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Cingular will be the first carrier in the United States to offer Hewlett-Packard's new iPAQ handheld device, the companies announced Thursday. The phone features five wireless communications technologies including global satellite positioning. HP's iPAQ hw6920 series Mobile Messenger was designed wi...
Controversial television commercials about the war in Iraq and stem cell research may be remembered long after the 2006 mid-term elections are over. The debates began swirling over a Republican ad that used fear tactics to sway voters, but grew louder in the wake of a pro stem cell research campaign...
Customers looking to buy new PCs this holiday season can enjoy a special gift from Microsoft -- discounted or free copies of the Vista operating system and Microsoft Office 2007 productivity suite. Microsoft on Tuesday announced programs to provide holiday shoppers with low-cost upgrades with the pu...
Google on Monday launched a new service that lets users customize its search engine. The Google Custom Search Engine is aimed at bringing tailored search to Web sites and blogs. The new tool allows users to use the Google search platform to create a search engine focused on any content they like, fr...
Despite the multiple millions of dollars being poured into its development, Internet Protocol Television is still not an eminent threat to old fashioned cable -- but it is edging closer to "prime-time" status. Microsoft is billing its TV IPTV Edition as "better TV, not 'me too' TV." Nortel, Cisco an...
The once-controversial BitTorrent has inked deals with several hardware manufacturers to embed its software in consumer products. BitTorrent makes a peer-to-peer digital content delivery platform known by the same name. The platform, along with others like it, has come under fire in the past for hos...
Google on Monday stepped into the political arena with its latest offering, the Google Earth Election Guide. The application mixes the company's Google Earth program with information about the U.S. congressional races coming up in November. Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power...
Sling Media on Tuesday announced a partnership with smartphone operating system developer Symbian to bring mobile TV to consumers. Sling Media will deliver a version of its SlingPlayer Mobile software application for the Symbian OS in select European and Asian countries during the fourth quarter of ...
With the launch of the PlayStation 3 game console less than one month away, Sony on Thursday revealed additional details on the device as well as which game titles will be available first for the next-generation machine. Sony unveiled 22 titles for the PS3 that will be available when it launches on ...
After years of waiting, consumers on Wednesday finally got the chance to download a new version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The software giant released Windows IE 7 for Windows XP, the latest version of the market-leading browser, with plenty of promises. The browser comes with the pledge of g...
In a security industry battle that is heating up day by day, McAfee is alleging that Microsoft has failed to keep its end of a deal to cooperate with security software companies. Microsoft promised the European Commission last week that it would alter its new Vista operating system to allow security...
Jeff Taylor is at it again. The Monster.com founder raised US$10 million in venture capital from General Catalyst Partners and Sequoia Capital to launch Eons, a 50-plus-targeted media company that he hopes will inspire a generation of Baby Boomers and seniors to live the biggest life possible. Taylo...
U.S. and Russian scientists on Monday announced they have created the newest super-heavy element, element 118. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from Dubna, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia, discovered the element during experim...
A circuit court judge in Florida's Miami-Dade County has decided not to ban the sale of a controversial video game to minors. Judge Ronald Friedman previewed "Bully," a game scheduled to be released for Sony's PlayStation 2 on Tuesday. After watching a live demonstration of the game, he decided that...
Microsoft on Friday changed its stance on a Vista security feature that has ruffled the feathers of antivirus vendor powerhouses in recent weeks. Symantec and McAfee cried foul when they learned that the software giant was planning to block security software vendors' access to Vista's kernel, which ...
Palm took the wraps off its first entry-level smartphone at the DigitalLife trade show in New York on Thursday. The Treo 680's design aims to broaden the appeal of feature-rich smartphones beyond business clients to attract everyday users who like to listen to music, take pictures and surf the Web.
Firefox continued to gain ground on Internet Explorer in September, according to the latest browser usage statistics from Net Applications. What's more, the firm reports increasing browser fragmentation among users. Internet Explorer has been the dominant Web browser for many years -- and remains ki...
NEC on Tuesday added an interesting twist to the high-definition format battle: a semiconductor that crosses the boundaries between the competing standards. NEC's new chipset will be compatible with both the Blu-ray disc, which is backed by Sony and Matsushita Electric, and the HD DVD disc developed...
In yet another step into Microsoft territory, Google on Wednesday released a package of applications that directly compete with the software giant's Office suite. Google is using its popularity in the search engine realm to garner attention for its Web 2.0 applications, Writely and Google Spreadshee...
Microsoft on Tuesday addressed 26 vulnerabilities in its monthly cycle of security patch releases, marking the software giant's largest Patch Tuesday this year. Microsoft issued 10 security bulletins to patch vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and .Net. Six of the bulletins were rated "critical," a ...
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