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Taiwanese computer maker Acer announced a voluntary recall of 27,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries Wednesday. The batteries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said, may overheat and pose a potential fire hazard to consumers. "Acer advises customers to stop using these recalled batteries imm...
Microsoft has released the first publicly available beta of its next-generation Windows server operating system, code-named "Longhorn." Longhorn Beta 3, the first feature-complete version of the product, builds on Windows Server 2003 by addressing the automation of daily management tasks, enhanced s...
Industry analysts report that the mobile enterprise application market reached $1.2 billion in 2005 and is forecast to grow to $3.5 billion in 2010. Other industry studies predict that at least 40 percent the workforce will be mobile in 2007. "Integrating mobility into an enterprise is a proven way ...
MySpace and TV producer Mark Burnett announced Friday that they are working on a new reality TV show focused on finding the next great American politician. The new, interactive series, called "Independent," will use online, offline and on-air tactics to find the politician viewers feel best represen...
Advanced networking consortium Internet2 announced on Tuesday that an international team of researchers led by the University of Tokyo have set two new Internet2 Land Speed Records. The achievement came over the course of two days during which university researchers added the new records to the eigh...
A European team of astronomers has discovered what may be the most Earth-like planet outside of our solar system, potentially capable of having liquid water and extraterrestrial life. The planet, Gliese 581 c, named after the red dwarf star Gliese 581 that it orbits every 13 days, is about 20.5 ligh...
Research in Motion has created a new smartphone for world travelers, a unit capable of operating on both CDMA and GSM wireless networks. The new BlackBerry 8830 World Edition will first be offered to Verizon Wireless customers then open to Sprint users. Also being offered is a new Global BlackBerry...
Lord of the Rings fans now have the opportunity to cast themselves as their favorite Hobbit, Elf, Dwarf or Man. Game software makers Turbine and Midway announced Tuesday the release of "The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar." The game is the first massively-multiplayer online game based on...
We're all inundated with information every day, and we all have our strategies for dealing with that flood. A common tactic adopted by many of us is making lists. The problem with lists, though, is that they can be misplaced. That problem prompted two serial entrepreneurs, Joe Bergeron and Josh Wein...
The data drip is here. Computer security experts are worried that corporate data leaking from networks onto small mobile storage devices will worsen into a flood of stolen customer and company information. Over half of all information leaks travel to personal data storage devices such as USB drives,...
A pair of NASA spacecraft have recorded the first 3-D images of the sun, giving scientists and space weather experts a much-improved ability to monitor and predict solar storms that can disrupt communications satellites, interfere with widely-used GPS systems, and knock out electrical power grids. T...
In 2006, the U.S. high-tech sector employed 5.8 million people -- up by 146,600, or 3 percent -- according to a widely watched report on the subject from AeA, a nationwide nonprofit trade association. Not since the dot-com heyday in 2000 has the U.S. tech job environment looked so inviting, accordin...
Martin Carmichael, the chief security officer for security software developer McAfee, is responsible for IT security, forensics, risk management, physical security, IT security engineering, and compliance with regulatory controls. He also serves as the chief privacy officer for McAfee. His more than...
Gadget geeks engaged in the digital equivalent of reading chicken entrails to determine which high-def format the market will ultimately embrace received mixed signals from the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps on Monday, which were promptly rebutted by the opposition. First came the news that 70 percent of ...
Time Warner Cable has struck a deal with WiFi provider Fon that will let its home-based broadband customers turn their Internet connections into public wireless hotspots. The move is somewhat evolutionary for American service providers who have traditionally shied away from permitting customers from...
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