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As Windows computers get long in the tooth, they require special attention to keep running at an optimal level. Hard disks and registries need to be cleaned and defragmented. Settings need to be tweaked All those things can be done manually, or individual programs can be obtained to make the tasks less of a chore, but there's something to be said f...
Microsoft is like the earth. When it moves, people notice Among the Redmond, Wash., softzilla's recent maneuvers are its purchase of Massive Inc., of New York City, and its imminent -- if The Wall Street Journal is to be believed -- acquisition of Third Screen Media, of Boston....
Digital convergence -- the marrying of computer, communications and entertainment technologies -- is driving mergers and acquisitions among technology companies, according to a report released Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) The report, part of a series of surveys being conducted by the accounting and consulting firm with leaders of technol...
Being branded illegal by federal government authorities hasn't stunted the growth of online gambling, which will become a US$20 billion worldwide industry by 2009, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Gaming Association, the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying arm of the commercial casino entertainment industry "Despite the officia...
Small may be snazzy when it comes to gadgets, but for displays, bigger is better, especially when it comes to digital cameras. Those two-inch LCDs that used to be considered spacious now seem like postage stamps compared to the three- and 3.5-inch murals adorning the latest gallery of byte shootersentering the market Just because a camera has a lar...
It used to be called digital radio before the marketers decided to exploit the high definition craze in broadcasting and recast it as HD Radio, but whatever it's called, it could be just the weapon airwave floggers need to fend off a growing threat for their audience from satellite radio Satellite radio has gained more than nine million paying subs...
Consumers may have priceless photo, music and video files on their computers these days, but they continue to ignore safeguarding them by backing them up on scheduled basis According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive and sponsored by storage notable Maxtor, of Milpitas Calif., nearly half of all adult computer users in the United States a...
More and more mortgage shoppers are going online to find loans, but when it's time to seal the deal, most prefer to take their business offline, according to a study scheduled to be released Tuesday by Forrester Research and Compete Inc., both based in Boston Over the past two years, consumers researching mortgages online have increased 17 percent,...
If retail marketers are going to capture the loyalty of the next generation of spenders, they're going to have to get hip to the new Web, according to a report from Forrester Research "The 73 million people under the age of 18 in the U.S. represent one thing to marketers and sellers: the next generation of spenders," wrote Forrester analyst Carrie ...
Provisions in a proposed international treaty that civil liberties groups, developing nations and technology organizations claim will threaten the free flow of information on the Internet have been sidetracked by the pact's writers in Geneva The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Right...
A bill before Congress to revamp how franchises are awarded for delivering television to communities will save consumers US$22 million a day, a panel of telecommunication experts said Wednesday at a press conference in Washington, D.C "Twenty-two million dollars a day," declared panel member Robert Johnson, president of Consumers for Cable Choice....
Apple computer users have long been immune from the Internet nasties that infect users of Microsoft Windows PCs, but that's beginning to change, according to a report released Monday by the SANS Institute The institute said in a statement that in light of recent attacks on Apple's Safari browser, SANS experts agree that Apple's operating system, OS...
Some 97 percent of Web surfers are just a click away from infecting their computers with adware and spyware, according to anti-malware software maker McAfee, of Santa Clara, Calif McAfee came to that conclusion after analyzing 14,464 responses to a spyware quiz taken by consumers at its SiteAdvisor Web site....
For heavy duty imaging work on a PC, there are some very powerful programs on the market. My application of choice is Corel Paint Shop Pro, primarily because I've been using it for years and have become comfortable with its interface That's not to say its competitors -- like Ulead PhotoImpact and Adobe Photoshop Elements -- aren't excellent program...
A coalition of both right- and left-wing groups called on Congress Monday to "save" the Internet by requiring network neutrality through law "Whenever you see people on the far left and far right joining together about something Congress is getting ready to do, it's been my experience that what Congress is getting ready to do is basically un-Americ...
Popularity may be a menace as well as a benefit for the open source software movement, according to an analyst at Forrester Research in Boston, Mass In a report titled "Vendors Refine Their Open Source Strategies/The Risk of Subverting Open Source Freedoms Mounts," Senior Analyst Michael Goulde cautions the open source community about the corruptin...
A malware-for-sale ring used to distribute customized copies of a data-pilfering Trojan has been cracked by two computersecurity firms ...
The global bandwidth glut that resulted when the telecom bubble burst in the late 1990s finally appears to be abating Signs of the glut's demise are evident in the industry, according to TeleGeography Research in Washington, D.C. "Following several rough years, the global bandwidth market is showing signs of improved health: supply equilibrium, pri...
There's a good reason why Hewlett-Packard notebook computers have become so popular with consumers. They give you a lot for your money Consider HP's latest media center locomotive, the dv8000....
If there's one software category that program makers never tire of taking a crack at it's registry cleaners As many Microsoft Windows users know, the registry is a database of all the settings on a PC. It's one of the most crucial components of the operating system, and it's always a mess....
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