- Welcome Guest
- Sign In
- Welcome Guest
- Sign In
A report has surfaced that Microsoft will continue to offer Windows Mobile 6.5 even after it releases WinMo 7 next year. The story, published in the Digitimes blog on Wednesday, quoted unnamed sources at handset makers in Taiwan. Microsoft has been losing market share steadily in the mobile operatin...
It wasn't all that long ago that the talk about cellphones and driving was all talk. That is, consumers, driving-safety advocates, and lawmakers debated whether using a hands-free device was enough to make talking on a cellphone safe, or whether talking on the newly ubiquitous devices while behind t...
Microsoft has officially launched its war against the iPod touch, announcing that the new Zune HD is available for pre-order online at various sites. The Zune HD will hit the shelves Sept. 15, Microsoft said. Like the iPod touch, it is available in 16- and 32-GB models. It has WiFi, a touchscreen, H...
Sony said Thursday it will sell digital books only in the ePub format by the end of the year. It will also replace its proprietary digital rights management software with technology from Adobe, which is widely used in the e-publishing industry. The moves are part of an aggressive new strategy kicked...
Summer is a time to relax, a time to take a vacation, a time to do things you can't do during the work year. However, I'm not sure any time is a good time to send your brain on vacation, and I'm starting to wonder if the leaders at Google and Apple have done just that. Granted, Steve Jobs has a goo...
U.S. military service members who want to keep up with friends and family back home have often turned to social networking Web sites to stay in touch. But the Department of Defense hasn't quite made up its mind whether these kinds of sites are friends or enemies. It definitely loves social networkin...
Hot on the heels of rival Nikon's new Coolpix line, announced earlier this week, Sony announced its latest entries to the fiercely competitive digital camera market on Thursday. The two new cameras in its Cyber-shot line are the DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1. Along with the new cams, Sony revealed a device i...
Sony fired its latest salvo in the battle for the e-book reader market on Wednesday with the unveiling of two new e-readers, one of which will be priced at under $200. It also cut the prices of new book releases and New York Times bestseller titles in its eBook Store to $9.99. Sony recently establis...
When I first started skip tracing -- that is, finding people -- my only tool was the telephone and my only resource for searching was directory assistance. Unbelievably, I was able to find people from London to Fiji, but it was costly and extremely time consuming. Half my search time was trying to b...
Nikon on Tuesday unveiled four new digital cameras in the Coolpix line, but one of them -- the Coolpix S1000pj -- generated most of the buzz. This model has a built-in projector that is currently unique in the industry, according to the camera maker. In addition to its built-in projector, the Coolpi...
Could something as simple as an SMS text message turn your own smartphone against you, allowing a hacker to listen in on your private conversations or direct you to a malicious Web site? It can be done, according to security experts presenting their findings Thursday at the Black Hat security confer...
A proposed national ban on text messaging while driving is already drawing criticism that it doesn't go far enough and is unlikely to be effective without stringent enforcement and radical attitude shifts in the driving public. "The real safety problem is not just texting, but all cellphone use whil...
Microsoft has launched a competition to develop applications on the Windows Mobile platform, part of the company's effort to follow other mobile OS makers on the path toward a centralized storefront for all compatible mobile apps. The prize: a Microsoft Surface, which is a tabletop multitouch comput...
In what may be a first-of-kind study, researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute have concluded text messaging is just about the most deadly thing you can do behind the wheel of a car. However, talking on a cellphone isn't that big a deal, the research suggests. Virginia Tech's study,...
Less than six weeks after announcing the BlackBerry 9630 Tour phone, Research In Motion has released news on its latest product, the BlackBerry Curve 8520. The smartphone will be carried by T-Mobile, and it will be available on Aug. 5. Although it is aimed at the lower end of the BlackBerry market, ...
Loading ...
