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Microsoft is promoting alternative browsers to millions of Windows users across Europe — and Opera is poised to pounce on the opportunity. With a brand-new, faster iteration of its open-source browser, Opera is working hard to gain the attention of Europeans looking for an Internet Explorer alternative.
Microsoft used to configure Internet Explorer as the default browser for its Windows operating system , but agreed last October to test-market measures to give European consumers an option to download and install competing browsers like Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox.
Microsoft is now offering European Windows users a choice through a browser screen that will be displayed automatically, and users can make any browser the default. Users can even turn Microsoft’s Internet Explorer off, although Microsoft has said there’s no need to turn it off to make another browser the default.
Read the rest of my story on CIOToday.
March 5th, 2010
TiVo on Tuesday set out to reinvent itself with DVRs that blend television and Internet viewing experiences. The TiVo Premiere and TV Premiere XL combine access to cable programming, movies, web videos, and music.
TiVo is positioning the new devices as a one-stop shop for entertainment, offering viewers broadband and broadcast integration that lets them search for YouTube clips, Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand and Blockbuster On Demand libraries, and more from one interface. The new offering uses pictures and graphics to make the television guide more interactive as users search through millions of pieces of content.
“TiVo has advanced the state of the art in DVR appliances. There’s no question about that,” said Phil Leigh, a senior analyst at Inside Digital Media. “But whether it’s enough to motivate existing owners of TiVo to spend money on a new box is more debatable. If I didn’t have a DVR, it certainly gives me a material added reason to buy TiVo. But if I just bought a TiVo a year or two ago, I’m not ready to spend more money just to get a newer interface.”
Read the rest of my story on CIOToday.
March 5th, 2010
What if you could tap into a single resource to discover virtual office space in any city, in any country, in any continent in the world? You can, with VirtualOfficeSales.com.
VirtualOfficeSales.com bills itself as a centralized global online resource for virtual offices. It officially launched just days ago and its on a mission to help businesses find the right virtual office in the right place for the right price.
“Current online resources for office space have a heavy focus on serviced offices and there is a definite lack of resources developed specifically for the virtual office market,” notes Liam Murphy, Editor-in-Chief for VirtualOfficeSales.com. “VirtualOfficeSales.com has been created to fill that gap to become a complete online resource where businesses can find information, advice, reviews and listings of virtual offices.”
Read the rest of my story on aBetterOffice.com.
March 4th, 2010
Google on Monday announced its latest social-web acquisition: Picnik. A complement to Google’s Picasa and a partner with services like Yahoo’s Flickr and Photobucket, Picnik lets users edit photos in the browser. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Brian Axe, a product management director at Google, noted the rise in people sharing and storing photos online. In addition to photo-sharing sites, Facebook and MySpace are also driving traffic to online photos within their social-networking communities. In fact, Facebook leads the photo-sharing market in the United States and worldwide.
“This enhances Picasa and is consistent with Google’s cloud strategy, which also extends to mobile,” said Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence. “It provides a photo editor but without the need to download and install any software. When Google netbooks start coming out, this will be a part of that experience undoubtedly as well. Those will also have no software other than the OS and will require all functionality to be accessed via the browser.”
Read the rest of my story on Sci-Tech Today.
March 4th, 2010
In a move to address an ongoing mobile challenges in the enterprise, Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced a new architecture to help business users access information from any device and from any location with better security. At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Cisco debuted the Cisco Secure Borderless Network architecture.
The platform focuses on what Cisco sees as four critical anchors: Mobile and fixed enterprise end points, the Internet, the data center, and context- and location-aware policies.
Cisco’s first proof points for the new architecture are the just-released AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution and the expansion of Cisco TrustSec. That expansion aims to help businesses gain more control over policies and maximize information security in an age of web-based collaboration and communication.
Read the rest of my story on NewsFactor.
March 4th, 2010
Abbey Business Centres just inked a high profile serviced office deal. The British executive suites company is leasing 1,250 square feet of office space at the iconic Gherkin building to Sky News for two years.
Sky News will use the office space as a studio to air “Jeff Randall Live,” the broadcaster’s flagship business program. Julie Calder, managing director at Abbey Business Centers, explains that Sky News’ non-traditional use of serviced office space is a prime illustration of just how flexible business centers can be in the quest to provide commercial solutions.
“Sky News was particularly impressed by The Gherkin itself and the view from its base on the 15th floor. I think this gives out a message that there is a place for the serviced office package within iconic structures,” Calder says. “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Sky News and hope to regularly bump into celebrities from the world of business.”
Read the rest of my story on aBetterOffice.com.
March 2nd, 2010
The Internet is gaining momentum among news consumers — but 92 percent of Americans use multiple platforms to get their daily fix of news, sports and weather. So says a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
The survey found the Internet is the third most popular news platform, behind local and national television news and ahead of national print newspapers, local print newspapers, and radio. Reading news online fits into a broad pattern of news consumption by Americans, the survey reported, with 59 percent getting news from a combination of online and off-line sources on a typical day.
“People are not replacing traditional media sources with the Internet — at least not right now,” said Kristin Purcell, an associate director for research at the Pew project. “The Internet is just another platform they turn to. People use the combination of platforms that’s available and convenient for them.”
Read the rest of my story on NewsFactor.
March 2nd, 2010
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