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BlackBerry Maker in Microsoft Crosshairs

The battle over the mobile e-mail market will be heating up over the coming months, and it's a battle that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is destined to lose ...

Pod Slurping: Threat or Hype?

These days, a sure way to get attention to something is to associate it to Apple Computer's hot line of iPod digital music players -- even if that association is a dubious one. That seems to be the case with Pod Slurping ...

SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

Give Me a Sidebar, Hold the Search

When Google recently released its re-vamped desktop search engine, a central element of the new offering was a sidebar. This clever device gives keyboard jocks quick access to a bundle of useful features. You can read e-mail as soon as it arrives without opening your e-mail program, for instance, or monitor news headlines without opening your browser...

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine ...

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine ...

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine ...

Researchers See Surge in Demand for HP Computers

Sales of desktop computers made by Hewlett-Packard have exhibited a recent year-over-year surge, according to a report released this week by ChangeWave Research, of Rockville, Md ...

iPod Slayers Misdirecting Efforts

Competitors lusting for a slice of Apple's iPod market need to rethink their current strategy, according to an analyst at Forrester Research ...

PRODUCT REVIEW

There’s Music in My Shades

Sunglasses and cool have always had an intimate relationship so it's not surprising that gadget makers have started grafting the coolest way to listen to music to the fashionable accoutrement ...

Skype-eBay Deal Draws Mixed Reaction

In a deal harking back to the days of dot-com euphoria, online e-commerce powerhouse eBay announced a US$2.6 billion deal to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype, a pioneer in free Voice over IP (VoIP) services on the Internet ...

Report: Cell Phone Satisfaction Drops

Consumer satisfaction with wireless phone service providers has slipped significantly over the last year, according to an annual study released by J.D. Power and Associates yesterday ...

PayPal Sweetens Micropayments for Online Merchants

Online merchants selling digital products for small sums of money will find it easier to do so through the Internet's best known online payment service, PayPal ...

SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

A Sweet Suite for Bloggers

News syndication and Web logs are two of the hottest technologies on the Internet today ...

What Are Businesses Doing With Your Personal Data?

Some 72 percent of the businesses evaluated by a Boston-based research firm scored poorly on their policies for re-using their customers' personal data for marketing purposes, but the researchers maintain that more companies are sensitive to privacy issues than ever before and are acting on that awareness ...

Intel, RIM Pact Just Vapor Deal?

A pact between chip king Intel and Research in Motion (RIM), Canadian maker of the Blackberry mobile communication device, appears less imminent than originally reported ...

PRODUCT REVIEW

Qosmio Notebook More Than an Entertainment Appliance

Some pundits contend that if Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows XP is going to break through the barrier between the living room and the home office, it's going to have to do it on the notebook platform. Toshiba is taking that notion seriously with its new line of Qosmio portables ...

Forecaster Predicts Double-Digit Growth, Flat Revenues for PCs

Personal computer shipments this year and next will grow by double digits, but that won't translate into the big revenue gains for PC makers, according to a preliminary forecast released yesterday by Gartner, of Stamford, Conn ...

Microsoft Tests Rent-a-Game Market

Renting entertainment could be the wave of the future, and Microsoft isn't about to miss it ...

PRODUCT REVIEW

New Nikon Digital SLR Has the Right Stuff

If you've ever owned an SLR camera, you can probably remember the first time you held it in your hands. I do ...

BellSouth Baits Broadband Customers With Napster

In an aggressive move to entice dial-up surfers to upgrade to broadband service, BellSouth announced a deal with Napster yesterday that the Baby Bell hopes Websters will find hard to refuse ...

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