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In yet another sign that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is heading for widespread adoption, both AOL and Microsoft unveiled plans for new Internet telephone services today -- AOL with its announcement of TotalTalk, and Microsoft with news of a deal with Qwest Communications While AOL is shooting for the masses, Microsoft is targeting small- to...

Competitors lusting for a slice of Apple's iPod market need to rethink their current strategy, according to an analyst at Forrester Research Ted Schadler, who authored a report released last week on youth and online music, told TechNewsWorld that iPod competitors have been ignoring a key attitude uncovered in Forrester's survey....

Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download at no charge Opera was previously available free of charge with an ad banner. Users had the option of paying a licensing fee to remove the ad banner and receive premium support....

Today's virus outbreaks are not as loud as the Code Red attacks of a couple years ago, but beneath the quieter computing landscape is a perilous push to turn the growing amount of personal computers and personal information into profit through cybercrime, the latest Threat Report from security firm Symantec indicated this week The Symantec findings...

High-definition television has become a staple in a growing number of households. More than 10 million homes worldwide now have HDTVs and that number will reach 52 million in 2009, according to market research firm In-Stat HDTV's growing acceptance has created a ripple effect resulting in the emergence of a new video coder/decoder (codec) standard:...

In one of the first major moves since announcing a sweeping restructuring that followed the hiring of a new CEO, Hewlett-Packard said it would buy Peregrine Systems in an all-cash deal worth US$425 million The acquisition gives HP access to Peregrine's highly regarded portfolio of information technology asset management software, which is designed ...

In an effort to strengthen its market position in the retail industry, SAP today announced it is acquiring a privately-held Canadian point-of-sale software provider SAP said it plans to purchase Toronto-based Triversity, whose product portfolio includes traditional and enterprise point-of-sale, store inventory management, POS loss prevention, custo...

Toshiba on Friday announced that it has developed two prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) units and begun tests to validate their operation with MP3 players A fuel cell is an electronic device similar to a battery. It produces electricity from an external fuel supply as opposed to the limited internal energy storage capacity of a battery....

Today's virus outbreaks are not as loud as the Code Red attacks of a couple years ago, but beneath the quieter computing landscape is a perilous push to turn the growing amount of personal computers and personal information into profit through cybercrime, the latest Threat Report from security firm Symantec indicated this week The Symantec findings...

The latest addition to cell phone services allows Sprint customers to listen to radio over their handsets. Sprint today announced a deal with RealNetworks to broadcast Rhapsody Radio over its cellular network Seven cell phone models will be able to access the streaming radio for a monthly service fee of US$6.95. In addition to stations in genres su...

The industry group representing major wireless telecommunications carriers is working on a ratings system for content, a move seen by some as a sign that those companies are preparing for widespread distribution of pornography and adult content to cell phones With more handsets now equipped with high-resolution color screens and even video playback...

Windows Vista is the biggest release for Microsoft since Windows 95. With that release, Apple was tested -- and they failed miserably. I was at Dataquest at the time and not only did I warn Apple to take 95 more seriously, I also accurately forecast the massive decline that would happen to them if they didn't do just that This was in 1994, after ...

We live in a world where people can now carry their laptop computers around town and plop them down to surf the Web or check e-mail simply by finding a hot spot, a location where a company provides the public with wireless Internet access, often for free. Airports, coffee shops and hotels are some of the places where nomadic computer users can find access to these connections, delivering unprecedented convenience and flexibility...

Attempts by lawmakers to ban Internet gambling by U.S. residents hit a roadblock this week when a bill that would have made it illegal for banks or credit card companies to pay for online gaming was halted A procedural move scuttled an attempted by Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona to slip an amendment onto a spending bill that would have requi...

The Federal Communications Commission's proposal to spend US$211 million to help rebuild telecommunications in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is a good stop-gap measure, but it will take a lot more money and a lot more time to restore full communications, one analyst said "The American people and our economy depend on effective and efficient communi...

Having won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against peer-to-peer (P2P) operators running unlicensed file-sharing networks, namely the once-popular Grokster, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has sent cease-and-desist letters to seven more P2P outfits in the U.S However, online music industry experts indicate that despite its court vic...

Verizon Wireless yesterday announced it has partnered with with Vodafone to introduce a new service designed to give business travelers mobile versatility Dubbed GlobalAccess, the service offers Verizon Wireless business customers with a two-card solution that gives them secure connection to the Internet in more than 60 major metropolitan markets i...

For the second time in less than a week, a company has debuted a service and billed it as the eBay for software, with Web services the target this time StrikeIron Inc., a North Carolina-based firm that helps commercialize Web services, announced it was creating the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace in order to help smooth the process of publishin...

Red Hat and IBM today announced a global initiative to help accelerate the development and adoption of Linux-based solutions in emerging markets, such as China, India, Russia and Korea, as well as in established markets worldwide The two companies will provide software developers around the world with technical resources, expertise and implementati...

Computer scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have uncovered a new security threat: a simple audio recording of keyboard clicks could betray the text you just entered, from passwords to secret love notes They are calling it "acoustical spying." Researchers were able to take several 10-minute sound recordings of users typing at a ke...