Call centres today are no longer just about answering telephone calls, said an IDC report released recently.
Microsoft today launched its long awaited Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, which is designed to converge the home entertainment centre into a single software program.
Microsoft is expected to show off later this month a new version of its Windows XP Media Center entertainment PC software.
The entertainment version of Windows XP only just debuted, but the tinkering has already begun.
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Like the engineers that sat down on day one with an empty blackboard and a mission to get man to the moon and back, building the NBN from the ground up is a daunting and complex opportunity that will present more than its share of challenges.
Spending time hanging out in Second Life has convinced me of one thing: very few real-world processes benefit from being replicated by a bunch of avatars -- and that goes doubly for storage.
If you're heading to the Beijing Olympics to cut deals, schmooze and booze, don't leave your laptop and mobile with your hosts for a second and watch your gadgets very, very carefully. Of course, it might cost you a deal because you're acting weird, but your data will be safe.
Welcome to San Francisco, California, for Oracle's takeover of a different sort of entity; a city.
At Telstra's launch of its ADSL2+ services, the telco trotted out celebrities left right and centre to get the press excited.
Windows chief Kevin Johnson has two huge tasks: Chase Google with Windows Live and get the operating system back on track.
ID management expert Phil Libin says critics knocking an upcoming government security program miss the point.
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala will be the distribution's eleventh release, and highlights include the addition of a new boot screen, an updated default theme, and the addition of the Ubuntu One service.
Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.
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Robot development takes center stage.
John O'Brien, CTO of Dataupia, explains how carbon footprints are calculated in the data center and discusses ways to tame these power-hungry machines.
At an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs discusses new software upgrades for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be used dozens of times.
The Palo Alto Research Center, a spinoff lab from Xerox, recently opened its doors to show off paper with disappearing ink, solar concentrators, and a way to purify water that was inspired by toner cartridges.
HP's Media Center PC is a great entertainment PC for displaying photos, watching movies and playing games at home.
Very impressive technology, with a strange double role, and a price tag that matches its massive size.
Although it's difficult to master, WebEx Meeting Center's slick conferencing tools are an effective alternative to face-to-face conferences.
The entertainment version of Windows XP only just debuted, but the tinkering has already begun.
The Toshiba Qosmio G30 is the most feature-rich home entertainment notebook we've seen to date, bar none.
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