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• eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing

  Can eBay still be eBay as it moves toward a fixed pricing model? Possibly, but it's going to be really difficult to change its auctioneer image. On Wednesday, eBay announced ...

  Tags: Pricing, Marketing Research, Larry Dignan, Marketing, Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, eBay Inc.

  Aug 20, 2008 7:02 AM PDT

• Our educational system needs an overhaul (and how can Intel help?)

  Fellow ZDNet blogger, Sam Diaz, wrote an interesting piece yesterday highlighting a vital message from Intel Chairman, Craig Barrett, during his keynote at the Intel Developers' Forum. Quoting both Barrett ...

  Tags: Kid, Christopher Dawson, Craig Barrett, Internet, Blogging, Productivity, Intel Corp.

  Aug 20, 2008 6:55 AM PDT

• Ricoh's new R10 wide compact camera helps you snap perfectly level shots

  Only six months to the day after Ricoh's R8 announcement comes its replacement, the R10, announced yesterday. With much the same design as the R8--including the fairly wide f/3.3-5.2 28mm-200mm-equivalent ...

  Tags: Components, Pricing, Monitors & Displays, Marketing, Hardware, Ricoh Corp., Camera, Janice Chen

  Aug 20, 2008 6:40 AM PDT

• SpamZa - opt in spamming service fighting to remain online

  A recently launched unethical spam list building service called SpamZa, is fighting to remain online after providing highly successful (87 spam emails in 8 minutes) into fulfilling its objective, namely, ...

  Tags: Spam, Newsletter, Dancho Danchev, SpamZa, Online Communications, Marketing, E-mail, Spamming, Corporate Communications

  Aug 20, 2008 6:23 AM PDT

• Novell as Microsoft's client state

  Microsoft has created a compliant client state, a vassal, small and subservient, a bridge between the closed world of Windows and the free world of open source. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: Linux, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Government, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Novell Inc.

  Aug 20, 2008 6:17 AM PDT

• WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client

  Some Windows Software Update Services WSUS users got a surprise on their patching servers on August 20: A mention of Windows 7 Client. by Mary Jo Foley

  Tags: Windows Software Update Services, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Software, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Windows

  Aug 20, 2008 6:13 AM PDT

• Compromise on the drinking age debate

  Issue pub licenses to colleges. Let those pubs serve beer and wine to those with student IDs as young as 18. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: College, Beverage, Wine, Food & Beverage, Dana Blankenhorn, Manufacturing, Willy

  Aug 20, 2008 6:03 AM PDT

• Intel unveils Nehalem 'turbo mode'

  At IDF, the chipmaker announced a power-control feature in its new micro architecture, claiming it is 'pretty compelling' for enterprises. Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming ...

  Tags: Components, Data Center, servers, Nehalem EX, Processors, IDF, Hardware, Pat Gelsinger, Data Management, chips

  Aug 20, 2008 5:51 AM PDT

• UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployed

  People over the years have said to me, "computers are the future; you'll end up getting a great job with wads of money." I'm not a money person, to be ...

  Tags: Computer Science, Zack Whittaker, Productivity, Computer

  Aug 20, 2008 5:34 AM PDT

• American Airlines kicks off in-flight Internet service

  The world's largest airline said its passengers on Boeing 767-200 aircraft can get Internet access on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami. CHICAGO--American Airlines ...

  Tags: Reuters, Internet Access, Internet, broadband, Internet Service, American Airlines, New York, air travel

  Aug 20, 2008 5:17 AM PDT

• SaaS mashups shape up

  As SaaS vendors and integrators begin to roll out enterprise mashups, the mashup's seminal role as the disruptive motor at the heart of the on-demand model is becoming clear. by ...

  Tags: Appirio, Salesforce.com Inc., Collaboration, Software-as-a-service, PayPal, Amazon.com Inc., Xactly, Phil Wainewright, Mashup

  Aug 20, 2008 3:38 AM PDT

• Sun release claims Sun Ray shipments nearly double

  Sun just issued a press release claiming that its shipments of Sun Ray "thin client" systems nearly doubled. The most exciting part of the announcement was that the document was ...

  Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Sun Ray Unit Shipment, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Thin Clients

  Aug 20, 2008 3:00 AM PDT

• OK, so the meeting wasn't so bad

  Just a quick note on my first administrator's meeting: it wasn't too bad. I had a couple things going for me. We haven't had anyone looking at technology from a ...

  Tags: Christopher Dawson

  Aug 20, 2008 2:25 AM PDT

• Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership

  Microsoft and Novell said Wednesday that the software giant will invest more into the companies' SUSE Linux partnership. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will buy an additional $100 million ...

  Tags: SuSE Linux, Business Structures, UNIX, Novell Inc., Linux, Finance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan, SuSE

  Aug 20, 2008 2:21 AM PDT

• IT Dojo video: Restore the Address toolbar removed by Windows XP SP3

  Windows upgrades and service packs are great when they actually solve problems or add cool new features. Unfortunately, updates sometimes introduce new problems or whack a feature you find really ...

  Tags: Management, Service Pack, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows XP, Marketing, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

  Aug 20, 2008 1:58 AM PDT

• News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com

  Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call ...

  Tags: Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Jason O'Grady, Salesforce.com Inc., Marketing, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer

  Aug 20, 2008 1:54 AM PDT

• The opportunities in search

  Cuil doesn't seem competitive with google -and when you look at other internet search engines they seem pretty pathetic: 1950s ideas dressed up for the internet age. So where are ...

  Tags: Advertisement, Marketing, Paul Murphy, Corporate Communications, Google Inc.

  Aug 20, 2008 12:15 AM PDT

• PC gaming generated $10.7 bln in 2007

  PC gaming was a $10.7 bln industry during the year of 2007, with retail sales accounting for just 30% of total revenues. According to PC Gaming Alliance, growth was largely ...

  Tags: Computer Game, Personal Technology, PC, Sales, Sales Strategy, AM, Games, Revenue

  Aug 19, 2008 10:59 PM PDT

• 29% of Internet users buy from spam emails

  29% of Internet users have purchased goods from spam emails, according to Marshal. The most commonly purchased items include sexual enhancement pills, software, adult material and luxury items such as ...

  Tags: Spam, Internet User, Spam And Phishing, Spammer, AM, Botnets, E-mail, Internet, Security

  Aug 19, 2008 10:58 PM PDT

• New Android SDK finally given to developers

  It's been a long time since a new Android SDK has been publicly released to developers -- the last one was made available only to contest winners which made some ...

  Tags: SDK, Garett Rogers, Developer

  Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM PDT

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