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Broadband networks for the home are fueling the growth of sales of wireless devices, and will continue to do so for the next five years. Research from the Boston-based IT consultancy, Strategy Analytics, indicates that homeowners worldwide are going to purchase nearly 950 million wireless home devi...
Microsoft is going to start charging users who download its Office 2007 Beta 2 version US$1.50, starting August 2. The application, which has been downloaded by some 3 million people over the last two months, has been available for free. Microsoft said it was surprised by the interest in beta 2 and ...
AOL on Friday will launch the beta version of a free portal designed to let customers view and share videos across the Web. AOL Video includes roughly 45 new video-on-demand content channels, organized and accessible through video search, browse or an interactive programming guide; free streaming co...
In an apparent move to challenge Apple's iPod music player, Verizon Wireless on Monday announced that its V Cast Music service will offer individually priced downloads. The competitive announcement that voids the US$15 monthly fee for Verizon's music service comes in conjunction with the wireless pr...
Last week was one to write home about, particularly between AMD and Intel. The AMD folks effectively created a distraction during Intel's biggest launch since the original Pentium 13 years ago -- and Intel actually helped them do it. In addition, Microsoft met with a broad cross section of analysts ...
The Environmental Protection Agency last week approved a new framework to regulate the disposal of old computer monitors with cathode ray tubes and aged TVs loaded with mercury, a move that is being applauded by the computer industry. "CEA agrees with the EPA's statement that a CRT not recycled is a...
A Singapore biotech company announced Thursday that it has produced and stored four new clinically compliant human embryonic stem cell lines, and that another four lines should be stored within the next four to five weeks. ES Cell International believes it is the first in the world to create these c...
Motorola on Friday signed an exclusive agreement with Chinese online gaming giant Shanda Interactive. The duo's goal is to improve the mobile gaming experience in the growing Asian marketplace. According to the agreement, Motorola will launch exclusive mobile versions of Shanda's popular "World of ...
Microsoft believes it will be on target for the release of its long-awaited Vista operating system, but the company wants to ensure quality before sending it to the masses. "We will ship Windows Vista when the product is ready," Kevin Johnson, co-president of Microsoft's Platforms & Services Div...
Marking another step in the evolution of cellular phone service, Nokia launched its first public Unlicensed Mobile Access pilot over Wireless LAN in Oulu, Finland last week. Converged technologies like UMA greatly expand the options for connecting via mobile devices. Specifically, UMA allows wireles...
Microsoft demonstrated this week a new handheld device running its Windows CE mobile operating system that could in the future serve as a basic PC for users in developing nations. The software giant did not say whether it would actually bring the prototype product, dubbed FonePlus, to market, but Mi...
Last month, the U.S. Treasury Department announced the end of the ancient federal excise tax on long-distance telephone bills. Consumers should be wary of this seemingly positive development, as cash-strapped bureaucrats now press forward with plans for new technology taxes, threatening innovation. ...
Kazaa, an Australia-based peer-to-peer Web site that managed to elude the legal reach of the music recording industry for many years, has agreed to an out-of-court settlement of US$100 million. Owner Sharman Networks also agreed to prohibit illegal file sharing on the Kazaa network going forward. In...
While Nigeria welcomed the One Laptop Per Child initiative, ordering 1 million of the US$100 laptops earlier this week, India is apparently snubbing the concept. On the heels of the OLPC's first actual order for its Linux-powered notebook computers aimed at making modern technology available to chil...
Intel unveiled its Core 2 Duo computer processors Thursday, marking what some consider the chip giant's biggest new product release in years. The new Intel Core 2 Duos, a family of 10 new processors that includes desktop and mobile versions of the chips, more closely connect the two processor cores ...
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