lunes, 4 de agosto de 2008

Applications Spur Carriers to Relax Grip on Cellphones


Applications Spur Carriers to Relax Grip on Cellphones

The proliferation of new applications and the realization that they make cellphones more popular has convinced carriers that they need to give consumers more freedom.

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Web Filtering Moves to the Cloud

Zscaler brings Web filtering into the cloud, allowing employers to more easily manage which Web sites workers can visit and what they can download to the corporate network.

Motorola Names a Co-Chief Executive

Motorola has named Sanjay Jha as chief operating officer of Qualcomm to head its handset division, which is being prepared for a spin-off as a separate public company.

Intel’s Line of Graphics Chips Could Have Broader Uses

Intel said it would initially aim its new microprocessor family, code-named Larrabee, at the personal computer graphics market.

Blog Posts Poke Holes in ‘Taste Test’ by Microsoft

Deserved or not, the Windows Vista operating system from Microsoft gets a bad rap. But the company’s effort to repair Vista’s reputation did not win rave reviews either.

Link by Link
An Internal Wiki That’s Not Classified

The State Department’s creation of “Diplopedia,” an internal wiki, is part of its changing ethic from “a need to know culture” to a “need to share culture,” an employee said.

On Facebook, an 11-Letter Synonym for Scrabulous Turns Out to Be Wordscraper

People who were addicted to playing Scrabulous on Facebook have migrated by the thousands to Wordscraper.

Media Talk
House Goes Home, but Video Goes Online via Cellphone

Representative John Culberson, a Republican of Texas, acted as a citizen journalist, albeit a partisan one, covering Republicans in the House, after the chamber had adjourned for its recess.

Advertising
The High Cost of a ‘Free Credit Report’

Catchy television ads for FreeCreditReport.com don’t highlight another catch tied to the service: a monthly fee.

Media Talk
A Rare CD by Today’s Hot Boy Band: Bids Start at $160. Do I Hear $200?

To teenage girls this summer, few things are hotter than the Jonas Brothers, and the sole album on their back list, the out-of-print “It’s About Time.”

Yahoo Is Still Searching for, Well, Yahoo

With the stock down, many shareholders are questioning whether Jerry Yang is the right man to lead Yahoo.

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