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First look: Google relaunches JotSpot as Google Sites |
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
For some time now, rumors have been circulating that Google's acquisition of JotSpot might have been all for naught. As a powerful hosted wiki service with tools for creating documents, team collaboration, and project management, many assumed JotSpot would become an important new weapon in Google's war on Microsoft's lucrative Office suite. Today, Google unveiled JotSpot's evolution into Google Sites, a completely redesigned product which, for better or worse, has Microsoft's SharePoint and Office products squarely in its sight.
It has been over a year since Google took JotSpot off the market, as the acquisition saw the closing of the signup form for new users. Originally, JotSpot was an open product using a standard Web 2.0 company business model. It offered a limited free version to entice home and other users with basic needs, then various tiers of paid versions for small to medium businesses. More
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Cashing In on Naive BitTorrent Users |
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
BitTorrent sites are overloaded with ads for malware ridden BitTorrent clients and paid tutorials that promise to quadruple your download speed. They try to lure naive users into downloading their products with catchy phrases such as “Breakthrough Information Will Have You Downloading Torrents Up To 475% Faster”. It’s time to take them down.
Last year we reported several times on the family of malware supported BitTorrent clients such as Torrent101, BitRoll, TorrentQ and GetTorrent. These clients promised ‘high speed downloads’ but actually installed a payload of malware onto the victim’s PC. It seems that our articles resulted in the desired response, with most torrent sites effectively banned their ads. More
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Fragmented European market hurting digital music sales |
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
Everyone knows that digital music sales have become big business, but just how big? At a music industry conference this week, Sony BMG's Thomas Hesse said that his digital business is growing by 35 to 40 percent a year and that it now makes up 30 percent of the label's total US revenue. In places like Korea, that number is far higher. Globally, though, digital downloads account for only 18 percent of revenue, with continental Europe turning in the lowest numbers. New research from UK-based Point Topic suggests that one part of the reason why digital downloads haven't done faster in Europe is that there are simply too many small players and not enough compelling places to buy. More
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eBay a veritable software pirates' bay, says industry group |
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
Anyone who has used eBay to buy software knows that doing so can be risky. Even if you, as the buyer, insist on it being new and sealed in its original packaging, who's to say that the packaging hasn't been counterfeited? Still, plenty of buyers take that risk in hopes of scoring a good deal on things like Photoshop or Office. Now, a new report by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) suggests that most aren't getting a very good deal at all. That's because at least 90 percent of the software sold on eBay is reportedly pirated. More
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DotMobi database aids mobile-website developers |
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 |
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DotMobi, the industry group that registers domain names for the mobile web, launched a database of mobile-phone specifications on Tuesday to help software developers better design websites for mobile phones. DeviceAtlas will contain information collected from handset makers and operators, including Nokia, Vodafone and Telecom Italia, dotMobi said at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. "DotMobi recognised the need to solve the challenges developers face in creating content for literally thousands of different handset and software combinations," dotMobi chief executive Trey Harvin said in a statement. More
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