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Competitions and Contests / Re: Do u want to get 10000000 ad impressions for FREE ! in 16 seconds only
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Technology Computer Security and Internet top news / Sun Microsystems Announces Plans to Reduce Work Force
August 11, 2007, 12:59:31 PM
Sun Microsystems revealed another planned round of job cuts looms on the horizon
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing completed earlier in the week, Sun Microsystems plans to make job cuts while undergoing a restructuring plan. The company will spend from $100 million up to $150 million over the next few quarters while eliminating more jobs.
The company already cut around 3,700 positions with layoffs and attrition after Jonathan Schwartz took over as CEO -- a number smaller than expected by analysts at the time. Sun still employs almost 34,000 people worldwide.
It is unknown how many positions Sun will cut sometime before the next fiscal year ends. William Shope, an analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities, estimates Sun will cut as many as 2,000 jobs this time around. Shope's estimates mean Sun will be cutting around 6 percent of the company's total workforce.
"While we are encouraged by today's announcement, we await signs of more aggressive actions," said Shope. "The magnitude of today's announcement is somewhat smaller than we would have hoped," he added.
The SEC filing also indicates Sun plans to eliminate one board position -- leaving 10 board members. Board member Naomi Seligman resigned sometime last week, Sun said in a statement.
Source from: dailytech
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing completed earlier in the week, Sun Microsystems plans to make job cuts while undergoing a restructuring plan. The company will spend from $100 million up to $150 million over the next few quarters while eliminating more jobs.
The company already cut around 3,700 positions with layoffs and attrition after Jonathan Schwartz took over as CEO -- a number smaller than expected by analysts at the time. Sun still employs almost 34,000 people worldwide.
It is unknown how many positions Sun will cut sometime before the next fiscal year ends. William Shope, an analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities, estimates Sun will cut as many as 2,000 jobs this time around. Shope's estimates mean Sun will be cutting around 6 percent of the company's total workforce.
"While we are encouraged by today's announcement, we await signs of more aggressive actions," said Shope. "The magnitude of today's announcement is somewhat smaller than we would have hoped," he added.
The SEC filing also indicates Sun plans to eliminate one board position -- leaving 10 board members. Board member Naomi Seligman resigned sometime last week, Sun said in a statement.
Source from: dailytech
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Technology Computer Security and Internet top news / Microsoft rolls out SP1 for Windows Vista and SP3 for Windows XP
August 11, 2007, 12:53:27 PM
Microsoft rolls out SP1 for Windows Vista and SP3 for Windows XP
Microsoft is hard at work on Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista. Microsoft's latest consumer operating system launched in November and is expected to be used by over 200 million people before the end of 2007.
As is the case with any operating system, Vista is far from perfect. There have been issues with ReadyBoost, copying/moving large files, resuming from sleep/hibernate and Blu-ray playback on numerous systems.
Microsoft addressed a number of these problems in late July through the release of the "938979 Vista Performance and Reliability Pack" and "938194 Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack." The software packs were originally issued only to Vista beta testers, but are now available to the general public.
Those fixes along with a host of other updates are expected to make their way into SP1. A private beta of SP1 was issued in early July and testers have been pinging ZDNET's Mary Jo Foley regarding the latest builds. According to Foley, each tester that contacted her had a different build number.
"My first guess was the secrecy-obsessed Windows Vista team might be providing different testers with different build numbers in order to trace leaks," said Foley.
This move isn't too surprising considering that the folks at Microsoft weren't too happy with Foley's report on the SP1 beta.
According to AeroXperience, the latest build of SP1 sent to testers was labeled 6001.16549. In addition, WinBeta claims to have screenshots of SP1 which was distributed via an ISO -- 3.07GB for the 32-bit version and 4.3GB for the 64-bit version.
In addition to the SP1 information, AeroXperience also reports that Windows XP SP3 was released to testers (Build 5.1.2600.3180). The download weighs in at 350MB and supposedly fixes over 900 issues with the operating system.
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August 11, 2007, 12:14:09 PM #6
Technology Computer Security and Internet top news / Google Key to Latest iTunes Challenge
August 11, 2007, 10:51:02 AM
Add gBox Inc. to the growing list of online music services hoping to chip away at iTunes's dominance.
The Cupertino, Calif., startup was forced out of a stealth mode when Universal Music Group announced late Thursday it would test sales of some digital music without the customary copy-protection technology.
Under the program, gBox will get referrals through ads Universal will buy through search leader Google Inc., gBox Chief Executive Tammy Artim said Friday.
Google will get standard advertising fees rather than a cut of sales under the arrangement. The ads, which would appear when a Google user searches for specific terms such as the name of an artist, will direct the user to gBox.
The arrangement with Universal and gBox is separate from Google's music search service, which directs users to online music stores when they search for specific albums or artists. The company says it does not get paid for such referrals, and it does not restrict links to a single retailer.
Google, which has said it has no plans to create a music store of its own, described the new arrangement as strictly an advertising relationship.
Songs at gBox cost 99 cents each. For the Universal songs that are part of the test, gBox will offer an MP3 version free of copy-protection technology known as digital-rights management, or DRM. A DRM-enabled version will be available at the same price.
DRM technology is designed to block or set limits on copying and CD burning.
