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Hackers have figured out how to run unauthorized programs and games on the U.S. version of Sony's new handheld game console. Sony has installed controls to prevent gaming enthusiasts from running programs and games on the Playstation Portable that are not licensed by the company. This includes class...

In a move to expand its share in the growing Voice over Internet Protocol market, Yahoo completed the acquisition of Internet telephony services provider DialPad on Monday. Yahoo purchased the Milpitas, Calif.-based company for an undisclosed amount. Yahoo joins SBC Communications, America Online an...

Producers at film studio Dreamworks relied on HP ProLiant servers, using the AMD Opteron processor, when making the new hit movie "Madagascar." The story concerns animals from a New York City zoo who are resettled to Africa, where they have a hard time coping with life in the wild. "HP helps animato...

Months after it first signaled its intentions to merge fixed wireless Bluetooth technology with WiFi 802.11 mobile wireless in one handset, UK telecom giant BT said this week that it is readying its BT Fusion brand for purchase by UK consumers. The company hopes to merge devices and services with th...

Ericsson and Napster today said they will step into the emerging service of offering music over mobile phones. The announcement follows a deal made public yesterday between Sirius radio and Sprint, in which music-enabled Sprint phones will offer streaming content from Sirius. Ericsson, the world's l...

Security software firm Trend Micro announced yesterday it has acquired IP filtering and reputation services provider Kelkea. The company plans to leverage the assets to develop network-level solutions against emerging and evolving threats such as phishing, pharming and botnets-based attacks, and enh...

In a move to expand its share in the growing Voice over Internet Protocol market, Yahoo completed the acquisition of Internet telephony services provider DialPad on Monday. Yahoo purchased the Milpitas, Calif.-based company for an undisclosed amount. Yahoo joins SBC Communications, America Online an...

Corporations have typically relied on color laser printers for large, complex printing jobs, but the cost of these devices has tended to be too high to deploy them in small departments. That has been changing: Pricing for these devices have been falling and as a result more and more organizations ar...

Microsoft today released 12 new security patches for its Windows operating system and other programs as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday event. Today's batch marks one of the largest bundles of patches since Microsoft rolled out its monthly schedule. Eight bulletins affecting Windows are included i...

Skype, which offers computer-to-computer Voice over IP (VoIP) service, yesterday added voicemail to its repertoire. Skype Voicemail service costs US$19 a year or $7 for three months, pre-paid, and allows subscribers to leave unlimited messages for all Skype users and receive messages from any caller...

Microsoft is edging closer to a release of its long-awaited new operating system -- code-named Longhorn -- with the debut of two technologies expected to be included in the OS, and the announcement of a new suite of applications for next year, Microsoft Office 12.0. "Those areas where Office has got...

Looking to match the kind of computing power it created in the BlueGene/L supercomputer -- a supercomputing system made up over more than 130,000 processors -- IBM launched this week what it called the fastest privately-owned supercomputer in the world. The system is sister to BlueGene, dubbed "BGW,...

In what appears to be a move to attract more subscribers, Vonage today announced a trade-in promotion that offers U.S. customers a Linksys WiFi access point. Consumers can trade in their used router for a Linksys Wireless-G Router configured with Vonage when they sign up for Vonage's broadband phone...

Nokia broadened its cell phone line today, releasing seven new models that it hopes will solidify its No. 1 spot in the market. The company has added a 2-megapixel camera phone and three CDMA (code division multiple access) phones. Nokia has faced increasing competition from Motorola and Samsung in ...

Sony Ericsson launched four new mobile phones today targeting the youth and mid-markets. Analysts said this is a smart move by the handset maker. The S600, Z520, W600 and J210 expand the company's portfolio of 3G handsets and offers a broader range of low-cost phones. Jupiter Research wireless analy...


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