Yuuguu Integrates Google Talk IM and Web Conferencing
Yuuguu announced the integration of the Google Talk Instant Messaging (IM) network into its real-time collaboration and web conferencing service. Yuuguu users can now share screens, hold web conferences and work collaboratively with anyone on the Google Talk IM network all via the Yuuguu application.
Play the Games, Play the Online Games of Spb!
Spb Software has released Spb Online Games as a separate suite. Originally part of Spb Online – a set of online services under one roof – Spb Online Games is a collection of four instant online games, supplemented with an online chat service.
Firefox to track your location
Mozilla Labs has unveiled a new Add-on that allows Firefox to pinpoint your location based on Wi-Fi signals. The feature, called Geode, is a prototype for the location-tracking technology that will be built into the forthcoming Firefox 3.1.
10 power-saving myths debunked
For everyone trying to save energy, even companies, how can you best rein in energy costs – while doing your part to address global climate change? Can you be sure the power-saving strategies you’ve adopted are, in fact, the best ones? After all, there are plenty of myths out there about saving energy. In this report, InfoWorld examines 10 such myths.
New App Lets Website Creators Build sites for all Mobile Devices
Most web sites and web forms don’t work on mobile devices. ReadyGo Mobile, from ReadyGo Inc, is an authoring tool letting web site creators build web sites that work on mobile devices with a browser.
Download a free, trial version of ReadyGo Mobile to see how easy it is to use.
The $120 Bail Yourself Out Plan by E-junkie
Ordinary hard-working Americans do not want the government or anyone else to bail them out. They just want a little help when the times are rough. That’s why E-junkie, a company which helps thousands of businesses sell their products online, has offered its services absolutely free of cost to anyone who has been laid off.
Record Content to Your Smartphone, iPhone, iTunes to iPod, PSP
With Pinnacle’s Video Transfer device you can analyze the debates… replay the game… second guess game shows…
Now you can grab content from a TV, PVR, camcorder, PS3, or Xbox without firing up your Mac or PC.
New article: Thriving in a changing economy, understanding the economic upheaval
Many of you know that some years back Editor-in-Chief David wrote a pretty well-received book called The Flexible Enterprise, which was all about how businesses can manage and thrive in a changing economy. Over the past week, we’ve gotten a bunch of letters from readers asking about how all the economic fuss we’ve been experiencing will affect their jobs, their businesses, and the world of tech. In this important article, David shares with you some background that can help you understand the situation better. He also provides some coping strategies that will help you make it through this thing and come out solid on the other side.
Read this Computing Unplugged article.
Microsoft Discontinues Mobile Browser Project
Microsoft has stopped supporting Deepfish, its mobile browser research project. The project was part of the company’s software plus services strategy.
The Deepfish browser displayed Web pages on Windows Mobile phones just like they look on a PC. The browser worked in conjunction with Microsoft servers that delivered the Web pages to the phones.
T-Mobile Lost Disk Containing Data on 17 Million Customers
In early 2006 Deutsche Telekom’s German mobile phone subsidiary, T-Mobile, lost a disk containing personal information, including name, address, and date of birth, on 17 million of its customers. According to the company, no banking details were lost.
T-Mobile published its version of events on Saturday following a report in German news magazine Der Spiegel that the data were being offered for sale on the Internet. The data loss appears to be confined to customers of Deutsche Telekom’s German subsidiary.
