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At first blush, the idea seemed a little wacky to me. But when drug store giant CVS announced its US$29.95 one-time-use digital video camera (DVC), I couldn't resist the temptation to check it out. The video cameras are made by a San Francisco outfit called Pure Digital Technologies, which last summ...
Microsoft has signaled while its next version of the Internet Explorer Web browser, IE7, will be improved, it will not pass the browser standards test known as Acid2, and will not address all of the issues that hold up Explorer developers, including Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation and su...
Intel has joined forces with Connexion by Boeing to help ensure that travelers almost always have access to the Internet. In the announcement today, Intel said it has tested the compatibility of laptops using Intel Centrino mobile technology and stamped the high-speed, in-flight service with its Wi...
It's a good time to be in the storage business. There seems to be plenty of revenue for the top players in the face of growing demand for data protection. Likewise, there are a slew of reputable vendors giving IT managers market options galore. A quick storage industry snapshot shows the worldwide m...
Is the Federal Communications Commission distorting statistics on broadband subscriber growth in the U.S.? An activist group in New York City thinks so, and has filed a complaint against the FCC, suggesting that the agency is inflating the figures for political purposes. Last week, TeleTruth, an all...
Microsoft's latest effort to validate the legitimacy of Windows copies and thwart software piracy has been hit by a hack published online that illustrates easy bypass of the new software scheme, known as Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). Microsoft is requiring the validation process for all updates a...
There is no doubting the importance of Windows Vista, formerly known as "Longhorn" and the successor to Windows 95 through XP, as it forms the foundation for Microsoft's future fortunes just as its predecessor did for the company in years past. Vista will be Microsoft's strongest response to competi...
Two of the world's most important public broadcasters have seen the future of TV -- and it is on the broadband Internet. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) have disclosed plans to launch Internet-only programming, starting this September. The PBS Internet...
The federal government is now in the zombie-hunting business -- and is deputizing virtually every Internet Service Provider in the United States as it seeks to halt the flow of unwanted spam e-mail in this country and overseas. The Federal Trade Commission, the federal anti-trust watchdog, is planni...
An Internet scam that lures would-be foreign investors into fraudulent schemes by posing as U.S. government regulators and Internet sites has prompted a warning from the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), which warns investors are losing billions every year. The NASAA high...
Three years after tablet PCs made their way to market, shipments are markedly increasing and the next few years will show multibillion-dollar growth, according to research firm In-Stat. Referring to PCs that run Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, tablet PC shipments have yet ...
The man who helped safeguard e-mail with his Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) desktop encryption program is now at work on ensuring no one can eavesdrop on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) conversations. Phil Zimmermann was scheduled to demonstrate his VoIP security program at Black Hat Briefings, an In...
In a bold move to modernize America's outdated communications laws, this week Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act. It's about time Congress embraced this issue, particularly since technology has vastly changed the way communications affect economi...
Major Hollywood movie studios announced this week that they, along with movie theater and technology industry players, have reached agreement on the specification for next-generation, digital film distribution and projection. The news comes amid sliding box office sales and heavy competition from ho...
London Transport has issued a warning about misleading spam e-mail. The widely circulated messages claim that by dialing 112 you can get through to London's emergency 999 service even without having an available signal on your mobile phone. London Transport said this is completely untrue. "This e-ma...
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