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Let me set the record straight. I've never been a fan of tablet computers. If the urge to write on an LCD strikes me, I've always found my Palm Tungsten handheld sufficient for that desire. Nevertheless, when Motion Computing of Austin, Texas, introduced the LS800 tablet, it tantalized me. For one t...
An error made by security software provider McAfee has caused users' systems to delete or quarantine a number of executable files, including some Microsoft Excel documents, that had never been infected by a virus. The error occurred when McAfee released a new virus definition file with code targetin...
The battle over the next generation of DVD players just got another entrant: the virtual multilayer disc. VMD is a high quality format with built-in copyright protection designed for next-generation optical media. New Medium Enterprises demonstrated its VMD technology at the CeBIT trade show in Germ...
The Amazons and Wal-Marts of the Web understand the importance of a good on-site search engine, but for smaller concerns the technology can be problematic. Oftentimes those businesses don't make the connection between site search and customer satisfaction and even if they do, they don't have the mon...
Higher data rates and sophisticated features such as digital cameras, mobile video and advanced gaming mean that more on-the-go functionality is now available to cell phone users. These advances come with a dark side, however, as consumers are struggling to make sure that their phones have enough ba...
South Korean electronics giant Samsung announced that it will mass produce DDR2 DRAM memory using the smaller-scale, 80-nanometer (nm) manufacturing process. The move promises to boost efficiency both for Samsung and its DDR2 customers, who use the computer memory mainly in PCs. The shift comes as ...
Motorola's popular Razr phones are cutting off some callers. Now, the company's stock prices are taking a slashing. Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile last week stopped selling the Motorola model because of a defect in some handsets that causes calls to disconnect when the flip phones are opened. The gl...
Google has gobbled up yet another Web 2.0 startup. The search giant has acquired Upstartle, maker of Writely, software that allows you to edit documents online, then publish them online via blogs and other Web sites. Writely users can upload Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text documents, o...
Last week, Intel held its Developer Conference, an annual event where the company showcases the changes it plans to make in its next-gen products. With Microsoft's new operating system due to hit the market in a few short months, Intel planned more dramatic changes this year than would typically be ...
Child pornography on the Internet is a growing problem for countries around the world, new research suggests. The Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland reported that consumers served by its members have expressed that they are fed up with the availability of child pornography online. The...
Europe is feeling pressure to boost its efforts to speed the global adoption of radio frequency identification, a wireless technology already used by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart for much of its merchandise and shipping operations. European Commission officials indicated at the CeBIT technology confer...
Google has gobbled up yet another Web 2.0 startup. The search giant has acquired Upstartle, maker of Writely, software that allows you to edit documents online, then publish them online via blogs and other Web sites. Writely users can upload Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text documents, o...
The recent news that AT&T made a deal to acquire BellSouth has elicited two reactions: one, an assumption that communications prices will go up; and the other, an assumption that prices will go down. It's always tough to predict exactly what will happen in the marketplace, but the best money w...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to demonstrate the company's first wave of Ultra-Mobile PCs at the CeBIT information and telecommunications trade show in Hannover, Germany, on Thursday. Developed under the code name Origami, the portable devices will be available next month at prices rangi...
A majority of Web sites fail to meet the search desires of their visitors, according to a report prepared by Cambridge, Mass.-based research firm Forrester Research. "Although consumers value search as a standalone function, search functionalities within company Web sites are not delivering satisfac...
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