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At the same time that they may be working toward a single solution for the next-generation DVD video disc, Sony and Toshiba appear to be advancing their own, separate solutions and downplaying a blending of the technologies Industry analysts indicate that both companies -- and backers which include other technology, content, and manufacturing compa...

Coming off its best year ever in terms of sales growth, the mobile handset industry is set to see slowing rates of expansion going forward as established markets become saturated with cell phone users, according to a new report Research firm IDC said mobile phone shipments grew 34 percent in 2004 to a record level of 692 million units, as buyers go...

There's been much ado about Google this week -- but not for a new beta product or developer's tool. The Internet search giant's engine seemed to run out of gas over the weekend, leaving millions of surfers stranded on the side of the Information Highway in what some speculated was a hack attack Google denies any security breaches in its infrastruct...

In the comic book series X-Men, Magneto is a supervillain bent on world domination. Microsoft is associating its Magneto with world domination, too -- domination of the global mobile operating system market Magneto, the code name for version five of the Redmond, Wash., software maker's mobile operating system, is expected to be introduced today at ...

IBM today announced it has acquired privately held Gluecode Software, an open-source software and support services provider whose product compliments Big Blue's WebSphere application integration middleware portfolio Based on core open-source technology from the Apache Geronimo application server, Gluecode is designed to make application development...

Are you considering outsourcing a customer support or software development project? Here are some practical tips, oriented towards South Asian facilities but relevant to North American outsourcing providers It starts with planning, then moves to address payment and invoicing issues, and then lists outsourcing mistakes to avoid....

Philadelphia might be known as the city of brotherly love but what it's generating with its experiment with government-sponsored wireless broadband access is far from that emotion Last fall, the city aired its intentions to make itself a gigantic WiFi hotspot, a project with a projected price tag of US$10 million. While some municipalities like Cer...

When Princeton University Office of Information Technology policy adviser Rita Saltz learned the MPAA might follow the RIAA in suing students, she said, "My heart and viscera just shrank and chilled." Saltz is quoted in the Daily Princetonian in a story that reveals MPAA boss Dan Glickman has "expressed concern about illegal movie downloading on th...

Napster and Dwango Wireless said today they will begin selling ring tones graphics, "shout-outs" from celebrities and wallpaper and graphics from Napster's library. The new service will be called Napstertones The move comes five months after the companies' press release announcing "Napster Mobile," which was going to offer ring tones and "be the fi...

In a move to compete with rival Veritas Software in the long-term archive storage market, EMC Corporation today announced it has expanded the Centera family of content addressed storage systems. The company said the new line attempts to address the growing fixed content archiving needs of mid-size enterprises The lower-capacity and lower-cost EMC C...

Consumer spending on broadband-delivered online services -- from streaming music and video to voice over Internet protocol phone calling -- more than doubled last year, according to a new report that bears promising news for telecommunications carriers as well as e-commerce companies and their content-provider partners Research firm Point Topic sai...

A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Federal Communication Commission's requirement of broadcast flag anti-piracy technology may give consumers more control over how they watch and record broadcast content, including digital television. That programming may be limited, however, because of content providers' concern over piracy Indust...

The trend for industries to consolidate through major mergers and acquisitions has made its way back to the e-commerce space, with No. 2 online brokerage E*Trade Financial reportedly posed to make a surprise US$5.5 billion bid to buy smaller rival Ameritrade Neither company has formally acknowledged the offer has been made and it's not clear whethe...

Security firm Secunia is reporting two "extremely critical" flaws in Mozilla's Firefox. The vulnerabilities can be exploited by malicious people who wish to take control of victims' computers The Mozilla Foundation is aware of the two flaws. The organization said there are currently no known active exploits of these vulnerabilities, although a "pro...

The dot-com crash that saw hundreds of start-up businesses on the Internet close up shop in 1998 and 1999 is not discouraging new Net entrepreneurs. A record number of domain name sales in 2004 shows that business presence on the Internet is stronger than ever A domain name that reflects an organization's brand and offerings is vital to driving new...

A few months ago the Harvard Business Review did a piece on CEOs and pointed out the average tenure of an external CEO was 18 months, which suggests that a lot of CEOs are simply not qualified for the job they were selected for. Recently the HP board came to the conclusion that their high profile CEO, Carly Fiorinia, wasn't doing her job and took the incredibly painful path of replacing her with another who had a proven track record in the specific areas they felt HP needed more work. In that instance it wasn't a qualification problem but rather the willingness to do a job they wanted done...

Fuel cell technology for big-ticket consumer items like automobiles is still many years away, based on numerous industry reports. However, the day when portable devices like laptop computers, PDAs and cell phones can run for extended time periods without refueling is indeed much closer High-demand consumer devices such as mobile phones, notebook co...

Qualcomm plans to support Linux in its next-generation mobile phone chips. The move will allow handset manufacturers to design new high-end 3G devicesusing the open source platform and the CDMA digital wireless technology it created A Gartner report issued this week said a demand for devices with high-end computing features, like PalmOne's Treo and...

In a move that extends its strategy to break down the wall between its online kingdom and the rest of the Web, America Online today said it would open up its free blogging service to anyone with an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account The move seeks to leverage AOL's IM platform -- easily its most successful offering to the general Web population --...

Although it may agree with the hands-off approach to Internet services that telecom giant SBC was petitioning for in its request, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected the firm's proposal to limit Internet services regulation this week, indicating it is too soon to forbear on rules that are still taking shape FCC Chairman Kevin Marti...