch with your favorite Web sites, developers, and services, and tell them you want to connect. With your help, we can all share more information across the web.

The big idea behind these open identification standards is to create an easy-to-follow voluntary profiling system for users that allows the most effective advertising and marketing to be served their way. While Facebook s approach revolves around users sticking to the social network and its linked properties, Google s is more of a platform upon which to build new services that users ultimately collect.
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Good OS founder: Cloud on netbooks to be shown at CES

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Although not divulging many specifics, David Liu, the founder of Good OS, said this evening that netbooks will, in fact, be demo d at CES running the company s new Cloud OS.

While I can t disclose detailed information, I can say that Cloud OS will be shown running on netbooks at CES, said David Liu, the founder of Good OS, in an e-mail to BetaNews Friday evening. Liu was responding to a request for information about Cloud OS, a product that brings together a compressed edition of Linux with a browser built by Good for use in the netbook environment.

As BetaNews reported earlier today , from the Cloud browser, users can access lightweight Web applications such as Google Apps or Yahoo Mail. Cloud supports Internet media formats such as Flash for video sites like YouTube and MP3 for music downloads.

Yet Cloud OS, the new OS to be shown at CES, also offers the ability to load into either Linux or Windows XP without the need for manual reboot. Users can switch from the browser environment to either Linux or XP -- or just power off -- with a single click.

But I can also say that the demo at CES will reveals more of Cloud s features, shifting emphasis to its originally intended emphasis -- cloud computing - rather than just how fast it boots, Liu told BetaNews this evening. To me, how fast it boots is just a checklist item, and will increasingly become this way. More information to come at CES. Thanks and sorry I cannot provide more hints!

Good OS also makes the gOS used on the sub- 200 desktop PCs sold at Wal-Mart. The most recent version of a Good-enabled desktop PC, Evermax s Everex PC2512 gPC, is bundled with the Linux-based OpenOffice.org productivity suite,
the Skype voice over IP VoIP application, the RhythmBox music management app, the Xing audio player, and GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program .
The PC also provides direct links to Google Docs Spreadsheets, Google Product Search, Blogger, YouTube, and Google Maps.

For under 200, the Linux-based desktop machine provides a 1.5 GHz Via C7-D processor, an 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB RAM, a DVD-ROM CD-RW drive, and stereo speakers. The memory is upgradeable to 2 GB. No monitor is included, however.

Also as previously reported, research released by IDC earlier this week indicates that low-cost mini-notebooks, or netbooks, will help to buttress overall PC sales volume over the next few years.

Good now plans to work with OEM partners to provide customized versions of its new Cloud OS for netbooks. PC makers will be able to pre-load Cloud into the PC hard drive, solid state drive, or on-board flash storage, or on CD for end users to install. Multiple recovery methods using either CD or hidden partitions will also be made feasible.

Cloud will also be customizable to boot into a specific application, such as Skype, instead of to a Web page.
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NUI s multi-touch technology showcased on behalf of MGEN ...

2008-12-05T10:00:00.003-08:00

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byVOLTA, the partner of Natural User Interface NUI from France, showcased an interactive multi-touch table developed in Sweden by NUI, for an exhibition for MGEN Mutual G n rale de l ducation nationale in Paris, France. L ducation nationale is the ministry in charge of schools and education.

MGEN is the France s premier mutual health insurance group that deals with complementary health insurance for the employees of the French education system.

As NUI has a strong focus on the educational sector, this demonstration, which was taken care of by byVOLTA, fits perfectly in the current portfolio of NUI and adds to the long track record of successful projects related to the educational sector.

The stand was about cartooning for peace , so as by byVOLTA s request, consultation and close collaboration, NUI developed a customized multi-touch software solution, which included many drawings made and selected by famous drawers such like Plantu, Cabu and many others.

The children and other visitors could discover those drawings in a very appealing matter by interacting with it in natural and intuitive way. They could also draw and save their own drawings on the multi-touch table.

Harry van der Veen, NUI CEO stated: We are always excited to work together with byVOLTA on challenging projects for their high profile clients. The client was very satisfied with the result, so byVOLTA and NUI achieved their goal. We are looking forward to work on the next project with byVOLTA, as their projects and clients always have special requirements, which is very interesting for us to be involved in, as their clients raise the bar. It is great to see so much trust from our partner to keep continue using our products in their projects.

About NUI:
Natural User Interface Europe Ltd. NUI is a Swedish innovative emerging technology company specializing in commercially available advanced multi-touch software, hardware and service solutions to its worldwide clients.. NUI s solutions can convert an ordinary surface into an interactive, appealing and intelligent display that creates a stunning user experience.

About byVOLTA:
byVOLTA specializes in indentity definitions, offering companies to develop spaces by using sensory aid.byVOLTA develops creative and interactive animations that stimulate sense smell sense, hearing, sight, touch with innovative technologies like intuitive interactive navigation, augmented reality AR , by creating interactive floors or walls. They create senspaces where consumers are fully immersed, allowing brands brands to enhance their visibility and consolidate their reputation.

Natural User Interface Europe AB
Laboratorgr nd 7
93162 Skellefte
Sweden

Phone: 46 702865975
Fax: 46 851989240
mail natural-ui.com
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UK ITSM professionals report high levels of job satisfaction...

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Service Desk Institute Salary Survey reveals that more women are working in ITSM than ever before, but there is still a pay disparity between the sexes

Orpington 4 December, 2008 Recent survey findings from Europe s leading authority on Service Desk and IT support issues, the Service Desk Institute SDI , indicate that job satisfaction in the IT Service Management ITSM industry is on the rise . More than half of ITSM professionals are satisfied with their salary 52 per cent and feel valued by senior management 55 per cent . SDI s UK IT Service Desk Salary Survey 2008 questioned 257 ITSM professionals across the UK and reveals that the ITSM industry is confident in the face of recession, with 65 per cent stating that the economic climate will not have an impact on staffing levels and 41 per cent certain that it will not hinder the growth of their service desks, despite the fact that over a third of recruitment budgets have been reduced.

Howard Kendall, Chairman of SDI comments: Historically, ITSM has battled poor retention and low job satisfaction but these survey results show that the industry has turned a significant corner in recent years. Organisations are increasingly realising the value that the IT service desk brings to their business, and this is reflected in competitive salaries and real opportunity for career development. The fact that the majority of professionals at all levels are content with their salary and incentive packages, as well as feeling valued in their role, shows they are finally getting the recognition they deserve from employers.

The survey also reveals a lingering pay imbalance between men and women. The greatest disparity in pay is 4.5 per cent at IT Service Desk Manager level and the lowest is 1.3 per cent at Service Desk Analyst level. Despite this pay disparity, more female ITSM professionals 49 per cent than male are satisfied with their salary 46 per cent . The fact that over a third of respondents were women 37 per cent indicates that ITSM is proving an attractive career choice for women in IT.

Great steps have been made in encouraging women to become ITSM professionals, and part of this is the industry s acknowledgement that IT service desks need to contain a balance of soft, communication and technical skills. However, the results also highlight that ensuring pay parity continues to be a priority. The difference in pay levels may be far less than they have been previously, but the issue is still on the table despite almost two decades of efforts to redress the balance, adds Kendall.

The SDI survey also investigated average salaries by location and sector. Unsurprisingly, the highest earners in ITSM are based in London, with the second highest earners based in the East Midlands. Individual analysis of respondents results reveal that the majority of employers in the East Midlands are multi national media providers, large law firms and global IT applications developers from within the private sector, which would explain its high ranking salary average. Conversely, Wales consistently offers the lowest pay bracket across all job levels. The survey also shows that IT professionals in all job levels earn more in the private sector than their public sector counterparts, with IT Service Desk Managers earning up to 7 per cent more in the private sector.

