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Here in the U.S., last week was a big week, where we had a minor revolution and tossed out the arrogant bums who should have seen this change coming. There is avideo that probably speaks to this better than I ever could. Interestingly enough, I found it on Technorati -- more on that later This upheaval mirrors what often happens inside technology...

The use of cell phones at school has generated conflict between school officials, who view cell phones as a nuisance that distracts students from school activities, and parents, who say the devices let them stay in touch with their children more easily Widespread cell phone use at schools clearly is controversial, but software companies, handset ve...

In an embarrassing episode that underscores the continued risks associated with sharing online media, Google acknowledged that it inadvertently e-mailed postings to some 50,000 users that contained the Kama Sutra virus Google said that late Tuesday, three posts to its Google Video Blog group should not have been distributed. Some of those posts may...

Google is supposedly setting aside a US$500 million slush fund to cover copyright infringement claims likely to arise in connection with its YouTube.com acquisition. However, the rumor, which surfaced this week in a blog, is not true, claimed Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the Web 2.0 Summit The company might want to reconsider that position. As it pro...

After considerable delays, Sony finally fired its long-awaited salvo in the next-generation gaming console war, launching the PlayStation 3 to anticipated huge demand in its native Japan Stores began selling the PS3 early Saturday morning, with media outlets predicting long lines and a fast sell-out. Sony has said it would make about 100,000 of the...

Remember the tech bubble? If you do, I'm sure that you'll remember the bursting of that bubble in mid 2000. Now, it seems as though the tech run-up is happening again To give us a little perspective, I want to quote something that CNNMoney ran on Feb. 4, 2000:...

Marketers call them "the influentials," and in a world where word-of-mouth marketing is king, they're royalty. However, they may not be as monolithic a class as hucksters believe them to be, according to a report from JupiterResearch The "classic" influential is an early adopter with a drive to get the newest products first. Their expertise is well...

Mozilla Foundation this week released patches for its Firefox browser, its Thunderbird e-mail client, and its SeaMonkey Internet application suite, responding to an increase in security issues accompanying the open source software's surging popularity Firefox has topped the 15 percent mark in browser market share. That's still far behind Microsoft...

In today's world, the role of security is changing dramatically. As technological capabilities have finally caught up with security theory, many organizations are now looking to bridge building and network access systems for unified enterprise security management Despite their common purpose, physical access and logical access technologies exist i...

In a move reminiscent of the Tylenol scare of the 1980s,Perrigo on Thursday recalled 11 million bottles of store-brand acetaminophen caplets. There were traces of metal in some of the products, according to the U.S.U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Perrigo is voluntarily recalling 383 lots of the 500 mg acetaminophen caplets that it sells as ...

When Wal-Mart started talking about using RFID technology to get a better handle on the demand signal in its supply chains, one frightening image embedded itself in consumers' collective imaginations: a manufacturer, retailer or both tracking the use and disposal of an individual's razor blade, toothbrush or can of deodorant In point of fact, RFID ...

Introducing a new, more sophisticated architecture intended to spiff up and speed up high-end PC gaming, Nvidia rolled out its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) and a new media communications processor (MCP) for Intel multi-core processors this week Nividia said its GeForce 8800 GPU and nForce 680i SLI MCP would bring high-resolution and high-d...

Microsoft on Wednesday released Windows Vista to manufacturing after multiple delays, backlash from security vendors and European Commission wrangling The release to manufacturing means that Microsoft has finished development work on the new operating system and is preparing for the final product release. Microsoft's deep investment in Vista has ma...

RFID initiatives introduced by the Department of Defense and private sector providers such asSavi Technology or Boeing are driving greater use of the technology in the aerospace and defense industries Unlike Wal-Mart's RFID initiative in the consumer goods space, though, the Department of Defense'sprograms are much more collaborative in nature -- a...

Intel this week unveiled SuiteTwo, a software bundle of Web 2.0 software services -- including collaboration, blogging, RSS (really simple syndication), search and Wiki technology -- aimed at small- and medium-size businesses Announced at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, SuiteTwo was produced by Intel's investment arm, Intel Capital, and wi...

Businesses that have been advertising online for some time may well have the sensation of being the early arrivers in an increasingly crowded room As more ad dollars flow online, marketers are increasingly bumping into one another, elbowing for space and bidding up search keywords and other prime online advertising real estate....

Consumer loyalty has become such a ubiquitous goal for marketers that its definition is murky at best. Ten years ago, a loyal customer participated with a chosen brand more frequently than the average shopper For marketers, the term has evolved to encompass frequency, recency of interaction, and monetary value -- typically of the customer's transac...

The last three weeks have provided the biggest news stories to hit Linux in a long time, raising many questions and stirring speculation. What doesOracle have in mind -- cutting intoRed Hat's revenue for its own profit, or weakening theenterprise Linux leader for acquisition? What will its partnership withMicrosoft do forNovell, and will the noise ...

GarageBand is an outstanding addition to Apple Computer's original iLife software suite What the program does is give musicians and non-musicians alike a tool to create music on a computer....

In its fifth acquisition of 2006, AOL on Wednesday said it has purchased a financial news and information search technology company. The Relegence Corporation will now join the AOL family The Internet division of Time Warner closed the deal to buy out the privately-held Relegence on Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....