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  • Report looks at Microsoft Office alternatives Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:41AMOrganizations have been considering alternatives to Microsoft Office, but not as replacements quite yet.
  • Crowded Field for Bringing Web Video to TVs Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:16AMUnless you are tech-confident, the ways to get shows and movies off the Internet and onto your TV set are a little daunting.
  • Why Intel Needs McAfee Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:15AMThere's more to this deal than the chip giant's ambition to jump into the security software market.
  • Software searches for faces online Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 8:35AMA new program will soon be released which can scan social networks for pictures of particular individuals. read more
  • Content kings control the future of IPTV Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 6:07AMMovie studios and television networks are still the ones calling the shots, despite the spread of the Net-connected TV revolution.
  • The dirty little secret about Google Android Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 3:05AMWhile Android began with the greatest of intentions around openness and collaboration, here's the dirty little secret that haunts Google's mobile OS.
  • Growth Equity Investor Summit Partners Invests $100 Million in AVAST Software Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:06AMLeading Antivirus Software Developer Positioned for Continued Growth
  • Growth Equity Investor Summit Partners Invests $100 Million in AVAST Software Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:00AMPRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC and LONDON--(Marketwire - 08/23/10) - AVAST Software, developers of the world's most popular antivirus program, today announced that growth equity investor Summit Partners has invested $100 million for a minority stake in the company. "Summit Partners' investment is a vote of confidence in our disruptive 'freemium' business model, which combines a full-fledged free product ...
  • SEOPressor Wave Still Going Strong: Crosses 2 Million Mark This Week Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:00AMDaniel Tan’s breakthrough new product SEOPressor hits a new Internet marketing services milestone by crossing the 2 million mark this week, with the launch of SEOPressor Version 4.0.
  • Crowded Field for Bringing Web Video to TVs Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:23AMIf you want to watch Internet video on most televisions, you need a gadget that pulls it in. And a growing number of technology companies want to sell it to you.
  • Biz Break: Uh-oh. There go home sales in Silicon Valley, Bay Area Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 4:22PMToday: Silicon Valley home sales plunge in July, but the median price rises year over year. Plus: Chip behemoth Intel intends to buy software maker McAfee. Intuit and Marvell report earnings. Chegg buys CourseRank.
  • The 56 Year Benner Cycle Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:48PM(This post originally appeared on The Big Picture and is republished here with permission.) The 56 year cycle mentioned yesterday ( “Periods When to Make Money” (© 1883 ) was picked up by FT Alphaville ; we hear it caused some “consternation” in certain circles where the marinating of ice cubes takes place.
  • BlackBerry maker eyes ad network Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:47PMResearch in Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, is looking to buy a company that runs a mobile advertising network, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  • Google shares falter on sixth anniversary of debut Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:40PMShares of the Internet-search giant continue a slide that began early this year.
  • Places Is Facebook's Biggest Bet To Date Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:03PMFacebook looks bulletproof. It crushed its early competition, shrugged off privacy missteps and created a billion dollar platform within just a few years.
  • Jon Stewart Talks Historic New York Heat Wave With Ed Kohn: Was It Hotter Than 2010? Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 12:24PMWhat's Your Reaction? Jon Stewart talked with historian Edward Kohn last night about his new book, "Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt."
  • WTC Construction Workers Protest 'Ground Zero Mosque' With Hard Hats Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:23AMWhat's Your Reaction? DOWNTOWN -- Construction workers at the World Trade Center are wearing their opposition to a nearby mosque and community center on their hard hats, and several said they would refuse to build the proposed facility.
  • Bar codes link consumers to businesses' websites Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 4:26AMIt used to be that the only time you'd notice a bar code was at a store, maybe when a cashier scanned your groceries. But lately bar codes are showing up in more places around town -- and getting more sophisticated.
  • [cover] Marine Layers : Ambitious Blue Ocean Film Festival splashes down in Monterey. - Monterey County Weekly Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:09AMIt will begin Tuesday, Aug. 24, with Bruckner Chase going for a swim. From Santa Cruz to Monterey. An estimated 12-hour trip without a wetsuit, landing at Coast Guard pier. It’s unsure if he will even make it, but the symbolic stunt is intended to attract the Peninsula’s attention to the BLUE Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit, which will unfold exponentially over the following six days ...
