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Debate is swirling aroundGoogle's soon-to-be-released spreadsheet program as consumers and industry analysts consider how it could impact allegiance toMicrosoft Excel Google Spreadsheet is a Web-based application that offers simple functionality in two common spreadsheet and data formats, Excel and CSV. Data can be manipulated, but more complex fun...
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled Windows Vista Beta 2. The software giant is inviting comments in advance of Vista's scheduled launch date of January 2007. The new operating system comes with a plethora of new features, amid high expectations as well as plenty of skepticism "Vista has undergone so many changes, but it is stable enough for enterprise...
Sales of semiconductors will grow by nearly 10 percent this year as demand for smartphones and other consumer gadgets drive chip consumption, according to a new industry forecast In a report released Wednesday, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said worldwide sales of chips would rise 9.8 percent this year to US$249.6 billion. That repre...
Is momentum for worldwide regulation of the Internet mounting? Unfortunately, the answer to that horrid question is "yes." Last November, a worldwide political pact calling for "increased international involvement" in the creation of Internet governance policies -- and inter-government cooperation -- emerged at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis...
The best software developers in the world know you can't create code without bugs -- it's just not possible. However, new open source software being put to use by open source projects including Evolution, Gaim, theGimp, Gnome, Rhythmbox and others can more quickly find the worst bugs, including those that are causing hangups for most users. In turn, users can automatically report back on software quality with a program known as the Cooperative Bug Isolation Project...
A growing number of user-generated video Web sites are supplanting iTunes and Google Video as the place to go for so-called "media snacks," bite-sized tidbits of fun that satisfy today's need for entertainment on the go The sites -- which include Metacafe.com, YouTube.com, Vimeo.com, Heavy.com and ifilm.com -- compete for millions of viewers withou...
A big new wave of Microsoft security products began rolling in this week as the software giant announced the Antigen security line for e-mail and messaging servers Aimed primarily at Exchange Server and other Windows Server customers, the new software suite is stirring controversy in the security software industry, where the major antivirus vendors...
Search giant Google may seek to alter terms of the agreement it made in order to conduct its Web search business in China. Google co-founder Sergey Brin suggested the move after admitting the company's decision to agree to censorship conflicts with its philosophy and famous "do no evil" motto Brin has acknowledged in the past that Google's deal wi...
Nintendo is forecasting minimal losses with its next-generation game console, Wii Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said Tuesday that he is confident that Wii will compete well against the likes of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3 when it debuts sometime in the fourth quarter of this year....
For the second time in a month, Apple Computer has filed a lawsuit accusing Singapore-based computer and consumer device maker Creative Technology of infringing on its patents, including those behind the market-dominant iPod portable music player The suit from Apple comes after Creative, which is the second-largest maker of MP3 players in terms of ...
Jason Papier started his own personal finance podcast before Apple's iTunes Music Store began peddling podcasts. Today, Papier's show, Pro Money Talk, is the number one rated personal finance podcast on iTunes Pro Money Talk targets successful people with knowledge, tools and ideas designed to give them an edge. The podcast addresses issues from as...
Last week I mentioned a white paper I wrote a couple of years ago that addresses some of the changes we can expect to come from the on demand development and deployment paradigm and I thought it would be interesting to examine some of the main points here The title of the piece is "The New Garage" for a very specific reason. I believe that on dema...
Convergence is a common theme among telecommunications and cable television suppliers. These companies think that by offering a portfolio of bundled voice, video and data services they will be able to gain customers and increase their market share. This desire has created a ripple effect in the network equipment market where vendors have focused on developing new IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) set-top boxes...
Graphics silicon giant Nvidia doubled up on graphics processors for its latest high-end graphics processing card, touting the new GeForce 7950 GX2 as the "world's fastest." The new GeForce 7 series cards draw on two graphics processing units (GPUs), dramatically increasing single video card performance and ushering two-card, four-GPU "extreme" hig...
The NASA Glenn Research Center is leading efforts to develop a new space vehicle to replace the space shuttle and take astronauts to the moon and beyond The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday announced several new exploration work assignments for the Cleveland-based NASA Glenn Research Center. NASA Glenn will play a key ...
Onyx has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by M2M Holdings, a private equity firm jointly owned by Battery Ventures VI and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, in an all-cash transaction for US$92 million, or $4.80 per share Closing is anticipated in the third quarter, subject to approval by a majority of Onyx's stockholders....
Adding a new twist in the music industry's search for the right way to sell digital tunes and prevent piracy, EMI Music said Tuesday it has agreed to become the first label to make its catalog available on an ad-supported peer-to-peer network EMI said it would make music from its catalog available on Qtrax, which bills itself as the world's first a...
Toshiba on Monday announced a 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) that uses perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to boost the industry's largest 200 GB capacity with only two platters Perpendicular recording technology is capable of delivering up to 10 times the storage density of traditional longitudinal recording -- on the same media. Lik...
IBM said Tuesday it would triple the amount it spends to build out its India operations over the next three years, spending US$6 billion to hire workers and build research labs and other facilities CEO Samuel J. Palmisano announced the planned investment during a speech to some 10,000 of IBM's 43,000 India-based workers, a presentation also attende...
Apple Computer announced internally on May 29 that it is pulling back from plans to establish a customer support facility in Bangalore, India. The news regarding Apple's Indian subsidiary Apple Services India was released publicly on Saturday Apple has not announced plans to downscale its outsourcing operations in India or its marketing and distri...
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