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whitepaper Carmel, Indiana-based ADESA Car Auctions is a leading automobile auction provider, employing nearly 11,000 people in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. With a variety of computing environments in its geographically dispersed offices, the...
[11 May 2008]
News Another hurdle for mobile WiMax is spectrum allocation in the 2.5GHz band, something that will become possible through an Ofcom auction later this year. Speaking at a roundtable discussion yesterday, Ashish Patel said the long-range wireless...
[09 May 2008]
News Community-based auction site eBay came next. The social networking craze is helping to drive mobile broadband, says Vodafone UK. The top two searches on the operator's mobile internet service - which launched last summer - are social networking...
[01 May 2008]
News eBay has hit back at a proposed seller boycott over changes to the site that will mean sellers won't be able to post negative feedback. From May, eBay is banning sellers from posting negative feedback in order to avoid unjustified comments posted...
[21 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The company acquired the source code for a several-year-old auction site and, in less than a month, used the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 development system to upgrade the code and launch its own auction site.
[14 Apr 2008]
News The most commonly reported crime was auction fraud but they also included non-delivery of purchases, credit/debit card fraud, computer intrusions, spam or unsolicited email and child pornography.silicon.com has won widespread support for its e...
[08 Apr 2008]
News Ofcom has released details of the largest spectrum auction to date, which will make available a swathe of spectrum suitable for mobile broadband and advanced wireless services via WiMax and 3G tech. The regulator expects the auction process for...
[07 Apr 2008]
Comment The success of data encryption in preserving the confidentiality of information was demonstrated recently by the discovery of a confidential Home Office disc found hidden in a laptop sold via online auction site eBay.
[27 Mar 2008]
News Google's renewed white-spaces push comes just days after the FCC ended an auction of the remaining portion of the 700MHz broadcast TV spectrum that's being vacated for the digital switch next year. The company, joined by other heavyweights like...
[25 Mar 2008]
News Online auction site eBay has hit out at the lack of interest in cybercrime enforcement in countries including Romania, warning that not enough is being done to stop fraudsters targeting auction sites.
[10 Mar 2008]
News The laptop had been bought on the auction site then taken to an IT company near Manchester for repairs. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets
[29 Feb 2008]
whitepaper In this webcast, the presenter observes the auction site application from a database perspective. The attendee will also learn about developing stored procedures to support the auction site and configuring the auction site application so it can...
[27 Feb 2008]
whitepaper The presenter of this webcast looks at the visual design of the auction site. The presenter develops the layout, the Web parts that define the general areas of the site, and the themes to give the auction site pizzazz.
[27 Feb 2008]
whitepaper This webcast shows how to apply the three-tier architecture pattern to the auction site application and lay out the basic framework for the subsequent auction site webcasts. The presenter also determines the requirements, timeline, and other...
[27 Feb 2008]
whitepaper In this webcast, the presenter explores the management options and decides on exactly what kind of management auction site requires. All Web sites need some form of management. The presenter then develops the pages to support the management needs.
[27 Feb 2008]
News Ofcom has announced the results of its fourth radio spectrum auction, awarding licences to 10 organisations. An Orange spokesperson told silicon.com: "Orange entered this spectrum auction for operational reasons.
[22 Feb 2008]
Comment Auction or bidding systems that allow dealers and investors to bid direct on new issues. Fixed-income markets in Europe have been slow to adopt electronic trading. So what impact will a downturn have on the technological future of these markets...
[30 Jan 2008]
News Meg Whitman, chief executive of auction giant eBay, is planning to retire, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The report named John Donahoe, president of eBay's auction business unit, as the most likely person to succeed her.
[23 Jan 2008]
News German software giant SAP is to auction its subsidiary, TomorrowNow, only two years after acquiring the company. You what…? Bust through tech jargon with silicon.com's Cheat Sheets. SAP acquired TomorrowNow in mid-January 2005 as way to compete...
[16 Jan 2008]
whitepaper A cost-sharing mechanism is a protocol that decides which players win the auction and at what prices. A cost-sharing problem is defined by a set of players vying to receive some good or service, and a cost function describing the cost incurred by...
[08 Jan 2008]
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