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In a high-profile reminder of the security pitfalls that still exist with PC-based communications, eBay's Skype is warning users of a fast-spreading worm affecting users of Skype for Windows The worm spreads through the peer-to-peer phone service's instant chat application and is activated when a user clicks in a link in an instant message they rec...

VMware on Monday unveiled the latest version in its ESX Server line at its VMworld 2007 conference, held this week in San Francisco. The next-generation thin hypervisor, VMware ESX Server 3i, has the backing of industry heavyweights such as Dell, HP, IBM and NEC, all of whom have committed to integrating the software into their server hardware "In ...

Advanced Micro Devices has launched its long-awaited quad-core addition to its groundbreaking Opteron x86 processor lineup -- the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, a.k.a. "Barcelona," which AMD is billing as the world's first native x86 processor to go quad-core There are several iterations of Barcelona: the Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2300 Series, the 23...

SanDisk on Monday announced a new, pencil-thin video MP3 player that appears likely to go head-to-head with Apple's newly upgraded iPod nano The new Sansa View combines MP3 playback capabilities with full-motion video support, a large screen, long battery life and generous capacity. Perhaps even more notable, the device also boasts an optional 8 GB...

Google signaled its intention to go after enterprise users by announcing a partnership with a French firm that will help it deliver Google Apps as a Web-based service Capgemini, a major global provider of outsourced business technology, will now provide professional support for enterprises that adopt the Web-based desktop solutions found in Google ...

In what could be a hopeful sign for the technology sector amid mounting economic uncertainty and a sign it continues to win back market share from its main rival, Intel said Monday its revenue for the third quarter would be higher than previously forecast Intel now expects revenue of US$9.4 billion to $9.8 billion for the current quarter, it said, ...

Duff Anderson, vice president of research, development and knowledge delivery at iPerceptions, is apioneer in the attitudinal Web analytics field, endeavoring since 1996 to forge standards for onlineresearch methodologies and analysis. iPerceptions, with offices in New York, Montreal and Toronto,provides business intelligence strategies for Internet marketing...

Power.Org will sponsor the first Power Architecture Developer Conference in the Austin Convention Center September 24-25 The vendor-neutral convention will gather Power.org's corporate members with developers, hardware andsoftware solution providers, academics and designers to show how open collaboration can break downbarriers to innovation. The tw...

Last week was a vacation week for me, and I'm writing this before I leave for Atlantis and some of the most wonderful waterslides in the world However, I had a heads-up on HP's announcement, and the Blackbird gaming machine is on the other side of incredible. This announcement basically assured Dell was pwned, so it's good Dell's financials took su...

As evidenced by the phenomenal success of Google, search has evolved from an interesting sideline into a primary function for many, if not most, Internet users. Consequently, more and more companies are putting content up on their Web sites to attract the attention of search engines "You can have really great information on a site, but if a potenti...

Adobe Systems on Thursday offered a sneak preview of its upcoming Flash Media Server 3, which will be released in the first quarter of next year The new release will offer nearly double the performance of its predecessor, Adobe said, as it combines traditional streaming media capabilities with a flexible environment for creating and delivering inte...

Microsoft has upped the ante in the server virtualization space, which has thus far been primarily dominated by VMware. The Redmond, Wash., software giant has released its System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2007 solution, which the company has been working on for the last two years. While SCVMM contains similar features offered by competitor VMware and VMware's partners, its roadmap is on track to take it even further...

Microsoft announced Friday that it will work with the automotive technology unit of German technology giant Siemens to codevelop a line ofin-vehicle technologies such as navigation, entertainment and communication Microsoft and Siemens VDO will work together to build solutions based on Microsoft's Windows Automotive software platform, with the firs...

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs abruptly announced that the company was cutting the price for the 8GB iPhone from US$599 to $399, he appeared to be a bit dismissive of the product's early adopters -- many of whom stood in line for hours to acquire the coveted gadget. Some 24 hours later, though, he was trying to make amends "Even though we are making the...

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a man who allegedly used peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks to obtain individuals' tax returns, credit reports and bank statements in order to commit identity theft and fraud Gregory Kopiloff, 35, of Seattle allegedly used file-sharing software including LimeWire to steal a variety of sensitive inform...

Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson solidified its dominance of the key Indian mobile market Friday with a US$1.3 billion deal to provide equipment and services to the country's largest wireless carrier Ericsson won the contract to supply GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) and W-CDMA/HSPA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access/High...

Warner Bros. Entertainment is launching a new multifaceted, multimedia Web site that will let people immerse themselves in, and even play the part of, their favorite Warner Bros., Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics characters Called "T-Works," the endeavor is being described by Warner Bros. as a "broad-appeal immersive animation experience."

E-mail attachments are no longer used as frequently as before to infect PCs with malicious software, according to a report released Tuesday by malware fighter Sophos, of Burlington, Mass The monthly report reveals that in August, on average, one in every 1,000 e-mails had an infected attachment. That compares with one in 322 for the first six month...

My last few columns have been focused on new technologies that are making their way into the broader CRM suite. Expanding the CRM suite has never been easier, as platform vendors like Salesforce.com provide all the capabilities necessary for innovative developers to add something to the ensemble. Here, I thought it might be fun to explore the flip side...

Terra Soft Solutions, the developer of Yellow Dog Linux and the HPC Consortium, will hold Hack-a-Thon II in Austin, Texas, Sept. 22-25, two days prior to the start of its four-day Power Architecture Developer Conference Hack-a-Thon participants will work on a six-node Sony PlayStation 3 cluster to test their parallel and distributed coding skills....