The survey additionally revealed:

Salary satisfaction by gender:
o 46 per cent of male ITSM professionals are very or mostly satisfied with their salary; 49 per cent of female ITSM professionals are very or mostly satisfied with their salary
o 29 per cent of male ITSM professionals are very or mostly dissatisfied with their salary; 19 per cent of female ITSM professionals are very or mostly dissatisfied with their salary

Incentives package satisfaction
o 67 per cent of ITSM professionals consider their incentives package to be excellent, very good or good
o 15 per cent of ITSM professionals consider their incentives package to be poor

Percentage salary increase
o 65 per cent of salary increases are not dependent on performance; 35 per cent of salary increases are dependent on performance;
o The East Midlands have the highest average percentage increase at 5-10 ; the South East, the South West and Wales have the lowest average percentage increase at 1-2
o The average annual percentage salary increase across the ITSM profession is 3-4
o 45 per cent of respondents were very or mostly satisfied with their salary increase; 30 per cent of respondents were very or mostly dissatisfied with their salary increase; 6 per cent of respondents did not receive a salary increase in the past 12 months

Bonus received
o 54 per cent of respondents did not receive a bonus in the last 12 months
o Of the 46 per cent that did receive a bonus, the average amount was between 1000 and 2000

Respondent breakdown
o By sector: 68 per cent of respondents work in the private sector; 31 per cent of respondents work in the public sector; and 1 per cent of respondents work in the charitable voluntary sector
o By gender: 37 per cent of respondents were female; 64 per cent of respondents were male
o By service desk size: 45 per cent of respondents work in departments of fewer than 25 people; 24 per cent work in departments between 25 to 50 people; there were no respondents working in departments of 500 people or more

Education levels in ITSM
o 33 per cent of ITSM professionals are educated to degree level
o 34 per cent of IT Service Desk Managers possess degrees

SDI s UK IT Service Desk Salary Survey 2008 . This report has been produced from survey data collected between 1st September 2008 and 15th October 2008. A total of 257 ITSM professionals across the UK responded to questions to identify the average salary of IT Service Desk Managers, IT Service Desk Team Leaders and Service Desk Analysts across the IT Service Management ITSM industry. The report compares salary findings across different locations, sectors, gender, level of education and experience and outlines the general level of satisfaction within the industry with regards salary, salary increases, bonuses and incentive schemes.

Ends

About The Service Desk Institute
SDI is the new driving force for the ITSM and service desk industry with a vision of being recognised globally as the professional body that drives exceptional IT service and support. As the leading authority on Service Desk and IT support related issues, SDI will enable organisations to enhance the value of business and IT integration through exceptional IT service and support. SDI is responsible for setting global industry standards, delivering thought-leadership and knowledge, and influencing service improvement for individuals and organisations. The globally recognised SDI Service Desk Certification standard is the only best practice standard that provides a clear and measurable set of standards for a Service Desk operation.

Acting as an independent advisor, SDI captures and disseminates creative and innovative ideas for tomorrow s service desk and support operation. SDI sets the standards for the IT support industry and is the conduit for delivering knowledge and career enhancing skills to the professional community.

It also offers the opportunity for international recognition of the support centre operation through a site certification audit programme. It members span numerous industries and include, AOL UK , Barclays Bank, Computer Associates, ITV, O2, T K Maxx, United Biscuits and E.On. Further information about the SDI can be found at www.sdi-europe.com

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ZC Video to FLV Converter

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ZC Video to FLV Converter 4.0.4 is a Video Converter product from videoxdvd.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, ZC Video to FLV Converter convert most of pop video movies to Flash Video movie flv and swf , support most popular format on internet such as AVI, DivX .divx; .div , Xvid .xvid , MPEG .mpeg; .mpg , WMV .wmv , ASF .asf , ASX .asx , Real Video .rm; .rmvb , VCD Format .dat , Quick Time Format .mov , MP4 .mp4; .mpeg4 , MKV .mkv , 3GP .3gp; .3gpp; .3gp2; .3g2 , Decrypted VOB .vob , Nullsoft Video .NSV .
It s a 1-click solution to convert huge of internet movie resources to Flash Video and SWF video with high performance. With ZC Video to FLV Converter, you will be able to convert all of your favorite video clips example: personal DV to Flash Video, and then you can upload it onto internet, such as YouTube, and enjoy it with friends from all over the world, and you also can prepare masses of movies for web video publishing easily.
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Stunnix Advanced Web Server

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Stunnix Advanced Web Server 3.0 is a Web Server product from stunnix.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Stunnix Advanced Web Server, by using Apaches codebase, is designed for putting any Perl PHP MySQL SQLite-based website on CDROM, that once put to tray will run off CDROM including webserver itself, MySQL and PHP Perl interpreters and will open a browser with site in it on Windows, MacOS X and Linux from that single CDROM, without requiring installation of any program to users computer. It also allows to make any website into usual desktop applications with installer.
Stunnix Advanced Web Server allows to outstandingly reduce costs of development of desktop applications or of CDROMs with presentations and catalogues - since development using web technologies is much cheaper and allows to deliver the products to users of all major desktop operating systems. Stunnix Advanced Web Server uses a lot of advanced technologies to make websites run under it to feel responsive like usual desktop applications do.
Stunnix Advanced Web Server uses Apache codebase, supports Apaches configuration files and even modules, so no porting is required from Apache - neither for code, nor for configuration files. No testing is required either.
The database files, versions of Perl and PHP interpreters and of MySQL server, included for all major desktop operating systems, will run off CDROM, without even hidden installation to the users computer.
Any CGI scripts are also supported. Mod-perl is also available. All HTTP standards are supported, including GET, POST, If-Modified-Since, PATH INFO. Server-Side Includes are also supported. The license of this networking software is Free Trial Software, the price is 239, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Stunnix Advanced Web Server, you can buy this networking software.
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MEGA announces its first UK User Conference

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London November 4, 2008 For immediate release:

MEGA, a major enterprise architecture EA , business process analysis BPA , and governance, risk, and compliance GRC solutions provider, has announced the date of its first user conference to be held in the United Kingdom. The afternoon event, to include two case studies from major public and private sector organisations, will be held at a central London location, The Waldorf Hilton Hotel, on Tuesday, 9 December, 2008, from 1:30pm until 7:00pm.

The MEGA UK User Conference 2008 is designed to help users of the company s products and services at all levels, ranging from those starting out to more advanced practitioners. A carefully constructed programme will enable users to learn from and discuss with peers and MEGA new ideas and proven best practice. Delegates will thus be able to take back to their respective organisations ways to enhance or improve their respective projects, in turn, bringing new value to business performance.

Addressing topical issues and trends in EA and BPA, the conference programme will feature two case studies presented by the company s customers, a workshop, and a panel discussion about practical modelling work, done specifically with tools from the MEGA Modeling Suite. The suite provides a comprehensive, repository-based modeling environment to support projects ranging from process optimisation to the roadmapping of IT systems, and application analysis and design.

Particular subjects to be covered during the afternoon will include the important task of model management and ensuring that the representation remains alive and up-to-date; how stakeholders may successfully adopt a process-oriented approach to the enterprise; how to gain vital backing from senior management to achieve effective change management; and how to publish appropriate methods and procedures across the enterprise, using the right modes of communication. The event will be rounded off with drinks and canap s.

Users of MEGA products and services may register at: http: www.mega.com uk p event p2 other-mega-event a event-other-mega-event0008 t mega-user-conference-uk

PROPOSED CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:

01:30 02:00 Arrival Registration Coffee Tea
02:00 02:30 Presentation by MEGA
02:30 03:15 Customer Testimony
03:15 04:00 Workshop
04:00 04:30 Coffee Break
04:30 05:15 Customer Testimony
05:15 06:15 Panel Discussion
06:15 07:15 Drinks canap s

ABOUT MEGA

MEGA www.mega.com offers the MEGA Modeling Suite for enterprise architecture and business process analysis and the MEGA GRC Suite for governance, risk, and compliance. It is a privately-held company, founded in 1991, with 50,000 software licenses worldwide. European customers include Allianz, AXA, British American Tobacco, Direct TV, LCL Le Cr dit Lyonnais, Renault Nissan, Soci t G n rale and Unicredit.

