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Newsletter December, 2008
Web 2.0 in 2008
In addition: The Future of Microsoft Is in the Clouds, Ten Years of Liberalized Telecommunications

Newsletter November 30, 2008
Logjams in the Spanish fiber optic network
In addition: Online Health Makes a Recovery Machines Getting Hooked on Handhelds

Newsletter November 15, 2008
The role of innovation in the compensation of American executive leaders
In addition: Internet Explorer 8 to Allow Anonymous Browsing, Blu-ray's Hard-Fought Victory

Newsletter October 30, 2008
The Future of On-site Trade Shows
In addition: Promises and Risks of Cloud Computing, The Successful Emergence of Minicomputers

Newsletter October 15, 2008
Economic Crisis Pushes Outsourcing to New Heights
In addition: ICT Savings Today, Lost Competitiveness Tomorrow, Lifestreaming is Making Inroads

Newsletter September 30, 2008
Google and the Temptations of Maturity
In addition: New Restructuring of a Tech Giant, Creating Social Networks Will No Longer Be a Luxury

Newsletter September 15, 2008
Hiring: How to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff
In addition: Google Continues its Rearmament for Controlling the Web, HSPA Mobile Technology Reaches 50 Million Users

Newsletter July 30, 2008
PDF on the Road to Open Code
In addition:  Industrial Spies Get Most out of Digital Technology, Social Networks Also Pose Risks for Companies 

Newsletter July 15, 2008
A Practical International View of Information Technologies
Special Business and Information Technologies (BIT) Conference
Barcelona, 12 and 13 July, 2008

Newsletter June 30, 2008
Paying for Incoming Cell-Phone Calls? Yes, please
In addition: As Mobility Booms, Big Guns Take Their Stances and Worldwide Growth in Number of PCs and Internet access

Newsletter June 15, 2008
iPhone 3G takes a step backwards to pick up steam
In addition: Tech Firms Top the Most Valuable Brands List and The need for broadband technology is more evident everyday

Newsletter May 15, 2008
The landing of the iPhone in Spain is certain but it’s success is not guaranteed
In addition: Changes in Software Market Will Affect Windows and 3 Million Electronic ID Cards Issued in Spain Boosting Digital Signature Market

Newsletter April 30, 2008
Companies: There is no Future Without the Environment
In addition: Changes in Software Market Will Affect Windows and China: Number One in Cell Phones and Net Users

Newsletter April 15, 2008
Corporate blogs must maintain their credibility
In addition: Cell Phones Conquer the Airways and More Malicious Code than Yesterday but Less than Tomorrow

Newsletter March 31, 2008
Fact and Fiction About IS Offshoring
In addition: Mobility Solutions Forging New Communication Pathways and The Rise of Serious Videogames

Newsletter March 14, 2008
Internet Explorer and Firefox Staying Alive
In addition: Ecology as a Business Opportunity and Reducing the Environmetal Impact of ICTs

Newsletter February 29, 2008
Microsoft and the Opening of its Source Code: True Interoperability on the Horizon?
In addition: Investment in Technology is Increasing at a Lower Growth Rate and Layoffs at Numerous Tech Firms

Newsletter February 15, 2008
Future of Yahoo! at Stake
In addition: Google and Apple Carrying the Baton for Mobile Internet Despite Not Attending the Concert

Newsletter December, 2007
Facebook Launches Social Ads
In addition: A New Opportunity for e-Books and e-Commerce to Take Off this Holiday Season.

Newsletter November, 2007
Radiohead Revolutionizes the Music Industry
In addition: General-Interest Technology Fairs and Union Battle of IBM Italia in Second Life.

Newsletter October, 2007
Yahoo! Innovates with "Hack Day"
In addition: Companies Looking at TouTube and The Onset of the Wiki Phenomenon.

Newsletter September, 2007
Apple Readies for Euro Mobile Conquest
In addition: content is king, European Internet TV and Wi-Fi is threatening operators

Newsletter July 31, 2007
The Television Channel for the User
In addition: Africa Remains Practically Unconnected andWeb 2.0 Fosters Innovation.

Newsletter July 15, 2007
Berries and Chinese Culture
In addition: Microsoft Embraces Online Apps and Small-Scale Offshoring Takes Off. 

Newsletter June 30, 2007
iPhone: Software and Data Reactivate the Mobile Phone Market
In addition: Twitter Sparks off the Microblog Craze and Advertising in Exchange for Free Mobile Services.

Newsletter June 15, 2007
Google and Salesforce.com, a Friendship to Compete With Microsoft
In addition: Industry Looking to Improve PC Energy Efficiency and Blogs and Social Networks are the New Hub for Job Recruiting.

