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In the doldrums of January, how could it be hard to sell Tahiti? Perhaps that was TiVo's thought when it named the strategy it unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. "Tahiti" is the umbrella term for the company's plans for a host of premium services designed to compete ag...
Many people think of scientific disciplines, such as chemistry or physics, as purely fact-based endeavors, not concerned with the fuzzy field of politics. That's rarely the case because when humans are involved, things often get messy. A perfect example is the question of cold fusion. Back in 1989, ...
Bill Gates made a big announcement about a deal with TiVo, the digital video recording company, but it was the Microsoft head who might have wanted to hit rewind as his presentation crashed to a blue Windows screen during his Consumer Electronic Show (CES) keynote yesterday. Gates, making the presen...
Instant messaging is no longer just a quick and easy way to keep in touch with family and friends: It is quickly becoming a mainstay in the workplace, creating a new set of problems to worry about for information technology professionals. International Data Corporation estimated that the number of c...
Although celebrities such as Jackie Chan, rapper Ludacris and baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. will make appearances, the real stars at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week will be the cutting-edge gadgets. Now considered to be the biggest IT show in North America after...
Warez action goes on in the soundless vacuum of deep, deep cyberspace, not the noisy atmosphere of the Net where 99 percent of the online population surf. In the far reaches, warez enthusiasts trade in movies, software, music, you name it. But whatever the file being traded, it's not about money. Ra...
A call for financial support by the operator of a BitTorrent server that's been targeted by the motion picture industry as a hub for pirated films has achieved initial success. Edward Webber, operator of Loki Torrent, posted a plea for money at his Web site last week to fight a lawsuit slapped on hi...
Some of the world's leading handset manufacturers and wireless carriers announced an agreement to develop advanced technology for sending high-resolution video at speeds 10 times today's third-generation (3G) wireless. The deal, announced by Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo, included participation from Eur...
Security firm Sophos once again has named the U.S. as the biggest spam-producing nation in the world in a recent report. Sophos also highlighted the growing problem of compromised computers, or "zombies," as conduits for the unwanted e-mail. Sophos put the U.S. atop the latest "Dirty Dozen" list, cr...
A Chinese group announced it began operating what it says is the world's biggest next-generation Internet network over the weekend, boosting data transmission speeds and bringing more Internet protocol (IP) address possibilities to a region sorely lacking them. The move to Internet protocol version ...
A group dedicated to preserving civil liberties on the Internet announced this week that it's throwing its weight behind the development of a technology to foster anonymity in cyberspace. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring the Tor Project, which has created an open-source applica...
It is almost the New Year, and I'm sure many of us will be glad to say goodbye to 2004. It is traditional to make New Year's resolutions, and I'd like to suggest some for the companies that make up the high technology segment. It's always interesting to have a few bad years, because you something t...
Google helped shut down a spreading computer worm this week by denying the malicious software's use of its search engine, but the Santy.A worm still marks a troubling trend toward attack via Web sites and search technology, security experts warned. Santy.A started spreading Tuesday and attempted to ...
In a bid to display its suitability for consumer users, antivirus giant Trend Micro has announced it will provide antivirus scanning and cleaning protection for Microsoft's MSN Hotmail Internet e-mail customers, who number nearly 190 million. Such services had been provided by McAfee. Trend Micro, b...
In a battle to establish a de facto standard, is it better to deliver technology first or to have the greater number of supporters? The emergence of ultrawideband (UWB) products, which allow a wide variety of PC and consumer electronics devices to exchange information over high-speed wireless networ...
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