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There are some 31 million households in the United States without Internet access, and almost half them don't care a jot about it. Twenty-nine percent of U.S. households don't have Internet access and don't plan to get it in the next 12 months, according to a study released this week by Parks Associ...
President George Bush cited the observations of two Iraqi bloggers who have been making positive posts about the changing situation in Baghdad as evidence that U.S. activities there are finally having the intended effect. "Displaced families are returning home, marketplaces are seeing more activity,...
Microsoft unveiled a new mobile Web browser designed to make navigating the Internet on wireless devices as easy and clear as surfing on a PC. The new browser, dubbed Deepfish, is the latest entry in the growing mobile browser wars designed for delivering content such as Web pages to Windows Mobile ...
Intel on Wednesday laid out its road map for the next year or so, including details about Penryn, its 45nm chip due later this year, as well as the next generation beyond that. The company will begin producing its Penryn chip in the second half of this year, officials said, featuring enhancements to...
After ranking first in 2006, the United States has fallen to seventh place this year among 122 economies in its network readiness, or ability to leverage the opportunities of IT, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum. In its evaluation of each country's ability to take...
LG Electronics and Google are teaming up to offer the search giant's services on some of LG's mobile phones. The Korean electronics maker announced that it will ship select handsets preinstalled with Google products and services -- including Google Maps, Blogger Mobile and Gmail -- during the seco...
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the upcoming release of the long-rumored new version of the Xbox 360 gaming console, a system with beefed-up storage capacity, a high-definition port, a black case and more. The unit, called the "Xbox 360 Elite," will sell for about $480 and be in stores April 29, Mi...
In May, Yahoo will go to infinity and beyond. The world's largest free e-mail provider will give its 250 million or so users unlimited e-mail storage, up from its current offer of a single gigabyte. After the system is put in place, Yahoo inboxes will apparently be impossible to fill. The offer tru...
Silicon is the lifeblood of electronics today, but in the photonics world -- the world of lasers and fiber optic transport -- it has had to play second fiddle to more exotic substances like indium phosphide and gallium arsenide. Researchers, though, are working to change that orchestration and reap ...
Seattle-based start-up ZenZui, which is funded by Microsoft's technology research arm IP Ventures, has started licensing a new "zoomable user interface" aimed at improving Web access via mobile devices. When running on a mobile phone screen, ZenZui displays Web content as tiles, initially showing on...
Adobe launched its Creative Suite 3 line of products Tuesday. The six new integrated Web design and content creation software packages are the first to leverage tools and technologies the company gained with its $3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia in 2005. With its six all-news suites and 13 stan...
In the first month of its availability, Microsoft Vista sold more than 20 million licenses -- more than double the number of first-month sales of Windows XP. In January 2002, the company announced sales of Windows XP licenses had exceeded 17 million after two months on the market. The 20 million fig...
A coalition of major technology users and vendors organized by the SANS Institute announced Monday what it called a first-of-its-kind testing and certification program for software programmers. The new examinations are designed to enable reliable measurements of technical proficiency and expertise i...
Popular video games, such as Electronic Arts' "Madden NFL," have been viewed traditionally as an enemy rather than an ally in the educational process. After all, many educators have questioned: What good can possibly come from students sitting and banging away at gaming consoles for hours in an ofte...
A new security vulnerability in Windows could allow cybercriminals to hijack a user's machine and divert Web traffic through a malicious proxy server, Microsoft announced on Monday. Hackers can send e-mail messages linked to a malicious payload hosted on a remote Internet server, which could trick r...
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