Newsletter May 31, 2007
Mobilizing the GPS
In addition: Google: The New Big Brother? and Price War Among Mobile Operators.

Newsletter May 15, 2007
Clues for Facing the Challenge of the Corporate Web 2.0
In addition: Multisourcing: Unhindered Outsourcing and Consumers as Ad Wizards. 

Newsletter April 30, 2007
Google Consolidates its Dominance of Online Advertising
In addition: Offensive on the Mobile Internet Front and  Joost: A New Way to Watch Television.

Newsletter April 15, 2007
Voice Recognition the Next Weapon in the Battle of the Search Engines
In addition: Does the Blogosphere Need Regulation? and Companies and Institutions in Fight Against Digital Divide. 

Newsletter March 31, 2007
Taking on Business Innovation
Special issue on VI ebCenter Event.

Newsletter March 15, 2007
Seeking an alternative to DRM
In addition: Wikis Reach Search Engines and Human Eye Possible Replacement for Mouse.

Newsletter February 28, 2007
Wii, PS3 and Xbox: The Game Has Only Just Begun
In addition: The Patent War and Try It and if You Like It, Buy It.

Newsletter February 15, 2007
Second Life: A Virtual World Lying Beyond Technology
In addition: New Value-Added Services for Mobile Devices Featured at 2007 3GSM and Sharing Advertising Profits with Consumers.

Newsletter January 30, 2007
The Growing Necessity of Personnel Recruiting Software
In addition: Companies Seek Profitability in Online Video and CES 07: Electronics Take Over the Room.

Newsletter January 15, 2007
Special Newsletter "This Year's Trends"

Newsletter December 15, 2006
Challenges of Delocalization
In addition: Spain’s CMT hopes new mobile phone operators will drive down prices and Fraud may delay growth of contextual advertising.

Newsletter November 30, 2006
Prerequisites for Financial Information in Real Time
In addition: The Three-Way Battle of the Consoles and Business and Technology to Strengthen Ties in 2007.

Newsletter November 15, 2006
Microsoft Gives in to the Reality of Open-Source Software
In addition: Microsoft, Spanish Government Come to the Aid of SIMO and Marketing Via Bluetooth Knocks on Spanish Advertisers’ Doors.

Newsletter October 31, 2006
The Long Tail Helps Digital Video Libraries
In addition: War on Web Browsers Resumes and Emerging Markets: New Market Niche for the Mobile Telephone.

Newsletter October 15, 2006
Google Acquires YouTube to Pull Back Ahead of Microsoft and Yahoo!
In addition: Wibree: Substitute for Bluetooth? and Wozniak Rewrites Apple’s History.

Newsletter September 30, 2006
Faulty Laptop Batteries: Playing with Fire?
In addition: Online Video Looking to Make Money and Web 2.0 Breathes new Life Into IT job Market.

Newsletter September 15, 2006
If you Can't Beat Them, Join Them
In addition: Advertising Plays Advergaming and Google Pushing Online Office Applications.

Newsletter July 30, 2006
Are you on Vacation? Unplug From Technology
In addition: Crowdsourcing: Using Anonymous Talent and New Step Taken Toward Interoperability in Instant Messaging.

Newsletter July 15, 2006
Compatibility of Business and Technology Decisions
Special issue on the V e-business Event.

Newsletter June 30, 2006
Nokia Siemens Networks: Saving on Innovation Could Prove Costly
In addition: Mobility and Specialization: Keys to the Evolution of Social Networks.

Newsletter June 15, 2006
Towards the Creation of the “Dell World”
In addition: iTunes Propietary Software Stumbles in Europe and World Cup Battle Taking Place on the Web.

Newsletter May 31, 2006
Guaranteeing Net Neutrality Through Innovative Alternatives
In addition: Equipment Versus the Digital Divide and Entertainment, Technology and Natural Disasters Dominate the Blogosphere.

Newsletter May 15, 2006
Will Your Friends’ Friends Be Friends With Microsoft?
In addition: Web 2.0: Users Decide, VoIP Goes Mobile and Branding Entertainment to Boost Online Auctioning.

Newsletter April 30, 2006
Apple: Innovate or Die
In addition: Merger Fever Shakes Up Telco Companies, Microsoft Attempts to Gain Ground on Google in Specialize Searches and Consumers and Authors Rebel Against the Digital Tax.

Newsletter March 31, 2006
France vs. Apple: When the State Does Not Know the Market
In addition: Windows Vista: Security More Important than Release Date, Java Platform Making Strong Push and CIM Designed to Compensate for CRM Deficiencies.

