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Seagate Technology on Monday took another step into the security arena with a new encrypted hard drive. The company plans to start shipping units to notebook manufacturers in early 2007 Seagate's goal is to simplify the security and management of private data stored on computing devices, including PCs, notebooks and mobile devices, by protecting da...
MySpace.com on Monday said it has licensed technology to block unauthorized copyrighted music audio recordings from being posted on its site Like YouTube and other social networking sites, MySpace is feeling the pressure from major record labels and Hollywood studios to stem the tide of copyright infringers. Social networkers often use songs or mov...
In the the wake of a lawsuit seeking to blameKFC for health problems, the leading fried chicken chain on Monday said it is converting all of its 5,500 restaurants in the United States to a zero grams trans fat cooking oil The new oil, a low linolenic soybean oil, will replace the partially hydrogenated soybean oil KFC currently uses. The transition...
Cingular will be the first carrier in the United States to offer Hewlett-Packard's new iPAQ handheld device, the companies announced Thursday. The phone features five wireless communications technologies including a global positioning system, or GPS HP's iPAQ hw6920 series Mobile Messenger was designed with business users in mind. Users can check c...
Controversial television commercials about the war in Iraq and stem cell research may be remembered long after the 2006 mid-term elections are over The debates began swirling over a Republican ad that used fear tactics to sway voters, but grew louder in the wake of a pro stem cell research campaign featuring actor Michael J. Fox, who suffers from P...
Blaming high churn rates and merger-related costs, Sprint-Nextel, the third-largest mobile phone operator, reported its fifth straight quarter of profit losses Net income from continuing operations declined to US$247 million, or 8 cents a share, from $363 million, or 12 cents, a year ago. Revenues were the bright spot for Sprint-Nextel. The combina...
Government officials have launched investigations into fraud cases that are costing electronic brokerages millions of dollars Two of the largest e-brokerages are reporting computer hacking incidents in which criminals apparently manipulated client accounts at TD Ameritrade and E-Trade Financial....
Customers looking to buy new PCs this holiday season can enjoy a special gift from Microsoft -- discounted or free copies of the Vista operating system and Microsoft Office 2007 productivity suite Microsoft on Tuesday announced programs to provide holiday shoppers with low-cost upgrades with the purchase of a new Windows Vista-capable personal comp...
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday presented opening arguments in federal district court in its longstanding challenge to an Internet censorship law that was signed by President Clinton in 1998 but has never been enforced At issue in the case known as "ACLU v. Gonzales" is the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which would impose crimina...
Google on Monday launched a new service that lets users customize its search engine The Google Custom Search Engine is aimed at bringing tailored search to Web sites and blogs. The new tool allows users to use the Google search platform to create a search engine focused on any content they like, from movies to sports to personal hobbies -- or anyth...
Despite the multiple millions of dollars being poured into its development, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is still not an eminent threat to old fashioned cable -- but it is edging closer to "prime-time" status Microsoft is billing its TV IPTV Edition as "better TV, not 'me too' TV." Nortel, Cisco and their various competitors are peddling IPT...
The once-controversialBitTorrent has inked deals with several hardware manufacturers to embed its software in consumer products BitTorrent makes a peer-to-peer digital content delivery platform known by the same name. The platform, along with others like it, has come under fire in the past for hosting pirated files. However, while some of its compe...
Google on Monday stepped into the political arena with its latest offering, the Google Earth Election Guide. The application mixes the company's Google Earth program with information about the U.S. congressional races coming up in November Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to allow searchers to access the ...
Internet start-ups seeking venture capital support may be in luck, as a second coming of sorts seems to be in full swing for Web-based technology firms, which enjoyed a seemingly endless supply of cash during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s In September alone, General Catalyst Partners invested US$12 million in QuickPlay Media, Benchmark Capital...
Sling Media on Tuesday announced a partnership with smartphone operating system developer Symbian to bring mobile TV to consumers Sling Media will deliver a version of its SlingPlayer Mobile software application for the Symbian OS in select European and Asian countries during the fourth quarter of this year. The companies plan to bring the service ...
With the launch of the PlayStation 3 game console less than one month away, Sony on Thursday revealed additional details on the device as well as which game titles will be available first for the next-generation machine Sony unveiled 22 titles for the PS3 that will be available when it launches on Nov. 11 in Japan and Nov. 17 in the United States.
Amid heavy speculation over possible copyright issues, major record labels are vying to profit from Google's acquisition of YouTube -- as allies Specifically, three of the world's largest music companies -- Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music and Warner Music Group -- quietly negotiated stakes in YouTube as part of video- and music-lice...
After years of waiting, consumers on Wednesday finally got the chance to download a new version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The software giant released Windows IE 7 for Windows XP, the latest version of the market-leading browser, with plenty of promises The browser comes with the pledge of greater security, Web site compatibility and ease of...
In a security industry battle that is heating up day by day, McAfee is alleging that Microsoft has failed to keep its end of a deal to cooperate with security software companies Microsoft promised the European Commission last week that it would alter its new Vista operating system to allow security software vendors to develop ancillary software. Mc...
Keynote Systems on Wednesday announced new indices tracking best-in-class e-commerce sites. The new indices track the speed and reliability from the end user perspective of 24 leading online retail sites across three categories: apparel, books and music, and electronics Conducted by Keynote Competitive Research, the industry analysis group of Keyno...
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