Movable Type Moves Toward the Social
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Blogging pioneer Six Apart is souping up its Movable Type publishing platform, with plans to release a new version tomorrow that will include a slate of social networking features such as profiles and discussion forums.
As part of the forthcoming iteration of the Movable Type line, version 4.2, Six Apart plans to introduce what it’s calling Movable Type Pro, which will contain the social networking elements.
Six Apart promises that Movable Type 4.2 offers simpler design templates and noticeably faster performance than previous iterations. Many of the social features that come standard with the Pro version had been available either as plug-ins or through Six Apart’s premium enterprise edition.
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Dell’s Sweeping Notebook Revamp Targets Business
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Source: Dell
SAN FRANCISCO — Dell today introduced four new lines of Latitude and Precision notebook computers aimed at a wide variety of business users, featuring advancements in power management and security.
Seven new notebook designs made their debut in all, ranging from the 12.1-inch, 2.2-pound Latitude E4200 to the high-end, 15.4-inch Latitude E6500 — all showing off improvements signaling that Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) wants to steal even more of the limelight for its business-class notebooks.
To date, the company has sold more units than its competitors, but the standard for excellence in laptops has always been the IBM (now Lenovo) ThinkPad.
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The Future of VMware
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Much has been made of the recent CEO change at VMware, but what does it really tell us about the future of the company? Yes, the consensus is that former CEO Diane Greene clashed with the leadership of EMC (NYSE: EMC). Yes, new CEO Paul Maritz has a solid leadership pedigree and an insider’s knowledge of the workings of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Yes, 2008 is a year of ramped-up competition in the virtualization space. But what does all of that mean when it comes to the direction of VMware? “VMware’s (NYSE: VMW) portfolio is exclusively virtualization, with no divestiture, and the hypervisor is being commoditized,” said Richard Jones, vice president and service director, datacenter strategies, Burton Group. (Read the full post about ‘The Future of VMware’…)
Intel ‘Comfortable’ Despite Economic Uncertainty
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Intel, the world’s biggest computer chipmaker, is comfortable with its forecast for revenue in the current third quarter in spite of the continued macroeconomic woes, its CFO said on Tuesday.
Asked if he was OK with Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) forecast for third-quarter revenue of $10.0 to $10.6 billion, CFO Stacy Smith told Reuters: “Of course I’m still comfortable with it. It’s still my forecast.”
Analysts currently expect the company to have third-quarter revenue of $10.3 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.
“It’s a very uncertain macro environment,” Smith said in an interview.
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Chip Stocks Overshadowed by Credit Woes
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Good news from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and AMD (NYSE: AMD) couldn’t overcome another drubbing in the financial sector on Tuesday.
Intel edged higher after saying its quarter remains on track, and AMD gained 2 percent after releasing a new graphics card.
The news helped the chip sector (PHI: SOX) finish with its seventh straight gain, but the rest of the market got slammed by concerns about the health of JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and UBS (NYSE: UBS).
Chip investors will try again on Wednesday, as nVidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) both gained after the close despite posting mixed quarterly results.
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Inflation, Credit Crunch Hit e-Commerce
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
E-commerce spending has grown at a brisk pace for the last several years, outpacing offline retail growth by leaps and bounds. That pattern is still holding, but the tough times are beginning to catch up with online retailers, according to several analysts tracking the e-commerce economy. A quick glance at the numbers from comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) confirms the trend. From 2002 through 2007, e-commerce spending on nontravel items had posted annual increases between 21 percent and 26 percent. Spending so far in 2008 is up just 12 percent. “We’re facing some realities here that are very problematic,” said comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni in a presentation last week on the e-commerce economy. (Read the full post about ‘Inflation, Credit Crunch Hit e-Commerce’…)
Content? Content. Content!
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Content. This buzzword in the SEO space has grown to astronomical levels. As I speak with companies on a regular basis, they constantly tell me that they’ve been advised to write new and unique content by the boatload — no matter the Web site or space they’re in.
It’s time we review the advantages of content, and where it may be applicable. Let’s look at a few sites that will either need heavy amounts of content or little to no content.
These sites need content:
- Affiliate sites, which typically add little to no value by simply copying from others.
Facebook and Hi5 Lead Global Growth Among Social Networks
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Facebook and Hi5 Lead Global Growth Among Social Networks comScore has released data showing explosive growth rates for social networking sites Facebook and Hi5 globally, with 153% and 100% respectively. With worldwide social networking growth rates at 25%, that certainly is a big piece of the pie. Facebook’s biggest percentage growth came in Latin America, at a whopping 1055%. Meanwhile, Facebook added the most members in Europe, at 27 million newbies. This should come as welcome news to Microsoft, who recently announced a search partnership with the social network and owns a 1.6% stake in the company. (Read the full post about ‘Facebook and Hi5 Lead Global Growth Among Social Networks’…)
GIPS Technology to Voice-Enable iPhone Apps
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Global IP Solutions yesterday announced it has adapted its highly successful VoiceEngine Mobile technology used in Skype and other Internet-based VoIP services for Apple’s second-generation iPhone. The VoiceEngine technology will help developers of iPhone applications easily add high-quality, real-time VoIP communications to a variety of application types. “The VoiceEngine takes a lot of the hard-to-manage components of VoIP processing—the transmission and unpacking and wraps it up in one easy-to-implement package for our customers,” Dovid Coplon, GIPS’ director of product management told Enterprise VoIPplanet. (Read the full post about ‘GIPS Technology to Voice-Enable iPhone Apps’…)
Google Opens Up Cryptography Toolkit, KeyCzar
Autor admin | 12.08.2008 | Category SEO
Google Opens Up Cryptography Toolkit, KeyCzar
Google has released its cryptography toolkit, KeyCzar, into open source. They hope the move aids developers in conducting the difficult task of providing solid security on their web sites.
“Cryptography is notoriously hard to get right and if improperly used, can create serious security holes.
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