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Microsoft detailed its user-friendlier "Project Green" at the Convergence 2005 conference in San Diego today. The enhanced technology road map for Microsoft Business Solutions' development effort includes support for current business management solutions until at least 2013, the company said. "With ...

PRODUCT PROFILE

Sharp Notebook Plays 2-D DVDs in 3-D

Computer video professionals might find it hard to turn away from the latest innovation in laptop technology. The Sharp Actius AL3D notebook announced today bundles a second generation 3-D LCD notebook with a software package that converts any DVD from 2-D to 3-D format in real time, allowing users ...

American companies have always had to worry about their overseas facilities being red, white and blue bull's-eyes for terrorists, but now their offshoring partners may be in the crosshairs of subversives, too. A reported raid last Saturday by police in Delhi, India, in which three men were killed an...

Microsoft is expected to unveil new network communications software tomorrow at the 2005 VON Conference in San Francisco. Codenamed "Istanbul," the product will let businesses manage telephones, instant messaging, e-mail and video conferencing through a unified system. The company hopes Istanbul wil...

Google formally launched its free desktop search software today, moving deeper into waters already crowded with competitors. The free, downloadable Google Desktop, previously available in beta form, will allow Internet search-style queries of the desktop, including scanning through a range of comput...

Last week was a busy week. It started with the Intel Developer Forum and ended with an American Press Institute roundtable on the future of media. We'll cover the second event another week because there were two things I saw while at the Intel event that I believe are potentially market breakers. ...

PRODUCT REVIEW

Spycatcher Deadly to Spyware – But Watch Out

The recent release of Tenebril's SpyCatcher 3.5 packs several high-powered features. Its sophisticated detection engine requires less memory to scan a computer and its components, resulting in scans up to 300 percent faster than earlier versions and most competitive products. SpyCatcher brings more ...

Wireless 802.11, or WiFi technology, is being combined with voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) to provide free phone calls at public WiFi hotspots in the UK through a new service from Internet provider Broadreach Networks and VoIP specialist Skype. The companies said the service will consist of Bro...

Symantec announced earlier this week that it has been granted a new patent for antivirus technology by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent is for a system that enables detection of complex viruses, worms and spyware. The technology, "data driven detection of viruses," is employ...

OPINION

Telecom Mergers Make Sense

This week, a Congressional committee held hearings on the mergers of SBC with AT&T and Verizon with MCI. While some might worry about consolidation, the mergers are a sign that the telcos are preparing for a new wave of competition from businesses previously confined to other parts of the econo...

In response to a pair of potentially dangerous security bugs, RealNetworks yesterday introduced new versions of its flagship RealPlayer software. The company has discovered twice in less than six months flaws that could allow an attacker to create fake video files to infiltrate a victim's computer. ...

Microsoft has won an important victory in its patent dispute with Eolas and the University of California, which claim the software giant is profiting from a patented browser technology. While a lower court had found that Microsoft infringed on the patent and upheld a jury penalty of US$521 million, ...

In an attempt to gain additional share in the flash memory market, Intel yesterday introduced several new NOR products aimed at the cellular and embedded market segments. The company also announced it will make flash for memory cards to tap into a revenue stream that Samsung and Toshiba are already ...

Comments by a powerful U.S. senator sent a shudder through the cable and satellite television communities this week. Ted Stevens, the Alaskan Republican who heads the Senate Commerce Committee, reportedly told a group of broadcasters what must have sounded like sweet music to some of their ears: He ...

Each morning, users open their e-mail boxes and discover solicitations for low-rate mortgages, prescription drugs, weight-loss programs, pornography and shady business transactions. Sorting through legitimate and illegitimate messages is a frustrating and time-consuming process. After years of unsuc...


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