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Last week's column covered much of the breadth of software inside Windows Vista. The piece addressed some of the features that probably were not widely known and covered likely competitive threats to Apple and Linux. To refresh, Apple is going into the Vista launch weaker and much less differentiat...
With worldwide ringtone sales reaching more than US$4 billion last year, some industry experts have speculated that phone tones will soon outsell CDs. Others, however, speculate that ringtones' success will be shortlived, and that they will eventually go the way of beepers: virtually extinct. The qu...
Equifax, Experian and TransUnion have revealed plans to collaborate on encryption standards to strengthen their protection of sensitive consumer data, which has increasingly become the favorite target of attackers motivated by profit. There was praise for the agencies' increased protection plan, whi...
Antivirus experts have found a virus that can move from mobile phones to computers, but analysts say the bug is neither very dangerous nor very sophisticated. The Trojan, called CARDTRP.A or Sybos/Cardtrap.A by different antivirus vendors, is rated as a low risk by Trend Micro. F-Secure calls it "un...
In a move to beef up on the latest online security threats, Symantec has agreed to acquire WholeSecurity, a behavior-based security and anti-phishing technology firm. Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial accoun...
Fewer of the remaining Americans not hooked up to the Internet are getting online, and fewer existing dial-up users are spending enough time on the Web to want to move up to broadband access, reports the Pew Internet Project in its latest study on U.S. broadband growth. Analysts attribute the slowdo...
A Paris-based media watchdog has set its sights on helping anonymous bloggers avoid Internet censors in countries like Iran and China. Reporters Without Borders, an organization better known for tracking the abuse and murder of journalists, has turned its attention to online protesters with its "Han...
Chinese officials recently announced they will no longer consider death tolls and other relevant information about natural disasters to be state secrets. On the same day, China Telecom blocked Internet phone service from Skype. That left observers wondering whether freedom is growing or decreasing i...
Reports from Reuters today of the demise of P2P file-sharing networks WinMX and eDonkey appear to be only half true. While WinMX.com does seem to have disappeared, eDonkey, which accounts for more shared files than any other network today, may still be up and running. The P2P network moved its offic...
A Paris-based media watchdog has set its sights on helping anonymous bloggers avoid Internet censors in countries like Iran and China. Reporters Without Borders, an organization better known for tracking the abuse and murder of journalists, has turned its attention to online protesters with its "Han...
In yet another step toward the day when consumers everywhere will watch TV on mobile devices, mobile network operator O2 and broadcaster Arqiva have teamed up with Nokia to kick of the United Kingdom's first trial of a full multi-channel mobile TV. The trial will run for up to six months and is desi...
Sales of desktop computers made by Hewlett-Packard have exhibited a recent year-over-year surge, according to a report released this week by ChangeWave Research, of Rockville, Md. ChangeWave -- which conducts periodic surveys of an "alliance" of some 5,000 business. technology and medical profession...
Dell this week announced six personal technology products, including a tiny new music player aimed at grabbing market share from Apple's iPod Shuffle. Weighing a little more than an ounce, the Dell DJ Ditty music player is the latest addition to Dell's Digital Jukebox lineup. It holds up to 220 song...
Internet technology is unquestionably poised to transform home entertainment. A quick scan at technology news headlines reveals companies like SBC, Alcatel, Microsoft -- and a host of ancillary service providers -- are gearing up for what some are calling an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) revolution. T...
Google is synonymous with Web search, but now the company is continuing its recent multi-directional movement by going ahead with Google Secure Access, a beta WiFi connection program available for free. Provided to a limited service area, the effort nevertheless marks yet another area in which Googl...
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