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In what some see as a hint of additional fallout to come from the first major enforcement action against spyware being planted through otherwise legitimate Web sites, Ask Jeeves has found it necessary to respond to accusations that its various sites enable downloading of unwanted programs Meanwhile, the office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spi...
Cisco released at the Interop networking conference in Las Vegas this week details of its new family of multi-function, "single device, many services" appliances, which are designed to provide both small to medium and larger enterprises secure network and application management The networking giant said its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 Se...
Just weeks after Adobe acquired Macromedia in a long-term move to compete with Microsoft, the Windows maker is striking back with a new productdesigned to overtake the graphics company's popular Portable Document Format Microsoft's Longhorn, the software giant's next version of Windows, will include Metro, an application that allows users to create...
Semiconductors sales grew by more than 13 percent in the first quarter, outpacing forecasts thanks to demand for chips installed in smartphones and other portable devices, a trade group said today The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said sales for the first three months were US$55.3 billion, up 13.2 percent from the $48.9 billion in worldw...
Sun Microsystems is set to unveil a host of connection services today designed to automatically download new software updates and make it easier for customers to monitor the health of their computer systems Dubbed Sun Connection, the new services are being marketed as risk reduction, preventative measures that support and enhance the Solaris 10 ope...
New information technology outsourcing opportunities are largely going to India, thanks to India's long-standing advantages. Despite negative press coverage that India has received for problems at a few outsourcing facilities, India is set to maintain its lead as the high-tech outsourcing destination of choice for U.S. clients India has the advanta...
European retailers, like Germany's Metro and the UK's Marks & Spencer, are aggressively moving forward with RFID projects -- with a creative flair that appears to exceed that of their American rivals, experts say. A host of cultural, political and legal factors in Europe are helping push the trend. "RFID is more justifiable in Europe than in the United States," said John Greaves, who heads the global RFID technology integration practice at Deloitte Consulting, based in Chicago...
The move to wireless technology is evident just about everywhere today. Users now carry laptops from meeting to meeting, executives pull out their cell phones to make quick calls while on the road, and one can even access the Internet at a local coffee shop. While there has been a lot of progress in inter-computer wireless communications, that has not been the case for intra-computer communications...
Microsoft is planning to launch two Windows XP thin clients, according to sources. Codenamed Eiger and Moch, one client targets low-end PCs for task-oriented workers and the other targets mobile workers Microsoft declined to comment on the new product releases, but news reports said the software giant is aiming to make it easier for system builders...
One of the first widespread mobile phone viruses has now been spotted in 20 countries worldwide, further proof to some that security issues threaten to stall the adoption of the types of robust wireless handsets and mobile services that will enable a mobile commerce industry to emerge Finland-based security firm F-Secure said the Cabir worm has bee...
Industry analysts gave their blessing to Lenovo's deal for IBM's PC business, finalized this week, indicating that the Chinese company will gain access to the U.S. market while IBM trades a low-profit business division for its own access to China, heralded as the world's fastest growing IT market Lenovo announced its US$1.5 billion deal for IBM's P...
Security professionals just can't say it enough: Download those patches The latest warning comes from the SANS Institute, a non-profit organization that provides information security training and certification. The institute ranked the most critical Internet vulnerabilities of the more than 600 new problems discovered in the first quarter of this y...
Saying some corporate customers don't want it to merge with Qwest Communications, MCI has again agreed to be acquired by Verizon Communications after that firm made a sweetened offer, raising its price to US$26 per share and possibly putting an end to a lengthy bidding war with Qwest over the last major independent long-distance company The new Ver...
In a move to compete against WebEx, IBM and Microsoft, Macromedia launched today an updated version of its online conferencing and collaborative Web communications software, Breeze 5 In addition, the company announced a strategic partnership with Premiere Global Services for a new, integrated teleconferencing service....
The Internet might be turning into the ultimate window shopping experience for online shoppers. Greater sophistication with browsing is making consumers more prone to comparison shop online before actually buying Internet shoppers are more prone to visiting 10 or more Web sites before returning to a favored location hours or days later to make a pu...
On Friday Apple released its "Tiger" operating system into the marketplace.Borrowing heavily from what we had seen in Longhorn (Microsoft's next version of Windows) last year, Tiger is an impressive piece of work. I'm not one of those who thinks that using a competitor is a bad idea, particularly if you can get it out first. You play this game to win and, as long as it's legal, in my book anything goes...
Perhaps one of the most effective and efficient methods for getting into college is no further from students than the palms of their hands. Using PDAs and cell phones, students now can study for the PSAT, the SAT or the ACT wherever they are, whenever they want College-bound students studying for the new SAT exam don't have to leave behind hefty vo...
Mobile handset giant Nokia this week officially joined the music phone race whereby technology companies are hoping to produce hits by combining mobile phones with iPod-type music players Nokia, which enters the fray with its N91 handset featuring a 4 GB hard drive and room for 3,000 songs, said its device will offer users a connected music device ...
A plan by search giant Google to digitize vast stacks of library books in the UK and the United States is drawing the ire of European librarians, who want to launch a project of their own The national libraries of some 19 countries on the European continent have signed onto an alternative plan that would call for the European Union to invest millio...
Microsoft has partnered with Samsung Electronics in a high-definition technology alliance intended to take gaming to the next level. Microsoft announced Samsung as its worldwide marketing partner for the next-generation Xbox yesterday The Xbox/Samsung HDTV combination is designed to deliver the most advanced and realistic high-definition experience...
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