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Nokia on Monday unveiled three new cell phones with design in mind. The 7390, the 7360 and the 7373 offer new looks for the fashion conscious with plenty of bells and whistles for the technologically demanding. Nokia is describing the latest additions to its L'Amour Collection as style with substanc...
SanDisk on Friday introduced the latest MP3 players in its Sansa c200 series, a line of low-priced flash memory-based MP3 players loaded with features that the firm hopes will make Apple iPod shoppers think twice. For about US$100, the c200 series offers a bright LCD color screen and up to 2 gigabyt...
Skype on Thursday announced cordless phones that do not require a running computer to use its Voice over Internet Protocol services. The new class of phones lets users make and receive Skype calls over both Internet and traditional landlines. Skype has partnered with Philips and NetGear to introduce...
Electronic Arts on Thursday said it has inked a deal with video game advertising network Massive to push ads into its games. The agreement makes a way for Massive, a Microsoft subsidiary, to include a portfolio of Electronics Arts games developed for the Xbox 360 and PCs into Massive's advertising n...
In a move to further extend its reach beyond the desktop, Yahoo on Wednesday said it is making its suite of mobile applications available for phones using Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. Users of phones such as the Motorola Q can now tap into Yahoo Go for Mobile services, which include ...
Amazon.com has begun peddling Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system on its Web site. The Internet giant is displaying the Vista logo and has priced the software at US$100 to $399. Pricing is similar to what Microsoft currently charges for most versions of Windows XP. The software is not yet cu...
Google has added a new feature to its Book Search program that allows users download and print classic novels and obscure books from the public domain -- for free. The program launched Wednesday to give readers the ability to view, browse and read the full texts of books that are in the public domai...
The WiFi Alliance on Tuesday announced plans to certify interoperability of WiFi products that include baseline features from the developing IEEE 802.11n standard in the first half of 2007. This is the first phase in a certification program of the next generation of WiFi products. A second phase bri...
StopBadware.org on Monday put AOL's version 9.0 on its "Badware Watch List." The anti-spyware group cites, among other factors, the inclusion of bundled software applications and nondisclosure of additional installed components as reasons for its concern. The report is one in a recent series release...
Taking another step into Microsoft territory, Google on Monday launched Google Apps for Your Domain, a set of free hosted applications targeting small- to mid-sized businesses. The software allows users to send e-mail through Google's Web-based Gmail service that displays the company's domain name.
The confusion around Microsoft's plans to support high-definition protected content in its Windows Vista operating system continued on Friday as conflicting reports flood the news media. Microsoft Senior Program Manager Steve Riley told attendees at Tech2006 in Sydney that Microsoft would never supp...
Microsoft on Thursday took the cover off Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1, the last version of the popular browser it expects to release before going live with a final version later this year. RC1 may not look much different from the most recent IE 7 beta on the front end, but Microsoft said ...
School children will have to take the "P" out of whatever mnemonic they use to help them remember the solar system's planet lineup. That's because astronomers decided on Thursday to nix Pluto from the group of nine planets under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system. The Internation...
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday activity carried on from last week into this week as the software giant promised to issue a fix for its latest Internet Explorer security patch, which apparently carries a security bug of its own. The vulnerability could allow attackers to take complete control over a Windo...
In a move to compete with Google's controversial book search service, LibreDigital on Tuesday announced a service of its own that allows book publishers to digitally capture and deliver controlled book content online. LibreDigital, a division of NewsStand, said its Warehouse service makes it possibl...
Samsung Electronics on Sunday announced the first 70-inch LCD panel aimed at the consumer marketplace. Until now, Sharp offered the largest LCD TV screen, at 65 inches. Samsung will demonstrate its 70-inch LCD HDTV at the International Meeting on Information Displays 2006, which will open in Daegu, ...
SanDisk on Monday unveiled the 8-gigabyte Sansa e280, which offers audio, photo viewing and video clip playback capabilities at a price tag of US$249.99. The e280 is the latest in SanDisk's product lineup designed to compete with Apple's market-leading iPod. The device sports a microSD expansion slo...
Amid the chatter over fixes included in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release for this month, the software giant quietly announced that two patches in its Aug. 8 security bulletin also pertain to Windows Vista. A posting on the Windows Vista Security blog confirmed that MS06-042 and MS06-051 are also in...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the agency that supervises Internet domain names, has renewed its contract with the United States Department of Commerce to continue to perform the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority function. The IANA function includes Internet Protocol addr...
New developments are shaping the high definition DVD landscape. The latest news in the evolving Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format battle comes from Sony, which this week said Japan and the United States will share the same region code for Blu-ray disc players. The company also announced that it has started ...
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