Tuesday, January 11, 2005Qualte Changes Name To HostedSupport.comLos Angeles-based Qualte announced yesterday that it has renamed the company HostedSupport.com. HostedSupport provides online customer support applications that allow businesses to automate their online customer support. The company said that it changed its name to easily identify the company as a provider of hosted customer support solutions, and to align its name with its ezSupport and ezSupport Pro products. HostedSupport recently raised $3M in funding from PMC Global.
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MailersClub Inks Deal With KofaxLos Angeles-based MailersClub.com announced that it has inked a deal with Kofax to provide a private label version of MailersClub's direct mail service. Kofax will offer MailersClub's mailing list and printing services to its clients. The MailersClub service allows small and medium sized businesses, departments, and groups to easily develop and mail direct mail pieces such as postcards, letters, and self-mailers. Kofax will launch the Kofax-branded CoMailer web site in January to its 450 nation (More info...)
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Xamlon Ships Beta XAML ToolLa Jolla-based Xamlon released a new beta version of its tool for creating XAML-based applications today. Xamlon Pro Compact Edition beta 2 allows developers to build applications based on Microsoft's new XAML language, part of Microsoft's .NET suite of development software. Xamlon's tool enables development of applications on platforms such as Pocket PCs and smart phones. XAML is an XML-based format which allows developers to build applications without coding, and is expected to ship as a mains (More info...)
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SAIC Sells Content Analyst Product DivisionSan Diego-based SAIC has sold its Content Analyst Product Division to Content Analyst Company LLC, a new company in Reston, Va. The new company is being funded by a private investment group, which is focusing the new company on the commercial potential of Content Analysts's Latent Semantic Indexing technology and patents. SAIC has been offering its tools to federal customers, who use its software for analysis and categorization of unstructured text and data. The software increases the speed and (More info...)
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Disney Offers Mickey Mouse RingtonesNorth Hollywood-based Disney Mobile announced that it is now offering consumers a array of voice ringtones from popular Disney and Disney/Pixar characters. The new ringtones will be downloadable from major carriers nationwide for $2.50 per ringtone, and include voices from Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Buzz Lightyear, The Incredibles, Stitch, Woody, and other characters. Screensavers and music will also be included in the offering. Ringtones have bee (More info...)
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Telesat Buys TheSpaceConnectionSatellite operator Telesat has purchased North Hollywood-based TheSpaceConnection, a provider of satellite transmission services to the US television and cable network industry. Telesat is a satellite operations and systems management company that provides telecommunications and broadcasting services. Robert M. Patterson, founder of TheSpaceConnection will remain as President and CEO. TheSpaceConnection provides bandwidth to major television networks, and other companies that need to uplink and (More info...)
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Earthlink Taps X1 For Search ToolEarthlink has quietly unveiled a new real time email search tool that subscribers can download from its web site. According to a report by ZDNet, the new tool taps technology from Pasadena-based X1 Technologies, and allows users to search email and attachments instantly. X1 develops a desktop search engine which allows users to search for email and attachments, as well as local files, by typing in keywords. The company recently inked a deal with Yahoo to provide a desktop-based search tool, as r (More info...)
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McAfee Ships Google Hacking ToolMcAfee's Foundstone division has released an upgraded tool that uses Google to help companies find vulnerabilities in their corporate web sites. The SiteDigger 2.0 tool sends queries to Google to determine if the sites have unconfigured or exposed software, taking advantage of Google's search engine index. Recently, hackers and authors of worms and viruses have been using Google to locate vulnerable web sites, called "Google Hacking". The tool requires an free API license key from Google, and ru (More info...)
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Interview with Jim Moriarty, Founder and CEO of NotioraJim Moriarty is Founder and CEO of San Diego-based Notiora (www.notiora.com), a company developing solutions in the text indexing space. The company recently inked a deal with Singlefin to power a web filtering service. I talked with Jim to get a better idea of what Notiora is all about. BK: What is Notiora, and what is your text analytics technology about? JM: Notiora solutions transform unstructured text into actionable information, economically answering business-critical challenges in Supp (More info...)
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