In China, Google grapples with Gmail domain dispute

28 February 2007

In China, Google grapples with Gmail domain disputeCNET News.com, CA - Feb 26, 2007

Google, fighting to consolidate its trademark globally, faces an obstacle in the world's second largest Web market--China's www.gmail.cn, which is refusing to sell its Internet address to the U.S. giant.
A legal source told Reuters on Monday that Google was trying to buy the Internet domain name www.gmail.cn, which is run by Beijing-based ISM Technologies.

RPT-Gmail domain dispute looms for Google in ChinaReuters - Feb 26, 2007

Google Inc., fighting to consolidate its trademark globally, faces an obstacle in the world's second largest Web market -- China's www.Gmail.cn, which is refusing to sell its Internet address to the U.S. giant.


Feature List for Upcoming Firefox 3.0 BrowserPC World - 5 hours ago

Mozilla's open-source browser update is likely to contain a host of new features, including offline support for Web applications and new bookmark and search features.

When Firefox 3.0 is released later this year, the open-source browser is likely to contain a host of new features, including offline support for Web applications and new bookmark and search features. Mozilla released the second alpha version of Firefox 3.0 earlier this month.


Firefox 3.0 opens door to Web apps, Mozilla saysComputerworld Australia, Australia - 3 hours ago

Think the new built-in phishing filters in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 will protect your private data? Think again. The number of sites devoted to phishing skyrocketed last year, and the number of Americans taken in by phishing schemes has nearly doubled. In November 2006, the last month for which data is available, the Anti-Phishing Working Group found 37,439 new sites, up an astounding 709 percent from the 4630 sites in November of 2005. (Click on the "Image Enlargement" icon above to see the chart showing this trend.)

Dell to Linux users: Not so fastInfoWorld, CA - Feb 27, 2007

Despite obvious support for the idea last week from thousands of visitors on its new customer suggestion Web site, IdeaStorm, the company said it's not yet building machines with Linux pre-loaded for the consumer and business markets.
Dell's Not Ready To Go Mainstream With Business LinuxInformationWeek, NY - 7 hours ago

Dell is warming up to the idea of reintroducing Linux desktops and notebooks, but for now the computer maker plans to remain on the sidelines and wait until there's a clear winner among the various distributions of the open source operating system.

Two vendors bridge cellular and Wi-Fi netsComputerworld, MA - Feb 26, 2007

Two vendors are separately releasing products that let enterprise networks do something even the carrier networks aren't yet doing: bridge the gap between corporate wireless LANs and cellular nets.

Both Siemens Communications and startup DiVitas Networks can switch voice calls between cellular and Wi-Fi nets, without dropping the call. The goal in both cases is keep enterprise users tied into corporate VOIP services -- both fixed and mobile -- and data services, and let users both make and take calls over either wireless net.

Options widen for fixed-mobile convergenceiT News, Australia - Feb 25, 2007

The decision now for most businesses is whether to support fixed-mobile networking on their own or wait for telecom carriers to upgrade their networks..

It's been a big month for fixed-mobile convergence--the integration of wireline and wireless networks. The decision now for most businesses is whether to support converged networking on their own or wait for telecom carriers to upgrade their networks. Both approaches have their drawbacks.