Sigma Systems is joining the upcoming "Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies: Meeting the Satellite & Telco TV Challenge," a one-day conference co-hosted by Light Reading and its market research division, Heavy Reading.

Light Reading’s Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies conference takes place July 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. For additional information on the conference

How many of us get home from work and throw the keys down, never to find them again? Proporta has come up with a state-of-the-art technology to prevent this from happening again.

The Proporta Keyring with SIM Card Holder and Anti-Loss System is a must-have for anyone who regularly suffers from "I swear I left them on the table" syndrome.

Sybase’s annual user conference will be held Aug. 4 – 8 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. This is the 10th Annual Sybase User Training and Solutions Conference. TechWave brings together IT professionals from around the world.

Oh boy! Here we go again. Another senior government official has had his BlackBerry stolen by another foreign intelligence agency. But this time, it’s not an American official. According to the U.K.’s The Sunday Times a senior aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had his BlackBerry stolen by Chinese intelligence agents while on a trip to China.

Read this OutlookPower article.

According to Ian White there are an alarming number of ‘beta’ versions of software in the web 2.0 world that are really only marketing come-ons. True betas normally come with structured testing and feedback requirements.

Details of how to copy the Oyster cards used on London’s transport network can be published, a Dutch judge has ruled. In June 2008 Dutch researchers demonstrated how to copy the cards and travel free on the London Underground.

Defense lawyers are now requesting clients to take down their MySpace pages. Failure to do so has given prosecutors additional evidence, including photos posted on MySpace, to help them win convictions.

A startup company, Vysr, is offering a free add-on tool that lets you access services from sites without having to actually visit them.

Called RoamAbout, the add-on is available for Internet Explorer and Firefox. Once downloaded, it appears as a collapsible toolbar at the bottom right corner of the screen, with icons for services such as YouTube, Wikipedia, Map Quest and Flickr.

The P2P Next project has created a beta version of software that can stream video across a file-sharing network. They are currently seeking testers for the technology that may help TV migrate to the net.

New Bamboo, the Web Development Specialist, warns against limiting web changes during development. By taking a rigid and inflexible approach to web projects, businesses risk delivering online products or services that do not meet requirements.

Top five myths of web development include:

1. By limiting web changes you will save money

2. By involving more stakeholders you slow down the development time

3. More flexibility means less control

4. A detailed specification up front will limit project failure

5. Web projects are always late and over budget