ENDS

More information from:

Julie Boulanger
MEGA International Ltd
Telephone: 44 0 20 8323 8033
E-mail: jboulanger mega.com
Web: www.mega.com

Mark Mitchell
Pattison Mitchell Associates
Telephone: 44 0 20 7924 7700
E-mail: ptml btinternet.com

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Essex County Council Spearheads Local Government eSourcing w...

2008-11-05T05:00:00.001-08:00

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BravoSolution www.bravosolution.com , the international leader in Supply Management software and services, today announces that Essex County Council has deployed BravoSolution s flexible eSourcing solution via an online portal. The Council has undertaken one of the largest local government eSourcing projects to date in order to deliver better value to residents throughout the county.

The portal, www.essex.bravosolution.com, is a suite of collaborative, web-based tools that enables procurement professionals within the council as well as their suppliers to conduct the procurement lifecycle process over the Internet. These strategic activities include defining the requirements and specifications for tendering and supplier selection, as well as contract award and management. The portal is open to all levels, from County to Borough and District Councils.

To date, the portal has procured contracts in excess of 450 million, engaged with almost 1,000 suppliers and prevented the multiple-version printing of nearly 2,000 documents due to moving the tender process online. From an initial 11 users actively running projects earlier this year, the council hopes to nearly quadruple the number of adopters by Christmas 2008.

The authority has also extended core activities such as eAuctions and eTendering to add Vendor and Contract Management, gaining a stronger hold over supplier relationships and heightened visibility of contract risk. The portal is also aiding reporting by providing absolute transparency throughout the tender management and evaluation process. Plus, another positive outcome of this is that it reduces the cost of the procurement process, making it easier for suppliers, especially small businesses, to respond.

The portal deployed by BravoSolution has been a great success to date in delivering improved value to residents, says Ali Brown, Head of eSourcing for Essex County Council. The portal has also made it easier for smaller or more diverse suppliers to tender for and win contracts, which is something that we as a council are keen to encourage. It allows a supplier to register much of their pre-qualification data once and once only, reducing the costly time overhead of suppliers bidding for multiple contracts, which can be a barrier to smaller businesses.
In addition, as some contracts are awarded in parts, the playing field between large organisations and those with smaller capacity is flattened to allow for the best possible contract awards all round, delivering optimum value to residents within the county.

The portal we have deployed for Essex County Council is further proof that the benefits of eSourcing can be realised at all levels of the UK public sector, says Nader Sabbaghian, Managing Director UK and CEO of BravoSolution. We are seeing an increasing demand for our services from councils all over the country. Essex has shown how their residents are directly benefiting from greater efficiency as well as the savings that will be reinvested into the community to help improve a number of different services.

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Software AG will reveal its business infrastructure software...

2008-10-31T06:00:00.003-07:00

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Aug 22, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Software AG will deliver an integrated solution for compliant management performance and rapid business improvement at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada...

Software AG is the world s largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. Our 4,000 global enterprise customers achieve business results faster by modernizing, integrating and automating their IT systems and processes. As a result, they rapidly build measurable business value and meet changing business demands. Based on their solutions, organizations are able to liberate and govern their data, systems, applications, processes and services - achieving new levels of business flexibility.

Their leading product portfolio includes solutions for high performance data management, developing and modernizing applications, enabling service-oriented architecture, and improving business processes. By combining technology with industry expertise and best practices experience, their customers improve and differentiate their businesses - faster.

The 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum focuses on new, cutting-edge enterprise applications and solutions that are sustainable, flexible, and increase profitability, presented via interactive expositions and engaging conference sessions presented to all corporate users, from service providers to small, medium and large businesses alike.

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Oracle Corporation will discuss Performance Management Deplo...

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August 21, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Oracle s Vice President of EPM Data Warehousing, Robert Stackowiak will present a session on technical solutions for mastering performance management challenges at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

Twenty Years Later - Why Performance Management Challenges Continue
This presentation describes the technical and political challenges organizations face across North America in their attempts to successfully deploy Performance Management solutions. It covers the state of Performance Management observed in many organizations, what appear to be contradictions in strategies, common mistakes, and best practices.
Robert Stackowiak has worked for over 20 years in business intelligence and IT related roles that have included sales and sales consulting, business development, management of software development, and systems engineering. As Vice President of EPM Data Warehousing in Oracle s Enterprise Solutions Group, he is recognized worldwide for his work in business intelligence and data warehousing and has spoken at many conferences, events, and podcasts. His papers regarding business intelligence and computer and software technology have appeared in publications such as Database Trends and Applications, and The Data Warehousing Institute s publications. He also co-authored multiple books including Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 11g 4th Edition, November 2007, O Reilly Media and Oracle Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions January 2007, Wiley .

The 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum focuses on new, cutting-edge enterprise applications and solutions that are sustainable, flexible, and increase profitability, presented via interactive expositions and engaging conference sessions presented to all corporate users, from service providers to small, medium and large businesses alike.

For more information:
To register for Early-Bird Passes, please visit http: e-financial.wowgao.com registration
More details about the event can be found at http: e-financial.wowgao.com

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Sony Ericsson s C905 Cyber-shot phone gets a starring r...

2008-10-25T22:00:00.003-07:00

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The company commissioned professional photographer Matt Stuart to take photos, using the 8.1 megapixel C905 Cyber-shot camera phone, to use in the launch of its new campaign.

The Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-Shot has a 8.1megapixel camera.

This social media news release contains photos of the C905 Cyber-Shot in action.

Camera. Lights. Action! Sony Ericsson s new C905 Cyber-shot camera phone television commercial brings a city to a standstill, as it follows a group of friends who snap and showcase giant high-quality photos for all to see using their 8.1 megapixel camera phone.

Sony Ericsson today reveals its stunning new television commercial for the new C905 Cyber-shot camera phone. The company commissioned professional photographer Matt Stuart to take photos, using the 8.1 megapixel C905 Cyber-shot camera phone, to use in the launch of its new commercial.

A number of enormous photos taken by Matt Stuart using the C905 Cyber-shot camera phone are placed in unusual locations, to show how anyone can experiment and be more spontaneous when taking and exhibiting their photos with this high quality camera phone.

Viewers see a CCTV camera mounted on a traffic light in the city centre. The camera s mechanical head turns and stops to look at a large picture of a young woman cheekily poking her tongue out.

In another scene, huge pictures of brightly-coloured budgerigars stand high up against the city skyline, and has crowds of passersby stopping to look in wonder.

The C905 Cyber-shot is a powerful 8.1 megapixel camera phone, said Sven Tott , Head of Imaging Marketing at Sony Ericsson. We really wanted to show consumers what is possible with the camera phone and showcase the outstanding picture quality it can deliver. Therefore the images in the commercial were actually taken with a C905 Cyber-shot camera phone.

Professional photographer Matt Stuart, who took the photos with a C905 Cyber-shot camera phone, said: To be honest, I was a bit sceptical about the results that a camera phone could achieve, but I was amazed. The C905 Cyber-shot camera phone felt like a camera and handled like one too. I was very impressed with the quality and think this is reflected in the commercial.

