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Whither lies the true "doorway" to the Web 2.0 world? The search for this golden portal into the future Web has launched a mega-billion-dollar corporate competitive scramble with no complete solution in sight -- yet. Portals come in three basic varieties: horizontal portals like Google and Yahoo, ve...
Adobe Systems on Monday released Adobe Integrated Runtime, a software tool that allows users to seamlessly interact with interactive content even when they aren't connected to the Internet. Adobe Air's runtime environment allows developers with access to API kits from companies to create customized ...
San Jose, Calif., startup MetaRAM has launched new technology it says can quadruple the memory capacity of servers and workstations. The DDR2 MetaSDRAM technology boosts performance and at the same time decreases the cost of high-performance systems, the company said. Founded by former AMD Chief Tec...
Imagine what you'd get if you crossed Gumby with a smartphone, and you've got some idea of what a new, nanotech handset from Nokia could be like. The new Morph, which was jointly developed by the Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge in England, is a bendable, flexible and stretchabl...
For a couple of hours on Sunday, access to YouTube worldwide was cut, the result of the Pakistani government's banning YouTube in the country. Access to YouTube elsewhere was restored after two hours or so, but the question on everyone's minds is, can this happen again? Reports say the Pakistan Tele...
Last week, HP turned in a financial report that seemed to provide a strong counterpoint to the view that the world was heading into a recession, or at least that tech was going to be sacrificed to that recession. However, this took me back to IBM and what stopped its turnaround in the '90s and wheth...
A new study suggests that dynamic memory on computers stores encrypted, secure data longer than originally thought. The research project -- conducted by eight researchers from Princeton University, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Wind River Systems -- focused on retrieving encrypted data from...
Ten teams from around the world have signed up to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to to the moon with a $30 million purse. The basic rules are simple: Teams will compete to be the first to land a privately funded robotic craft on the moon, have it tool around on the surface for ...
Wii enthusiasts across the U.S. -- and I count myself among them -- are rejoicing over Nintendo's latest announcement: Wii Fit is on its way. The new program, which comes with the weight-and-motion-sensing Wii Balance Board, launches May 19. Nintendo officially announced Wii Fit last summer, and it ...
This week marked the anniversary of the announcement that the satellite radio firms Sirius and XM plan to merge, yet so far the companies have not been allowed to consummate the marriage. That's because regulators are standing in the way, backed by well-heeled Washington lobbyists out to prove that ...
Cisco is going green, and now the information technology networking giant is helping cities turn green, too. At the center of the effort is the Connected Urban Development Global Conference in San Francisco this week, where Cisco Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers in a keynote addres...
High-tech rumors sometimes amount to little more than hot air, but a new one circulating about Google doesn't involve hot air -- it involves hydrogen. That's hydrogen-filled balloons, to be exact, and it appears to be more than a rumor. Google is considering partnering with or even buying a company ...
Just as Microsoft began grappling with a glitch in the installation of a file required for its Vista Service Pack 1 download, another Vista SP1 hiccup has bubbled up. The company has confirmed that some applications may experience "a loss of functionality when they run on a Windows Vista Service Pac...
Microsoft will soon launch its Xbox Live Community Arcade service, which will allow anyone to create -- and distribute -- console games for the Xbox system. The move, announced at the Game Developers Conference, opens the doors for aspiring game creators to compete with big-name studios. To particip...
As myriad game makers displayed their wares at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, 10 leading companies in the industry announced on Tuesday that they have teamed up to form a new alliance. The nonprofit PC Gaming Alliance aims to unite hardware and software creators, game developers, p...
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