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Intel`s Embedded Processors Destined for New Gadgets
The Intel EP80579 microprocessor is the first of a new generation of embedded processors designed to power a range of devices from television set-top boxes to mobile Internet devices to telecommunications infrastructure.
- Intel is gearing up to offer a new line of embedded microprocessors for a future generation of gadgets that include mobile Internet devices, high-definition televisions and even large systems that power telecommunications infrastructure. On July 24, Intel will debut the first of eight new SOC (sys...

How to Mix the Right Technology and People to get Quality Customer Service
According to Overstock.com's Carter Lee, the right call center software and service, plus the right people, can make a huge difference in the success of your Web-based business. In some cases, such as Overstock's, the solution is a managed service provider and an outsourced staff. Lee explains how his company accomplished new levels of Web-based success.
- For Internet retailers, having friendly, knowledgeable customer service agents available to customers 24/7 can lead to a sustainable competitive advantage. The strategy has worked well for us at Overstock.com, and it can work for you too - whether youre in retail, financial services or any other ser...

Facebook, Google Truce in The Works at F8
Google's OpenSocial guru David Glazer speaks optimistically about the social Web at F8, where it looks like he and his colleagues could be hugging it out with Facebook over Google's Friend Connect service. Will Facebook allow Friend Connect to grace its site one day?
- SAN FRANCISCO Is Facebook close to allowing Google's Friend Connect to work on its social network? That's the big question that came to mind after I spied David Glazer, Google's lead engineer for OpenSocial and fellow Google OpenSocial engineers Peter Chane and Graham Spencer at the Facebook F8 Co...

How to Keep Things Cool in Your Data Center: 11 Tips for Summer
Now that summer is here, your heat worries turn to your data center. Is everything really being kept cool enough to be safe? Julius Neudorfer, Director of Network Services for North American Access Technologies, provides 11 tips on how to keep things cool.
- As the dog days of summer are upon us, many small and midsize firms see their data centers cooling systems reaching their limits and beyond. This is especially true for rooms that are not using large, dedicated, chilled water systems with extra capacity. Many IT departments are sweating out the summ...

Projector Tricks: More than Home Theater of the Office
Rear projection, front projection, short throw, ultrashort throw, touch-screen whiteboards and LCD screens. Business projectors are more than just the home theater of the office and conference room. A little know-how and a few tricks enable more than presentations and make the projector a business tool. Knowing your options can prove valuable the next time someone asks you to review or recommend a projector or large-screen display.
- Think of a business projector and you probably picture a typical front-projection setup in a conference room, with the projector mounted on the ceiling, or perhaps sitting on a table or desk, projecting the image from a spot somewhere in front of the screen. There are other options, however. It's we...

Facebook Introduces Connect, No Payment System
Facebook announces its Connect external socialization service, a new developer Web site, international translation of the Platform and other programs. Not announced: The mythical Facebook payment processing platform.
- SAN FRANCISCO Facebook officials announced a number of news nuggets at the Facebook F8 Conference. But, the event will be remembered for what the company didn't unveil: the oft-speculated on Facebook payment processing platform. During a question and answer session with reporters, TechCrunch's Mi...

EMC Modernizes Documentum
The latest version of EMC's Documentum delivers Web 2,0 features to compete with Microsoft SharePoint.
- Storage infrastructure vendor EMC came out with a major update to its Documentum collaboration suite on July 23, and analysts believe it is now better equipped to compete with Microsoft SharePoint in the marketplace because it will appeal to younger, Web 2.0 users. Enterprise Content Management S...

AMD Denies Fab Sell-Off
AMD is denying reports that it will sell off its fabrication plants, or fabs, in Germany as part of a plan to cut expenses and refocus the chip makers energy of processors and graphics.
- Advanced Micro Devices is planning to keep its fabs for now. AMD is denying a report that appeared in the Austin American-Statesman that contains an interview with new CEO Dirk Meyer that seemed to indicate that the chip maker was preparing to spin off its manufacturing facilities in Germany an...

Oracle Makes Secure Web Access Management Push
The Oracle identity and access management bundle is a shot at securing Web-based cloud environments better than Oracle rivals Sun, CA, IBM and Novell.
- Oracle has bundled together a suite of access management products in a bid to help enterprises secure their Web-based environments and to challenge its main rivals in the space. The new offering is called Oracle Access Management Suite, and combines Oracle Access Manager, Adaptive Access Manage...

Cisco to Buy Pure Networks
Cisco Systems says it will acquire Pure Networks, a privately held provider of home networking-management software and tools, for $120 million. Cisco says Pure Networks' home networking-management solution allows users to set up and manage a home network and connect a range of devices, applications and services within the home.
- NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) Cisco Systems Inc. said on Wednesday it would acquire Pure Networks, a privately held provider of home networking-management software and tools, for $120 million. Cisco said Seattle-based Pure Networks' home networking-management solution allows users to set up and...

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