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Samsung and Sun Microsystems have partnered to develop a single-level-cell (SLC) NAND flash memory device for use in solid state drives with significantly high endurance levels, the two companies said Wednesday. The new device will provide much higher endurance levels than other flash memory devices currently available, according to the companies....

Americans are tiring of US$4.50-a-gallon gasoline, dire warnings from Iran and nasty political rhetoric. So they seem to be taking our their frustrations by blasting alien invaders and enemy soldiers and playing tennis with their TV sets Video games seem to be providing consumers a better entertainment bang for their buck this summer, as a dour eco...

While in Manhattan recently, I spoke with several investment bankers and Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys about the future of reverse mergers and PIPEs (private investments in public equity). Considering the plight of the economy and the swings in the financial markets, the general consensus was remarkably positive. Reverse mergers have become increasing global over the last three years, and they are now starting to attract investors that previously shied away from such deals.

Part 1 of this two-part series highlights the growing use of job boards such as those listing English as a Foreign Language teaching positions as favored haunts of Internet con artists A troubling up-tick in the frequency of Internet fraud attempts and the growing use of more sophisticated botnets and crimeware is leading a growing number of organi...

Working from home has become an acceptable option for a wide range of professionals, including salespeople and lawyers. Until recently, this option, dubbed "homeshoring," was unpopular in the call center, although that perception has been changing. "Companies are becoming more comfortable in letting their customer service representatives (CSRs) work from home," stated Stephen Loynd, program manager, contact center services, at market research firm IDC.

Physicists tell us that time is not constant. Interesting as that may be for physicists, it's also a concept that the rest of us can get behind once we put a little bit of a different spin on it. I'm not suggesting that we should all get out our lab coats and play make-believe cosmologist. Instead, I'm suggesting that we put the scientific implic...

eBay turned in more than respectable earnings for its second quarter: a 22 percent rise in profits for a net income of US$460 million, or 43 cents a share. Yet the online auctioneer's stock value dropped following the news, in part because of its disappointing guidance for the third quarter After the earnings announcement, shares fell $1.86 to $26....

Web security firm Finjan issued a warning Thursday about a new wave of mass Web attacks that it said has affected more than 1,000 Web site domains, including government, retail, healthcare and advertising sites. Security vendors have been aware of the attack toolkit, dubbed "Asprox," for several years. However, they have noticed an uptick in the p...

The presidential campaign is turning a focus to cyberterrorism. Democrat Barack Obama has unveiled plans for a "national cyber advisor" position as well as updated standards for protecting computer-based infrastructures if he is elected. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has spoken of the need for increased cyber security in recent weeks as well...

This week's E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles gave each major console maker -- Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo -- the chance to showcase the future of their platforms. Microsoft added social functions and new entertainment options to the Xbox 360, Sony trumpeted a video store and an upcoming price cut for the PlayStation 3, and Nintendo gav...

Virtualization has evolved from a development tool running on the desktop to an essential component of IT infrastructure strategy. Companies use virtualization as a means to increase desktop, server and storage utilization, to consolidate data center operations and utility costs, and to reduce the data center's floor space. A recently published A...

Good con artists make an art of preying on people's fears, hopes, dreams and good intentions, and there's probably no end to the list of con schemes being perpetrated via the Web. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and the Web's openness is proving to be a seduction too strong to resist for ever-greater numbers of largely self-taught Web fraudsters around the world.

Good con artists make an art of preying on people's fears, hopes, dreams and good intentions, and there's probably no end to the list of con schemes being perpetrated via the Web. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and the Web's openness is proving to be a seduction too strong to resist for ever-greater numbers of largely self-taught Web fraudsters around the world.

Good con artists make an art of preying on people's fears, hopes, dreams and good intentions, and there's probably no end to the list of con schemes being perpetrated via the Web. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and the Web's openness is proving to be a seduction too strong to resist for ever-greater numbers of largely self-taught Web fraudsters around the world.

In Internet time, it's been an eon since "smart appliances" were said to be stocked on the near horizon, but many sunsets later (eight years, actually), the futuristic devices are still, well, in the future. One would think the green movement, among other things, would have pushed this concept along "During the tech boom and the push to Interent-iz...

In an effort to shine more light on the traditional "dark art" of software development, Borland Software on Monday announced Borland Management Solutions (BMS). The three-pronged product leverages Borland's Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) framework, and is designed to enable users to better orchestrate, measure, predict and improve software delivery...

The i2i Stream digital music broadcaster is the latest wireless music delivery innovation from Aerielle. It enables users to stream audio wirelessly from any device, including iPods, MP3 players, computers and home entertainment systems The concept of wireless voice and music transmission over short distances from player device to listener is nothi...

SAP is transitioning its customers to the recently released SAP Enterprise Support package next year -- a change that will ultimately increase maintenance and support costs to 22 percent of license fees. Companies will begin moving to the new package immediately, with price increases set to take effect later....

Intel investors received a double whammy of both good and possibly bad news regarding the world's largest chipmaker on Tuesday. Intel's quarterly profits topped analyst estimates by 3 US cents. However, the company's guidance for the upcoming quarter was less than what many in the market had been expecting. Worse, according to news reports, it appears as though European antitrust regulators may be gearing up to pursue Intel...

After unveiling its Live Mesh cloud computing service back in April, Microsoft on Wednesday opened up the software's preview version to a larger number of early users in the United States "This week we did two things," wrote the Live Mesh Team on its official blog. "[We] doubled the maximum number of users we'll allow to access the Live Mesh Techno...