Apr 21

It’s possible to launch a successful Web startup with little money, especially if you shift your attention away from the business plan and focus on building a great Web application.
That was one of the many tips that attendees at the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami heard on Friday for how to succeed as [...]

Apr 21

Educators used to follow the auto industry because that’s where all the lessons came from, says Bala Iyer. Then it was Microsoft. Now it’s Google. In this month’s Harvard Business Review, Iyer, an associate professor of technology operations and information management at Babson College, looked deep into Google’s DNA to discern what makes it an [...]

Apr 21

On Tuesday, researcher Dan Kaminsky will show how a Web-based attack could be used to seize control of certain routers.
Kaminsky has spent the past year studying how design flaws in the way that browsers work with the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) can be abused in order to get attackers behind the firewall. But at [...]

Apr 21

IBM has announced services designed to help IT managers figure out whether their service-oriented architecture is working, a social network for IT workers and academics interested in service-oriented architecture (SOA) plus widgets for non-technical users who want to fine-tune their Web applications.
At its ImpactSOA conference here the company revealed Infrastructure Architecture Healthcheck for SOA, a [...]

Apr 21

One of the biggest selling points in last fall’s release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was the inclusion of Time Machine, a nifty new app aimed at making that most onerous of tasks — backing up data — not only easy to do, but fun.
For laptop users, however, Time Machine offered something of a [...]

Apr 21

Google will unveil this week a new system to automate tasks for radio broadcasters, beefing up an important piece of its radio advertising product line.
Google Radio Automation, built from scratch, will be shown at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, which began Friday in Las Vegas, with an exhibit floor opening on Monday.
The new [...]

Apr 21

Vignette has a acquired a video publishing capability with the purchase of Vidavee for approximately US$6.6 million in cash.
Vidavee enables Web publishers to upload, share, analyse and monetise Internet video content.
The strategic acquisition and integration of Vidavee’s video publishing technology will provide Vignette with video management and publishing capabilities to help advertisers and publishers generate [...]

Apr 18

Stuff.co.nz has been named an Official Honoree in the news category of the 12th Annual Webby Awards.
Hailed as the Oscars of the internet by the New York Times, the Webby Awards is the leading international award honouring excellence on the internet.
The awards are judged by a global organisation that includes David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna [...]

Apr 18

The chief executives of Hornby and Lego said they remained confident their companies and the industry would weather the economic crisis, which has left the United States on the brink of recession and Europe with dwindling growth.
The feeling I get from Wall Street and from talking with analysts and my people, is that consumers will [...]

Apr 18

Doctors may soon be tracking patients with high blood pressure or asthma over the Internet using online tools launched yesterday by the Canadian Medical Association. The web portal, called mydoctor.ca, is geared to help doctors and patients work more closely together, especially to manage chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. The secure [...]