In a bid to make its Bing search engine more social networking-oriented, Microsoft adds Facebook feeds and also shows off updated tools for Webmasters.
When it comes to securing the enterprise, much of what is done has been in vogue for so long and makes sense on the surface. But probe a bit deeper, and much of what has long been held sacrosanct now makes little sense.
That raft of new mobile processors in January sure paid off as the chip giant blows past all projections for a tremendous first quarter, signaling renewed growth for the IT sector at large.
When it comes to DVD ripping and burning, Linux users must choose between GNOME simplicity and KDE completeness. Bruce Byfield wonders if either choice is completely satisfying.
<b>Bit-Tech:</b> "The next edition of the Ubuntu Linux distribution could come with added Google, with rumours circulating that Canonical is looking to replace Mozilla's Firefox with Google's Chrome browser."
One year in, Microsoft's Bing search engine appears to be making headway and garnering a fair amount of attention from users and marketers. Whether it can displace Google, even with its technology agreement with Yahoo, remains unsettled.
One year in, Microsoft's Bing search engine appears to be making headway and garnering a fair amount of attention from users and marketers. Whether it can displace Google, even with its technology agreement with Yahoo, remains unsettled.
<b>The H Open:</b> "The Ubuntu developers have announced that Ubuntu 10.04 will be abandoning its switch to Yahoo search as the default search provider on the Ubuntu desktop and returning to use Google's search."
Another example of the negative marketing impact of poor customer service, plus productivity tips, a resource for business start-up funds and a big lesson from Hilton hotels.
Another example of the negative marketing impact of poor customer service, plus productivity tips, a resource for business start-up funds and a big lesson from Hilton hotels.
<b>The Register: </b>"Opera 10.53 beta for Linux and FreeBSD is the first Unix beta of Evenes, the browser built atop the company's new Carakan JavaScript engine."
In a bid to make its Bing search engine more social networking-oriented, Microsoft adds Facebook feeds and also shows off updated tools for Webmasters.
<b>OSNews:</b> "Another article on intellectual property enforcement? Yes, since I consider this to be the most important struggle technology has to face over the coming decade."
<b>IT World:</b> "Look around you. If you're in an office or coffee shop where people are using Windows, chances are someone's PC is now, or recently has been, part of a botnet."
Backups aren't what they used to be. The amount of data to contend with has mushroomed and the technologies available to meet storage needs are increasingly complex. Here's one engineering firm's travails and how it resolved them.
<b>IT World:</b> "After years of fiscal ups and downs, it now appears Mandriva S.A., makers of the Mandriva Linux distribution, may be up on the seller's block."
<b>IT World:</b> "The Linux marketplace has matured. The heavy lifting has been done," she said. "Working with the CodePlex Foundation is addressing the next generation of challenges."