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Microsoft is putting search at the forefront of its future plans, and is demonstrating its increasing prowess in that field at the company's annual TechFest this week. The software giant unveiled nearly 100 new innovations at its Redmond campus, including several key research projects such as the hi...
Cisco Systems is now offering customers an upgraded version of its software and network equipment that links desktop computers to cell phones and other mobile devices. The new wireless client software extends desk phone functions to a variety of smartphones and handheld devices, and supports BlackBe...
A new computer virus targeting antivirus vendor Symantec's security software has hit a division of at least one big U.S. corporation this week and is still considered a threat to other networks. The virus, which has reportedly infested CNN and its parent company Turner Broadcasting System, is the la...
Verizon Wireless became the first U.S. carrier to deliver a service that streams television to mobile phones with the Thursday launch of its new Mobile TV on the MediaFLO network. The service is available in three separate packages: four channels for $13 per month; eight channels for $15; or eight c...
Advanced Micro Devices has announced the availability of its AMD 690 chipset, the first integrated chipset that includes the recently acquired ATI Radeon X1250 graphics processor. Integration of the Radeon processor means that PCs based on the 690 chipset will not require any additional graphics car...
A pair of hackers arrested last year for trying to extort $150,000 from MySpace.com have struck a deal that will spare them jail time. The two pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court to the lesser charge of illegal computer access. Prosecutors agreed to drop extortion charges that could have resul...
New software is now making it possible to remove Advanced Access Content System encryption from HD DVDs, enabling users to play discs on non-HDCP compliant graphics cards and displays. SlySoft, a DVD-authoring software firm based in Antigua, has released the first version of its AnyDVD HD, a program...
Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005, making the software giant's flagship database system compatible with its newest operating system and Office 2007. The release is the second major update the company has issued for its enterprise grade database. In addition to integrating SQL...
Sharp has introduced a new Blu-ray disc player that is the first such device capable of recording high-definition content directly from television. The new BD-HP1, set to go on sale in Japan next month, allows the transfer of content from the company's Aquos digital tuner or Aquos HD Recorder to the...
Hewlett-Packard is taking a new approach to smartphones with the launch of a slim new handset with 3G Internet connectivity, moving away from the clunky styling of its previous series of powerful PDA phones. The iPaq 500 smartphone, unveiled this week at the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, wi...
Microsoft unveiled three new Windows Live services in conjunction with the official launch of the latest version of its operating system for smartphones, in an effort to cut deeper inroads into the mobile device market. Although details of Windows Mobile 6 were leaked to the press last week, the OS ...
Korean electronics maker Samsung has unveiled a new mobile phone with sleek features and functions that are similar to Apple's recently announced iPhone. The company delivered the new Ultra Smart F700 at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The handset, which even looks a lot like the iPhone...
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...
Vodafone has signed an exclusive partnership deal with social networking Web site MySpace, allowing its customers to access and update their MySpace pages from their mobile phones, according to the telecom giant. The deal is expected to help Vodafone, Europe's biggest mobile operator, boost mobile u...
Sony Ericsson unveiled its slimmest Walkman phone ever on Tuesday. It's only 0.38 inches thick and has several new music features. The matchbook thin device, called the "W880," packs music features into its ultra-thin design with a handset preloaded with Walkman Player 2.0, Disc2Phone music managem...
Sony executives received surprising sales results last month. After crunching numbers coming in across Japan, they learned their 7-year-old PlayStation 2 outsold the brand new PlayStation 3 in Japan in late January for the first time. During the week of Jan. 22-28, sales of the PlayStation 2 console...
The number of kids viewing online pornography is increasing, with one in four reporting they've at least caught a glimpse of X-rated material on the Internet, and two-thirds of those said the images were uninvited, according to a University of New Hampshire study published Monday. Forty-two percent ...
Verizon Wireless this week pushed out its first deployments of a speedier mobile broadband service that increases Internet upload speeds by up to six times faster than the company's existing broadband network. The New York-based telecom is upgrading its third-generation wireless network using a CDMA...
The first portable hard drives for mobile phones will soon be on the market, promising to spark a "multimedia revolution" by meeting increasing storage demands of smartphone users. Seagate this week announced the Digital Audio Video Experience, or DAVE, a portable drive that connects wirelessly to m...
Microsoft's much-anticipated Vista operating system became available to consumers this week, and, as with many new technologies, the excitement was tempered by an atmosphere of caution. So, Vista is finally here. Now what? Because Vista is the first major upgrade to Microsoft's operating system sinc...
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