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Leader in Automotive Auctions Shifts Into Higher Gear With New Desktop Standards

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...

Tags: erp

[11 May 2008]

Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

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...

Tags: 3g, wimax

[09 May 2008]

Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web

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...

Tags: mobile internet, social networking, vodafone, facebook

[01 May 2008]

eBay hits back at boycotters

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...

Tags: ebay, ban, users, feedback

[21 Apr 2008]

Online Liquidator Launches a New Auction Site in 28 Days

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.

Tags: programming languages, auction, ebay, sellers

[14 Apr 2008]

UK a hotbed for cyber crime

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...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, security

[08 Apr 2008]

Ofcom primes WiMax spectrum auction

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...

Tags: mobile broadband, ofcom, wimax, spectrum

[07 Apr 2008]

Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?

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.

Tags: data protection, companies act, encryption, security

[27 Mar 2008]

Google pledges 'wi-fi on steroids'

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...

Tags: google, fcc, mobile, wi-fi

[25 Mar 2008]

eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat

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.

Tags: romania, ebay, security, crime

[10 Mar 2008]

Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay

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

Tags: home office, laptop, ebay, disc

[29 Feb 2008]

MSDN Webcast: ASP.NET Soup to Nuts: Auction Site Database (Level 200)

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...

Tags: database management

[27 Feb 2008]

MSDN Webcast: ASP.NET Soup to Nuts: Auction Site Template (Level 200)

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.

Tags: .net

[27 Feb 2008]

MSDN Webcast: ASP.NET Soup to Nuts: Auction Site Design (Level 200)

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...

Tags: web development and design

[27 Feb 2008]

MSDN Webcast: ASP.NET Soup to Nuts: Auction Site Management (Level 200)

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.

Tags: web development and design

[27 Feb 2008]

Kerching! Ofcom flogs more spectrum

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.

Tags: spectrum, ofcom, operator, band

[22 Feb 2008]

Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 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...

Tags: bonds, arbitrage, trading platforms, flow

[30 Jan 2008]

eBay chief looks set to retire

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.

Tags: ebay, retire, street, auction

[23 Jan 2008]

SAP to sell TomorrowNow

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...

Tags: sap, tomorrownow, oracle, peoplesoft

[16 Jan 2008]

Optimal Efficiency Guarantees for Network Design Mechanisms

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...

Tags: network design

[08 Jan 2008]

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