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The U.S. government's efforts to conduct surveillance and gather data on the nation's citizens has been aided by huge U.S. companies, specifically AT&T, which are privy to the telephone calls and e-mails of millions of Americans, according to a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation this week Following last month's lawsuit against the ...
Could GoogleTunes be in the future for digital music fans? Will the company buy Napster or start its own service? Should Apple be concerned, or is the possibility of Google entering the space just another unsubstantiated rumor? There are many questions today and fewer answers. Though Napster's shares spiked by as much as 50 percent on Tuesday in th...
The Google rumor mill is churning again. Google has reportedly confirmed it is using Ubuntu desktop Linux technology internally, but has not divulged its purpose Google did not return calls seeking comment....
After five straight earnings disclosures that exceeded analyst expectations, Google missed targets for its fourth quarter profit, sending its high-flying stock into a tailspin and raising new questions about the rate of growth in the Internet advertising sector Both revenue -- which came in at US$1.29 billion and matched forecasts from analysts -- ...
Over the years, Super Bowl Sunday has been the launching pad for countless products, services and companies. This year will be no exception. One of the most closely watched launches during the Big Game will come from inside the sports world, as ESPN Mobile goes live nationwide The service, first announced late last year and shown in limited preview...
Here's the scenario. Something ugly has happened to your computer. Irreplaceable files have been clobbered. You seek assistance from a PC pundit, but you know your files are fly food as soon as you hear, "You're supposed to back up your files, you know." Let's face it. We all have good excuses for failing to sustain a rigid maintenance regimen for ...
A lawsuit against eBay filed two years ago byTiffany (NYSE: TIF) -- a high-end jeweler whose prices are based as much on its brand name as on quality and craftsmanship -- is moving forward and is expected to go to trial by the end of this year The Tiffany suit joins a number of earlier legal filings against the popular online auction site. In this ...
In a move to keep up with the competition, IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database product. Big Blue hopes to win the favor of more software developers in smaller companies and projects The "express" version provides the same core data server features as DB2 Universal Database Express Edition. That means developers can work fro...
Five major anti-virus and security companies this week announced a collaboration effort aimed at fighting spyware, promising to share detection, testing and methodology for the benefit of consumers McAfee (NYSE: MFE), Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thompson Cyber Security Labs agreed to create standardized identification and testing for spywa...
Pushing forward with a plan to set aside Microsoft Office productivity and document management tools in favor of an open format, Massachusetts has hired a chief information officer to oversee the switch Since the announcement halfway through 2005 that the commonwealth would favor software programs that conform with the OpenDocument Format, controve...
Oracle's US$5.85 billion acquisition of Siebel is expected to be finalized on Tuesday, after a scheduled vote by Siebel shareholders to approve the transaction, which was first announced in September The wait has given Siebel users a chance to contemplate what the future may bring under Oracle parentage. Oracle has gone to great lengths to persuade...
A patent dispute has erupted betweenVisto, a provider of secure push e-mail services for mobile phones, and Good Technology The lawsuit, which alleges that Good's products and services infringe on multiple patents held by Visto, was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. The court is known by local patent lawyers as the ...
Moving a nearly two-year-long investigation and prosecution closer to its conclusion, Japanese chipmaker Elpida has agreed to pay US$84 million to end charges that it conspired with other firms to fix prices Elpida agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with other manufacturers to set prices of dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips that were s...
America Online on Monday announced that it has teamed up with Mark Burnett Productions, the company that propelled the concept of reality television into the mainstream The companies have signed a major production deal to develop a real-life treasure hunt airing exclusively on the AOL.com Web site. "Gold Rush!" will track competitors searching for ...
They were a staple of cloak-and-dagger drama, both fictional and real, during the Cold War and now they're being offered to consumers as a passive means of protecting their personal property. They're microdots DataDot Technology USA, of Redmond, Wash., introduced Monday a US$19.95 kit that allows consumers to attach unique microscopic identifiers -...
Enterprises today have a number of key questions when it comes to setting up and maintaining an online presence. Some of these concerns include critical Web-related security problems; scalability; and being aware of new online challenges expected in 2006 Who better to ask about these issues than Akamai? Described as an "Internet network accelerator...
Managed care is facing a fundamental shift in the way it handles member relations. Historically, payors invested little in developing solid relationships with individuals. This was a logical arrangement as employers selected and paid plans, so sales, service and marketing resources were dedicated to keeping employers happy What about the individu...
Open-source license compliance is a sensitive topic. Lawyers and technicians have devoted endless hours, lengthy blog postings and much mental energy to questions like, "What is a derivative work?" and "What is distribution?" Very interesting stuff indeed, and grist for meaty discussions. However, in the trenches, people who are using open-source...
A new report indicates that worldwide mobile phone shipments grew 19 percent year-to-year in the fourth quarter of 2005, reaching a record 810 million units for the year. What is more, this sales boom happened despite "moderate" industry-wide component shortages Fourth-quarter volume reached an "impressive" 245 million units, according to the "Four...
Dell has indicated it will continue to expand its ties in the Indian outsourcing market, building on the contact center and R&D operations it already has established. Its most recent initiative? Plans to establish a customer contact facility in Gurgaon to complement its existing operations in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mohali The 1000-seat Gurgaon ce...
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