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We look at a range of versatile UMPCs and mobile Internet devices (MIDs) from ASUS, Gigabyte, and Samsung, Amtek, OQO, Roan Digital, Vye, and WiBrain.
The price reduction appears to be the result of a drop in the price of the 1.8-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a reduction in the price of the 64-GB solid-state drive.
As a precautionary measure, the company is offering to enroll affected employees in Kroll's IDTheftSmart identity and credit protection program for a year.
With a container approach from Parallels' Virtuozzo, memory consumption and processor overhead are reduced through the use of one operating system per host.
Research firm eMarketer predicts that music sales as a whole will continue to decline, but online and mobile markets will grow rapidly.
Using speech analytics, the technology identifies and masks credit card numbers and other sensitive information in audio recordings.
Gartner revised figures for the first quarter, lowering server revenue growth from 4.3% to 2.5% and putting IBM back in first place ahead of HP.
In a case that could shut down RIM's network, the judge has granted a stay until the disputed patents are fully reviewed.
Michael Robertson says Microsoft's imposing lead in the desktop market means Linux should look to next-gen devices for growth.
Some 4.2 million high-speed Internet users received fiber in the first quarter of 2008 versus 2.5 million who received cable, Point Topic analysts said.
The International Organization for Standardization will assume responsibility for publishing specs for the current version, and for updating and developing future versions.
Investors reacted negatively to the graphics chipmaker's revised earnings estimate and the news that it would take up to a $200 million charge for products that failed in notebooks.
In order to accommodate the restrictions that Apple placed on iPhone apps to conserve system resources, this version of Google Talk shuts down if you launch another application.
The Nokia 6220 classic design includes 3G connectivity, compatibility with Microsoft Office applications, Bluetooth capabilities, and a 5-megapixel camera.
The owner of YouTube has to turn over user login IDs, records showing when users watched videos, their IP addresses, and numbers that identify the videos.
Microsoft is counting on Equipt's convenience factor to help it fend off threats from Google, IBM, and others that are offering free desktop productivity suites.
Boomi, SnapLogic, and Cast Iron are rolling out new offerings designed to help companies integrate software running in the cloud with onsite software.
A recent Pew Internet report finds just 25% of American households with annual incomes of $20,000 or less had broadband connections in their homes.
New rules in California and Washington make the market ripe for improved speech-enabled cell phone applications, a Nuance study suggests.
U.S. employers cut workers
from their payrolls for a sixth straight month in June for the
longest losing streak for the labor market since 2002, and a
jump in first-time claims for jobless benefits points to more
weakness ahead.
The acquisitions will bring Avocent into closer competition with full-spectrum IT infrastructure management vendors, such as IBM and HP.
Chips from Intel and AMD offer lots of options.
Gains came mostly from users upgrading from Firefox 2, while only a small portion came at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
The company released firmware 2.40 Tuesday, and reports of problems started flowing in soon after on the official PlayStation 3 message board.
One of the devices used by the group was a wireless transmitter to anticipate the cards players would be dealt, according to a Justice Department indictment.
Under the agreement, MySpace will create an exclusive WAP-portal for subscribers of MTS Russia, who currently number more than 60 million.
The groups also want to know the number of times the government has sought cell-phone location information without court permission and how many times it has obtained the information.
Linspire produced Click'N'Run as a way of finding, reviewing, and downloading a copy of desktop software available on the Internet, including the Linspire Linux distribution.
When the deal was announced, Google and Yahoo said they had agreed to delay it for three months to allow the Department of Justice time to review the arrangement.
As AT&T rolls out its own IPTV offering, it may see its satellite TV partnerships as insignificant to its overall strategy.
India's telecoms ministry does not see any security risk from Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry e-mail service and has no plans to shut the service, a top government official said Wednesday.
TrafficLand will use up to 190 traffic cameras to show drivers the status of major highways.
B-hive Conductor will allow VMware to add proactive management of applications running in virtual machines.
A recently published study could prompt the medical industry to re-evaluate its growing use of RFID.
An Intel researcher's blog said software developers need to consider major changes in their code base to prepare for many-core computing.
The "Neo FreeRunner" touchscreen device will be fully modifiable and features integrated Wi-Fi, assisted-GPS, and Bluetooth capabilities.
Platform Solutions Inc. was bought out by IBM for an undisclosed sum. IBM said it will integrate PSI's mainframe technology into its own offerings.
The IT services company will provide support for all information management and communications services related to launch operations at the Kennedy Space Center.
The site runs a script that pretends to do an online security scan of your computer and presents a bogus warning message that your PC is infected with malware, researchers said.
State law now allows identity thieves to be tried in the victims' jurisdictions, rather than only in the places the crimes occur.
The global market share for Linux jumped in the past 10 months, while Microsoft's Windows lost a few points, says Net Applications.
Consumers are drawn to the price point, 3G capabilities, and the integrated GPS, a study from RBC Capital said.
Microsoft is working with Circuit City to offer a consumer software subscription service that includes its Office, Windows Live OneCare, Messenger, and Photo Gallery applications and services.
The addition of Navteq's location services creates an online maps powerhouse that will compete with Tom Tom and potentially the Google Android set.
Coming to IE8 is a set of cross-site scripting defenses to defeat hackers looking to steal cookies and browser history, logging keystrokes, stealing credentials, or just evading phishing filters.
Both companies have been facing increasing competition from online marketers in their respective markets in recent years.
Microsoft is increasingly bypassing the work of its own R&D labs and turning to acquisitions to buy its way into the tech industry's hottest growth markets.
Sony is seeing little or no sign of softer demand among U.S. consumers for its range of digital TVs, cameras, and computer goods despite a weakening conomy.
French Internet service provider Free and Bollore Telecom are in talks with Web search giant Google over the funding of their WiMax wireless broadband network in France, French daily <i>Les Echos</i> reports.
BEA's WebLogic will become Oracle's strategic application server and will undergo very little reengineering, Oracle president Charles Phillips said.
