20041224_research

A Terabyte of space for your email, tom’s hardware guide, 22 Dec 2004

“Email inboxes are not just about sending, receiving and storing emails anymore. The California-based iTrade Group believes that email could become the single most important place to store every single piece of digital data. The increasingly popular email provider offers every Internet user a free email account with one Terabyte (TByte) of space. Last September, the iTrade Group, based in Irvine, California, announced free 100 GByte accounts and recently increased the space to 1 TByte under its domain hriders.com.�

Full story at http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20041222_131746.html


Airtel signs strategic deal with MSN India, India Infoline, 23 Dec 2004

“Airtel, India's leading cellular mobile service, on Thursday forged a strategic mobile alliance with MSN India, a leading online service featuring more than 360mn users worldwide, and Mobile 365 (newly merged Mobileway-InphoMatch), the global leader of mobile messaging services. Under the agreement, Airtel customers will now be able to access their MSN Hotmail accounts via two-way short message service (SMS), as well as send and receive messages using MSN Messenger via their Airtel mobile phone."

Full story at http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/news.asp?dat=51130


Half of UK's mobiles 'go online', BBC News, 23 Dec 2004

“Multimedia mobile phones are finally showing signs of taking off, with more Britons using them to go online. Figures from industry monitor, the Mobile Data Association (MDA), show the number of phones with GPRS and MMS technology has doubled since last year. By the end of 2005, the MDA predicts that 75% of all mobiles in the UK will be able to access the net via GPRS.�

Full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4120333.stm


Chinese firms lead technology plays, South China Morning Post, 24 Dec 2004

“Google may have grabbed the headlines, but it was Chinese companies that led the recovery of technology share offers in the United States this year. The two best-performing initial public offerings in the US hail from China: online game operator Shanda Interactive Entertainment and employment portal 51Job. Each has soared more than 250 per cent since listing on the Nasdaq earlier this year. Chinese tech companies and their venture capital backers hope investor enthusiasm for mainland IPOs will continue. On Wednesday, Beijing-based Watchdata Technologies filed for a US$100 million offer, to be led by JP Morgan�

Full story at http://technology.scmp.com/techmain/ZZZINSDQB1E.html


Opera releases new talking Web browser, Cnet News.com, 23 Dec 2004

“Opera Software released a test version of a major update to its Web browser software Thursday, intensifying its efforts, along with open-source rival Firefox, to cut into Microsoft's market share. The new, as-yet-unnamed software adds stronger support for RSS (Really Simple Syndication)--a technology widely used for automatic access to blogs and other material--and technology that allows users to navigate through voice commands and have Web pages read to them.�

Full story at http://news.com.com/Opera+releases+new+talking+Web+browser/2100-1032_3-5502431.html?part=rss&tag=5502431&subj=news.1032.20


To airmen, from the Air Force: New IM tool, Cnet News.com , 23 Dec 2004

“The Air Force has launched an instant messaging service for enlisted people stationed abroad to communicate with their families and loved ones. The new program, called "Friends and Family Instant Messenger," will let airmen chat with anybody with an Internet connection. It was launched earlier this week. Airmen must first send an invitation to family members and friends--limited to five--to register on the Air Force's Web portal to begin chatting. The service is a departure from the military body's former policy of keeping instant messaging for internal use only.�

Full story at
http://news.com.com/IM+lets+soldiers+connect+to+home+for+holidays/2100-1032_3-5501553.html?part=rss&tag=5501553&subj=news.1032.20


MailFrontier Named Among Best Anti-Spam Solutions by Network World Magazine, MailFrontier, 22 Dec 2004

“MailFrontier™, a pioneer in email security and leading provider of anti-spam and anti-phishing solutions, today announced that MailFrontier Gateway™ Server, Enterprise Edition was named as a "favorite" anti-spam software solution in Network World's review of more than 35 anti-spam products in the magazine's December 20 issue.�

Full story at http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/041222/078160.html