The new C905 Cyber-shot phone

Take your best shot
- Complete digital camera experience on a phone true digital camera styling and an 8.1 megapixel camera with Xenon flash
- Outstanding picture quality complete with face detection auto-focus, smart contrast and image stabilizer
- From baby s first steps to an amazing sunset; store them all on the 2GB Memory Stick Micro M2 included
- The USB adaptor CCR-70 provided in-box allows for easy transfer of your photos to-and-from your PC
- View high-quality pictures on the impressive 2.4 scratch-resistant mineral glass display
- Share your memories send your photos wirelessly from your phone to your TV via Wi-Fi using DLNA , or connect with wires using the TV-Out Cable ITC-60
- Upload photos to your own online blogsite or print your photos with fantastic resolution, up to A3 size
- Much more than a camera phone - GPS-enabled for geo-tagging of photos and navigation support

With the new 8.1 megapixel C905 Cyber-shot phone you can show off your shots like never before.

The C905 Cyber-shot will be available in three colours Night Black, Ice Silver and Copper Gold in selected markets from Q4 2008. It will support the following networks:

C905: GSM GPRS EDGE 850 900 1800 1900 UMTS HSDPA 2100.
C905a: GSM GPRS EDGE 850 900 1800 1900 UMTS HSDPA 850 1900 2100
C905c: GSM GPRS EDGE 850 900 1800 1900.

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NEC and Bubble Motion Announce Global Partnership

2008-10-25T22:00:00.001-07:00

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Leading Global Provider of Telecom Solutions to Offer BubbleTALK TM To Telecom Operators Around the World...

Tokyo, Japan and Mountain View, CA , October 22, 2008 - NEC, a leading global provider of Advanced Telecom and IT Solutions, and Bubble Motion, the pioneer and global leader of Voice SMS, today announced the formation of a global partnership agreement.

NEC and Bubble Motion agreed that NEC will exclusively provide the BubbleTALK TM service to telecom operators in the Japanese market. NEC and Bubble Motion will collaborate to enable Bubble Motion to provide the underlying products, functionality and related services for BubbleTALK TM , while NEC provides deployment and technical support for operators in Japan. Additionally, NEC and Bubble Motion are aiming to offer BubbleTALK TM to telecom operators spanning the globe, and create synergies between BubbleTALK TM and NEC s NGN products, such as NC series and IP Messaging.

This strategic partnership is driven by goals that include time-to-market and product excellence, said Shinji Ago, General Manager of the Network Services System Division, NEC. By leveraging both parties innovation capabilities, we can deliver new value to diversified marketplaces. This agreement will reinforce our competitive position in the advanced wireless service field.

We are thrilled to be working with NEC to bring BubbleTALK TM to the market, said Thomas Clayton, CEO President of Bubble Motion. The Japanese mobile market is the most advanced in the world and NEC is, by far, the leader in providing the most cutting edge services to both the Japanese and worldwide operators, so this is a perfect fit and partner for offering BubbleTALK TM .

BubbleTALK TM enables users to send short voice messages directly to the receiver s handset. One of the advantages of BubbleTALK TM is fast deployment. BubbleTALK TM s interoperability allows operators to deploy within just a few weeks, typically does not require any additional network resources, and can even be deployed as a hosted service. Some of the other advanced features are; i minimal initial investment, ii minimal operating cost, and iii interconnection between operators. Furthermore, Bubble Motion can provide excellent services, such as consultation and data mining, to maximize operators ROI.

Within a highly competitive market environment, mobile operators are constantly in search of new and stable revenue streams. A variety of case studies have demonstrated how BubbleTALK TM provides an immediate lift in ARPU. Bubble Motion and NEC are seeking to expand business in rapidly growing markets, such as China, Brazil and Russia, as well as advanced markets like Japan.

NEC and Bubble Motion will conduct a joint presentation at Futurecom2008 which is recognized as a high level and effective international forum, being held from October 27-30 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Fightin words: What Web users searched and said during the debates

2008-10-20T17:01:00.003-07:00

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If you re tired of the election season, you don t want to hear another word about it. The rest of the country, however, had words of its own to get out during the recent debates.

Google, which rarely misses a chance to show off a nifty search, has been tracking the popular search terms during the McCain-Obama face-offs and the Biden-Palin match. The site s Google Trends function doesn t offer sufficiently granular results as to see moment-to-moment trends at least not to those of us outside the Googleplex , but the keepers of the official Google blog favored the Web with some stats.

The gold ring of Wednesday s debate was Joe the Plumber -- specifically, the identity of the person who turned out to be Ohio contractor Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher. The search for the high-profile handyman spiked early and ended the evening with the greatest sustained level of interest. Chicagoland professor Bill Ayers and Rep. John Lewis D-GA attracted a bit of interest as well -- perhaps more than more candidate would have wished, perhaps less than the other one would have hoped for.

The two topics garnering the most interest were abortion and education, with Roe vs Wade and charters vouchers getting tremendous attention at the 60- and 80-minute marks respectively. By way of comparison, the second debate attracted the most interest in walk softly and, early on, Whitman Buffett entrepreneurs Meg W. and Warren B., both mentioned as potential candidates for Secretary of the Treasury . Nuclear and genocide rounded out that town hall-style debate.

That s what people searched; over at Twitter, where they re tracking election-related chatter in a special Election 2008 feed, the things they said were somewhat different. Twitter hasn t revealed the most popular terms from the last debate, but in the second debate, the words tax, nuclear, Health care, and -- most often and and most abruptly -- that one lit up the boards. As for Joe the Plumber, it s most interesting to note that by the end of the debate, there were at least two fake Joe-the-Plumbers on the service.

That one also had a lively afterlife the next day, with variations on the phrase aired for the most part by Twitter users doing variations on I m voting for... The Twitter-trend monitor Twist, on the other hand, notes that during the debate , users twittered the word mccain over 15,000 times, more than references to barack and obama combined.

Yahoo s Flickr, meanwhile, provided the most amusing insight as to how we re thinking about the campaigns at this point. Over the last two days, the most popular and most remixed campaign-related image is a candid snap taken near the end of the Wednesday debate, with both candidates onscreen but one making a most peculiar face . Perhaps the takeaway from all this is that if a picture s worth 1,000 words, a picture when we re all but floating in words is a great way to end the week.
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Hands-on with Sprint s Xohm network in Baltimore: Does WiMAX deliver?

2008-10-20T17:01:00.001-07:00

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Sprint heralded the launch of its Xohm WiMax network in Baltimore last week by calling for the death of wireline broadband. But how does it stand up against cable and DSL, or wireless 3G services? BetaNews has been using Xohm for the past month in order to find out.

The promise of WiMax is nothing short of grand: blanket cities across the United States and around the world with 4Mbps wireless at a cost cheaper than existing services and with the simplicity of connecting to a Wi-Fi network. 4G wireless, Sprint proclaims, is an inevitable future. The company even offered a symbolic photo-op for journalists at its launch event: Xohm chief technology officer Barry West, joined by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and other WiMax partners snipping an Ethernet cable.

Except, it s not really as simple as a big pair of scissors cutting loose the past. WiMax faces a great number of challenges -- and even a rival wireless standard -- it must overcome before you and I will talk about the days of yore where Internet connectivity was delivered by cords.

Before we glimpse forward in time, it s important to understand the history of WiMax, or 802.16 as the standard is dubbed by IEEE. Work on Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access WiMax , began in the 1990s at numerous companies. But it remained an obscure technology until 2001 when the WiMax Forum was created to promote its standardization and adoption. For the last 5 years, a sequence of events has finally brought WiMax to the mainstream, beginning with Intel s support in 2003 and Craig McCaw s purchase of Clearwire Technologies in 2004.

McCaw launched the first mobile phone service in the United States, and understood the value proposition of wireless broadband. He took Clearwire s spectrum and name, and began quietly purchasing up more spectrum it could use to deploy wireless broadband using a Pre-WiMax standard. In 2006, Intel, Motorola and Bell Candada invested 1 billion into Clearwire.

