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• RIM announces BlackBerry Storm with responsive touch screen display

  It was no secret that the BlackBerry Storm was coming to Verizon, but now it is official as both Verizon Wireless and Vodafone announced the device with RIM tonight. The ...

  Tags: Components, BlackBerry Storm, Monitors & Displays, Peripherals, Handhelds, Matthew Miller, Keyboards, Hardware, RIM BlackBerry, Touch Screen

  Oct 07, 2008 10:14 PM PDT

• Report: Data-mining for terrorists doesn't work

  After years of the federal government grabbing all the data it could find, building huge collections through which to data-mine for connections that would yield leads to terrorism suspects, a ...

  Tags: Federal Government, Terrorism, Government, Richard Koman, Data Management, Software, Terrorist, Enterprise Software, Data Mining, Homeland Security

  Oct 07, 2008 9:16 PM PDT

• Seesmic snags Washington Post

  Just after tonight's McCain/Obama debate ended I received a Tweet message from Cathy Brooks, head of business development at Seesmic telling me the company has snagged the Washington Post as ...

  Tags: Management, Dennis Howlett, Washington Post Co., Marketing, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Seesmic, Strategic Planning

  Oct 07, 2008 8:21 PM PDT

• Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?

  My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer  MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions ...

  Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, Jason Perlow, Open Source, Software, MSI, UNIX, Microsoft Windows

  Oct 07, 2008 7:49 PM PDT

• Magink aims to outshine LED technology, but not outpower

  A six-year-old developer of reflective display technologies has snagged an indoor albeit heavily sunlit installation with the New England Patriots. Take a look. What makes Magink's technology interesting is not ...

  Tags: Engineering, Light-emitting Diode, Magink, Heather Clancy

  Oct 07, 2008 7:43 PM PDT

• I'm well aware what I pay for Google's services

  My post on Google earlier Tuesday was met with mixed reactions. A few folks agreed that, in fact, Google's suite of services is quite slick, long live GOOG, etc. Others, ...

  Tags: OpenOffice, Christopher Dawson, Open Source, E-mail Providers, Internet, Software, Productivity, Office Suites, Google Inc.

  Oct 07, 2008 7:42 PM PDT

• Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick

  Following the recent release of a PoC demonstrating clickjacking in action, Adobe has released a security advisory offering solutions for customers and IT administrators on dealing with the flaw until ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Flaw, Dancho Danchev, Macromedia Flash Player, Web Browser, Internet, Security, Adobe Systems Inc.

  Oct 07, 2008 7:16 PM PDT

• Google is NOT your friend

  ZDNet Education blogger, Christopher Dawson, wrote a post titled, "Google is your friend." Dude, I can assure you that Google is NOT my friend. by Michael Krigsman

  Tags: Financial Services, Times, Web 2.0, Internet, Michael Krigsman, Productivity, Google Inc.

  Oct 07, 2008 6:10 PM PDT

• Watching you watch the debate

  Tonight, as you watch the second presidential debate, Google will be watching you to see what you're searching for. It's just another peek into the minds of voters to find ...

  Tags: Cable, Personal Technology, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Sam Diaz, Debate

  Oct 07, 2008 5:42 PM PDT

• Capital, Capital. Wherefore art thou scarce capital?

  My Kingdom for Capital Expenditure Funding The current meltdown on Wall Street is definitely having an impact on the technology sector. This week's recent earnings forecast from SAP rather convincingly ...

  Tags: Financial Services, Sales, Roi/Tco, Pricing, Brian Sommer, Wall Street, Marketing, Pricing Strategy, Banking, Firm

  Oct 07, 2008 5:37 PM PDT

• Restraining order against RealDVD stands

  As I suspected, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel today granted a temporary restraining order against Real's selling its RealDVD software. Real's next hope: a full-blown hearing into a permanent injunction. The ...

  Tags: Richard Koman, Copy Protection

  Oct 07, 2008 5:34 PM PDT

• Obama, McCain support making debates public

  Both Obama and McCain have come out in favor of the Open Debate Coalition's call to open the presidential debates for fair use on the Internet, Wired reports. Obama sent ...

  Tags: Sales, Richard Koman, Internet, Sales Force Management, Debate

  Oct 07, 2008 5:22 PM PDT

• Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels

  After years of operation, California based ISP Atrivo/Intercage, a well known Russian Business Network darling, faced the music and was disconnected from the Internet by its upstream provider at the ...

  Tags: Dancho Danchev, Intercage, Atrivo, Internet Service Provider, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Atrivo/Intercage, Security, Cyberthreats

  Oct 07, 2008 4:30 PM PDT

• Researchers publish details on London travel card hack

  First there was Boston's Charlie card. Now, Dutch researchers have exposed the inherent weakness in the RFID chip used in London's Oyster travel smartcard, ZDNet UK says. Researchers released details ...

  Tags: Researcher, Chip, London, Richard Koman, Card

  Oct 07, 2008 4:16 PM PDT

• The HP-MySpace deal: Who needs this most? Not MySpace users.

  HP and MySpace are partnering to "unlock the content of MySpace" by giving users the tools to print their pictures. You know, like to a printer. Hopefully, wink wink an ...

  Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Photograph, MySpace, Sam Diaz, Image

  Oct 07, 2008 4:00 PM PDT

• Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?

  I'm reading more and more about Windows 7 lately as PDC approaches and Microsoft begins revealing more snippets of information about its most secretive product ever. In most of that ...

  Tags: Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Ed Bott, Software, Microsoft Windows

  Oct 07, 2008 2:50 PM PDT

• DVDO unleashes Edge high-definition video processor/input hub

  Home theater fans who aren't satisfied with their HDTVs' built-in video processing and/or just can't get enough HDMI ports into their setups may want to take a gander at DVDO's ...

  Tags: HDMI, Sean Portnoy, Video, Marketing, Corporate Communications, DVDO

  Oct 07, 2008 2:27 PM PDT

• Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat

  [ UPDATE: The details are out. Lots of unresolved clickjacking issues] A security researcher in Israel has released a demo of a "clickjacking" attack, using an JavaScript game to turn ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine, Webcam, Twitter, Web Browser, Games, Internet, Click, Raff

  Oct 07, 2008 2:25 PM PDT

• Microsoft Live Search now embedded in Facebook

  When Microsoft announced it had struck a deal with Facebook to integrate its Live Search technology into the Facebook platform, the Redmondians were reluctant to share details. But as of ...

  Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Finance, Microsoft Corp., Redmond Pie Site, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Blogging, Business Structures, Facebook, Search

  Oct 07, 2008 1:53 PM PDT

• Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offering

  Microsoft has halted -- temporarily, according to company officials -- sales of its Software Licensing and Protection SLP Services product. by Mary Jo Foley

  Tags: Management, Sales, SLP Services, Business Operations, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Corp.

  Oct 07, 2008 1:43 PM PDT

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