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Carbon Trading Online, Part 1: Eco-Aware Commerce

The concept is still fairly new and may take some time to catch on, said Laura DiDio, principal of Information Tech Intelligence Corp "I don't think the market has really coalesced around this," DiDio told the E-Commerce Times. "I don't think a trend is going. It's still very ...

Does a Vista By Any Other Name Smell as Rank?

Vista has an unearned reputation as a bad piece of software, and this marketing strategy could help change the minds of consumers, according to Laura DiDio, a Yankee Group research fellow "It's clever. And they are correct in saying there's been a lot of bad publicity out ther...

British Agency Shifts Microsoft Antitrust Complaint to EC

Even though it may not be investigating the Becta complaint directly, interoperability is something the European Commission has placed high value on in the past, noted Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio Allowing other software vendors to make products compatible with the server ...

Sun’s JavaFX: Smart Move or Too Much Caffeine?

With Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight among its competitors, Sun's JavaFX will face challenges, Laura DiDio, an analyst with Yankee Group, told LinuxInsider "Sun has always brought very credible technology to the table, but they are going up against Adobe, which is esta...

Yahoo, McAfee Team to Guide Searchers Through Web Minefield

"Certainly, these deals with security [agencies] are going to become more and more commonplace," Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times. "Anything that helps customers out where you have two companies partnering to offer alerts to potentially dangerous Web sites is a good thing."

Court Hits AOL, Yahoo, Real With Staggering Music Royalties Tab

The decision comes at a bad time for at least two of the companies, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times "For Yahoo, it's not a catastrophe, but the timing of this is not insignificant, when they're also at least assuming the position that they're trying ...

Linux on the Desktop: Is the Market Too Tough?

Linux is doing "extremely well" at the foundation level with its server operating systems, Laura DiDio, an analyst with Yankee Group, told LinuxInsider. "It has matured and really come of age, it is reliable, and it offers great performance," she said On the desktop, however, ...

Microsoft’s Silverlight Gaining Ground – and DRM

It seems "very believable" that Silverlight could triple its market share in the upcoming months, but "I don't see Flash just fading away," Laura DiDio, an analyst with Yankee Group, told the E-Commerce Times Adobe's Flash has been around for many years and has many loyal user...

SCO’s Plan to Rise From the Ashes Flickers Out

IBM promptly counter-sued, subpoenaing everyone involved on SCO's side -- Baystar Capital, which had invested $50 million in SCO in October of 2003; Deutsche Bank, whose analyst Brian Skiba issued a "buy" recommendation on SCO stock the same month; and the Yankee Group, whose analyst Laura DiDio had advised corporate customers using Linux that they should take SCO's claims seriously...

Driver Issues, Blue Screens Prompt Barrage of SP1 Gripes

In some ways, Vista has received a bad rap, said Laura Didio, a research fellow at Yankee Group, who recently upgraded to Vista SP1 "Software is an inexact art more than a science still," she noted....

White House Hands Tech Entrepreneur Cybersecurity Reins

The appointment is peculiar, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times. "My first thought is: Why are they even talking about this? They created this by a classified presidential order in January, and now they're announcing the appointment? To me, when they do this, they've blown it."

SIIA Lobs Lawsuits at Alleged eBay Pirates

Those risks have grown in recent years, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times, as software pirates use the enticement of low-priced brand-name software to get users to self-load malware on to their own computers "People use the Internet, especially eBay, t...

The Never-Ending Struggle for Malware Containment

"It depends," Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld With an increasingly mobile workforce, many people have an office computer in their homes, as well as a laptop and perhaps a BlackBerry. Under such circumstances, she noted, it's possible to keep malware at bay ...

Reports: EU to Remove Last Barrier to Google-DoubleClick Merger

If the reports are true, the EU is essentially agreeing with the FTC that the deal will not harm competition -- that the two companies deal in different markets and that the Web advertising marketplace will still have plenty of room for competition, Yankee Group Senior Analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times...

Microsoft Loosens Fist With New, Open IE8

The new browser will allow the development community to create add-ons, drivers and utilities, while also ensuring that older hardware -- such as printers -- will continue to work with the new software, Laura DiDio, an analyst with Yankee Group, told TechNewsWorld "Backwards c...

Judge OKs Class Action Over ‘Vista Capable’ Marketing

"This doesn't surprise me," Laura DiDio, a Yankee Group analyst, told the E-Commerce Times. "The issues with Vista incompatibility have been very well documented and publicized. People have been complaining about it very loudly, so I'm not surprised the judge would allow this to go forward."

Microsoft Loosens Its Grip on Proprietary Tech

Microsoft has made moves toward interoperability in the past, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider. For instance, in 2006, it struck an agreement with Novell to enable Microsoft products to work with that company's open source offerings "The European Union defini...

Getting Ready for Yahoo? Microsoft Reshuffles Execs in Key Areas

Microsoft may be laying the groundwork for using a vastly expanded online unit to improve and expand its delivery of productivity applications and other software over the Web, said Yankee Group Research Fellow Laura DiDio While Windows Live has had some success, Google has dem...

Microsoft to Move Into Harvard’s Neighborhood

Working with tech-savvy students at MIT and Harvard won't hurt the company's recruitment efforts, either, Laura DiDio, a research fellow with Yankee Group, told TechNewsWorld "Massachusetts is so university-heavy, within striking distance of some prestigious institutions," DiD...

Judge Raps Microsoft’s Knuckles With Oversight Extension

"She was very pointed in saying, 'We're not sanctioning Microsoft,'" noted Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio. "It's just because they were delayed on filing technical documents. So in that sense, it's a very pragmatic procedural move on her part. It satisfies all the conventions by doing it. She's being pragmatic but not oppressive."

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