  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, syncreon, DB Schenker, Red Prairie and TranPak Confirmed as Sponsors for 4th Hi-Tech ... Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:00AMAmsterdam Airport Schiphol, syncreon, DB Schenker, Red Prairie and TranPak are confirmed among the initial wave of sponsors and exhibitors for the 4th eyefortransport Hi-Tech & Electronics Supply Chain Summit. As leading supply chain service and solution providers to the hi-tech industry, these companies will join HP, Google, Fujitsu, Sharp, Cisco, Verifone, EMC, Samsung, Applied Materials and ...
  • There’s No Success Like Failure: Google’s Biggest Product Flops Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:20AMHere's some infographic perspective on the eve of Facebook's copycat Facebook Places launch, which has some ringing the death knell for location based startups Foursquare and Gowalla . A stroll through the Google graveyard is a lesson in how rarely it works out when successful companies stop focusing on their core competency to go after the little guys. Between Wave, Jaiku, and Foursquare ...
  • RIM looking to acquire mobile ad network Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 11:10PMResearch in Motion is reportedly seeking to acquire a mobile ad network, unnamed sources have told the Wall Street Journal (sub. required). The BlackBerry maker is said to have participated in acquisition discussions with mobile advertising firm Millennial Media and several other companies.... Millennial Media - Advertising - Research In Motion - Wall Street Journal - BlackBerry
  • The Tea Partiers' Historical Fictions Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 8:46PMToday’s adherents to the Tea Party movement claim to share common cause with American “Sons of Liberty” rowdies who, on Dec. 16, 1773, dumped about 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.
  • Android book to be produced in wiki format Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:19PMAndroid has taken the mobile world by storm, so it's no surprise that Google's foray into the smartphone market would become the subject of numerous books written to explain the technology.
  • Mix and Match Microsoft Office with Web Apps: Three Tips Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:58PMDespite Microsoft Office's still strong grip on the corporate world, there is a subtle shift at play: More companies are complementing Office with lower-cost and Web-based alternatives, according to a new report from Forrester Research. In other words, they're taking a mix and match instead of either/or approach.
  • Microsoft Uses Xbox for Mobile Gaming Push Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:32PMCashing in on the smartphone wave with mobile games -- good ones.
  • Are Facebook's Days Numbered? Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:15PMGoogle arms itself to take on social networking.
  • Book on Android to come in wiki format Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:10PMNetwork World - Android has taken the mobile world by storm, so it's no surprise that Google's foray into the smartphone market would become the subject of numerous books written to explain the technology.
  • No second dot.bomb in sight Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 4:34PMRemember the dotcom boom? When all canny investors needed to do was add a ".com" to the name of their company to watch stock soar?
  • Biz Break: Google TV? Not so fast, Hollywood says Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 4:11PMToday: Does Hollywood want its Google TV? Plus: More tech and business headlines, including: Would you pay $39 to get off the plane earlier after a long flight?
  • Mix and Match Microsoft Office with Web Apps: Three Tips Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 3:08PMMore companies are taking advantage of Web-based tools while hanging onto Microsoft Office. If you're going to mix and match, Forrester has three pieces of advice.
  • 'Doctors With Guns' Puts Amazing Twist On Medical Dramas (VIDEO) Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 2:53PMFrom the always hilarious Waverly Films comes this exciting new medical drama NOT coming this fall: "Doctors With Guns." Starring John Gemberling and Andrea Rosen, the concept is exactly what it sounds like and in our opinion, one video is definitely not enough.
  • Tech Wars: To Me or Not to Me? Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 2:20PMGoogle's in-the-works social networking product, rumored to be called 'Google Me,' will  put the company in direct opposition with Facebook.
  • Coastsiders map the area Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:37PMAnyone with a smartphone knows it can quickly evolve into an additional appendage. Behind the pop-up notifications and the chirps and pings of hand-held social networking, a large part of this connectivity is tied to location.
