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Finally, after sending signals of this move ever since Steve Jobs re-took Apple's helm, the company last week announced that it will move to the x86 platform. While I had clearly anticipated this move for some time I also expected their execution, once announced, to be much more rapid than it will ...
Widespread use of computer networks and the adoption of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone service are fueling the rapid growth of electronic learning beyond the classroom. The e-learning technology is improving the way for students to earn degrees and enhancing the way employers in-service t...
A spam campaign that claims that Michael Jackson has attempted suicide is seeking to infect e-mail users with a Trojan horse, SophosLabs said yesterday. The message text claims, "Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt." When users click on the link they...
British biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey spoke at Stanford University this week about the prospects for curing aging. His reasoned presentation proved a stark contrast to authors like James Hughes, Executive Director of the World Transhumanist Association, who seek to prolong the life of worn-out pol...
Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology yesterday said it would release a 2.5-inch disc drive with 160 GB capacity in the first quarter of 2006. The drive is built on perpendicular recording technology, a technology that stands data bits on end on the disc platter rather than flat to the surface as with...
Microsoft yesterday made tab browsing available to the masses -- but not via its upcoming Internet Explorer 7 release. The software giant is offering the feature through its MSN Search Toolbar instead. The MSN Search Toolbar allows users of IE 5.01 and above to do what Opera, Mozilla Firefox and App...
HP said its researchers have created a new way to make electronic circuits using so-called "coding theory," which is already applied today in certain math, cryptography and telecommunications applications, including digital cell phones and deep-space probes. HP said the new design method, based on n...
The ranks of those cutting off their traditional, land line telephone service in favor of only wireless telecommunication services are growing, with some reports putting the figure at over 10 percent of wireless users. While most analysts doubt much more than 8 percent of wireless users -- mostly co...
IBM plans to reveal details of its long-awaited "Cell" microprocessors today in Spain. Big Blue, Sony and Toshiba announced a US$400 million partnership four months ago to collaborate on an architecture for what is termed a system-on-a-chip (SoC) design that will be used to develop everything from h...
AT&T and Microsoft announced a five-year alliance yesterday to deploy and deliver Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications services. The companies said they would focus on messaging, collaboration, media and business applications and expect the collaboration to drive development of new servic...
At the time of its passage in 2002, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), the sweeping piece of legislation meant to make publicly traded companies more accountable, rolled through Congress. The reaction to the WorldCom and Enron accounting scandals became law so quickly, in fact, that it took time for both the com...
XM Satellite Radio today announced an exclusive strategic relationship with Audible through which it will introduce portable, handheld satellite radio devices capable of providing content from both companies in 2006. XM offers more than 150 digital radio channels of commercial-free music and talk ra...
A battle reminiscent of the titanic Athens versus Sparta wars continues to play itself out in the consumer electronics space. Dating back to the 1970s, industry giants Sony and NEC have developed competing standards for recoding information on a variety of media from VCR tapes to CDs. Their latest s...
Lenovo announced a new tablet PC today, marking the company's first mobile computer product since it acquired IBM's PC division last month. The ThinkPad X41 Tablet includes a writeable slate, a full-size keyboard, and a 12-inch screen. It is just over an inch thick and weighs only 3.5 pounds. The Ta...
Rumors that Apple is going over to Intel were discounted last month, but the company reportedly plans to announce today that it will start using Chipzilla's microprocessors and phase out IBM's. Apple plans to use Intel chips, "in lower-end Macs such as the mini in mid-2006, and higher-end models suc...
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