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U.S. supercomputing efforts are making up for the country's earlier loss of the speed title to the Japanese Earth Simulator, with two new systems poised to garner top spots on the Top500 Supercomputer list due out next week. The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced that the IBM BlueGene/L ...
In this year's election, around 40 million people cast their votes digitally instead of by paper. For many, this was a relief because it meant avoiding discussions over hanging chads. But some computer experts warn of grave problems with electronic voting, making one wonder if technology makes vot...
Security experts say that a recent phishing attack -- typically e-mailed as enticements to bogus sites that endanger users' systems and expose their personal information -- is limited in scope, but they are concerned that it may be a sign that attackers are toying with a new way of phishing, one tha...
Facing fierce competition, some cellular carriers are looking to take on more of the development work associated with building cell phones. A small but potentially growing number of carriers are writing their own specifications for new handsets and then working directly with third-party original des...
AMD-Fujitsu silicon subsidiary Spansion has announced backing of an emerging Flash memory standard with a new family of processors intended for the growing market of devices -- from PC hard drives to onboard navigation systems for cars -- that rely on the embedded Flash memory technology. Spansion s...
Nokia is betting on device convergence with three new gadgets with multiple functions. The announcements were tied to the annual Nokia Mobility Conference in Monaco and Destination Nokia in Bangkok. The company announced the 7710, a smartphone PDA; the 3230 camera and video recorder smartphone; and ...
To the members of the Big Four record label cartel -- Warner Music, EMI, UMG and Sony-BMG -- music doesn't have much to do with music. It's a commodity they sell to the lowest (and therefore largest) common denominator. They've been seeing a decline in sales and are scapegoating P2P file sharers and...
Many corporate IT departments are finally getting what they've been waiting for, as AT&T rolls out its network-based firewall, which is expected to help ward off the latest virus and worm outbreaks in a simpler, more cost-effective manner. AT&T's managed security service, known as Internet P...
Gadget geeks got a rush today when PalmOne officially announced its latest smartphone, the Treo 650, a year after its Treo 600 debuted and a week after it accidentally leaked its own press release on the product. Despite the interest in the new device -- rumors of its features began popping up on W...
Biometric identification is no longer something found only in science fiction. The technology, such as fingerprint identification and face recognition, is starting to be used on a regular basis on everything from personal computers to airport security systems. Clain Anderson, a program director for ...
Google reported this morning that it had locked down a security hole in its e-mail software. A week ago the Israeli online magazine Nata NetLife reported an exploitation of Google's Gmail e-mail service, currently in beta testing. Attackers, likely through a phishing approach that included a harmles...
Intel unveiled its latest ultra-high-end processor platform, the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, with a higher-speed frontside bus and more cache and memory. The move marks a departure from the company's traditional advancement through clock speed, more closely resembling the strategy of rival AMD. Intel...
A new flavor of the Bagle worm that reared its head Thursday is spreading rapidly around the Internet through e-mail and file-sharing programs. The difference between Bagle.bb and the other variants that surfaced since the initial attack is the way they are packed or which files drop onto the machin...
There are many "what if" stories surrounding Apple, and one of them is this: What if, when Microsoft asked Apple to license its OS, Apple had done so, becoming the core technology in Windows instead of a closed platform. If that had happened, it is widely believed, Apple would be larger than Dell no...
Biometric technology has been around for more than a decade with little fanfare. However, interest is heating up for biometric security devices in communications. Iris scanners, voice recognition modules and fingerprint readers promise to raise the bar on locking down access to computers, networks, ...
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