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Those who claim that racism, sexism and homophobia run rampant in the San Francisco Police Department got some high-powered ammunition last week. Videos posted on the Web showed police officers participating in outrageous acts -- an embarrassment for the city and a strong demonstration of how techn...
Some of the world's largest electronics and media companies yesterday joined together to work on high-definition television and audio standards for home entertainment networks. Charter Communications, JVC, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, NBC Universal, Samsung and Sun Microsystems formed HAN...
Intel will sponsor automobile maker BMW's Sauber F1 racing team and also will partner with the car maker to get more Intel technology into BMW automobiles, the chip giant said this week. The Sauber sponsorship is a marketing win for Intel, which will replace rival chip maker AMD as part of BMW's For...
What do you get when you mix information science with Hollywood's film industry? Computer-based predictions of the next blockbuster hit. Professor Ramesh Sharda, an information systems specialist at Oklahoma State University, has developed a computer program to help Hollywood predict the potential s...
If handheld computers survive the onslaught on their market by mobile phones with their panoply of features that seem to multiply on a daily basis, it will be in large part, ironically, to their wireless capabilities. That fact hasn't been lost on Palm, which can trace its lineage to the innovators ...
Is the United States government doing enough to secure the country against cyber-attacks? Not according to the Cyber-Security Industry Alliance (CSIA). The security trade organization issued a report yesterday calling on the federal government to assert greater leadership in the protection of the co...
Chief Executive Mark Hurd yesterday revealed HP's three-part strategy for the future. The company plans to focus on high-growth markets, including enterprise virtualization, data center consolidation, data storage, and high-end printing and mobility. On the data front, Hurd's thinking is simple: Com...
Bob Graham doesn't wait for a threat to become a pandemic. Several years ago, when one of his employees decided to start using a Treo handheld for phone and e-mail, he purchased and installed Symantec anti-virus software on the device -- even though there had never been a documented case of a virus ...
The HD-DVD next-generation video disc format may be losing one of its biggest advantages over the competing Blu-ray format. Toshiba admitted this week that the Japanese launch of its HD-DVD player has been postponed in the latest of a continuing string of delays. With this news, the technology has l...
HP this week announced a partnership with DreamWorks Animation to introduce a collaboration studio for simulating face-to-face business meetings across long distances. The HP Halo Collaboration Studio enables people in different locations to communicate in a face-to-face environment in real time. HP...
IBM last night announced it is launching a new licensing program with the venture capital community to help startup companies accelerate the development of innovative solutions in the marketplace. The new IBM Ventures in Collaboration program is designed to give VC firms in IBM's partner network and...
Leading up to this holiday gift-buying season, the home has become a high-tech focal point. Individuals can now collect content on digital cameras, televisions, and stereos and then send it to various computers via wireless LANs. "Wireless enabled devices are on many shoppers' wish list this holiday...
Mobile phone giant Sprint Nextel is reportedly set to offer movies for its cell phone subscribers through a subscription service, a strategy analysts said will likely struggle against limited demand for small-screen content. The company's mobile devices will accommodate downloads of full-length feat...
If another sequel to "Mission Impossible" makes its way to the big screen, Tom Cruise may receive his assignment via a text message. That's because a new text messaging service promises the digital communication will self-destruct in 40 seconds. Staellium UK is playing off the 1960s television hit -...
We got the bad news out of the way last week when I highlighted four companies I see as likely to go into decline next year. This time let's focus on the major technology trends coming in 2006 and point to some companies you may not have heard of that should benefit from these trends, both corporat...
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