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The next time you print a summary of your favorite James Bond film, you should consider that there might be more than one spy on the page. That's because printer manufacturers and the U.S. Secret Service have been quietly collaborating to track documents -- a worrisome revelation. An announcement by...
IBM said it had created a computerized approach to help the National Football League organize, store and retrieve a massive catalog of game footage, a project Big Blue hopes can become a model for others with similar expanses of data to store. The company said the solution, known as Digital Foundati...
Pressure to make more consumer friendly a standard for the next generation of DVDs continued to mount yesterday. Boston-based Forrester Research predicted a victory for that standard, Blu-ray, over its rival, HD-DVD, but only a Pyrrhic one if the tough digital rights management (DRM) scheme incorpor...
Hewlett-Packard and Cingular are touting their collaboration on the new iPaq 6500 series, heralding the Pocket PC handhelds as the first in the U.S. capable of connecting via Cingular's high-speed EDGE wireless network. The companies said they would cram digital wireless voice and data capability, g...
IBM announced yesterday that it has bought DataPower, a private maker of devices that speed the processing of XML (extensible markup language). The move is a good one for IBM, because "it's one of those acquisitions that stretches across the breadth of the company," Frank Dzubeck, president, Communi...
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun are some of what you'd expect from a trip to McDonald's. Now, fast food diners can also expect to play some of their favorite video games at the leading burger chain's restaurants. Nintendo has signed an agree...
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun are some of what you'd expect from a trip to McDonald's. Now, fast food diners can also expect to play some of their favorite video games at the leading burger chain's restaurants. Nintendo has signed an agree...
Clandestine codes used to track the output of some color laser printers have been cracked by a research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). According to the organization, the codes are part of a deal cut by the U.S. Secret Service with some printer makers to help curb the counterfe...
At one time, the gap between wireless and wired network capabilities was so vast that wireless networks were used only on rare occasions. That has been changing recently, according to industry watchers. "A growing number of enterprises are taking a look at whether a wired or a wireless network offer...
The video solution on the new iPod sucks and, strangely enough, this showcases how much better Apple understands the current market and why others are either failing in it or have had to exit, like, respectively, Creative Labs and D&M Holdings (RIO). Two things are selling well in single vendor ...
Unfortunately for Samsung, it is not only the latest dynamic random access memory chip maker to admit to price fixing, but it is also paying the largest fine, US$300 million, for the illegal activity alleged by the U.S. Department of Justice. The South Korean company joins other DRAM chip makers Hyn...
Bold predictions about the future in The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, recently released by legendary inventor Ray Kurzweil, are causing reviewers to marvel in awe or disbelief. But while Kurzweil's forecasts are fascinating, the book's analysis of the present is just as impor...
Palm yesterday unveiled a new PDA with built-in WiFi and -- rock n' roll. Palm is working with Alliance Group Entertainment to provide multimedia content on Palm handhelds, mobile managers and smartphones. Dubbed Palm TX, the PDA-maker's latest device hit store shelves yesterday complete with the so...
The past two years have seen several high-profile corporate scandals that illustrate the dramatic consequences of e-mail misuse -- and those are just the ones that have made headlines. In fact, one in five employers has had an e-mail subpoenaed by courts and regulators, and another 13 percent have b...
WiFi may see more rapid advancement, thanks to a new coalition determined to accelerate the IEEE 802.11n standard development process. Twenty seven WiFi industry leaders banded together this week under the name Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC). These diverse companies have one common goal: to spee...
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