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The World Wide Web Consortium has released guidelines for Web developers to make Internet browsing more mobile-friendly. The powerful industry and standards group said the "important milestone," its Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, would advance its objective of making mobile browsing as easy as deskt...
With a new generation of video game consoles, increasing online game play and distribution, cross-platform development and play, in-game advertising and more, there are earth-shaking changes going on in the video game industry. TechNewsWorld posed some questions about the new gaming landscape to Sen...
Intel rolled out its new server processors this week with hopes of stemming market gains by rival Advanced Micro Devices' popular Opteron server chips. Intel's new dual-core Xeon 5100s, previously codenamed "Woodcrest," are the first Core microprocessors to hit the market. They represent a big step ...
Like numerous other large Internet, technology and media players, Google is getting more into video, now testing a free video offering supported by advertising that accompanies sports, animated, amateur and other videos. Google said video normally selling from between 99 US cents and $15 is now avai...
It has worked for geeks, but can the popular Digg technology news site -- an enormous online water cooler that attracts masses of readers who determine the top and most-viewed article rankings -- surface with success in mainstream news? Fans of Digg, which has grown to rival other Internet news gian...
Software and search heavyweights Adobe and Google joined forces this week, announcing a multi-year distribution deal that pairs the Google Toolbar with Adobe's downloadable Macromedia Shockwave Player. The Adobe deal is widely viewed as yet another weapon in Google's arsenal against its entrenched ...
Microsoft made a major move into robotics this week as the software giant previewed its Windows-based Robotics Studio robot software development platform. Along with a list of robotics partners including Lego, White Box Robotics, and universities around the globe, Microsoft said its robotics develop...
Researchers from IBM and Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a silicon-germanium processor that, when cryogenically frozen, can operate at frequencies higher than 500 gigahertz, some 250 times faster than the chips of today's mobile phones. The phenomenal jump in chip clock speed may b...
Wikipedia's wild popularity has been matched recently by the amount of controversy surrounding the site, a Web-based encyclopedia that is open to anyone who wants to contribute and add to any of the information. That is, almost anyone, and almost any of Wikipedia's information. The site has come und...
The fight for DVD viewer hearts and minds is getting underway as Samsung readies the first high-definition Blu-ray DVD player, the BD-P1000, to go on sale in the U.S. next week. The other high-definition DVD format, HD DVD, is available from Toshiba in the recently released HD-A1 player. The latest ...
Computing heavyweight Hewlett-Packard is touting new blade server technology that it hopes will serve to ease management of more modular blades, which are also more energy-efficient and cooler thanks to new technology. HP said the BladeSystem c-Class took three years to develop, and centers on the t...
Microsoft made the most of this month's regular Patch Tuesday, putting out a dozen patches highlighted by a fix for the serious, zero-day Word vulnerability that has been the basis for targeted attacks since it was uncovered last month. Microsoft also patched seven other "critical" vulnerabilities, ...
AOL bolstered its Open AIM initiative by adding new features and functionality to the instant message (IM) technology, and supporting new platforms Mac OS X, Linux, Pocket PC and Java. The Dulles, Va.-based company, which launched the Open AIM initiative last spring to spur development and use, said...
Intel this week signaled research advancements for its tri-gate transistor technology, indicating that along with other emerging methods and manufacturing, it has a technology trifecta lined up for tomorrow's energy efficient chips. Intel researchers said the technologies -- tri-gate insulation, hig...
The Federal Trade Commission reported on Friday that a settlement has been reached with the companies behind the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games, which were sued for deceptive practices over hidden sexual content in the game. The companies ...
Internet search giant Google revealed this week its progress and plans for 802.11 WiFi wireless service in its home town of Mountain View, Calif., as well as San Francisco, where the company won a contract to provide city-wide wireless service with EarthLink earlier this year. Google will reportedly...
A big new wave of Microsoft security products began rolling in this week as the software giant announced the Antigen security line for e-mail and messaging servers. Aimed primarily at Exchange Server and other Windows Server customers, the new software suite is stirring controversy in the security s...
Graphics silicon giant Nvidia doubled up on graphics processors for its latest high-end graphics processing card, touting the new GeForce 7950 GX2 as the "world's fastest." The new GeForce 7 series cards draw on two graphics processing units (GPUs), dramatically increasing single video card performa...
Enterprise server software heavy VMware unveiled its latest virtualization software this week, promising wider infrastructure capabilities in its third-generation VMware Infrastructure 3 software suite. The VMware release -- featuring four new virtualization tools for distributed files, scheduling, ...
Dell looked beyond its usual volume business to speed and style this week, rolling out three new XPS entertainment and gaming PCs, including a hybrid desktop-notebook with 20-inch screen that can stay in the office or hook together to go. That computer, the XPS M2010, was rounded out by the XPS 700 ...
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