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Take-Two Interactive Software, owner of the "Manhunt" video game that was banned in New Zealand and which sparked the adoption of new video/CD purchase and rental rules in Canada, recently announced a partnership with one of the members of the record label cartel that's currently suing p2p users around the world Take-Two's publisher Rockstar Games ...
Sun Microsystems announced today that Orange SA, a London-based international mobile phone company, has chosen the Java Enterprise System to replace its current Sun software in Europe. Orange has operations in Benelux, and other western Europe regions Orange has 22,000 employees and is a London-based subsidiary of France Telecom, an international t...
Purchases by businesses kept sales of personal computers growing in the third quarter, although at a slowed rate, and Dell extended its lead over its top rival for the vendor crown, according to two new reports Both IDC and Gartner reported strong growth in PC sales in the quarter, although at a slower rate than in previous years. IDC said 44.2 mil...
Search engine company Google has found itself under intense scrutiny over privacy concerns just days after releasing its new desktop search tool Google released a beta version of Desktop Search just last week with the typical media fanfare and analyst glee. The free downloadable tool allows users to search personal computer files at the same speed ...
Symbol Technologies has leveraged its experience in developing rugged personal digital assistants (PDA) and other mobile devices in the creation of its newest product, the MC50 enterprise digital assistant Priced from US$925 to $1,200 and based on Microsoft Windows' Mobile 2003 platform, the device offers built-in WiFi for phone, walkie-talkie and ...
Intel announced today that it will slash prices on its processors used in mobile computers by up to one-third. The move comes as the holiday season approaches without any sign that consumer demand will grow or even remain steady, analysts said "They realize they're competing pretty heavily for every ounce of market share," Rob Enderle, principal an...
While ultra-high clock speeds may make gamers salivate, the need for ever-rising numbers in other applications is highly dubious AMD released two new chips today, the Athlon 64 FX-55 and the Athlon 64 4000+, which outperform any of its previous chips. The Athlon 64 FX-55 is geared toward gamers; the 4000+ is designed for more mainstream use. The co...
A multifunction Toshiba TV that emitted an aircraft emergency signal triggered a transcontinental chase earlier this month to an apartment in the college town of Corvallis, Oregon When a rescue team knocked on his door, student Chris van Rossman was watching his 20-inch Toshiba flat-screen TV. The high-end set has built-in DVD, VCR and CD units....
Microsoft's next major upgrade to its popular SQL database server software will be delayed and an incremental beta version released in the meantime, a move that could help keep developers and end customers from straying to competitors while they wait for the real thing SQL Server 2005 is now expected to ship sometime next summer, which likely repre...
As servers with dual-core processors come closer to hitting the market,Microsoft announced today it will not base its per-processor softwarelicensing charges on the number of cores in a chip, sticking to thetraditional price per processor, regardless of its number of cores The issue has risen in significance as software vendors with per-processorli...
Black Duck Software has released code designed to help attorneys wade through the multifaceted intellectual property (IP) issues around open-source software As part of its protexIP solution suite, protexIPTM/license management allows corporate legal teams to manage commercial and open-source software licenses and implement IP business policies acro...
North American firms often take great pride in their environmental policies and performance, and justifiably so. Corporate demonstrations of environmental and social responsibility generate long-term marketing and branding advantages, which translate into competitive advantages American consumers, investors, and business leaders increasingly recogn...
France built the Maginot Line in the 1930s, a supposedly impenetrable state-of-the-art defense system to protect the country from her long time enemy, Germany. It was meant to prevent a German invasion, but the Germans simply went around it, dealing the French a humiliating defeat in the spring of 1940 The Maginot Line is considered one of the gre...
Cell phone users may have more to worry about than poor reception or using too many minutes, according to a recently released study from Sweden's Institute of Environmental Medicine The three-year study included 750 participants, 150 of whom suffered from acoustic neuroma, a normally benign tumor that affects the auditory nerve. It found the tumor ...
JBoss is throwing its open source weight around in the business process management (BPM) ring, adding a workflow engine to its middleware platform with today's launch of jBPM 2.0 JBoss will compete with the likes of Oracle, BEA Systems, IBM and Microsoft for its share of a BPM market that Gartner predicts will see moderate double-digit growth, to U...
AMD and Intel have shifted focus away from processor clock speed toward such issues such as power and heat. But the gigahertz are still climbing in one market segment: theultra high-end, where gaming enthusiasts want the fastest silicon available It is not a large market, but it is a loyal one that includes customerswilling to leave behind a $2,000...
Microsoft and Cisco Systems today announced they will share security and network health technologies in an effort to better stop, isolate and eliminate viruses and other malicious codes on Windows-based networks The agreement calls for Cisco and Microsoft to share key information about their respective approaches to controlling network access and q...
U.S.-based computer memory chip maker Micron Technology has announced plans to build its first chip manufacturing plant in China in mid-2005, according to an Associated Press report today citing a company executive in Shanghai as its source Micron plans to spend "likely more" than US$100 million (about 80 million euros) over the next three to five ...
With their bottom lines and corporate reputations at risk, many securityprofessionals, tired of being able only to react to viruses and worms, are looking for ways to prevent degradation and infection Worms and viruses cost organizations billions of dollars and hundreds ofman-hours. Spam has grown to represent between 60 percent and 70 percentof al...
US Airways and United Airlines are already under bankruptcy protection, and Delta Air Lines is skating dangerously close. Consumer members of frequent-flier programs are not considered creditors, but to many, they might as well be "Consumers are absolutely, unquestionably concerned, and anyone who says differently is blowing smoke," said Tim Winshi...
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