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YouTube has amped up its catalog of videos accessible by mobile phones around the world. Now users of more than 100 million devices can access tens of millions of YouTube videos on what YouTube is calling the "largest repository of mobile video content available." YouTube for Mobile, which is access...
Microsoft recently announced RFID enablement for its BizTalk Server software and numerous supporting RFID partner companies. These announcements and the use cases and solutions resulting from them reflect Aberdeen Group research, which shows that 62 percent of survey respondents now cite data integr...
One year after a proof-of-concept hack for pharming wireless routers hit the Internet, network security company Symantec issued a warning that more attacks are on the way. The new attack -- which targets wireless routers -- is similar to other pharming hacks in that it reroutes the domain name syste...
Information infrastructure solution provider EMC introduced the enterprise version of its Mozy online backup product Tuesday: MozyEnterprise, powered by EMC Fortress. "Our strategy is focused on bringing new Software as a Service offerings to market, powered by EMC," said Tom Heiser, senior vice pre...
"Do you remember where you were on Y2k?" Ask that of most IT professionals and you're almost sure to get a conversation started. While the non-IT crowd was off partying like it's 1999, many of us spent the new year in the office, on call or tied to our pager. Even those of us who weren't directly in...
Polymer Vision, a Philips spin-off, announced Tuesday the upcoming availability of a combination mobile phone and e-reader with a with a five-inch rollable display. Dubbed "Readius," the device provides users with the functionality of an e-reader in a highly mobile cell phone-sized package, the comp...
One year after Microsoft's Vista operating system came to market, the company announced a change to its end-user licensing agreement, now allowing users to run the Vista Home Basic and Home Premium editions in a virtual environment. The move is good news for consumers, who can run the OS on any mach...
As the television-watching world continues to suffer through re-runs and a new crop of hastily concocted reality shows, Hollywood screenwriters and producers continue their standoff. The writers say they deserve additional payments for their work. The producers say they can't afford to make those pa...
Broadband television provider Revision3 has launched "The Digg Reel," a show dedicated to user-generated content. Digg, a social networking Web site where users share and submit content, will take the top-rated user-submitted videos and produce a weekly show, which will be hosted by Jessica Corbin. ...
Dell has released a new M-Series blade solution, the M1000e, that boasts a new balance of performance, ease of use, and more efficient energy consumption -- not to mention environmentally friendly lead-free configurations. Dell says it designed the M1000e "from the ground up" using Dell Energy Smart...
Microsoft has opened up its usability specifications, the User Interface Automation, to the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance, a group formed to develop standards for making user interfaces more accessible to people with disabilities. The 2,600-page specification document, which was released r...
McAfee announced Monday a security suite that provides enterprise users with host data loss prevention, device management and endpoint encryption to ensure compliance and limit exposure to fines. McAfee Total Protection for Data, a solution for data loss and data leakage protection, has full visibil...
I kind of felt sorry for Steve Jobs last week because he got a raw deal. Folks seemed to be expecting an iPhone-like announcement and instead got nice improvements on existing products and a wonderful new laptop. I personally think the impact of the improvements to Apple TV and seemingly Apple-led m...
Step aside, boob tube. Online videos are becoming the primary form of media entertainment for many people. Web surfers spent about an hour more per month watching videos in November compared with January, according to the latest comScore Video Metrix. Specifically, they watched an average of 3.25 ho...
A new technology using silicon nanowires boosts the ability of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to store a charge by as much as a factor of 10, according to research conducted at Stanford University. The findings are published in the December 2007 issue of Nature Nanotechnology. The technology cou...