generic in news
RSS generic in newsIcann opens a can of worms
News The attraction for cybersquatters is not going to be setting up a registry that matches someone else's brand; it will be in the generic TLDs. The decision to allow custom top-level domains will be a "nightmare" for brand... [30 Jun 2008]
Businesses demand more from CIOs
News There will also be a move to replace generic tech with more bespoke, tailored IT to drive business strategy, according to the global survey of CIOs conducted by Gartner. CIOs face "significant change" in what is expected... [23 Jan 2008]
Gartner: CIOs - develop business analytics or IT loses out
News Blosch said the generic way CIOs have looked at solving business problems has involved the deployment of a new software module or IT project for each business problem that arises. Blosch said: "Its very difficult for... [21 Nov 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News Ian Campbell, CIO at British Energy, said higher-level IT and commercial skills are in short supply but added that more generic roles are increasingly going to system integrators and offshore companies. [11 Oct 2007]
Data theft scam targets CEOs
News As such, companies are warned to remain wary of any unsolicited emails whether the content appears generic or highly tailored and genuine. While most email users are familiar with high levels of very... [02 Jul 2007]
Yahoo! gets smart about online ads
News For instance, instead of just seeing a generic ad for a Toyota Prius, a woman in San Francisco who conducts research on hybrid cars on Yahoo! Yahoo! just upped the ante in the display advertising space. [02 Jul 2007]
Q&A: Mindark CIO Marco Behrmann
News If BMW were to enter Entropia Universe then we would want vehicles with the BMW brand and that also have some sort of performance bonus compared to generic vehicles. Virtual world Entropia Universe opened its doors in... [22 Jun 2007]
New domain names on the horizon for 2008
News Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body responsible for allocating generic and country code top-level domain names - gTLDs and ccTLDs respectively - is asking for public... [14 May 2007]
Dot-gov safest domain around, says McAfee
News While dot-com is the most popular generic domain, it is not the riskiest one. The safest websites on the internet end in dot-gov, according to McAfee. McAfee found no risky websites within the domain for US government... [13 Mar 2007]
Sun set to bring back Intel's Xeon for servers
News Although Intel does have a significant business selling generic "whitebox" servers and components to business partners, the company doesn't currently sell operating systems or have plans to do so. Sun Microsystems is... [22 Jan 2007]
Tories propose 'googling for taxes' scheme
News Earlier this year internet search giant Google said it intends to crack down on the use of its brand name as a generic verb, saying phrases such as 'to google' somebody or something are potentially damaging to its brand. [14 Nov 2006]
Spam a lot: Spiced ham purveyor fails in trademark bid
News Hormel has made several attempts to wrest the name from generic use, including an advertising campaign in 2004, and attempts to invalidate the Spambuster name in the UK High Court in 2005. Hormel Foods, which owns the... [06 Oct 2006]
"No believable plan" for key NHS IT software
News One of the major concerns raised by Accenture and CSC in the report is that iSoft is building a generic solution that will require time-consuming and costly customisation to meet the needs of the Connecting for Health... [21 Aug 2006]
Google spells out its verb case scenario
News Internet search giant Google has said it intends to crack down on the use of its brand name as a generic verb, saying phrases such as 'to google' somebody or something are potentially damaging to its brand. [14 Aug 2006]
Failed IT project costs clearing house €47m
News The Generic Clearing System (GCS) project was started after the merger of London Clearing House and Paris-based Clearnet in 2003 with the aim of developing a standard IT engine for clearing trades across different... [25 Jul 2006]