Then came Sprint. The company owned the largest amount of 2.5Ghz spectrum used by WiMax thanks to its merger with Nextel, and it was eager to develop a wireless broadband network that could compete with 3G offerings from Verizon and ATT. In May 2008, Sprint s Xohm unit and Clearwire announced their intent to merge with a 51 27 split, while a consortium consisting of Comcast, Time Warner, Intel, Google and Bright House would put in 3.2 billion to own the remaining 22 of the combined company. If the merger clears regulatory hurdles later this year, the company will become Clearwire, although Sprint hasn t specifically said it will drop the Xohm brand.

So where does WiMax go from here? To the surprise of many, Baltimore was selected as the launch city for Xohm. West explained that due to its large waterfront, Baltimore was one of the more difficult cities in which to setup WiMax. If the company could make the network reliable, West said, it would be prepared to tackle expansion into other cities. Washington DC and Chicago will follow in early 2009, and Xohm expects the coverage area to reach 80 million people by the end of next year.

But if it hopes to succeed, WiMax needs customers. A question that was raised numerous times during the launch event was about Xohm s target market. Is WiMax aimed at replacing cable and DSL services in the home, or has it been designed to succeed 3G wireless broadband like EV-DO and HSDPA HSUPA. The answer: it s expected to change over time.

For now, Xohm is most useful in the home, where a stationary WiMax modem picks up the signal and shares it among locally networked computers. Sprint is still in the process of setting up WiMax antennas it has deployed 180 out of 300 planned in Baltimore , and coverage can be spotty if you re traveling to different parts of the city.

Moreover, in the short term, WiMax will only cover major metropolitan areas. If you re not located close to a larger city, or traveling on a train from Washington DC to New York, 2.5G and 3G wireless remain the only option. Verizon and ATT have spent the last five years rolling out their 3G networks across the United States, while large scale WiMax deployments have only just begun. But eventually, Sprint wants 4G to be just as ubiquitous.

In order to spur early adoption by consumers, Sprint has taken a unique approach to selling and marketing Xohm. There are no contracts, and no activation or setup fees. Customers can purchase the devices independently from the service. And it s all self serve: once you plug in the WiMax device you ve ordered, you simply load up a Web browser and you re online in minutes. Mobile carts have been stationed around Baltimore to demonstrate the wireless network to curious passersby.

Pricing is also quite low, with a special promotion offering Internet access for both home networks and mobile laptops using two devices at a total cost of 50 per month. In comparison, Verizon charges 80 per month for EV-DO service and requires at least a one-year contract when signing up. Add in 50 for cable Internet and you re paying more than double what Xohm charges.

Of course, lower prices don t mean much if the service doesn t deliver, and this is where we were most skeptical. Those of you who have used city-wide or other public Wi-Fi networks before know how unreliable and slow the connectivity can be. Can WiMax really provide stable Internet faster than 3G while on the go, or penetrate the walls of a concrete loft to offer a viable alternative to Comcast?

Much to our astonishment, the answer is a definitive yes.

We placed the Zyxel WiMax modem in a nook, surrounded by concrete walls and atop other wireless and electronic gear, not by a window as was recommended. Within a minute, the modem booted up and locked on 2 out of 3 bars of signal. Less than a minute later, it was showing full signal and remained that way since. That s vastly superior to Verizon and ATT 3G signal at the same location.

Latency as measured in ping times to the BetaNews server was in the 80ms to 100ms range, which is over 50 better than the latency on Verizon s EV-DO network, but well slower than the 20ms we see on Comcast s wireline network. At first, websites were sluggish to load, but we narrowed down the problem to Sprint s DNS servers; after switching to OpenDNS , the Internet was nearly as snappy as with Comcast.

Visitors who were accessing the Xohm connection unsuspectingly said they didn t notice any difference from Comcast when using e-mail, IM and browsing the Web. If you re downloading a large file like a movie from iTunes, it may be useful to have 20Mbps downstream, but Xohm proved perfectly acceptable for most Internet tasks.

Download speeds on Xohm generally ranged between 2Mbps and 4Mbps. Upload speeds were a big surprise, at times hitting upwards of 2Mbps Xohm only promises 500kbps . View a comparison of speed tests below.

Xohm WiMax Speed Test

Comcast Speed Test

Verizon EV-DO Speed Test

We have yet to experience any major outages with Xohm, although we ve had to reboot the Zyxel modem once and connectivity stalled briefly a couple times over the past month. Ironically, Xohm has recently proven to be even more stable than Comcast, which has had a few hour-long outages in the past week.

But how does Xohm perform outside of the home? We took the Samsung SWC-E100 WiMax ExpressCard for a drive around Baltimore to gauge its speed and reliability with a Windows laptop as Mac OS X is still unsupported, a major downside . Although the laptop card has much smaller antenna, being outdoors or near a window at a coffee shop generally yielded full signal -- except where Xohm hasn t finished the network.

Because WiMax is still being deployed around Baltimore, there are gaps in coverage where the signal fades completely. The company said it is working to resolve these dead zones, and around the major neighborhoods of the city, they were few and far between. In the meantime, Sprint is planning a multi-mode card before the end of the year that will be able to switch to the company s 3G EV-DO network when WiMax isn t available. It s not clear, however, if the 3G connectivity will be included free with the Xohm service or require a separate plan.

It will take a while to have this new network ubiquitous, acknowledged Sprint CEO Hesse during the launch event. The company also needs money: Xohm Clearwire has raised 3.2 billion, but it needs another 2 billion to complete its planned network deployments. In a sagging economy, it may be difficult to find investors eager to back a technology that is far from a sure thing, especially while other cellular providers are pushing for an alternative 4G technology known as Long Term Evoloution , or LTE.

It s a situation reminiscent of HD DVD vs. Blu-ray. ATT, T-Mobile, Alltel, Verizon, Telus, Bell Mobility, and wireless giant Vodafone have all put their support behind LTE, which is seen as an evolution to GSM-based 3G HSPA. Meanwhile, Sprint and 522 other companies many of them small make up the WiMax Forum . Motorola is hedging its bets by supporting both standards.

Although LTE has the potential for faster throughput and could be more quickly deployed on existing cellular towers, Xohm CTO West notes that it s still years off.

What do our competitors answer with? Nothing, said West. Nothing is available for two years. We are the only company with all the resources to do this. Our spectrum licenses cover half the world population.

Then again, HD DVD was first to the table with a completed standard, but Blu-ray had the Hollywood studios just as LTE has the majority of wireless carriers behind it.

To counter this problem, devices have become critical to the success of WiMax. Intel has already built WiMax capabilities into its new Centrino 2 platform, and 8 laptops from Lenovo, Acer, Toshiba and Asus currently support the technology. The plan is to make WiMax as commonly integrated as Wi-Fi, and Intel has developed a single embedded chip to handle both. By the time the network coverage is more substantial, many consumers will already have capable devices.

And this is how Xohm and Clearwire plan to get consumers on board the WiMax revolution: simplicity. It s like Wi-Fi, summed up West with a statement that is sure to become a marketing catchphrase in the coming year.

Editor s Note: Although the technology is officially spelled WiMAX, we decided not to overload you with extra capital letters. We hope you understand this was not an oversight.
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IT disposal green issues inseparable say Tier 1

2008-10-15T17:02:00.003-07:00

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Recent stories in the news about corporations and Government departments losing valuable data that appear on an almost daily basis may not appear to have any environmental consequences on face value. But according to Tier 1 Asset Management, www.tier1.com
a secure and ethical IT disposal specialist, the critical matters of green, ethical IT and data security have combined to create an inseparable issue.

The risks associated with IT equipment being sent to landfill at the end of its corporate life are well documented, but Tier 1 s mission is to maximise the re-use of these assets in their original forms as far as is possible. That means guaranteeing the irrecoverable erasure of any data stored on hard drives so that perfectly good working equipment can be either re-used by small businesses, home users or donated to charitable causes.

