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Today is tax day, but those who think this expensive event only comes once a year should examine monthly phone bills and beware of recent actions by greedy bureaucrats. Anyone who's ever taken the time to inspect their landline or wireless phone bill will know that, on top of the price of service, t...
After suffering a string of multi-million dollar court settlements with rivals large and small -- including Sun Microsystems last year and more recently Gateway -- Microsoft may now face setbacks for its next-generation Windows operating system known as Longhorn. A court injunction was issued agains...
Microsoft yesterday released the public beta of its Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM). The application marks Microsoft's first foray into disk-backed backup and recovery. Formerly codenamed Data Protection Server, the software is designed to integrate disk-to-disk and near-contin...
Cisco Systems announced today it will buy Topspin Communications, a maker of programmable server switches, for US$250 million in cash and options. The acquisition gives Cisco, which now has only Ethernet offerings, an entry into the InfiniBand data transition architecture market. Topspin's switches ...
How small can a full-feature consumer camcorder get? Sony is certainly pushing the limits with its latest entry in its digital Handycam family of products. The new unit, the DCR-PC55, not only fits in the palm of your hand, but you can practically hide it there. At 1.1-by-4.0-by-2.9 inches, it's sma...
PalmOne today announced Tungsten E2, an update to its popular Tungsten E. E2 adds Bluetooth wireless capability, longer battery life, a better display and flash memory to the PDA standby, which has been on the market since October 2003. The flash memory ensures that even if the batteries drain compl...
It is designed to increase network speed, bandwidth, and the ability to share vast amounts of data quickly and easily, but according to copyright owners, the next-generation Internet known as Internet2 has also been facilitating illegal, unlicensed trading of copyrighted music and movie files. The R...
In a victory for mobile operators, MPEG LA, which includes electronics giants Sony and Philips Electronics, said today it will cut its proposed antipiracy software royalties by one-third per electronic device. The decision marks the group's response to feedback that high tariffs could stifle the gro...
Microsoft yesterday released its monthly security updates, which on this week's "Patch Tuesday" included fixes for the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer (IE), MSN Messenger, Exchange Server and Word. The company designated five of the patches as critical and three as important. Analyst ...
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have developed a super-fast transistor, the building block of computer chips, that they say could have applications ranging from aiding in medical diagnoses to reducing the power consumption of cell phones. The microscopic transistor can ...
Consumers around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about the trustworthiness of e-commerce. They may have good reason: Cases of identity theft appear in the daily headlines, and we are only now starting to understand exactly how difficult it can be to restore one's name and credit rating...
"I want my MTV" is being replaced with, "I want my Xbox," as Microsoft plans to unveil the second version of its Xbox video game console with a half-hour MTV television show hosted by "Lord of the Rings" star Elijah Wood next month. Although gaming enthusiasts still do not know the name of Microsoft...
The debate over whether bloggers should have the same rights and protections as professional journalists continues to rage, particularly via Apple's case against three online reporters who revealed what the company has proclaimed were "trade secrets." On Thursday of last week, a group of media compa...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has responded to criticism that its system for approving patents is flawed. That reproof was reportedly leveled at the office last week by IBM Vice President for Intellectual Property and Standards Jim Stallings at a media event in New York City. At the e...
Canadians concerned about attempts to have Canada's Copyright Act re-written to suit the entertainment industry's desires are marshaling their efforts to make sure it doesn't happen. Member of Parliament Peter Julian has introduced "Petition for Users Rights" signatures in Canada's Parliament. More ...
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