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From TechRepublic: There is no doubt that new technological means of communicating and entertaining are invading the workplace. The question thus arises: Should employers take steps to potentially control employee blogging, instant messaging and their use of iPods and camera phones?
From BusinessWeek: Just how do Americans get their news and entertainment over the Web? And how does the Web stack up against TV, newspapers, and other media when it comes to media consumption? Those are questions that advertisers have long wrestled to answer, with mixed results. Sure, you can give people a survey. But that …
From Vnunet.com: Several manufacturers are showing large capacity hard drives based on Flash memory technology at the Computex trade show in Taipei. The drives are lighter, less power-hungry and far more durable than traditional hard disk drives based on a rotating magnetic platter. The largest on display were PQI’s 64GB drives, and another company has …
From CNN (Reuters): Big Brother is not only watching but he is also reading your e-mail. According to a new study, about a third of big companies in the United States and Britain hire employees to read and analyze outbound e-mail as they seek to guard against legal, financial or regulatory risk. More than a …
From TechRepublic: As Google and Microsoft battle for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a new question has cropped up: Which one can better save planet Earth? Being portals and search engines, the companies are likely among the worst energy users because of the cooling and energy their data centers need to operate. When …
From EETimes.com: New biometric technology developed here can identify individuals by sensing unique electronics signals generated by a beating heart, brain function or breathing. The developer, IDesia (Caesarea, Israel), claims that unlike existing biometric solutions its electronic signature sensor can capture human biometric signals with relative ease. It also claims its system is cheaper than …
From the New York Times: Chris DiBona’s work as manager of open-source programs for Google takes him on the road, where laptops grow heavier with every gate he passes in the airport. So he has been experimenting with piecing together the ultimate lightweight PC. At the core of his ensemble is the OQO-01, a full-featured …
From TechRepublic: When are people going to learn? Many folks act as if e-mail is akin to a verbal conversation that comes and goes in the wind. Yet e-mail has a degree of permanence that hardly ever dies. Recent history is crammed with examples of e-mails that later became the bane of their authors’ existence. …
From the New York Times: Lower prices are part of the natural order in the world of electronics. Sometimes, though, the slow but relentless drop in price turns into a torrent. That’s happening now in personal computers. Prices are falling fast on notebook computers, as much as 18.5 percent so far this year, according to …
From CNet News: A lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses the Motion Picture Association of America of hiring a hacker to steal information from a company that the MPAA has accused of helping copyright violators. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by Torrentspy.com parent Valence Media, doesn’t identify the man …