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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Virgin Mobile and BT Livetime announced a partnership yesterday to pilot live digital mobile TV. The duo will work with Microsoft, Sky, Argiva and GCap Media to do a four-month trial run over the DAB digital radio network. The television service offers Virgin Mobile's customers access to live digita...
Nokia has announced a service to allow prepaid subscribers to keep track of their balance and call expenses. The Nokia Prepaid Tracker automatically displays details about the subscribers' account balance after each call or transaction. Nokia said the feature is designed to offer convenience to this...
Microsoft yesterday announced that it is adopting industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology for the default file formats in the next version of Microsoft Office editions, currently code-named "Office 12." The new file formats, called Microsoft Office Open XML Formats, will become...
Antivirus experts report the new Sober-N worm is the most widespread virus in the wild. Sophos detected the Sober-N worm, which poses as tickets for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in May. SophosLabs' May 2005 report indicates that the bilingual Sober-N worm has rapidly spread across 40 countries -- ...
Gateway introduced three new server and storage products for the education, government and business markets yesterday, in a move analysts perceive as the niche player's attempt to take advantage of low Network Attached Storage price points. The Gateway 9715 Server is a 4-way server platform for ente...
Samsung Electronics yesterday announced it has begun mass producing high-density NAND flash devices. Analysts predict a fall in memory card prices is not too far off. NAND flash memory is the chip technology used to store data and applications inside cell phones, MP3 players, and industrial equipmen...
In a bid to expand its GSM network capacity and coverage, Ericsson announced today it has signed a US$150 million contract with OAO Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia's largest mobile operator. The wireless equipment maker will deliver switching and radio equipment, supporting both GSM and GPRS, that ...
A software flaw in Cisco Voice over Internet Protocol phones could leave its customers vulnerable to a hack attack. The United Kingdom's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NICC) reported the problem on Tuesday. Cisco is issuing patches to fix the issue, which is caused by a Domai...
Once criticized for unreliability, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is now making headlines for its flexibility. Once accused of being difficult to deploy, VoIP is today being touted for its ease of use and manageability. Indeed, VoIP technology has come a long way in just a few years. The "not q...
In a move to compete with rival Google, Microsoft is planning to launch MSN Virtual Earth, a service designed to take local search to new depths, according to the software giant. Company chairman Bill Gates offered 3D conference attendees a sneak peak of his vision for Virtual Earth in Carlsbad, Cal...
German security experts claim to have stopped a new variant of the Sober virus that reared its ugly head earlier this month. Sober.Q propagated right-wing hate messages in German and English. Analysts, however, are somewhat skeptical that this is the end. Sober is a mass mailing worm spread through ...
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