Newsletter March 15, 2006
Google, May I Help You? Online Advertising Speaking
In addition: The Birth of IET, Europe's Answer to MIT, AOL and Yahoo! Announce Paid Certified Email Service and AT&T Acquires BellSouth.

Newsletter February 28, 2006
Mobile Telephony on Supermarket Shelves
In addition: Mobile Television Takes off  in 3GSM, Quaero, the European “Résistance” and Google Winning the Battle of the Toolbars.

Newsletter February 15, 2006
Blackberry: Innovation vs. Patents?
In addition: Homeshoring: Outsourcing into the Home, Travelling Without a (Paper) Ticket and Over and Out: Walkie-talkies in Mobile Phones.

Newsletter January 31, 2006
Ready for the Launch of Mobile Applications?
Special issue on 1st Conference on Corporate Mobility

Newsletter January 15, 2006
Google Enters the TV Business
In addition: The (yet Undecided) new Standard for DVD, Star of CES 2006, The Threat of Viruses Stalks Mobile Phones and Is Internet Content Reliable.

Newsletter December 31, 2005
Christmas Special: Topics of the Year
Voice Over IP, 3G Telephony and Mobile Applications, Digital Television, Internet-Based Applications, Games and Multimedia Devices and Content: The Audience Decides What, How and When.

Newsletter December 15, 2005
Xbox 360: Microsoft Gets its Foot in the Door of Digital Home
In addition: Click-to-Call: the Telephone Operator Stages a Comeback - on the Web, Xbox 360 and iPod Top the Gift List this Christmas and Virtual Shareholder Meetings now one Step Closer.

Newsletter November 30, 2005
Google "Measures Up" the Web Sites
In addition: 'Podvertising': Advertising Comes to 'Podcasts', Who Dominates the Internet Domains? and SIMO 2005: Fair of Great Absences.

Newsletter November 15, 2005
Telefónica Takes a Deep Breath Before Attacking the European Market
In addition: Windows hangs from the Net, digitalizing universal knowledge and AOL admits to having flirted with the big fish of the Internet.

Newsletter October 31, 2005
Operators: A Revamp or Death
In addition: India above and beyond software, video comes to the iPod, and television to mobile phones.

Newsletter October 15, 2005
Windows Slips into the Palm
In addition: eDonkey yields, Google Office's bluff and the DVD war

Newsletter September 30, 2005
eBay Makes for the IP Cake
In addition: Microsoft puts the house in order, Google WIFI, and online payment with coupons.

Newsletter September 15, 2005
iTunes on the Line
In addition: Katrina on the Net, Wi-Fi travels, and the PSP lands on Europe.

Newsletter August, 2005
Europe to Control Telecommunications
In addition: France Télécom buys Auna, publicity at the blink of an eye, and in search of eight minutes of uniterrupted work.

Newsletter July 31, 2005
Telefónica Takes a Stake on China Netcom
In addition: mobile tones as an excuse, Europe rejects patents, and the fight for digital home cinema.

Newsletter July 15, 2005
Telecommunications Companies Tune Into Television via the Internet
In addition: fraud in 40 million credit cards, forget your password, and the culture of innovation.

Newsletter June 30, 2005
Apple Switches to Intel
In addition: the succulent market of digital printing, audio books speak up, and Asia continues its conquest of the West.

Newsletter June 15, 2005
Vodafone Commits Itself to Simplicity
In addition: the video game star system, global cross-cultural trainig and Google as you like it.

Newsletter May 31, 2005
IBM Reorganizes
In addition: TV series on the mobile phone, virtual mobile operators and Google Accelerator.

Newsletter May 15, 2005
IT Decision Making Principles
Special issue on the IV e-business Encounter

Newsletter April 30, 2005
Adobe´s Macro-Acquisition
In addition: waiting for the electronic identity card, to regulate or not to regulate the VoIP and wearable computing.

Newsletter April 15, 2005
Sony Faces Obstacles in the Videogames Race
In addition: pharming, digital television and the ‘Information Era’ Pope.

Newsletter March 15, 2005
The Operators Under Scrutiny
In addition: The American Way comes to European research, online banking finally out of the red and  pay-per-click fraud.

Newsletter February 28, 2005
HP Changes Course
In addition: electronic referendum failure, About the New York Times and podcasting.

Newsletter February 15, 2005
The Open Source Movement Reactivates the Debate on Patents
In addition: the return of the "stupid" computers, libérez la musique! and security, another hurdle for VoIP.

Newsletter January 31, 2005
WiMAX: Fast, But not So Fast
In addition: legal downloads increased tenfold in 2004, in war for video searches in the Internet, SBC weighing up the acquisition of AT&T and technology at the World Economic Forum.

