Technology Review: The Future of Search

It's for good reason that we are often called the information age. Information - and finding it - is at the core of our economy and society. And Google has been a clear leader in that activity. This interview with Peter Norvig, Google Director of Research, shows some of the thinking of Google as it moves forward. Such as moving to mobile units, voice search and other initiatives. It gives an interesting insight. Technology Review: The Future of Search

Departmental and End User Computing > Small-Area Networking (SAN) > Canada beats U.S. in broadband speeds

Broadband speed is very important to successful e-business activities. A recent report showed that, while Canada is ahead of the US in this area, it falls significantly behind some other nations, like Japan and South Korea. Departmental and End User Computing > Small-Area Networking (SAN) > Canada beats U.S. in broadband speeds

The main emphasis in e-marketing is on attracting people to your website. But what happens when they get there and can't find what they want? Or get confused and lost? A solution with growing appeal is Navigation Planning - making sure that the site is well planned and intuitive and easy to navigate. E-Commerce Times: Because E-Business Means Business

Technology Review: The iPhone's Potential

Apple's new iPhone, announced in the US yesterday, has a jazzy new design and better capalities like video and music playing. But its real impact could be a mini-revolution in Mobile e-business as a result of a lot of new features that have not been hyped so much. Technology Review: The iPhone's Potential

Technology Review: Second Earth

Second Life and google Earth are working together to create a new environment that will make the whole second life experience more real - and more relevant to business. How about location specific advertising with super real visuals to guide the prospective customer through the facilities. Or showing condos for sale. Or vacation resorts. Technology Review: Second Earth

Verizon To Offer Mobile Payments With Obopay -- Obopay -- InformationWeek

In a significant move to initiate the use of cell phones for payments, something that is going to spread quickly, Verizon has introduced a payment system for its customers. Verizon To Offer Mobile Payments With Obopay -- Obopay -- InformationWeek

globeandmail.com: eBay reinvents itself

ebay is reinventing itself again. this time its trying to adjust to its tremendous success by making a better shopping success for itself. eBay was once one of the internet's new poster boys, but now is an moving into middle age. What will that do to its market? globeandmail.com: eBay reinvents itself

For years books as a source of information have presented a problem in the busy information age, because they are designed for linear reading, which means you must read through a lot of irrelevant material to get what you want. There has long been a need for a way to get information from them without going through that laborious process. Google has helped with fast retrieval of information, but doesn't get much information from books, which are still valuable for the best information. Now, a U of T student has come up with an innovative new technoque - called Docuburst, which may lay the groundwork for a better way. TheStar.com - News - You are looking at an open book

Move over full mobile video. With the current interest in mobile anything, mobile video is a natural evolution. And the technology is available, according to this article by Accenture. Exploiting the Full Potential of Mobile Video Services

Palm's New Dough�and New Blood

In a move that shows the growing importance of the smartphone market, Palm has chipped with a new model intended to meet apple's iPhone head-on. Palm's New Dough�and New Blood

SOA Concepts and Research: Explore the great potentials of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at Accenture

Accenture has released a number of Podcasts on their site which discuss the advantages and disadvantages of SOA and the issues and opportunitites around this important evolutionary phase in IT infrastructure development. SOA Concepts and Research: Explore the great potentials of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at Accenture

Social Networking sites are big these days. For most people such sites represent the free sharing of information and they don't make money on it. However, some people are making a lot of money, and their business success depends on all that voluntary labour. E-Commerce News: Best of ECT News: Social Networking: Sharing or Sharecropping?

There are contracts being let in the US for the redesign of the Internet. Very few people foresaw, when the internet started, the tremendous impact it would have on society. Once an academic curiosity, the internet has now become a fundamentally important part of modern society's communications infrastructure. Therefore, its architecture and particularly its security are now major concerns.Technology Review: Internet pioneer to oversee its redesign under government contract

globeandmail.com: YouTube founders unfazed by big media threats

It's difficult fitting new e-business paradigms into the existing structures. Faced with copyright lawsuits, Youtube has had to adopt a variety of new strategies, including detection of videos that might violate copyright. globeandmail.com: YouTube founders unfazed by big media threats

Muscling MySpace - Forbes.com

The pressure on social networking sites continues with actions and potential actions against MySpace over weeding out sexual offenders on the site. Muscling MySpace - Forbes.com

globeandmail.com: U.S. college students snared in piracy crackdown

In a move designed to convince music pirates, primarily young people, that there are consequences to this illegal activity, the Music Industry has come out swinging with the threat of lawsuits against those who refuse to pay for the music they downloaded. It just might have an impact. globeandmail.com: U.S. college students snared in piracy crackdown

America's Most Wired Cities - Forbes.com

Forbes magazine recently did a survey of the 30 most "wired" cities in the US. This was based on access to high speed internet, so it included wireless. Were San Francisco and Philadelphia at the top of the list? No. SF was 4th and Philly 27th. Top of the list was Atlanta followed by Orlando. America's Most Wired Cities - Forbes.com

Another hard drive with data of employees has gone missing. This time its the Transport Security Administration of the US. It contains data of some 100,000 current and past employees and would be a gold mine for criminals seeking to steal privacy. The TSA is responsible for airport security. The disappearance is being investigated by the FBI and the Secret Service. TSA hard drive goes missing, 100K worker records at risk

reportonbusiness.com: U.S. puts Canada on piracy watch list

For several years, Canada has been a leader in music and movie piracy. In a move that Canadians should not be proud of, the US has again placed Canada on a watch list of countries requiring special scrutiny as technological pirates. The listing could lead, in future, to sanctions and complaints to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). reportonbusiness.com: U.S. puts Canada on piracy watch list

Technology Review: TR10: Augmented Reality

MIT has released its annual list of the top ten emerging technologies. It's always fun to speculate which of them will have an impact on e-business. This year, one that particularly catches the eye is that of Mobile Augmented Reality, which is the idea of including location sensitive digital information on mobile units like PDA's and cell phones, in effect superimposing a digital reality on the real surroundings, enhancing a person's ability to navigate and interact effectively. Mobile augmented reality gets my vote as a new killer ap for the next year or two. Technology Review: TR10: Augmented Reality