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Although much attention has been paid to the next-generation Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles from Microsoft and Sony, Dell said it isresponding to top-of-the market technology demands with its new machines, which will feature dual-core Pentium D processors, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 a...
Google took a giant step today, announcing with NASA's Ames Research Center that the two will combine efforts on technology research ranging from the microscopic to the massive. The search engine company and the space agency have signed a memorandum of understanding, but say that discussions have no...
Sanyo today unveiled the Sanyo MVP, a multimedia phone built exclusively for ESPN Mobile. Targeted to avid sports fans, the Sanyo MVP is designed to work on a high-speed "EVDO" (Evolution Data Optimized) wireless network, enabling it to deliver the ESPN programming at ultra-fast speeds, as well as f...
Recently, I've made several trips to Geneva, Switzerland, the home of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). I've seen firsthand how this once-sleepy organization of patent attorneys and intellectual property technicians has become ground zero for an assault on the economies of the ind...
Formerly bitter rivals Palm and Microsoft announced an alliance this week in hopes of strengthening both companies in smartphone technology, devices that combine mobile phone functionality and Internet connectivity. And what makes two enemies that have fought fiercely over the mobile handset space c...
Take-Two Interactive, the U.S. company that lied about secret animated sex scenes stashed in one of its brutally sadistic "Grand Theft Auto" Rockstar video games, is counting on Bill and the Boyz, a.k.a., Microsoft, for a little extra lift. Next month, Take-Two plans to set an all-in-one, M for Matu...
Technology intended to untie the American worker is actually taking a tremendous toll, according to new research from IT analysis firm Basex. The report indicates that technology tools, including e-mail and instant messaging, are the main culprits when it comes to unnecessary interruptions that cost...
Formerly bitter rivals Palm and Microsoft announced an alliance this week in hopes of strengthening both companies in smartphone technology, devices that combine mobile phone functionality and Internet connectivity. And what makes two enemies that have fought fiercely over the mobile handset space c...
Last week's column covered much of the breadth of software inside Windows Vista. The piece addressed some of the features that probably were not widely known and covered likely competitive threats to Apple and Linux. To refresh, Apple is going into the Vista launch weaker and much less differentiat...
With worldwide ringtone sales reaching more than US$4 billion last year, some industry experts have speculated that phone tones will soon outsell CDs. Others, however, speculate that ringtones' success will be shortlived, and that they will eventually go the way of beepers: virtually extinct. The qu...
Fewer of the remaining Americans not hooked up to the Internet are getting online, and fewer existing dial-up users are spending enough time on the Web to want to move up to broadband access, reports the Pew Internet Project in its latest study on U.S. broadband growth. Analysts attribute the slowdo...
Chinese officials recently announced they will no longer consider death tolls and other relevant information about natural disasters to be state secrets. On the same day, China Telecom blocked Internet phone service from Skype. That left observers wondering whether freedom is growing or decreasing i...
Reports from Reuters today of the demise of P2P file-sharing networks WinMX and eDonkey appear to be only half true. While WinMX.com does seem to have disappeared, eDonkey, which accounts for more shared files than any other network today, may still be up and running. The P2P network moved its offic...
In yet another step toward the day when consumers everywhere will watch TV on mobile devices, mobile network operator O2 and broadcaster Arqiva have teamed up with Nokia to kick of the United Kingdom's first trial of a full multi-channel mobile TV. The trial will run for up to six months and is desi...
Dell this week announced six personal technology products, including a tiny new music player aimed at grabbing market share from Apple's iPod Shuffle. Weighing a little more than an ounce, the Dell DJ Ditty music player is the latest addition to Dell's Digital Jukebox lineup. It holds up to 220 song...
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