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The Federal Communications Commission is planning to auction wireless spectrum to allow in-flight voice and data high-speed Internet connectivity services on U.S. airlines for the first time While Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has already been providing in-flight phone services via its FCC-allocated wireless spectrum, the plan represents the first use of wire...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a formal investigation into how tech giant IBM reported earnings and stock compensation expenses in a quarterly report nearly a year ago The SEC had launched an informal inquiry in June of 2005, which IBM said it had been cooperating with....
Many sales forces seem to be stuck in a time warp. Selling with a transaction focus to customers who require a consultative or even enterprise approach is driving the cost of supporting these misaligned sales forces to the point of being unaffordable. Conversely, there are companies out there that have tried a consultative selling strategy when all that was needed was transaction support...
The widespread adoption of open-source software by corporations and governments has raised some security concerns in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the agency is responding It has funded a three-year grant reportedly worth US$1.24 million to -- among other things -- set up a daily auditing program of major open-source applicati...
China is now the nation with the second largest number of Internet users -- with 20 million new users going online last year -- and is coming close to the U.S. in terms of total broadband users too, according to a new research report The total number of Chinese Internet users reached almost 120 million last year, according to a report from the rese...
Anyone who purchased clear sunscreen or wore stain-resistant pants during the holidays was probably enjoying the benefits of commercialized nanotechnology. While nanotech advances are exciting, some observers dangerously press for greater government oversight in the sector Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the molecular level, can crea...
IBM, Sony and Toshiba are launching a new phase of their joint technology development alliance that will lead to the development of advanced process technologies at 32 nanometers and beyond Specifically, they are working on further developing the "cell" microprocessor design and its underlying silicon-insulator (SOI) process technologies in 90- and...
Boeing announced plans to build three satellites and ground systems for Mobile Satellite Ventures under a deal worth US$500 million to $1 billion -- the most impressive contract win for its commercial satellite division in nearly a decade The huge price tag -- the largest for satellites since 1997 -- could help revive the aerospace giant's stagnant...
Microsoft Research India announced plans this week to expand its operations over the next 18 months The company intends to bolster teams in existing research areas and to create a new research group for cryptography and security....
While the number of worldwide handsets shipped is expected to grow in 2006, revenue from handsets will decrease for the first time in years, research firm iSuppli is predicting ISuppli blamed lower handset costs, based on cheaper processors and more efficient designs, for the anticipated decline, indicating that the number of new cell phone devices...
Symantec this week released an update to Norton SystemWorks to fix a security issue that could leave a back door open for hackers: a rootkit A rootkit is a hacker security tool that captures passwords and message traffic to and from a computer.The tool may allow a hacker access to a so-called "back door" into a system, where he or she can collect i...
Saying even its smaller business customers need more powerful search solutions, Google is broadening its menu of enterprise-search appliances to include two larger versions of the Google Mini The day before the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Mini, Google's first search appliance designed to be affordable in small-business settings, the c...
Oracle and Sun Microsystems have announced, amid much fanfare and mutual gushing, that they are still committed to their partnership "It was basically a renewal of their vows," Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT Research told TechNewsWord, "with a few interesting wrinkles."
New research released this week indicates that counterfeit drug sales over the Internet are threatening to cause a major, global crisis, one that may harm the health of all The study is by the Irish Patients' Association, based in Dublin, Ireland, and examines the worldwide trend toward the sale and purchase of prescription and non-prescription dru...
Hardware, software, networking, electronics and other tech companies announced this week a collaborative effort to support and promote IEEE 802 Ethernet technology The Ethernet Alliance -- whose members include Sun Microsystems, 3Com, Agere, Pioneer and Samsung -- said its purpose will be to support and expand Ethernet technology, including IEEE 8...
There are increasing signs of weakness in the U.S. wireless voice market, with the average revenue per user (ARPU) for voice services dropping 8 percent during the last year -- and data services failing to make up the gap, according to a new report The study by Boston-based Strategy Analytics, "Wireless Operator Performance Benchmarking Third Quart...
SAP is redoubling its efforts to grow its piece of the mid-market enterprise suite space by introducing 39 new industry and micro-vertical versions of its mySAP All-in-One application These new apps have been developed by SAP partners around the globe in such industries as biotechnology, plant construction, transportation services, project manageme...
Betting that consumer demand for high-end electronics devices such as plasma TVs and digital cameras will continue to surge, Sharp and Fujitsu each announced major investments that will result in manufacturing capacity being quickly brought up to speed Sharp said it would spend about US$1.75 billion to expand its ability to crank out liquid crystal...
The much-anticipated first draft of GNU General Public License Version 3 will be released on Jan. 16 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. However, the draft may raise more questions than answers In fact, the debate over the content and exact wording of the license has already begun. It's a strategic debate, with GPL clai...
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