Disposing of old IT equipment is not as simple as it may seem, as some well-known companies have found to their cost. The man with van approach to removing redundant kit, where end of life assets even those with non-data bearing qualities - are taken off the premises, never to be seen again and with no discernible, verifiable audit trail, are over. Businesses are faced with a raft of legislation connected with IT disposal, such Data Protection, WEEE Regulations, Hazardous Waste and Environmental Legislation that has to be met. Tier 1 s provision goes above and beyond these requirements in areas such as the enhancement of corporate social responsibility activity and the crucial protection of data that allows Tier 1 s clients to concentrate on what they do best, rather than the minutiae of disposal legislation.

The common perception is that in order to achieve this data-related peace of mind in addition to an award-winning green IT service, businesses must pay a premium price. The reality is the complete opposite however. For 85 of Tier 1 s clients, the service is totally free, and in most cases, actually provides a revenue return for the company.

Tier 1 Asset Management Ltd Profile

Tier 1 Asset Management Ltd is a leading UK company specialising in managing the disposal and remarketing of redundant IT equipment, handling some of the largest and most sought-after projects in the country. Within a secure, ethical and environmentally sound framework, Tier 1 place emphasis on re-use solutions that extend the life of redundant IT equipment in its original form as far as possible before looking for a recycling solution. This attitude helped Tier win a 2008 Green IT Award for Market Leadership. The company is authorised by HM Government to handle data classified up to and including SECRET and is both INFOSEC 5 and ISO9001 accredited. Tier 1 s attitude to the environment underpins the business as a whole and is demonstrated through both ISO 14001 certification achieved in February 2006 and prestigious ICER-accredited WEEE Refurbisher status granted in January 2007. Tier 1 won the prestigious Valpak award for Best WEEE partnership in September 2008.

Web: www.tier1.com

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Mick Thorburn

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MirriAd Secures 2 Million Funding to Accelerate Deployment...

2008-10-15T17:02:00.001-07:00

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Oxford Technology Enterprise Capital Fund Joins Existing Funding Partners

14th October 2008, London, UK MirriAd, the embedded advertising specialist, today announces the completion of a 2 million, second round of funding, designed to accelerate the deployment of its innovative advertising solutions in major markets around the world. MirriAd s major existing investors each participated in the fund raising and were joined by Oxford Technology Enterprise Capital Fund OTECF which made one of its most significant investments to date.

MirriAd s solutions have now been adopted in both Hollywood and Bollywood and agreements are also in place with a range of key partners in the TV and online content owner community worldwide. The new capital allows the company to power its intellectual property and technology development and support sales activity in New York, London and Mumbai.

The last ten years have exposed serious flaws in the industry s approach to video advertising, both on television and online. Multi-channel television and devices such as the Sky box, which allow consumers to skip advertising, have diminished the value of traditional 30 second slot in traditional broadcasting and it is a format that has never had a place online. Unfortunately consumers have a very low tolerance for the alternatives banners, pop-ups and overlays which they routinely ignore or avoid.

MirriAd s solution delivers a new advertising service that embeds advertising imagery into the content that is contextual and drives positive emotions from audiences. The imagery embedded can take the form of simple branded objects such as props, backdrops or signage to sophisticated dynamic ads with interactivity such as moving ads on plasma screens. Brand references appear as if they were filmed in the original production and they can be audience specific according to a range of variables including platform e.g. traditional broadcast, Web or mobile , geography, date and demographic profile.

Speaking on behalf of OTECF Michael Penington commented, This is the right time for MirriAd s technology and business model to help content owners and advertisers to address the dynamics facing the world of advertising.

Mark Popkiewicz, MirriAd s CEO added, MirriAd successfully takes the concept of product placement, the only advertising format that can t skipped by the viewer, and delivers a scalable and adaptable advertising solution that can be applied to any content, at any time and in any market. The end result benefits all content free from annoying distractions, audience specific brand placement and a new means to monetise video assets.

The opportunities for MirriAd are enormous and this latest capital injection allows us to rapidly develop existing and new business in Europe, North America and Asia.

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Verizon Wireless to raise fees for service-related texts

2008-10-10T17:02:00.003-07:00

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Verizon Wireless sent an announcement to partner companies this week that it will add a 3 fee for Mobile Terminated MT messages on the first of November.

There are generally three types of SMS traffic: Mobile Originated Application Terminated, Application Originated Mobile Terminated, and Mobile Originated Mobile Terminated. Each type of SMS exchange is used for different purposes. For example, Mobile Originated Application Terminated messages are used for text message voting systems.

Verizon s MT is a rather broad category, but for the purposes of the 3 charge as first reported by RCR Wireless , it refers to any SMS that is sent from a service to a user, like Amazon s TextBuyIt , where users receive pricing information on products via text message, or Google SMS , where searches are performed over text messages.

The notice Verizon distributed says the fee applies to standard rate and premium programs as stipulated in the Commercial Services agreement with OpenMarket. Of course, this fee is limited to Verizon s partners that work in compliance with FCC, CTIA and MMA guidelines. According to Direct Marketing Association survey in July, text message marketing returns a 70 response rate versus the 30 response rate to e-mail marketing. Marketing professionals around the net seem to share the opinion that this fee will put an early stop on a marketing technique with a lot of promise.

...And text spammers remain unaffected.
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New Norton Vista tool trades UAC for online feedback

2008-10-10T17:02:00.001-07:00

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The latest freeware tool from Norton Labs offers to do Vista users a favor by turning off many of those annoying User Access Control prompts. If you re wondering what Symantec wants in return...so were we.

Though User Access Control may have struck a measurable blow against malicious programs ability to gain elevated rights in Windows Vista, it has actually become one of users least liked features because of how annoying it can become. For everything that could possibly have a negative impact on the system if it s done unintentionally, UAC can suspend Vista s normal operation momentarily, while it asks the user to Continue the operation that s about to be performed, even if it s the user himself who requested it.

Running with limited or diminished privileges is something the typical, non-malicious Windows user has had difficulty growing accustomed to. Now, a new freeware tool from the experimental security arm of Symantec called Norton Labs can give this prompt a feature similar to what you might see on a software firewall like ZoneAlarm: a way to say, for individual applications that often require administrator privileges, Yes, I permit it, but don t ask me this again.

In short, the Norton tool does not turn off or replace UAC you can actually turn it off yourself from the System Registry if you re so inclined . Rather, it leaves the system turned on but refrains from asking you for permission to elevate privilege for programs that appear on the tool s ongoing whitelist. It replaces the usual UAC panel with one that is certainly Vista-ish, but which looks different from the one Microsoft supplies. It lets you know it s from Norton Labs. And it gives you the prominent option, Don t ask me again, beside a check box, which you can check before you click on Allow.

In BetaNews tests, we had some difficulty installing this on our 32-bit Vista virtual machine the tool does not work on 64-bit Vista, which uses a very different secure kernel . We soon discovered the reason: In Local Security Policy, there s an option to turn up the heat whenever the UAC panel comes on, so that it asks the user to supply the administrator password rather than just click on Continue. We had that option turned on; and you may be thinking toward our general direction, You re crazy! Yes, but we ve been experimenting with some different security options in Vista, and in my own personal opinion, I m no more bothered with entering a password than I am with clicking on a button.

Once we tweaked the Registry so that policy was set to the default for Vista just showing the Continue and Cancel buttons, we got the Norton UAC tool to work. During the installation process, the first thing we saw was a rather austere dialog box, which offered the sole option, Yes, Enable Submission on UAC prompts, without any explanation.

