Friday - January 28, 2011 The move to adopt cloud technologies by federal agencies has opened up IT opportunities for many vendors. As momentum builds within these agencies to explore the cloud, support is coming from other quarters, and as federal cloud conversions unfold, it appears that multiple vendors are getting a piece of the action. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/71744.html eCommerce Times

Thursday - January 27, 2011 Wouldn't it be great if customers who had questions about your products could get the answer from other customers? Wouldn't it be wonderful if customers brainstormed on ways you could improve your service processes? Wouldn't it be tremendous if you could see trends in service needs and adjust your processes to meet them earlier and more effectively? http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Become-a-Social-Service-Revolutionary-Today-71732.html eCommerce Times

Wednesday - February 9, 2011 The law about Internet sales taxes has been treated like the law regarding mail order purchases -- remember those days, before the Internet? No sales taxes were due for mail order purchases unless the seller had a presence in the state where the transaction occurred. However, a single online purchase today can involve activities in several different states -- it's not always clear where the sales event occurs. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/71823.html?wlc=1297305478 eCommerce Times

Tuesday - February 8, 2011 Events in Cairo are also rattling windows far away from the Middle East. In Washington, D.C., co-authors of the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, which would allow a sitting U.S. president to shut down the Internet if it came under attack, called a press conference to insist the legislation was in no way similar to the actions of the Mubarak government. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/ecommerce/71809.html eCommerce Times

Monday - March 14, 2011 A new study shows that Gmail users are more likely to be young, thin, career-minded men, while Yahoo! is more typically home to overweight, older women http://theweek.com/article/index/213138/gmailers-skinnier-and-smartier-than-yahoo-users The Week

Thursday - March 17, 2011 The New York Times has said it will start charging North American users for some of its online content. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12777469 BBC News

Tuesday - March 15, 2011 Smartphones are getting pretty clever these days but it is unlikely they will outwit the cybercriminals as fraudsters increasingly go mobile. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12710763 BBC News

Thursday - March 17, 2011 The sudden drop in activity of a major spam producer was the result of a larges co-ordinated attack on spammers, it has emerged. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12772319 BBC News

Friday - March 18, 2011 Internet overseer Icann has given final approval to the creation of an internet domain dedicated to pornography. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12793606 BBC News

Thursday - March 17, 2011 The Japanese yen has hit its strongest level against the US dollar since the end of World War II. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12768098 BBC News

Friday - March 18, 2011 The US central bank has notified some of the country's 19 largest banks that they have passed the latest round of stress tests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12790695 BBC News

Friday - March 18, 2011 Cloud computing is taking off on a massive scale, so what should companies look out for as they move their information technology into the cloud? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12779201 BBC News

Sunday - March 20, 2011 Wowzers! AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stocks. The combined customer base of this upcoming behemoth will be 130 million humans, though the agreed deal will have to pass the usual regulatory and closing hurdles before becoming complete. The two companies estimate it'll take them 12 months to get through all the bureaucracy -- if they get through, the proposed network merger will create a de facto GSM monopoly within the United States -- but we don't have to wait that long to start discussing life with only three major US carriers. AT&T envisions it as a rosy garden of "straightforward synergies" thanks to a set of "complementary network technologies, spectrum positions and operations." http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/20/atandt-agrees-to-buy-t-mobile-from-deutsche-telekom/ engadget

Monday March 21, 2011 March 21 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc., set to become the biggest U.S. mobile-phone carrier with its $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA, got a $20 billion one-year unsecured bridge term loan to help finance the acquisition, according to a regulatory filing http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-21/at-t-gets-20-billion-bridge-loan-to-support-t-mobile-purchase.html Bloomberg Businessweek

Wednesday April 13, 2011 The web giant invests $168 million in a clean energy plant in California. Why is the tech behemoth making such an aggressive bet on solar? http://theweek.com/article/index/214178/google-and-the-worlds-largest-solar-power-plant The Week

Monday April 18, 2011 A Pennsylvania dad sues Apple after his young daughters racked up hundreds of dollars in charges buying "Zombie Toxin" on his iPhone http://theweek.com/article/index/214372/parents-vs-apple-the-zombie-cafe-lawsuit The Week

Thursday April 21, 2011 Kindle users will soon be able to borrow e-books from libraries across the country. What does that mean for the e-book and tablet industries? http://theweek.com/article/index/214506/the-huge-deal-between-libraries-and-amazons-kindle The Week

Wednesday April 20, 2011 That idea led him to co-found Daytum.com, which makes software to help people tabulate whatever they do and turn it into a chart — a visual depiction of everything from blood sugar levels to how much beer they drink. Mr. Felton said he had even seen a woman use the service to track her irrational fears. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/technology/personaltech NewYork Times

Friday April 22, 2011 I'm not sure that social networking technology -- particularly in the form that vendors are currently presenting it -- offers the best approach for improving business collaboration. Many of these vendors are asking corporations to make significant investments in applications that do little more than mimic Facebook. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Is-Social-Business-Collaboration-Just-an-Expensive-Fad-72317.html eCommerce Times

Monday April 18, 2011 Maintaining content in only one language is a sure way to plateau business in a marketplace that is increasingly global. However, simply translating your English-language copy is not enough to capture international markets. Effective ISEO requires careful strategy, seasoned translators, cultural and technological awareness, and integration with sales and marketing strategies. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72289.html eCommerce Times