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Smart mobile devices are surpassing the growth in the overall mobile market, according to new research from Canalys Shipments of converged smart mobile devices, namely smartphones and wireless handhelds, grew from 3.6 million in the first half of 2004 to 9.6 million in the first half of 2005, representing a 170 percent year-on-year rise in the Euro...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week dealt Microsoft a blow that may not be a knock-out punch, but comes pretty close to hobbling its argument that Internet Explorer (IE) does not infringe on a Web browser patent because prior art makes the patent invalid The USPTO reviewed and reaffirmed the patent owned by the University of Cali...
Computer maker Dell is ending its long-standing practice of offering free home delivery of personal computers, a move seen as an effort to protect its historically robust bottom line from price competition Though Dell has remained among the most profitable computer makers, its most recent earnings report in August showed slowing revenues and the co...
In a move to tap into the growing popularity of the digital device type that Apple's iPod has made a household name, the Walt Disney Co. yesterday announced plans to peddle a kid-sized MP3 player Disney Mix Sticks is about the size of a pack of gum, holds about 60 songs on a 128 Mb storage card and sells for US$49.99. The Mix Stick can hold an addi...
MIT researchers are forging ahead with plans to put US$100 laptops into the hands of the world's children A prototype of the low-cost laptop is due in November, but Negroponte showed off blueprints at the Emerging Technologies conference at MIT this week....
In its first release since it was acquired by eBay earlier this month, VoIP provider Skype yesterday introduced a new version for Windows platform The new Skype for Windows 1.4 includes more mobility options, new ways for callers to personalize Skype with ringtones, sounds and pictures....
Even before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the gulf coast, the United States had serious long-term problems with oil availability and pricing. But, nobody was willing to take a hard look at how we were going to overcome our oil dependency. The ramifications of the destruction caused by the hurricanes serve as a stunning reminder that we have no alternative but to immediately start discussing and planning ways by which the U.S. can avoid even more serious oil shortages in the future...
In today's marketplace, the word "solution" appears beside the word "software" so frequently that we unconsciously stutter the pair of words rather than one or the other when talking about new purchases or shopping for something to aid our businesses This is marketing genius. Somewhere, the standard-issue salesperson who first married the two words...
At the heart of any customer relationship is trust. Knowing how healthy that trust is in your company and its execution starts with knowing the expectations your prospects and customers have Many companies can easily list off these expectations of their customers in a rapid-fire litany yet have no idea how these expectations are prioritized and, wo...
The 9th Annual Gilder/Forbes Telecosm (sic) Conference took place this week at Lake Tahoe. Officially, the theme was "the Singularity," an artificial intelligence term denoting the emergence of transformative technological change. But the main meme revolved around a slightly less sexy idea: kiosks Kiosks and their close cousins, vending machines, ...
PC powerhouse Dell this week unveiled its latest line of ultra high-end PCs in its XPS computers and new digital televisions in a quest to capture the usual gaming and technology enthusiast, early-adopter PC market Although much attention has been paid to the next-generation Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles from Microsoft and Sony, Dell said it ...
Research in Motion (RIM) announced this week that it would be using Intel processors for its next-generation wireless devices, a move one analyst called a big deal for the chipmaker "This is the first real communications processor design win Intel has had with a mainstream handheld communications provider. So, is this significant for Intel? Absolut...
Extending a long-running war from the desktop to the mobile handset, RealNetworks unveiled a streaming video offering for mobile operators and said that Cingular Wireless had stepped forward to be the first carrier to offer the service to customers The service immediately creates a new competitive front between RealNetworks and Microsoft, whose own...
Google took a giant step today, announcing with NASA's Ames Research Center that the two will combine efforts on technology research ranging from the microscopic to the massive The search engine company and the space agency signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that Google says outlines projects including "large-scale data management, massivel...
In its first release since it was acquired by eBay earlier this month, VoIP provider Skype today introduced a new version for Windows platform The new Skype for Windows 1.4 includes more mobility options, new ways for callers to personalize Skype with ringtones, sounds and pictures....
MIT researchers are forging ahead with plans to put US$100 laptops into the hands of the world's children A prototype of the low-cost laptop is due in November, but Negroponte showed off blueprints at the Emerging Technologies conference at MIT yesterday....
The online brokerage world continues to consolidate at breakneck speed as E*Trade announced its third acquisition in two months, saying it would buy BrownCo from JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a deal worth US$1.6 billion The all-cash deal will give E*Trade access to a wealthy and active customer base, perhaps the most sought-after commodity in the online ...
These days, a sure way to get attention to something is to associate it to Apple Computer's hot line of iPod digital music players -- even if that association is a dubious one. That seems to be the case with Pod Slurping A little over a year ago, Gartner Research in Stamford, Conn., cautioned corporate America about the threat that portable storage...
When Google recently released its re-vamped desktop search engine, a central element of the new offering was a sidebar. This clever device gives keyboard jocks quick access to a bundle of useful features. You can read e-mail as soon as it arrives without opening your e-mail program, for instance, or monitor news headlines without opening your browser...
Looking to leverage the latest trend toward continuous, disk-based backup, Microsoft unveiled this week its Data Protection Manager (DPM) and said its solution was available in storage servers and appliances from Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu and others Microsoft touted a lower-cost backup and recovery capability that is also faster and "near continuous...
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