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Following a week of Microsoft-MTV multimedia blitz on the next-generation Xbox 360 gaming console, Sony today sought the spotlight for its competing PlayStation 3 in advance of the E3 Conference in Los Angeles this week. Sony exposed more of the new machine -- powered by the "Cell" processor designe...
America Online today invited developers to build AOL Instant Messenger or its ICQ instant messaging service right into their games. The company released AOL Messaging Software Development Kit (SDK), which contains the tools necessary to do so. AOL last week announced it would start offering free Web...
In a landmark move to address customer interoperability needs, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems on Friday unveiled jointly developed specifications to enable Web single sign-on between the company's competing operating systems. The new specs, which are the first fruits of a 10-year technical collabora...
The very first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the new Xbox was that this is probably what would have resulted if the rumored merger between Sony and Apple had been successful. It borrows heavily from design elements common in the most aggressive products from both companies and seems to mis...
R. Hewitt Pate, head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, said this week that he is leaving his post. This gives the Bush administration an opportunity to appoint someone who will ignore empty political grandstanding and make forward-looking decisions on two recent telecom mergers. Both ...
With help from wireless carrier Cingular, Sony has widened both the reach and variety of wireless technology in its latest, ultra-lightweight Vaio T-Series notebook PC, which allows users to connect laptops to the Internet almost anywhere there is cellular wireless coverage through Cingular's EDGE N...
The adolescent crowd is especially enamored with two items: music and cell phones. Naturally, therefore, handset manufacturers and carriers have begun to find ways to integrate the two. A few devices that integrate static music selections or FM radio signals into cell phones have already started to...
In a cooperative effort with Microsoft, Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly filed a lawsuit today against an Internet spam ring operating near Boston. The group is allegedly responsible for sending hundreds of millions of unwanted, deceptive spam messages each month in violation of both federa...
Motorola Labs announced today what it called a "breakthrough" in high-definition TV technology, but analysts were more skeptical about its significance. The research arm of Motorola Inc. has built a 5-inch color video display prototype using its own carbon nanotube (CNT) technology. The company said...
At the same time that they may be working toward a single solution for the next-generation DVD video disc, Sony and Toshiba appear to be advancing their own, separate solutions and downplaying a blending of the technologies. Industry analysts indicate that both companies -- and backers which include...
When Princeton University Office of Information Technology policy adviser Rita Saltz learned the MPAA might follow the RIAA in suing students, she said, "My heart and viscera just shrank and chilled." Saltz is quoted in the Daily Princetonian in a story that reveals MPAA boss Dan Glickman has "expre...
Napster and Dwango Wireless said today they will begin selling ring tones graphics, "shout-outs" from celebrities and wallpaper and graphics from Napster's library. The move comes five months after the companies' press release announcing "Napster Mobile," which was going to offer ring tones and "be ...
In a move to compete with rival Veritas Software in the long-term archive storage market, EMC Corporation today announced it has expanded the Centera family of content addressed storage systems. The company said the new line attempts to address the growing fixed content archiving needs of midsize en...
A recent U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Federal Communication Commission's requirement of broadcast flag anti-piracy technology may give consumers more control over how they watch and record broadcast content, including digital television. That programming may be limited, however, ...
A few months ago the Harvard Business Review did a piece on CEOs and pointed out the average tenure of an external CEO was 18 months, which suggests that a lot of CEOs are simply not qualified for the job they were selected for. Recently the HP board came to the conclusion that their high profile C...
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