Although DRM can help stem illegal copying, it can also frustrate consumers by limiting the type of device or number of computers on which they can listen.
Copy-protected songs sold through Apple's market-leading iTunes store generally won't play on devices other than its popular iPod digital player, and iPods won't play DRM-enabled songs bought at rival music stores, including gBox.
Although many independent music labels have for years sold their tunes without copy restrictions, the major recording companies have resisted.
Earlier this year, Britain's EMI Group PLC became the first of the major labels to embrace DRM-free tunes, letting Apple sell versions of songs with higher audio quality and without any built-in copying hurdles.
The test by Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, while only encompassing a portion of its catalog, is significant because Universal is the world's largest recording company. That raises the prospect that other major labels could follow.
Universal Music will make DRM-free songs available Aug. 21 to Jan. 31. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. and RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody are among the other retailers selling such tracks, but only gBox will get Universal's Google referrals.
Although gBox won't formally launch until Aug. 21, it already has a site with music from Sony Corp. and independent labels. Artim said the company has negotiated deals with other labels, but could not disclose them until the launch.
She also said gBox was working with other major labels to sell DRM-free tracks like Universal's, but such talks are ongoing.
GBox now works only with Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser on Windows-based computers, but Firefox support will come by the launch date, Artim said.
It won't be compatible with Apple's Macintosh computers, however. Even though DRM-free tracks can play on any computer, the DRM versions won't, and gBox didn't want to confuse customers, Artim said.
GBox also is developing a ''wish list'' feature _ software code that users can place on their blogs or social-networking profiles at News Corp.'s MySpace, Facebook and other sites. Friends visiting the blog or profile can buy a song for that user through gBox.
In relying on referrals through Google and social-networking sites, gBox is taking a different approach to marketing. Other retailers tend to drive music buyers to the store's home page to discover new songs and make purchases there.
''Instead of doing marketing and (advertising on) billboards on Highway 101 to go to gBox,'' Artim said, ''we want to take advantage of the viral element that has been so successful for companies in the past.''
Source from: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
The Cupertino, Calif., startup was forced out of a stealth mode when Universal Music Group announced late Thursday it would test sales of some digital music without the customary copy-protection technology.
Under the program, gBox will get referrals through ads Universal will buy through search leader Google Inc., gBox Chief Executive Tammy Artim said Friday.
Google will get standard advertising fees rather than a cut of sales under the arrangement. The ads, which would appear when a Google user searches for specific terms such as the name of an artist, will direct the user to gBox.
The arrangement with Universal and gBox is separate from Google's music search service, which directs users to online music stores when they search for specific albums or artists. The company says it does not get paid for such referrals, and it does not restrict links to a single retailer.
Google, which has said it has no plans to create a music store of its own, described the new arrangement as strictly an advertising relationship.
Songs at gBox cost 99 cents each. For the Universal songs that are part of the test, gBox will offer an MP3 version free of copy-protection technology known as digital-rights management, or DRM. A DRM-enabled version will be available at the same price.
DRM technology is designed to block or set limits on copying and CD burning.
Although DRM can help stem illegal copying, it can also frustrate consumers by limiting the type of device or number of computers on which they can listen.
Copy-protected songs sold through Apple's market-leading iTunes store generally won't play on devices other than its popular iPod digital player, and iPods won't play DRM-enabled songs bought at rival music stores, including gBox.
Although many independent music labels have for years sold their tunes without copy restrictions, the major recording companies have resisted.
Earlier this year, Britain's EMI Group PLC became the first of the major labels to embrace DRM-free tunes, letting Apple sell versions of songs with higher audio quality and without any built-in copying hurdles.
The test by Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, while only encompassing a portion of its catalog, is significant because Universal is the world's largest recording company. That raises the prospect that other major labels could follow.
Universal Music will make DRM-free songs available Aug. 21 to Jan. 31. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. and RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody are among the other retailers selling such tracks, but only gBox will get Universal's Google referrals.
Although gBox won't formally launch until Aug. 21, it already has a site with music from Sony Corp. and independent labels. Artim said the company has negotiated deals with other labels, but could not disclose them until the launch.
She also said gBox was working with other major labels to sell DRM-free tracks like Universal's, but such talks are ongoing.
GBox now works only with Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser on Windows-based computers, but Firefox support will come by the launch date, Artim said.
It won't be compatible with Apple's Macintosh computers, however. Even though DRM-free tracks can play on any computer, the DRM versions won't, and gBox didn't want to confuse customers, Artim said.
GBox also is developing a ''wish list'' feature _ software code that users can place on their blogs or social-networking profiles at News Corp.'s MySpace, Facebook and other sites. Friends visiting the blog or profile can buy a song for that user through gBox.
In relying on referrals through Google and social-networking sites, gBox is taking a different approach to marketing. Other retailers tend to drive music buyers to the store's home page to discover new songs and make purchases there.
''Instead of doing marketing and (advertising on) billboards on Highway 101 to go to gBox,'' Artim said, ''we want to take advantage of the viral element that has been so successful for companies in the past.''
Source from: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
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Arrivals and Departure Lounge (Introduce Your Self) / Hi this is karthikeyan
July 31, 2007, 01:57:29 AM
Hi this is karthikeyan 
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