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- Internet: A threat to government or the other way around? (Part 4)
- internet and governmentI'm glad I read this, it was interesting. Not as informative as it might have been - I would have liked to see some actual cases and decisions cited - but it raised interesting issues. However, what really struck me is that this article needs a good copy...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Digital River e-commerce suite aids with levying environmental fees
- E-commerce services company Digital River has come up with a feature that helps electronics companies collect fees related to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive WEEE. by Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Online Empire 1.0 (Windows)
- The book describes about the advent of the modern internet in the 1990s which saw an explosion in the number of business that existed purely in the electronic ether and about the "dotcoms" (so named because of the ".com" designation following their web domain names) which became the new driving...
- Software downloads 2009-08-03
- Bluetooth Research (Mobile)
- This guide to Bluetooth will introduce the reader to the key concepts, issues, and uses of this new wireless technology. Additionally, recommendations from the Gartner group are included to help make business decisions about implementation and the timing of a company's adoption of Bluetooth. Brian Rubarts is a Microsoft Certified...
- Software downloads 2009-07-11
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?
- Is it possible to achieve 100% broadband availability and penetration? Should it be a right? Vermonter, inventor, author and Fractals of Change blogger Tom Evslin recently wrote about the real-life challenge to bring broadband to the masses in the state of Vermont and the implications of such...
- Blog posts 2009-05-31
- Can you go without gadgets for a week?
- Can you go without gadgets for a week?Sure, I could do it...well, within reason I could. I probably wouldn't be too happy trying to go with dark-age-style gadgetlessness but today, if I was to shut off my computer, cell phone. ipod, etc, I think I'd be fine. Much of what...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- MSDict Concise Oxford English Dictionary BB Storm (Mobile)
- The Most Popular Dictionary WorldwideThe Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the worldand is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabularyof the English-speaking world. This reissue of the revised edition brings the tenth...
- Software downloads 2009-05-14
- Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google
- Two of the interesting tidbits from Ars Technica's review of the Pirate Bay verdict were of particular interest to me: the comparison of Pirate Bay to Google and the question of Safe Harbors. It's certainly true that Google has pointers a plenty to illegal torrents, so why...
- Blog posts 2009-05-02
- Hey, Wired President. You Wouldn't Tax the Internet, the Cell Phone or the Tweet. Would You?
- Maybe it’s just me and my wife. We still put spare change into a piggy bank (a red pig, actually), as we go. Pays for a nice dinner, every now and then. So it floors me, still, when I see the dimensions of the...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apart
- Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apartall books should be free in electronic formCan't the publishers see the tidal FOSS wipping out proprietary software?They don't realize that there is an analogy between copyrighted books and proprietary software that points to their demise.It's already happening with the...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Inferring Preference Correlations From Social Networks
- Identifying consumer preferences is a key challenge in customizing electronic commerce sites to individual users. The increasing availability of online social networks provides one approach to this problem: people linked in these networks often share preferences, allowing inference of interest in products based on knowledge of a consumer's network neighbors...
- White papers 2009-04-27
- Will enterprise mashups kill off corporate portals?
- Will enterprise mashups kill off corporate portals?Here's Me Flipping My Normal StanceThis is a case of "don't throw the technology out with the bathwater". The Technology isn't the problem here: in most cases portals are fine real architectural flaws aside for a moment.The problem has been with the implementations and...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- The Contribution of Data Mining in Information Science
- Information explosion is a serious challenge for current information institutions. On the other hand, data mining, which is the search for valuable information in large volumes of data, is one of the solutions to face this challenge. In the past several years, data mining has made a significant contribution to...
- White papers 2009-04-14
- eBay power sellers: Amazon is kicking eBay's tail
- eBay power sellers: Amazon is kicking eBay's taileBay is paying for its arroganceI've been on eBay for over 10 years. I use it mostly to sell off older electronic and photo gear after I upgrade. The last few times, I used Amazon instead.1) eBay has been nickel-and-diming sellers for a...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-06
- National PKI: The Foundation of Trust in Government Programs
- Governments around the world are gearing up to deliver the next generation of services to their citizens. They want to accept digitally signed tax returns. Execute electronic transactions securely. Tighten border control. They want to do all this while maintaining strong security, streamlining administration, and containing operational costs. The challenge...
- White papers 2009-03-20
- Audio Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Symbian S60 5th Edition) (Mobile)
- The Most Popular Dictionary WorldwideThe Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the world and is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world. This reissue of the revised edition brings...
- Software downloads 2009-03-10
- iTunes Stores (Thousands of Them) â€" Live?
- Maybe it’s a flight of fancy. But could be that Apple is intending to turn every bar, restaurant and other public locale that plays music into a retail store. An iTunes store. Take a look at this patent application dated March 5 for...
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Microsoft: Vision to 'fundamentally re-imagine productivity'
- Imagine drawing on floor-to-ceiling office windows with your finger, using them like a whiteboard, aided by contextual information right at your fingertips, translated as necessary. You haven't lost your marbles -- you're participating in a global corporate meeting, and your colleagues are doing the same thing on four other continents....
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- MSDict Oxford Dictionary of Business (S60 5th Edition) (Mobile)
- An Informative Guide to all Areas of Modern BusinessThe Dictionary of Business is a wide-ranging and informative guide to all areas of modern business. Completely revised and updated, with over 6,500 entriescovering terms from marketing to taxation and accounting, business strategy to international finance, human resources management to banking, this...
- Software downloads 2009-02-25
- MSDict Concise Oxford English Dictionary (S60 5th Edition) (Mobile)
- The Most Popular Dictionary WorldwideThe Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the worldand is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabularyof the English-speaking world. This reissue of the revised edition brings the tenth...
- Software downloads 2009-02-24
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