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A new research report by the Boston-based consultancy Strategy Analytics indicates that consumer demand for access to broadband services is powering growth in the market for VSATs -- very small aperture terminals. A copy of the findings was provided to TechNewsWorld. The VSAT industry has undergone ...
A federal appeals court has invalidated patents for bar codes and machine vision in a case that could have significant implications for the technology industry, experts told TechNewsWorld. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit -- the appeals court for patent cases, based in Washington, D...
An industry forecast released this month by Wellesley, Mass.-based Mobile Ecosystem, a wireless industry consultancy, indicates that wireless carriers in 2006 will be launching a new "wave" of multimedia and entertainment applications on new, 3G networks. A copy of the forecast by analyst and founde...
A new study released this week by Boston-based Strategy Analytics offers an ominous warning -- companies focused on supplying light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for liquid crystal displays (LCD) and keypad backlighting functions will see their revenues plummet an astounding 41 percent in the next three ye...
Seoul, South Korea-based wireless carrier SK Telecom is planning early next year to deploy new technology that reduces the need for cell phone towers -- so-called "antennae diversity" technology, which may soon also be installed throughout the U.S. and Europe, experts tell TechNewsWorld. The technol...
Results of two new studies -- based on surveys of senior level executives -- indicate that mobile telephony and computing are growing challenges for the corporate enterprise and that companies are struggling to keep up. The remote and mobile workforce is exploding, according to the research, a summa...
Experts are raising uncomfortable questions about Research in Motion's proposal to maintain the viability of its Blackberry wireless network through a technological "work-around" if the U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va. issues an order to shutter its services in the U.S. The work-around -- as cur...
A new briefing released yesterday by Postini, the messaging security company, based in San Carlos, Calif., indicates that the recently discovered "Sober" virus is the largest viral attack on the Internet ever recorded, twice as big as any other virus on record. "We typically quarantine about 50 mil...
A new survey released last week by Strategy Analytics indicates that the "style" of a mobile phone may be the key feature that users rely on when gauging their satisfaction with mobile phone technology. The study by Boston-based Strategy Analytics analyzes mobile device buyer satisfaction across 20 ...
A leading computer security analyst is predicting that even as companies implement more IT security to prevent Internet hackers from tapping their networks, there will be increased theft of secure data by insiders, like employees. The data security forecast by Joseph Ansanelli, chief executive offic...
A forthcoming survey -- commissioned by Sun Microsystems -- indicates that 50 percent of consumers have promised themselves that if they are victims of identity theft at a particular financial institution, they will take their online business elsewhere. An executive summary of the survey -- to be re...
House Democrats today will introduce a new "innovation" strategy for the U.S. economy in a speech at the National Press Club by House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi. After convening a number of regional roundtables with business, technology and academic leaders across the United States, House D...
A national survey released today indicates that instant messaging (IM) has grown 19 percent since last year and is penetrating the United States market as deeply as e-mail -- with many Americans sending as many, if not more, IMs than they do e-mails. What's more, at-work and mobile messaging usage h...
The technology battle between data and voice communications is intensifying, and data appears to have the momentum now. But, experts say, voice may be making a comeback someday soon as industry's favorite application. A new survey, released mid-October by J.D. Power and Associates, indicates that e...
The controversy over the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to allow wiretapping of Internet telephone calls continues -- as experts on both sides of the question battle it out in federal court and in the court of public opinion. Last week, an alliance of Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP...
A white paper published this week by the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank in Chicago, is critical of a "discussion draft" of legislation released by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce concerning a new regulatory regime for Internet telephony. The document, entitled "The Metaphys...
A white paper published yesterday by the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank in Chicago, is critical of a "discussion draft" of legislation released by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce concerning a new regulatory regime for Internet telephony. The document, entitled "The Metaphys...
Major college campuses aren't the only place where notebook PCs are being boosted -- or even the most likely locale for a theft. Experts say laptop PCs are often stolen at work -- by other professionals. And once the technology has been stolen, it most likely is gone forever, at least as far as its...
Can state laws -- like the one signed in late September by Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar (R-Calif.) -- stop phishing scams? Probably not, experts tell TechNewsWorld. In fact, public policy experts say, confidence trickers are already willfully breaking a number of laws, and fear of punishment by author...
A number of non-profit alliances are actively promoting home networking technologies, perhaps providing the momentum to make the "smart home" a reality in the coming years. Eventually, home networks will become reliable enough to be managed from a distance -- when the homeowner is at work or on the ...
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