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Toshiba, the main backer of a next-generation DVD disc format known as HD-DVD, has signaled it will not ship its players based on the technology before the end of the year, leading some analysts to doubt the format's ability to compete with the Sony-backed Blu-ray format. Analysts observed that it a...
In a move that helps it keep pace and push ahead of rivals such as Google and could help it take on pure voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) companies such as Skype and even traditional telecom companies, Microsoft said it would buy privately held Teleo for an undisclosed sum. San Francisco-based Te...
Verizon is moving forward aggressively with plans to expand its broadband offerings, throughout the U.S. But experts tell TechNewsWorld that the moves are necessary, and timely, because broadband competition is rapidly accelerating, especially in the wireless market. Last week, Verizon began offeri...
There's a wealth of information out there for hackers, or "black hats," as they are also called. The arrest last Thursday of alleged Zotob writer Farid Essebar, 18, who went by the name Diabl0, has shed some light on the thriving underground culture, but much remains a mystery. The hacker underworld...
In what appears to be clear evidence that the digital revolution is ready for takeoff, results from a commercial mobile TV pilot in Helsinki, Finland, reveal consumers are willing to pay for services. Specifically, 41 percent of pilot participants said they would be willing to purchase mobile TV ser...
Microsoft made the first beta of its new file system available to the Microsoft Developer Network ahead of schedule. But analysts still have questions about the functionality of the program. WinFS is a relational file system for Windows. Microsoft calls it an essential piece of its Integrated Storag...
Apple has done what it does best once again. Fans and the media alike are abuzz trying to guess at what the company will reveal Sept. 7 at a "special event" in San Francisco. Because Apple is notoriously tight-lipped about new products and because its iPod is still the portable music player to have,...
Telecommunications services providers have been searching for ways to stay afloat in a tough, highly competitive market. Recently, a group of them, dubbed Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), have crafted business plans based on the supposition that wireless Wide Area Networks (WANs) are mor...
Internet backbone provider 3Com announced a new voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) applications package aimed at connecting remote workers more efficiently and effectively through "converged communication networks." The company, which made the announcement at the VoiceCon conference in San Diego th...
Microsoft made the first beta of its new file system available to the Microsoft Developer Network ahead of schedule. But analysts still have questions about the functionality of the program. WinFS is a relational file system for Windows. Microsoft calls it an essential piece of its Integrated Storag...
Will camera phones replace digital cameras for the average consumer? Not by a long shot, according to a new study from IDC. The study refutes what it refers to as a myth about the digital technologies and affirms the notion of peaceful co-existence between the two. According to IDC's Mobile Imaging ...
Although law enforcement officials have arrested two men they believe wrote the Mytob and Zotob worms, one security expert said there may not be much enterprises can do to stop such infections from striking again. The worms, which infected servers and PCs running Windows 2000, struck at ABC, America...
Universal Pictures has already started touting its US$150 million re-hash of "King Kong," due out around Christmas. But how will the mighty ape be kept safe from the Evil File Sharing Villains? High-speed Internet connections can mean huge, extremely fast downloads and, as a result, movie studios ar...
News syndication and Web logs are two of the hottest technologies on the Internet today. Syndication commonly referred to as RSS or Atom, has become a significant vehicle for delivering news and analysis directly to information hounds and for sharing intelligence within corporations. Web logs, popul...
Have IBM and HP outpaced Sun in the worldwide market for Unix servers? IDC declared it so on Friday, but Gartner's numbers tell a different story. Generally speaking, factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew at 5.6 percent year over year to US$12.2 billion in the second quarter of 2005, m...
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