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Delhi International Airport Partners with IBM to Create a Smarter Air Terminal

By Guest PostDecember 16, 2010Technologyairlines, airport project development, backbone, delhi airport, delhi international airport, dial, i prabhakara rao, ibm india, infrastructure, intelligent cable management system, it, managed network infrastructure, mni, new delhi, passenger, sameer batra, terminal 3, world class

*Largest network infrastructure project of its kind in India to improve passenger satisfaction*

NEW DEHLI – 16 Dec 2010: Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) has partnered with IBM India to establish a common-use infrastructure in New Delhi’s Passenger Terminal Building 3 that will automate its operations and improve customer satisfaction to give the airport a competitive edge through quality service. The unified network solution integrates all of the communications across Terminal 3 and its facilities so that airport operations, airlines and other tenants can better share and exchange key information across their related operations to more efficiently deploy their resources and meet the growing demands of the India aviation market. (more…)

comScore Releases November 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostDecember 15, 2010Technologyamericans, aol, ask network, bing, bing organic results, Comscore, comscore qsearch, Google, google instant search, Microsoft, monthly, powered by, qsearch, search marketplace, sites, US, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, December 15, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in November with 66.2 percent of searches conducted.

The November 2010 qSearch figures represent the third month of results including the impact of Google Instant Search, a Google search feature that delivers results in real-time while users type their query. To learn more about how comScore is measuring search activity as users engage with Google Instant Search, please read our blog post on the subject: https://blog.comscore.com/2010/10/comscore_september_qsearch.html (more…)

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Named ‘Person of the Year’ by Time

By PravdaDecember 15, 2010Culture, Technologydefinitions of privacy, earth, editor, founder of facebook, harvard university, Mark Zuckerberg, MySpace, News Corp., person of the year, richard stengel, social networking site, sophomore, t-shirt-wearing head-of-state, third largest country, time magazine, Wall Street, zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook Inc., was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” today for “creating a new system of exchanging information” and “changing how we all live our lives.”

Zuckerberg, 26, began the world’s largest social-networking site in 2004. The service, with more than 500 million users, has helped people connect with each other and changed definitions of privacy, Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel said in a letter on the magazine’s website. (more…)

IBM’s “Watson” Computing System to Challenge All Time Greatest Jeopardy! Champions

By Guest PostDecember 14, 2010Technologyamerica, benchmark, brad rutter, computing system, david ferrucci, emmy awards, favorite quiz show, guinness book of world records, harry friedman, ibm, ibm founder, ibm power7, ibm scientists, jeopardy, ken jennings, million dollar masters tournament, sony pictures television, thomas j watson, thomas watson, tournament of champions, ultimate knowledge, ultimate tournament of champions, watson

*Competition Scheduled for February 2011*

ARMONK, N.Y. & CULVER CITY, Calif. – 14 Dec 2010: IBM and America’s Favorite Quiz show® Jeopardy! today announced that an IBM computing system named “Watson” will compete on Jeopardy! against the show’s two most successful and celebrated contestants — Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.

The first-ever man vs. machine Jeopardy! competition will air on February 14, 15 and 16, 2011, with two matches being played over three consecutive days. (more…)

19.2 Million Spanish Internet Users watched 2.9 Billion Online Videos in October 2010

By Guest PostDecember 14, 20101 commentTechnologybrand building budgets, internet population, online videos, spain, spanish internet users, youtube video

YouTube Leads Ranking with Nearly 3.3 Hours per Viewer During the Month

Madrid, Spain, December 14, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from its recently launched Spanish comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 2.9 billion videos were viewed online in Spain in October 2010. (more…)

IBM Helps Corpus Christi Build a Smarter City

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2010Technologycorpus christi, ibm business partner, ibm software, one call center, smarter city, working with ibm

Data analytics provides the city with actionable intelligence

ARMONK, N.Y. – 13 Dec 2010: IBM today announced that it is working with the city of Corpus Christi, Texas to continuously improve efficiency and sustainability for the city’s more than 280,000 residents. (more…)

New Kindle Exclusive: Bestselling Author Warren Adler Releases Five New E-Books Exclusively in the Kindle Store

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2010TechnologyAmazon, bestselling author, buy once, createspace, e books, empty treasures, flanagans dolls, kindle, kindle store, residue, russ grandinetti, the david embrace, the war of the roses, the womanizer, warren adler, whispersync technology

*New books by the author of “The War of the Roses” and “Random Hearts” available for Kindle and Kindle app customers in less than 60 seconds*

SEATTLE, Dec 13, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com today announced that bestselling author Warren Adler has made five e-books, none of which have been previously published in any format, available in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). These books, all of which draw from Adler’s skill as a novelist and his keen insight into the nature of intimate human relationships, will also be available in print editions through CreateSpace. All five books in the series – “The David Embrace,” “Flanagan’s Dolls,” “The Womanizer,” “Residue” and “Empty Treasures”–are available for sale today for $7.95 with the e-books exclusive to the Kindle Store for two years. (more…)

Amazon Extends Free Super Saver Shipping Cutoff

By Guest PostDecember 10, 2010TechnologyAmazon, amazon prime, apparel, christmas, customers, electronics, free super saver shipping, home, membership program, movies, music, one day shipping, sporting goods, toys

*Amazon Customers Now Have Until December 17 for Free Shipping on Millions of Items*

SEATTLE, Dec 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it has extended the ordering deadline for free shipping with guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas. Customers can place orders now through Dec. 17 with guaranteed delivery by Dec. 24, using FREE Super Saver Shipping*, available on millions of items across Electronics, Toys, Sporting Goods, Music, Movies, Apparel, Home and other stores at Amazon.

Amazon Prime** members can place orders up until 7 p.m. PST on Dec. 22 with guaranteed delivery by Dec. 24 using FREE Two-Day Shipping (cut-off time varies by item). (more…)

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