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Child pornography on the Internet is a growing problem for countries around the world, new research suggests. The Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland reported that consumers served by its members have expressed that they are fed up with the availability of child pornography online. The...
You're likely to visit the doctor when you have an infection, but what if the e-health records in her office were infected themselves -- with viruses, worms and other malware? That could be detrimental to your health, and depending on the severity of the computer problems, could even change the cour...
Silicon Valley -- the sprawling suburbs of San Francisco and San Jose -- first emerged during the 1960s as a prime location for the Pentagon to conduct research and development work during the Cold War. Will the Silicon Prairie -- the stretch of land between Chicago and downstate Champaign-Urbana --...
The aging workforce is becoming a significant concern for technology employers in the U.S., where a third of employees will be aged 50 or older in just four years. Ten years ago, the story was the "graying of Japan," where aging workers were expected to be less productive in their golden years as w...
Police in Chicago -- and elsewhere in the state of Illinois -- are dramatically expanding the deployment of stealth cameras to catch alleged speeders. The cameras may be a massive invasion of privacy, however, according to some legal experts who are calling for precautions to be taken with the surve...
The era of the networked home has finally arrived, as sales are soaring for IP-enabled multimedia devices. According to a new study by Boston-based Strategy Analytics, sales in the U.S. of Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled devices rose by more than 500 percent to 16 million units in 2005, as consumers ...
Back in the 1950s, Elvis Presley and other recording artists put out plenty of hit singles like "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Hound Dog," and consumers clamored for the tunes. By the 1960s, with the success of "The Beatles (The White Album)" and blockbusters from other big groups, the album became the ma...
Results of a new study dramatically challenge the conventional wisdom on the benefits of the Internet, and indicate that the Web may actually "inhibit" productivity for some workers. The study, undertaken by Lieberman Research Worldwide for San Mateo, Calif.-based Rearden Commerce, an online marketp...
Many cases centered around document management, retention and disposition could be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court in the next year, as companies run into challenges resulting from a disorganized or inadequate document management strategy, experts tell TechNewsWorld. The Supreme Court has, in past...
Significant concentrations of the Blackworm virus remain in Peru, India and the United States -- currently infecting about five percent of the world's PCs overall -- though the coordinated "disinfection" of most enterprise PCs was successful, according to new research provided to TechNewsWorld. The ...
Mark Twain once said that the rumors of his death had been "greatly exaggerated." The same can be said for the desktop PC. Sleek laptops are certainly sexier than bulky desktops, but recent research proves that small businesses need both to create a more efficient and productive office. With the exp...
IT employees are starting to gain back some of the clout they had during the 1990s, as hiring in the technology field has accelerated during the last six quarters. "A key component of the technology economy is IT employment, and it's going through a major transition," Joel Dibble, a spokesman for M...
More and more consumers -- not just twenty-somethings -- are interested in giving up their conventional landline telephone for a mobile phone. According to the latest research from Boston-based Strategy Analytics, one in five mobile phone users in Western Europe would consider disconnecting their la...
A new report indicates that worldwide mobile phone shipments grew 19 percent year-to-year in the fourth quarter of 2005, reaching a record 810 million units for the year. What is more, this sales boom happened despite "moderate" industry-wide component shortages. Fourth-quarter volume reached an "...
New research by the Arlington, Mass.-based Cutter Consortium indicates that business requirements for IT and even management trends appear to be increasingly driven by IT innovations in the marketplace, not the other way around, as traditionally believed. A copy of the research from Cutter's senior ...
New research indicates that the number of mobile phone subscribers will increase by upwards of 50 percent in the next four years. According to the latest research from the wireless network strategies service of Boston-based Strategy Analytics, the mobile industry is on course for 2.5 billion subscri...
Demand for automotive blindspot monitoring technologies -- which can dramatically improve safety for drivers -- is poised to grow explosively, according to new market forecasts. Boston-based Strategy Analytics said manufacturers are beginning to compete by offering different, compelling products and...
Access to high-speed Internet can differ substantially between urban and rural dwellers, according to a new report by the Center for Rural Policy and Development. The center, based in St. Peter, Minn., says people in rural areas have a harder time getting broadband access at competitive and reasona...
New research indicates that more than 200,000 computers were commandeered and turned into "zombies" each day last month, and that the amount of virus messaging on the Internet has increased by 50 percent during the last two months. Experts tell TechNewsWorld that over the last six months, CipherTrus...
China is now the nation with the second largest number of Internet users -- with 20 million new users going online last year -- and is coming close to the U.S. in terms of total broadband users too, according to a new research report. The total number of Chinese Internet users reached almost 120 mil...
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