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Chief information officers (CIOs) anticipate steady growth in the hiring of information technology (IT) professionals, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report released this week Sixteen percent of executives polled plan to hire full-time IT staff in the fourth quarter of 2005, while 4 percent expect personnel reduc...
Phishing scams seeking to steal donations earmarked for Hurricane Katrina victims may have started a week ago, but security experts said to expect a spike in this fraudulent activity in the weeks to come Scam artists often prey upon the sympathy for tragedy victims by sending out millions of spam messages requesting aid be sent to a particular bank...
Technology writer Robert X. Cringely and PBS TV on Tuesday began offering a Web-exclusive hour of tech talk, appropriately titled NerdTV Each show features a one hour-long interview with a celebrity of the geek world. For instance, the first installment's description reads: "Andy Hertzfeld, the original Macintosh systems programmer, talks about Ma...
Online banking firms now have a new worry -- liability for customer losses due to phishing scams For the last year or so, online financial institutions and their IT consultants -- as well as consumer interest groups -- have focused on fixing security, adding authentication and encryption and other technologies to forestall scammers. But the phishin...
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is set to grow tenfold by 2010, but according to industry reports the leader won't be the United States. Instead, countries such as China, France, and Italy are forecast to lead. It's possible, however, that recent changes in Texas and at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will give the U.S. a boost Jus...
With sights set on becoming a major Web player, News Corp. said today it would buy IGN Entertainment, a site where some 28 million gaming fans visit for new software, gaming tips and other features, for US$650 million in cash IGN and related sites -- which operate under names such as GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Rotten Tomatoes and AskMen.com -- ...
Enterprises are driving the adoption of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) security solutions, according to new research from the In-Stat group The report, "Trends and Spending Plans for Security Appliances: Are We Ready for VoIP?," covers the impact of VoIP in the security appliance market, and concluded that while VoIP can add many desirable new...
In a move that could have major implications for the software industry, Computer Associates yesterday pledged open access to key innovations covered by 14 of its U.S. patents -- and counterparts of these patents issued in other countries -- for individuals and groups working on open-source software CA also announced it has reached a long-term, pate...
EBay is reportedly in talks to buy VoIP innovator Skype Technologies in a deal that could be worth as much as US$3 billion. One analyst says the deal could immediately help the company leverage its base of loyal users to extend its reach well beyond e-commerce The Wall Street Journal reported today that eBay was in talks to buy Skype, whose person...
The U.S. government is again excluding non-Microsoft Internet browsers, as Hurricane Katrina victims seeking to file claims with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may only do so with Internet Explorer 6.0 or above. Previously, the U.S. Copyright Office came under fire last month when it indicated a new copyright pre-registration system would only accept Explorer users...
Consumer satisfaction with wireless phone service providers has slipped significantly over the last year, according to an annual study released by J.D. Power and Associates yesterday Overall, satisfaction fell 10 percent compared to 2004. That's the largest year-over-year change in satisfaction since the survey's inception in 1995, the company said...
Microsoft is moving to make its software more attractive to smaller and medium-sized businesses, providing better pricing, easier licensing and resources to help partners focus on the smaller market that currently represents the biggest growth Analysts indicated Microsoft, fighting older versions of its own software as much or more than other vendo...
Because of the Internet's widespread acceptance, search has become one of computer users' most commonly used functions. Individuals of all ages have become quite comfortable with sitting down, entering a few keywords and finding needed information. However, performing those functions at work for business-related purposes has been more difficult than completing searches for personal info...
In the latest chapter of what's become an epic legal battle, Microsoft has filed suit against the European Union, hoping to have a court provide guidance on what parts of its source code it must reveal Microsoft filed with the Court of First Instance for review of a provision of the sweeping anti-trust penalties levied against the software giant la...
According to reports today, Samsung has announced it will bridge the gap between two rival next-generation DVD formats by building a machine that is compatible with both "To a certain extent, it makes sense for Samsung to do this and it will put pressure on others to do the same," Josh Martin, associate research analyst with IDC, told TechNewsWorld...
Microsoft is moving to make its software more attractive to smaller and medium-sized businesses, providing better pricing, easier licensing and resources to help partners focus on the smaller market that currently represents the biggest growth Analysts indicated Microsoft, fighting older versions of its own software as much or more than other vendo...
While the open-source license covering the Linux operating system is not scheduled to be released for public comments until early next year, there is already speculation about how some of its provisions could impact developers Specifically, the General Public License (GPL) version 3, a draft scheduled for release in January 2006, could contain a pa...
File-sharing network Kazaa must alter its software to try to stop illegal music sharing, a federal judge in Australia ruled Monday, but one analyst said the ruling won't change peer-to-peer file-swapping at all "In the end it's about as relevant as anything else these industries have done. Trying to pin down file sharing is like grabbing sand slipp...
Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP), which the electronics and entertainment company hopes can rescue it from financial doldrums, staged a record-breaking launch in the United Kingdom, shattering existing sales records as gamers scooped up the console and compatible games as soon as they became available According to Chart-Track, which uses electroni...
Borland Software yesterday announced the release of JBuilder 2006, the latest upgrade to its Java integrated development environment (IDE) designed to speed up industrial Java application development JBuilder 2006 includes new capabilities aimed at helping software teams more effectively collaborate in real time. New peer-to-peer developer collabor...
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