Submission? Yes, the answer to the question, What does Symantec get out of this? is that everything you enter onto your whitelist gets shared over the Internet with a Norton Labs database. We assume this information isn t transmitted in the clear, though we don t know that for sure.

There s no warning ahead of time, so this opportunity to opt out may be meaningless for most users. But if you have the foresight to have checked Norton Labs Web site beforehand, you ll come across an FAQ page which reads the following: Each time you see a prompt, the Norton Labs UAC Replacement sends meta information about what caused the prompt, and why, to our server. This data will be used, in aggregate, to help Norton Labs build a white list that can be shipped with the UAC replacement and LiveUpdated sic as needed.

So the whole premise of Norton Labs UAC tool essentially boils down to the following: Are you willing to introduce two security risks into your system in order to avoid being annoyed by something that s, on the larger scale of things, less annoying than the current financial crisis or the remake of Knight Rider? Because if you think about it, the whole point of UAC is that it enables a system stop whenever something that can potentially change the system s status, can occur. It s designed to be a roadblock, especially for the programs that administrators use frequently REGEDIT comes to mind ; why remove the roadblock for those frequently used tools and leave it in place for the less used or unused ones?

Then comes security policy quandary 2: Do you really want to tell Symantec -- or anyone else on the other side of the Internet from you, for that matter -- what programs you run every day? To me, information security is about removing the likelihood of accidental or unwarranted disclosure. How can anyone be certain that a malicious user, perhaps in tribute to Kirk Douglas immortal role, doesn t rise to the occasion in a spoofing attempt to say, I am Symantec!

In other words, with which are you more comfortable: being possibly insecure or being definitely annoyed?
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St Bernard s High School, Rotherham, gives Meru Networks ...

2008-10-05T17:01:00.003-07:00

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Meru WLAN provides reliable access to get students on line in all subjects

IP08, Earls Court, London, UK Wednesday, 1st October 2008 - Pupils at St Bernard s Catholic High School in Rotherham, Yorkshire can access Internet course materials instantly from any classroom in the building, thanks to a wireless LAN from Meru Networks.

The school wanted to provide reliable access for its 670 students throughout the school, so subject teachers can use Internet resources in any lesson, without having to move the class into a dedicated IT suite. The wireless LAN had to be reliable, and able to support up to 64 laptops at once.

Whole classes of students can access the network at the same time without interruption, said Paul Clark, Strategy leader for ICT at St Bernard s. This network gives more flexible access to our ICT facility, and will allow us to get laptops into all curriculum areas.

UK based Networks by Wireless won a competitive tender, convincing St Bernard s School that wireless LAN equipment from Meru Networks would succeed where other equipment had failed, and provide a network the school could trust.

The school has a new wired LAN, installed this year, and each classroom has a networked PC and an interactive whiteboard. Paul wanted to go further, and give each student network access, but was not convinced wireless LANs were up to the job.

We had tried a wireless LAN before, with a few access points in a small area, but we took it out a year ago, because it was unreliable, said Paul. After this experience, Paul was sceptical that any wireless LAN could meet his school s requirements: We had decided to move away from wireless and get things cabled in.

The demands of pupil access changed that. When a large number of laptops, wheeled to the classroom in a trolley, are handed to students at the beginning of a lesson, wired connections are simply impractical. So the school issued an invitation to network companies, to tender for a reliable wireless LAN that would allow instant access anywhere in the school.

The winner of that tender, Meru s fourth generation single-channel wireless LAN, avoids the unreliability and interference issues common place with legacy wireless LANs. Access points are placed on a single radio channel, eliminating the need for costly channel planning. Meru s coordinated access points ensure bandwidth is shared efficiently, everyone gets the best connection possible, and the network is managed centrally with its award-winning Air Traffic Control technology and System Director software.

Our biggest misgivings were that Meru s single channel architecture was different to every other wireless LAN vendor, said Paul. His technicians evaluated the product, before it was set up by Networks by Wireless.

The network was installed quickly by Networks by Wireless during the school s summer holiday, and was running smoothly before the pupils returned in September. Most vendors equipment requires a detailed site survey to position the radios and avoid interference, but with Meru s single-channel architecture, that wasn t necessary: The wireless part just worked, says Paul. The hardest part of the installation was upgrading the network with Power-over-Ethernet PoE injectors to drive the access points.

The network is future-proof, if the school needs faster network access in future, says Paul: We can upgrade to 802.11n when we need it - but 802.11abg meets our current needs.

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IBM Confirms Finjan s Report on Crimeware-as-a-Service

2008-10-05T17:01:00.001-07:00

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Farnborough, United Kingdom, 19th September 2008 - Finjan Inc., a leading provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, stated today that a blog posting from IBM Internet Security Systems, in which the rapid ascendance of hacking-as-a-service is discussed, confirms an earlier report from Finjan on Crimeware-as-a-Service. Finjan s Web Security Trends Report Q1 2008 is available for download at: www.finjan.com mcrc

It is indicative of the domination of criminal gangs in the malware and security attack business these days, says Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Chief Technology Officer of Finjan.

Crimeware-as-a-service, or CaaS, represents the latest phase in the commercialization of hacking methods and tools as indicated by our Malicious Code Research Center MCRC report at the beginning of this year, added Ben-Itzhak. The process of conducting criminal activities is getting even more advanced by simplification getting straight to stolen data as a service.

In our Q1 2008 report, we highlighted the fact that cybercriminals are deploying malware, botnets, and infected computers to provide online hacking services to anyone willing to pay - the providers themselves do not necessarily conduct the criminal activities related to the data that is being compromised he continued.

According to Ben-Itzhak, these services are managed remotely and include features that facilitate the installation of the crimeware program, running the service, online reporting and even offering ongoing maintenance.

As IBM notes, the legality of the new crop of these services is questionable at best, but we suspect that we are going to see more and more of these types of commercial services emerging in the near future, he concluded.

For more on IBM post comments: http: tinyurl.com 6mvr6l

For more on Finjan s Web Security Trends Reports: http: www.finjan.com mcrc

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Fortify Software welcomes IBM s latest diversification

2008-09-30T21:00:00.003-07:00

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25th September 2008 - Fortify Software sees IBM s late entry into the static analysis marketplace as a limited step in the right direction...

Fortify notes that IT research firm Dataquest reports Fortify s revenue led the entire application security testing market, including IBM s dynamic testing product line.

Competition is always good for the industry, but it s the customer that makes the final decision as to which product or service they source, said Barmak Meftah, Fortify s senior vice president of products and technology.

It s therefore worth noting that Fortify s static analyzer covers 17 programming languages, whereas IBM addresses a lot less. In addition, our analyzer can discover more than 315 types of vulnerabilities, whereas IBM uncovers far fewer, he added. Also, Fortify can support seven major IDEs beyond just IBM Eclipse.

According to Meftah, for IT security experts whose job - particularly in these economically challenging times - depends on ensuring that ALL vulnerabilities are revealed, Big Blue s offering might keep some of the hackers out.

But not all of them.

And the ones that get through will probably be the ones that have architected the most complex attack vectors, he noted.

Meftah went on to say that IBM s offering leads with dynamic security analysis via the Watchfire AppScan pen testing capability.

But, he said, effective communication and interaction with developers requires an extensive inside out, code-level knowledge approach compared to the outside in black box capability that Watchfire brings to the IT security table.

It s also worth recognising, he added, that Fortify s offering was built around the language and environment to optimally support developers.

Of course, application vulnerability is what we have specialized in since we were founded in 2003. IBM, in contrast, has produced mainframes, minicomputers, PCs, and software, he said.

If you want convenience, you go to the convenience store. If you want high quality, however, you go to the specialist, he added.

For more on IBM s entry into static code analysis market: http: tinyurl.com 3pyf2r

For more on Fortify Software: http: www.fortify.com

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Microscan To Purchase Siemens Machine Vision Business

2008-09-30T21:00:00.001-07:00

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Acquisition expands technology leadership in traceability solutions and strengthens global sales channel...