Newsletter January 15, 2005
Technology, Key to the Emerging Economies
In addition: the Net ten years from now, ‘mini’ in fashion, the hidden history of the Internet, the yellow arrow community and CRM dossier.

Newsletter December 31, 04
The Chinese Dragon Bites Into the PC Market
In addition: IT use by countries, Christmas online shopping, wave of acquisitions in the technology sector, 2005 trends and B2B dossier.

Newsletter December 15, 04
The European Telecommunications Enterprises are Coming Back to Life
In addition: more investment in information security, the expansion of online radio, the DVD war, audiovisual Google and P2P television.

Newsletter November 30, 04
Digital Videos Are on the Rise
In addition: IS in the Spanish Micro-Enterprise, squandering in IT, takeover bid for Auna, 4G mobiles and advertising in messenger.

Newsletter November 15, 04
The Electronic Vote Gets the Support of the Majority
In addition: outsourcing is not just saving money, the technological prodigy of China, the digital home, P2P calling, and computer do it yourself.

Newsletter October 31, 04
Microsoft and Apple, Two Opposing Strategies to Manage Digital Rights
In addition: Internet in the retina, the gamer generation, the threat of spit and Google´s PC search engine.

Newsletter October 15, 04
The Big Outsourcing Contracts Under the Microscope
In addition: use and abuse of the Internet by employees, the decline of analogue photography and new online social networks.

Newsletter September 30, 04
The Giants in a Fight for the Internet Search Engines
In addition: more chats and fewer P2P in Spanish homes, the Sims are back, electronic vote and the new version of Firefox.

Newsletter September 15, 04
Telephone Companies Make Their Debut in Television via the Internet
In addition: the White Paper on the Spanish innovation system, the virtual video club, free books and a woman at the helm of MIT.

Newsletter July 31, 04
Leisure Time is on the Move
In addition: the "Internet momentum", Wi-Max, Internet Explorer loses market share and "Nerds", the musical about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

Newsletter July 15, 04
Basel II Imposes Technological Changes on Banks
In addition: good money for Spanish IT professionals, "phishing", dialogue between machines and consumer electronics´ boom in the digital age.

Newsletter June 30, 04
iTunes Tunes Into Europe
In addition: mobile phones gain ground on fixed line calls, the secret flirt between SAP and Microsoft, `malware´ and Cabir, the first virus to attack mobiles

Newsletter June 15, 04
3G Telephony, will it be Third Time Lucky?
In addition: e-business by sectors, Sony abandons PDA market, social computing and `event´ movies.

Newsletter May 31, 04
Online Games change Screens
In addition: ICT and productivity, nearshore vs. offshore, software patents and Carr´s return.

Newsletter May 15, 04
Google brings Back the Smile to the Technology Floor
In addition: "e-readiness" rankings, Sasser, ICT in the enlarged Europe and how to implement Linux at your company

Newsletter April, 04
eBay bids for China
In addition: Spain loses competitiveness in the European Union, P2P, Internet telephony and Gmail

Newsletter March 30, 04
Europe fines Microsoft
In addition: senior citizens and the Internet, Spanish publicity online market and spim

Newsletter March 16, 04
IT does matter
Special issue on the 3rd e-business Meeting

Newsletter February 29, 04
A Wireless Phone Giant is born, paid for in Cash
In addition: the recovery of European IT market, Internet and phone services through the electricity network and the death of software

Newsletter February 15, 04
Comcast Launches a Takeover Bid for Disney
In addition: Spanish companies ICT outsourcing, hounded by new technologies and more investment in electronic R+D

Newsletter January 30, 04
RFID, the Susbtitute for Bar Codes, is Coming
In addition: the hated cell phone, everybody against spam, Tim Berners-Lee and IPv6

Newsletter January 16, 04
IT Services Offshore Draws Criticism
In addition: levies on digital media, wikis, twenty year old Macintosh and online games

Newsletter November 11, 03  (PDF, 29 Kb)
Sony fires 20,000 employees
In addition: Spain fails in Internet penetration, the innovator dilemma, online free calling service and prescribers

Newsletter October 27, 03  (PDF, 33 Kb)
Microsoft and Vodafone bring web services to mobile phones
In addition: ITC at the European Union Candidates, the 4th. generation of mobile phones and Typosquatting

Newsletter October 6, 03  (PDF, 39 Kb)
Kodak Goes Digital
In addition: Search engines, B2B in Spanish SMEs, technological leisure and online content spending

Newsletter September 25, 03  (PDF, 37 Kb)
The Sale of the Time Warner Label Reopens the War for the Top Music Companies
In addition: Trust in e-commerce, the use of  ICT in SMEs and netnography

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