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The postponement of Google's deal with the Federal Trade Commission may have been caused, at least in part, by Europe's tough stance with the company. As of a few days ago, reports suggested that Google was close to hashing out a deal with the FTC, but that the European Commission's two-year antitru...
With Verizon's recent announcement that it intends to drop its grandfathered unlimited wireless data plan for existing customers who were around before tiered its pricing came into being, crackdowns are in the air. Both T-Mobile and Sprint continue to offer unlimited data plans, although T-Mobile sl...
This past week saw considerable hacker activity: AntiSec released to the Internet 1 GB worth of emails and documents stolen from the account of VanGuard Defense Industries SVP Richard Garcia. A related hacker community, Anonymous, hacked into the servers of the BART Police Officers' Association. Ano...
All the recent news about Facebook -- from its founder being named Time magazine's Person of the Year to Goldman Sachs placing a $450 million bet on its future profitability -- makes it clear that social networking platforms are hot commodities. It's also clear, however, that not all social networki...
McDonald's has signed on as an early user of Facebook's new location feature, which reportedly could launch as early as this month. The new feature will give users the ability to include their location within a status update, but it will also be offered as a tool for marketers, AdAge reported Thursd...
Good things come in small packages, as the saying goes, and nowhere is that more true than in nanotechnology. Research in the field has recently led to several new strategies for employing nanotechnology in the fight against cancer, and -- so far, at least -- the results are promising. One of the ha...
Today is the day of the Droid. The Motorola smartphone touches down today in what's shaping up to be one of the biggest handset launches in recent memory. Of course Verizon is going all-in as far as advertising is concerned, but there's more to the Droid's story than a marketing campaign. First, the...
The world's largest social network -- stuffed to the brim with 250 million members -- is checking itself out in the mirror, wondering how it would look in a slimmed-down version. However, it may also be putting on some weight by adding a feature that's popular with a certain much-hyped short messagi...
Barack Obama has made it as clear as a 1080p high-definition image that he intends to be the Digital President. He used online fundraising, Facebook, text messages and YouTube to get elected, and he has an ambitious agenda that calls on technology to create jobs, clean up the environment and bring t...
WiFi was supposed to effortlessly connect us to the world on the run. Instead, we're all on the run seeking a connection. We skip from airport to coffee shop, from cell connection to hotel hook-up, constantly trying to pace connects and disconnects with our physical location of the moment. We are, i...
WiFi was supposed to effortlessly connect us to the world on the run. Instead we're all on the run seeking a connection. We skip from airport to coffee shop, from cell connection to hotel hook-up, constantly trying to pace connects and disconnects with our physical location of the moment. We are, in...
The day has come. Fingerprint biometrics is real technology for real people. Spurred by the size and cost advantages of fingerprint sensors and a growing need for security, biometric fingerprint technology is being integrated into more and more devices, including laptop PCs from the leading manufact...
Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, says it will begin offering free maps and routing to its customers in more than 150 countries, as well as users of Window Mobile devices. Nokia's "smart2go" will allow users to focus localized search and route-finding services into mobile handsets for free. T...
I know a lot of you will be spending time with your families and, if you are like me, you may be looking for some things to talk about that aren't religion or politics but just as likely to result in a heated holiday "discussion." Since the iPod, Apple's valuation has shot up like a rocket, while Mi...
Americans are using a controversial new microchip technology in some new credit and debit cards to make it easier and quicker to purchase groceries, cigarettes and gasoline. In addition, the cards tie those purchases into the supply chain more rapidly with a flick of the wrist. Backed by powerhouses...
Zi Corporation yesterday said it has signed a licensing agreement with Nintendo to provide the video game giant's developers the ability to employ its handwriting recognition technology. Zi Corp., a Canadian intelligent interface software provider, said Nintendo plans to use its Decuma technology to...
A Florida man may face probation or as much as five years in prison for allegedly accessing someone's residential WiFi Internet connection while parked on the street outside. Wireless experts said the case highlighted how insecure most home wireless networks are, as well as the significance of poten...
Philadelphia might be known as the city of brotherly love but what it's generating with its experiment with government-sponsored wireless broadband access is far from that emotion. Last fall, the city aired its intentions to make itself a gigantic WiFi hotspot, a project with a projected price tag o...
With more and more young people turning to video games for entertainment instead of watching television, advertisers are looking for creative ways to reach out to this growing demographic. One of the newest techniques is to place advertisements directly into video games -- a practice that's rare rig...
The hot topic at this week's massive Telecom '04 conference in Las Vegas was voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), otherwise known as Internet telephony. VoIP revolutionizes telecommunications, but as attendees discovered, an obsolete pro-regulatory mindset threatens its growth. VoIP is disrupting t...
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