In a move that might send shivers down the spines of mainstream IP PBX vendors like Avaya, Cisco and ShoreTel, Michigan CAT has deployed an open source Asterisk IP PBX to handle its phone calls and contact center at half the cost of what commercial vendors would have charged.
IBM and Indian outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), this week expanded their business process outsourcing (BPO) delivery from the Philippines, reflecting the growing importance of the country as a location for BPO services delivery.
Sweden's Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear an appeal from Wikileaks' Julian Assange to quash an arrest warrant related to sexual assault accusations from two women.
One Mozilla employee has harsh words for Apple, the iPad is making friends in all walks of life, and Apple's got a new/old selling point for the holiday season. The remainders for Wednesday, December 1, 2010 are here to get you through the middle of the week.
Aspiring pages, knights and wizards: rejoice! Majesty 2: Fantasy Kingdom Sim, an epic real-time strategy game set in a high fantasy world, has finally arrived on the Mac. Ported by Virtual Programming, the game takes place in the mythical land of Ardania, set 500 years after the events of the popular original title released in 2000. A newly conjured Demonlord has usurped the throne and unleashed chaos upon the land. Now the player is tasked with uniting the various elves, dwarves, and humans to take back the throne for the true heir.
Chip developer Rambus has filed patent infringement lawsuits against six chip makers including Broadcom and Freescale Semiconductor in the U.S., and said it is also seeking to ban the import of products that infringe its patents.
SAP's High-Performance Analytic Appliance, or HANA, which started shipping on Wednesday, should give its customers a much faster, more flexible way to analyze large volumes of data in real-time, analysts said.
The Green Grid consortium, which developed the widely-used PUE metric for measuring energy efficiency in data centers, is developing two more metrics to address carbon emissions and water usage, it said Thursday.
International policing authorities have urged for greater harmonisation of cybercrime laws between countries to better share information and collaborate on global crime waves.
The blinding hack of quantum key distribution (QKD) systems publicised by Norwegian researchers earlier this year was based on a seriously flawed setup of the equipment being eavesdropped upon, scientists at Toshibas Cambridge Research Lab have said.
China's top search engine Baidu has launched its own Groupon-like platform that will not only provide discounts to consumers, but will also allow businesses to freely promote their own group buying deals online.
The U.S. General Services Administration will become the first federal agency to use a hosted e-mail service, choosing Google, Unisys and others to offer the service.
Numbl is a surprisingly addictive addition game that will test your elementary math skills. Developed by Andy Wise and at just $1.99, it's sure to give you and your math-minded friends plenty of entertainment. It's a fairly simple game, and the interface is a testament to that--it's simple, elegant, and gorgeous.
Twenty-four hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. Whether it's a cat taking a shower, a make-up tutorial, or the next Beyoncé singing her heart out, home video is incredibly popular.
For months we've been hearing that tablet computers--led by Apple's iPad--are hurting netbook sales in a big way. But are they really? It depends on whom you ask. For now, touchscreen tablets do appear to be luring consumers away from netbooks. In the long term, however, netbooks will likely hold their own in an increasingly fragmented mobile device market, particularly as computer makers address user complaints by enhancing netbooks with faster processors and new capabilities.
Micron will produce drives next year that combine error management techniques in the same NAND flash package, removing the overhead from host processors that typically contain error correction code.
ICSA Labs is seeking industry input as it creates test criteria for endpoint security products that will ultimately be used to certify whether the products are up to par.
Collaboration that reaches across Australian boarders is vital if the risks of cloud computing are to be reduced, the Minister for Privacy and Freedom of Information has said.
An Internet ring hawking counterfeit male-enhancement remedies, phony Rolexes and generic pills with false FDA approval has led the FBI to a Russian believed to be behind the Mega-D botnet.
Apple iOS and Google Android are the most desired mobile operating systems, with the iPhone especially popular among women and Android phones grabbing more men.
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