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Computer network equipment maker Juniper Networks and Microsoft on Monday announced a joint effort to deliver high-performance security solutions to protect Internet Protocol networks, services and applications. Specifically, the companies are collaborating to provide end-to-end security to addres...

Boy, the hits just keep on coming. Last week was no exception, with moves that further put to rest the idea that the tech market is dull and boring. Dell released four products in Los Angeles, two of which are some of the most aggressive ever to come from that company. Hewlett-Packard launched anoth...

You may have relied on the portable iWay 350C, from Lowrance Electronics, to navigate your latest road trip. In the future, you will probably be able to use your mobile phone from Nokia or Motorola, or another wireless technology developer, for that same task. A research study indicates that at the ...

Sophos has cracked the code to unlock files held hostage by Archiveus ransomware. The security software firm warned users on Thursday about the Trojan horse, which encrypts victims' computer data, and then attempts to force users into making a purchase from an online pharmacy. Archiveus is not the f...

Skype is barreling ahead full speed into the business market with yet another strategic partnership, this time with an Internet telephony startup called Vapps. The eBay-owned VoIP firm on Thursday announced an initiative to provide unlimited, free conference calling for up to 500 participants to Sky...

Number two chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices has laid out an ambitious product roadmap, one that features it focusing on the growing market for notebook chips and increasing production overall as it bids to wrest still more market share away from Intel. AMD's roadmap relies heavily on continued produ...

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Broadband Starting to Bloom

Broadband adoption in American homes grew by 40 percent in the last year, twice the growth rate of the year before, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That's good news that should be followed by more good news if technology is allowed to move forward, unfettered by heavy gover...

Dell looked beyond its usual volume business to speed and style this week, rolling out three new XPS entertainment and gaming PCs, including a hybrid desktop-notebook with 20-inch screen that can stay in the office or hook together to go. That computer, the XPS M2010, was rounded out by the XPS 700 ...

In what looks to become a fiery security service brawl, Microsoft and Symantec are launching competing products. While Symantec plans to debut its Norton 360 later this summer, Microsoft beat the security firm to the punch with its Wednesday release of Windows Live OneCare. OneCare is the software ...

Microsoft is like the earth. When it moves, people notice. Among the Redmond, Wash., softzilla's recent maneuvers are its purchase of Massive Inc., of New York City, and its imminent -- if The Wall Street Journal is to be believed -- acquisition of Third Screen Media, of Boston. Massive provides a p...

The Recording Industry Association of America has launched a new legal assault on digital radio in Washington, D.C. The "Perform Act of 2006" effectively hamstrings the ongoing growth and development of nascent digital satellite and Internet radio businesses, according to industry watchdogs, in the ...

Advanced Micro Devices officially launched its bid to get into the living room this week, touting technical capabilities and a team of supporting computer manufacturers as it rolled out its "Live" media PC platform. Describing Live PC as a "full-featured, easy-to-use media center PC," AMD said the c...

A new spyware program called DigiKeyGen is luring the unwary with a claim to provide free access to online pornographic content. It's hardly a new tactic, but Panda Software Labs has discovered yet another instance of this time-tested social engineering ploy. DigiKeyGen is found on a Web page that a...

In a move to appeal to a wider audience, Nintendo is rebranding a portion of its line of handheld gaming titles. The video game giant on Tuesday said it will begin branding its more casual Nintendo DS titles under the new Touch Generations label beginning in June. Touch Generations will be one eleme...

Digital convergence -- the marrying of computer, communications and entertainment technologies -- is driving mergers and acquisitions among technology companies, according to a report released Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report, part of a series of surveys being conducted by the accountin...


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