RENTON, Wash., September 15, 2008 Microscan today announced it will purchase Siemens Machine Vision business, formerly Acuity CiMatrix, headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire. The company expects the acquisition to further enhance its technology leadership position in customer-focused traceability solutions by expanding further into machine vision imaging and inspection. The deal is expected to close on Sept. 19, 2008.
Microscan, a global leader in the design and manufacturer of precision data acquisition and controls, is focused on solutions for electronics, life sciences, and automotive industries. Siemens machine vision will become integrated into Microscan. The company plans to keep the Nashua location open and retain the majority of the workforce. For customers and distribution partners the transition of ownership is expected to be seamless.

The purchase of Siemens Machine Vision Business allows Microscan to expand our vision and smart camera portfolio to the benefit of our customers and partners worldwide, said Jeff Timms, president, Microscan. Vision products for identification and inspection are a growing aspect of the precision data acquisition and control market. The acquisition of the Siemens Machine Vision Business brings with it a depth of expertise in data matrix and vision product design that is second to none. Combined with Microscan s deep experience in data acquisition solutions, the purchase of this business tremendously augments our product portfolio and brings with it a unique and complementary offering to our customers. This acquisition will nicely position us against our competitors in our targeted markets.

Since acquiring the company in 2005, Siemens has made considerable investments in the portfolio, facilities, infrastructure, and employees of its machine vision business, said Dennis Sadlowski, president and CEO, Siemens Energy Automation, Inc. I m confident that the combination of these investments and Microscan s ability to engage a focused sales force, will ensure the continued success of this business. Siemens will continue to focus on the industrial identification Auto ID segment and strengthen its innovative RFID and 1D 2D code reading systems portfolio.

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'Hello, I'm a PC:' Microsoft's perception problem persists

2008-09-20T17:00:00.003-07:00

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In its third week in the wild, Microsoft's outwardly pointless advertisements will tonight be making their first statement, and it's one we're now familiar with: I'm a PC.

In the wee morning hours today, Microsoft's Steve Clayton posted a brief blog saying he'd seen the ads that will be airing tonight, and provided a link to the New York Times' fresh analysis, along with a picture of a diver in a shark cage holding up a tablet displaying the once-derisive slogan "I'm a PC."

The second phase of the campaign is expected to keep Bill Gates, but at least for this phase, substitute Jerry Seinfeld with a rotating cast of celebrities. As Senior Vice President Carmi Levy of AR Communications predicted before the first ad even ran , Seinfeld was just the first step on the road to image recovery paved with high-profile marketing announcements. Future ads will include the likes of actress Eva Longoria and Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes as well as "regular people" -- the same that appeared to be completely incompatible with Gates and Seinfeld in the first ads -- as "the PC."

Co-opting the negatively loaded statement by Apple and turning it into one of empowerment is a linguistic trend that author Randall Kennedy calls "flipping." In the last twenty years, the tactic has been employed on racial and socioeconomic epithets to dull their cutting edge.

But it would be remiss to liken Microsoft to an oppressed minority, since current stats from hitslink give Windows a 91% market share. The various flavors of Mac's OS X do happen to be the closest competitor, but at a paltry 8%. If anything, saying "I'm a PC" is an unabashed show of hubris. "You're damn right I'm a PC, what are you going to do about it, use Solaris ?"

While this series of advertisements has already been called an attempt to re-construct Microsoft's tarnished image, it appears to be more an attempt to control the public dialogue that MS lost its grip of with Vista, and maintain that control into the future as the role of software loses precedence to Web-based services.

We'll see if it still tries to be funny.

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T-Mobile readies 3G for Dream's arrival

2008-09-20T17:00:00.001-07:00

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Today T-Mobile announced that its 3G network will be available by mid-October, roughly the same time the HTC Dream Android phone is expected to go on sale.

T-Mobile will be premiering the world's first Android phone in just five days ; the 3G device is presently without an official sale date and price. Unofficial reports have placed availability between October 13 and October 21, and though today's announcement from T-Mobile does not provide any further information on dates, its "mid-October" availability of 3G services is in keeping with that timetable.

Twenty-seven major US markets will have T-Mobile 3G by the end of the year, the company said today, and expansion will continue through 2009. Work on the network began in 2006 .

Deployment is currently complete in Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, and the New York metropolitan area, just short of the 20 that were expected in the spring , but the German mobile carrier says that Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Seattle will be switched on in October.

A further six markets -- Birmingham, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Memphis, and Tampa -- are expected to be receive UMTS/HSDPA connectivity before 2009.

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AMD64 CPU Assistant

2008-08-24T09:00:00.003-07:00

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AMD64 CPU Assistant 0.9.2.341 is a Diagnostic Software product from hexy.pochta.ru, get 4 Stars SoftSea Rating, AMD64 CPU Assistant is designed to monitor the temperature of a AMD64 CPU core using the processor's on-die thermal sensor.
For work of the software own driver for access to ports and MSR-registers under systems on kernel NT
Features AMD64 CPU Assistant -
* monitoring the temperature of a AMD64 CPU core using the processor's on-die thermal sensor
* monitoring the CPU usage
* monitoring the memory usage
* show CPU information
* record monitoring information in log file
* control memory timings
* control system processes
* reading values of MB sensors (for chips ITE IT8705, IT8712, IT8716, IT8718, IT8726) The license of this windows utility software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this Windows Utility software.

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Automatic Windows & Internet Washer

2008-08-24T09:00:00.001-07:00

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Automatic Windows & Internet Washer 5.0.74 is a System Optimizer product from washersoft.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Automatic Windows and Internet Washer is a very useful tool that will come in convenient. Your computer stores more information than you think. All over your hard drive there is information about the sites you have visited, files opened, people you emailed.
Most people know about clearing IE history and emptying their Recycling Bin. But a simple browse through a few key Windows files will soon uncover your habits. It doesn't even take much to discover these things. You can purchase a software like "Fast File Undelete" for $19 and get back files you thought were long deleted.
What types of things are stored that you don't know about? Windows has a hidden index.dat file that stores the sites you have visited, and it stays around even if you clear your history! There are many other programs that keep histories too, like Windows Media Player, Kazaa, AOL, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Microsoft Office, and many, many more.
With one simple click, the customizable Automatic Windows & Internet Washer can:
- Clear your browser history
- Delete the contents your browser cached
- Remove all your system cookies
- Clear out your visited and typed URL list
- Get rid of the stored data in the hidden index.dat file
- Eliminate all the information remaining from Autocomplete
- Save space by getting rid of Windows temporary files
- Remove incriminating information from documents, history, and "Find" searches
- Dump out your Recycle Bin and clipboard
- Clear both Outlook and Netscape E-Mail histories
- Completely remove data so it can NEVER be recovered
- Use Government-strength removal techniques to delete entire directories
With ADDITIONAL support for clearing the histories for the following applications:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader, AOL Instant Messenger, CuteFTP
- Divx Player, Download Accelerator, Flash Get, GetRight
- GO!ZILLA, Google Toolbar, Hotbar, ICQ, Kazaa
- Windows Media Player, Morpheus, MSN Messenger
- Net Vampire, NetCaptor, Office (97, 2000, XP and 2003!)
- PowerDVD, Real Player, Sonique, SWiSH, The Playe,
- WinRar, WinZip, Yahoo! Messenger -- and more!
You can also customize Automatic Windows & Internet Washer to:
- Automatically run at startup and shutdown
- Run in stealth and be executed by secret keys
- Run on demand and run on schedule
- Be an icon into the system tray The license of this windows utility software is Free Trial Software, the price is $29.95, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Automatic Windows & Internet Washer, you can buy this windows utility software.

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