  • Pakistan Militants Exploit Flooding Chaos, Clash With Authorities Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 10:10AMWhat's Your Reaction? ISLAMABAD — Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said Wednesday, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began.
  • MEDIA DIET: Chris Anderson: What I Read Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:36AMHow do people deal with the torrent of information that rains down on us all? What's the secret to staying on top of the news without surrendering to the chaos of it? In this series, we ask people who seem well-informed to describe their media diets. This is from a conversation with Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, author of The Long Tail and Free , and founder of DIY Drones ...
  • Don't Buy This Stock ... Yet Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:18AMPromising names that aren't quite buys.
  • T-Mobile Releases Teaser for the T-Mobile G2 Android Smartphone Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:12AMT-Mobile today launched a web page as a teaser for its upcoming T-Mobile G2 Android smartphone. With upcoming introduction of the T-Mobile G2 with Google, T-Mobile will have the first smartphone specifically designed for T-Mobile's fast HSPA+ network. HSPA+ ...
  • Buzz Makes Move to Generate More User Interest Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:09AMTwitter recently launched some new features for suggesting users to follow. The more people of interest you have to follow, the more useful you're bound to find the service. The same applies to Google Buzz, which is probably why Google decided to release a similar feature. A Buzz Post from the Google Buzz Team says: One of the things we've heard from avid Buzz users is that you're interested in ...
  • JetBlue brings back 'All You Can Jet' passes Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 8:03AMJetBlue is bringing back its popular All-You-Can-Jet pass, which allows anyone to travel to an unlimited number of cities over a one-month period.
  • eft.com Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:51AMThe discussions - at the 4th eyefortransport Hi-Tech & Electronics Supply Chain Summit - will cover issues including forecasting and S&OP, reduced freight capacity, supplier risk assessments and sustainability.
  • Apple Hunkers Down to Weather Latest Storms Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:35AMSomewhere, someone appears to have put a curse on Apple. No sooner had its share prices passed the $260 mark on Aug. 9 than a slew of bad news sent them skidding again. Tuesday was kinder to AAPL -- it climbed $4.33 to $251.97, still short of that recent high. Gartner's figures showed that Android outstripped Apple in worldwide smartphone sales.
  • Yahoo Mail Joins Google Gmail for iPad Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:30AMYahoo August 17 released a version of Yahoo Mail for Apple's popular iPad tablet computer, which sold more than 4 million units in its first few months.
  • Google Storms Unified Communications and Collaboration Market Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:42AMGoogle has been known to employ aggressive acquisitive strategies towards the domination of new markets.
  • Climate Change Disasters: Are These Events Of 'Global Weirding' Related To Global Warming? (PHOTOS) Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:40AMFrom raging heat waves and wildfires to massive floods and building-swallowing sinkholes, 2010 is quickly becoming known as the year of 'global weirding.'
  • Motorola and TELUS bring a touch of charm with this fall's social smartphone choice Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:30AMMotorola Canada and TELUS today announced the debut of the Motorola CHARM, a touch screen smartphone designed to help Canadians live life in the fast lane. Packing a social networking punch, Motorola CHARM features the popular Android operating system, as well as an enhanced version of Motorola's Android experience, MOTOBLUR, in a slim, compact design.
  • Innovation: Mobile malware evolves the profit motive Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:59AMThe first hackers to write malware for a new device often do it to impress their peers – but a new smartphone trojan was made to steal money
  • The clock is ticking for iPad competitors Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:06AMA wave of touch-screen tablets is descending on consumers between now and early 2011. The iPad has built up a huge early lead, but not an insurmountable one for Apple's competitors.
  • An iPhone application to search for vacation rentals Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 5:49AMOnline vacation rental company HomeAway has developed an iPhone application that would allow users to search, filter and share the more than 230,000 global vacation rental properties available on HomeAway.com.
  • INDEPENDENT VIEWPOINT Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 2:31AMFrank Holmes reckons that even the most prudent investor can't escape the wild volatility that's come to characterize the markets. Interview with The Gold Report.