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In the 2005 movie "The World's Fastest Indian," actor Anthony Hopkins is blindingly propelled across the Bonneville Salt Flats on an old Indian motorcycle. Don't be surprised if we soon see TV ads bySeagate Technology featuring a Sir Anthony look-alike piloting a piece of computer hardware In announcing its new Savvio 15K hard drive on Tuesday, Sea...
Fierce price competition in the computer chip sector caused market leader Intel to see far lower profits in the fourth quarter, even though sales were up strongly Intel said Wednesday that revenue for the quarter was US$9.7 billion, 5 percent below the same quarter a year ago but up 11 percent from the third quarter....
SAP has introduced the next version of its mid marketing application, All-in-One. In this version, mySAP ERP 2005 has been used as the platform allowing for better implementation and integration of the CRM and SOA tools, Doug Merritt, executive vice president and general manager for suite optimization, told CRM Buyer Other enhancements include a ne...
More job seekers than ever descended on employment Web sites during the first week of the new year, according to an online competitive intelligence service Visits to electronic emporiums for employment climbed 31 percent during the week of January 6 compared to the same period a year ago, Hitwise reported last week....
Chances are that one or more of your consumer products uses the Linux operating system. In order to find out, you'll have to look at the fine print. Manufacturers do not openly advertise with labels announcing "Linux Inside." Linux has steadily become the operating system of choice by manufacturers of toys, video and telephone equipment, along with...
Economics teaches that the market for some goods and services are "natural" monopolies Take telephone service, for example. A telephone service is only really valuable if any person with a phone can be connected to any other person with a phone. For this reason, the market will "naturally" coalesce around a single, monopoly provider unless the gove...
When your company name is already synonymous with "search the Internet," it's safe to say you're king of that realm. Further proof that Google tops the heap of search engines came Tuesday, as comScore Networks reported the company increased its share of the U.S. Web search pie by 0.4 percent last month The increase means Google enjoyed a 47.3 perce...
The creators of the peer-to-peer VoIP network Skype and the controversial file-sharing site Kazaa have unveiled their latest startup: Joost, an Internet TV company that they claim will revolutionize Internet-based television Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom formally announced Joost Tuesday, after months of speculation about the duo's latest creatio...
Hewlett-Packard researchers announced Tuesday that they have developed technology that could significantly boost the performance capabilities of an array of computer chips, while cutting back on power consumption at the same time If the research proves sound and makes it to market, its impact could be felt across a broad spectrum of technologies fr...
Research In Motion and T-Mobile on Monday rolled out a new, "pearl white" version of the popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone Previously available only in "piano black" from T-Mobile and Cingular, the white version is available exclusively from T-Mobile. Discounted pricing is US$149 with a two-year contract....
Hoping to keep itself relevant as more consumers seek video on demand via the Internet, Netflix launched a Web initiative Tuesday that gives subscribers the option of downloading and instantly watching movies online The company will roll out the service to subscribers over the next six months. Users will be given access to a certain amount of downl...
A Northern California man was badly burned when his cell phone spontaneously combusted He was sleeping with the phone in his front pants pocket when it exploded and caused his clothes to ignite, according to reports, and he awoke in flames. He reportedly has second- and third-degree burns on at least half of his body....
For better or worse, 2006 is going to be remembered as the year the U.S. court system should have set up a special turnstile for patent cases; litigation in this usually less-than-sexy body of law seemed to continually challenge once-established points of law The result? Major case law was established -- not once, but several times -- that has caus...
Mobile security solutions firmColumbitech announced on Monday support for Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 The added support combines Columbitech Wireless VPN with Suse Linux Enterprise Server to enable customers to automatically configure any computer as a VPN (virtual private network) server and firewall....
If Henry Ford were alive today, his jaw might very well drop to the floor Though Ford's cars were innovative for the time, the automaker probably never could have imagined that the company that bears his name would one day ink a deal with Microsoft for hands-free Bluetooth technology in-vehicle operating systems. Ten years from now, it may be diffi...
A Colorado-based private investigator has become the first person convicted in the Hewlett-Packard (HP) boardroom leak and spying scandal. Bryan Wagner, 29, pled guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges in San Jose federal court, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California federal prosecutors announced last Friday Unde...
Intending to boost consumer confidence in its online payment system -- and to thwart the scourge of phishing attacks aimed at its users -- eBay's PayPal will begin offering customers the option of using a password-generating device to beef up security The system will use a key fob, known as the PayPal Security Key, an electronic key that can be cli...
Just five months after it issued a massive recall of notebook computers because of defective batteries, Dell on Friday became the target of yet more legal problems involving its notebook equipment A group of Canadian consumers is suing Dell over what they allege are faulty Inspiron notebook machines -- and this time, they say, Dell knew about the p...
Utilizing a little known Pentagon power, the military and the CIA are obtaining and scrutinizing the banking and credit records of Americans in their search for terrorist and spying suspects Officials confirmed over the weekend that the practice of using "national security letters" to obtain financial records has been taking place. High-ranking mem...
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