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Former Credit Suisse First Boston banker Frank Quattrone -- who became a poster boy for all of the excesses of the dot-com era on Wall Street -- recently had his conviction for obstruction of justice overturned by a U.S. Appeals Court in New York City. Now, speculation is growing that Quattrone, fam...
Handset vendors have been frantically trying to innovate in an effort to keep their products from becoming commodity items. Consequently, they have incorporated a number of new features into their products, such as cameras, and are offering slim, sleek designs available in a variety of colors. Now, ...
Dell has unveiled its latest notebook computer, boasting a lighter, slimmer design that incorporates wider screens and built-in cellular wireless capability that will work with Cingular, Verizon and Vodafone services for mobile connectivity. The new Dell Latitude D620 and D820, aimed at the business...
Backers of Bluetooth wireless technology this week announced their selection of the WiMedia Alliance ultra-wideband specification, which promises to increase the speed and capability of the close-in wireless solution. The move will not only extend Bluetooth capabilities for current low-power uses su...
Microsoft on Wednesday announced new intellectual property licensing initiatives for its mouse and keyboard technologies. The hardware licensing initiative is a first for the software giant. The initiatives make Microsoft technologies, including U2 interface detection and switching technology, Tilt ...
StreamCast Networks has filed suit against Skype and Kazaa in a U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, claiming copyright infringement violations under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, otherwise known as the Rico Act. StreamCast is alleging that it owns the...
As a legendary poet-songster once insightfully intoned, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, but it helps if you have an Oregon Scientific regional weather station. The Tualatin, Oregon-based company pulled the wraps off its latest meteorological information center in Januar...
A new flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has come to light, but the software giant does not expect to issue a patch for it until April 11. However, at least two outside firms have issued patches that may be used in the interim. The Microsoft vulnerability exploits the way Internet Explorer handle...
Some 25 million households in the nation have a wireless network, and that number is growing. So, too, is the number of home networks without a lick of security on them, according to a report released last week by ABI Research in Oyster Bay, N.Y. That's because, for most consumers, activating the se...
Could Apple's troubles in Europe get any worse? It's on the wrong end of a lawsuit from The Beatles in the UK, who say iTunes breaks a $26 million settlement under which Apple Computer agreed to stay away from the music business; there's a distinct possibility Apple's digital rights management techn...
Businesspeople and consumers are becoming more reliant on handheld devices for the obvious conveniences they offer. "We are starting to see users do more with their handheld devices than simply check e-mail," noted Jack Gold, a principal with market research firm J. Gold Associates. "Increasingly, t...
Intel is readying a plan to aim its processors and computing platform at the business world, hinting at a Centrino-style campaign similar to the one the chip giant employed to push wireless technology into mainstream use. The enterprise market brings a variety of challenges for the company, but Inte...
In the midst of the Game Developer's conference in San Jose, Calif., last week, Microsoft announced that Windows Vista would miss its do-not-miss date. Then, Dell, which does not typically do acquisitions, bought the premier gaming PC builder Alienware. Each event has within it the potential to in...
Is it time to completely replace cable regulation -- rules as dated as black and white televisions? That's the argument being made by economists before the Federal Communications Commission. The comments to the FCC -- based on a study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va...
Microsoft has confirmed that a new vulnerability exists in its Internet Explorer Web browser. The flaw could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's system. The vulnerability affects IE 6.0 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. Secunia has also confirmed the vulnerability exists i...
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