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Vodafone plugs iPhone gaps

News Speaking at this year's Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona in February, CEO of Vodafone Arun Sarin made reference to the impact of the iPhone on the mobile phone market: "Apple has raised the bar to the iPhone and we all now know how...

Tags: italy, vodafone, iphone

[06 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Customer Story: Jeep

whitepaper That was the landscape that faced automaker Jeep, market researcher Millward Brown, and the Microsoft teams that came together to explore the effectiveness of in-game advertising in the Microsoft Xbox title, Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species.

Tags: sales - marketing

[03 May 2008]

OOXML row continues

News He said: "Microsoft is trying to game the standards process because they don't want a standard that can be implemented by other people. The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the...

Tags: bsi, microsoft, ooxml

[02 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: Burger King

whitepaper Equity Marketing, promotions agency for Burger King, approached Microsoft to produce three Burger King-branded Xbox games to sell exclusively at company locations in North America for only $3.99 each - a fraction of the typical cost of a retail...

Tags: software engineering

[02 May 2008]

Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'

News Game over…Once you've acquired administrator rights, the machine is yours and UAC's role is done. Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit technology-development organisation, claim they have successfully bypassed User Account Control, a...

Tags: hack, uac, vista

[29 Apr 2008]

Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover

News Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its World Cup deal with the game's governing body Fifa. Thalapalli said Satyam hopes to woo increasingly important European markets by tying itself to...

Tags: outsourcing, fifa, satyam

[23 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum

Comment In fact, even now I can remember the hot flush of rage I felt when I couldn't get a game to work after spending hours every night for a week inputting a program. Here at silicon.com we recently, rather unexpectedly, unleashed a tidal wave of tech...

Tags: sinclair, commodore, spectrum

[22 Apr 2008]

Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?

Comment So it's inevitable that individuals see the circumvention of established controls as fair game to beat the markets and make their bonuses. Experts say investment banking fraud can never be eradicated - even with the most sophisticated software.

Tags: fraud, societe generale, rogue trader

[15 Apr 2008]

Small Business Webcast: Get More From Microsoft Word (Part 1 of 2): Collaboration (Level 100)

whitepaper Working together and collaborating is the name of the game. The first webcast in this series will focus on how to collaborate with other co-workers, vendors and customers. The attendee will learn to follow the methods for creating documents and...

Tags: word processing

[11 Apr 2008]

Internet big boys engage in war over Yahoo!

News The game of musical chairs among the internet titans follows two years of on-again, off-again talks to strike industry-reshaping mergers among different configurations of the same players. Yahoo! which was widely believed to be running out of...

Tags: news corp, google, yahoo

[10 Apr 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News But as with most social networks, adults are free game. The group - which includes the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children Now, and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD)- plans to ask the Federal Trade Commission this week to establish rules...

Tags: myspace, facebook

[10 Apr 2008]

SmartDraw in Game Development: SmartDraw Outscores the Competition With UML Diagrams

whitepaper While busy writing his new book, Software Engineering for Game Developers, John Flynt realized that he needed a fast and easy way to create UML diagrams and other game design drawings. Flynt also found that SmartDraw was a powerful collaboration...

Tags: software engineering, book, developers, game

[10 Apr 2008]

SmartDraw in Video Game Design: Creating UML Diagrams in Video Game Development

whitepaper Many of the company's programmers were using a popular diagramming tool to create UML diagrams for video game development. Dave Wagner is Engine & Tools Director for Sammy Studios, Inc.an interactive entertainment company that creates and...

Tags: object-oriented, uml, video, programmers

[10 Apr 2008]

Best Security Practices for Achieving HIPAA Security Compliance - A Game Plan for Your Organization

whitepaper This presentation focuses on the best practices to quickly and simply achieve HIPAA security standards. In this webinar, Shirley Wyatt, Director of Policy Compliance, and Ed Mendez, Senior Security Consultant, take you through proven methodologies...

Tags: best practices, achieve, standards, compliance

[10 Apr 2008]

Crytek and AMD Team Up to Create New Level of Gaming Experience

whitepaper While developing their debut release, Far Cry, Crytek realized that the rich graphics and imagery they had planned for the game pushed the limits of their existing 32-bit technology. Crytek ported Far Cry to AMD64 technology to deliver an end-user...

Tags: 3d modeling and rendering, cry, perform, game

[10 Apr 2008]

Hitachi Storage at Work: Hattrick

whitepaper Players in Hattrick's internet football game were reaching 15,000 at a time. Their existing storage capacity had been reached and the site was slowing down. Players very soon lose interest if the site is slow to respond or is temporarily unavailable.

Tags: nas, capacity, hitachi, hitachi data systems

[10 Apr 2008]

Establishing a Robust Security Posture With Managed Protection Services

whitepaper This webcast will provide you with a game plan of how to obtain the level of protection required to ensure business continuity, customer service and return on investment. In today's digital economy, businesses are susceptible to an ever-increasing...

Tags: security management, expertise, plan, investment

[10 Apr 2008]

Rugby Football Union Scores a Winning Security Infrastructure with Check Point

whitepaper It had to securely link RFU headquarters and the national stadium at Twickenham with offices in Wolverhampton more than 100 miles away, as well as support mobile field staff who promote and monitor the game.

Tags: security applications, field, vpn, headquarters

[10 Apr 2008]

Storage and Server Consolidations from Dell and EMC Make an Established Business an Even More Powerful Player

whitepaper With a growing customer base of 25,000-including Nike, the NHL, POLO, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Russell Athletic, and the NBA-in more than 60 countries around the world, Stahls' has stayed ahead of the game for more than 70 years by making customer...

Tags: server consolidation, athletic, game, efficiency

[10 Apr 2008]

Clicks & Mortar: Globalization, E-Commerce & FM

whitepaper Even the term Facility Manager should be considered fair game for change. As traditional business transforms into eBusiness, strategic thinking in the context of globalization and e-commerce is taking center stage.

Tags: business strategies, managers, commerce, facility

[10 Apr 2008]

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