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.NET developer Sam Allen wanted to see how efficiently Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flock, Opera and Safari used memory, so he created a "Memory Watcher" application to track Web browser memory use. A... More >
Despite some valiant efforts , today marks the beginning of the end for Windows XP. Microsoft is ceasing sales of its operating system to retailers and leading computer manufactuers, reports ... More >
According to this RiverWired article, the average PC uses about 600kw hours of electricity per year -- more if it's left on overnight. That consumption can really add up for an enterprise. A... More >
As telcos in the United States take heat for considering bandwidth caps, one in Japan has announced a daily upload limit beginning Aug. 1, reports Ars Technica . OCN, operated by NTT Commun... More >
Market intelligence firm IDC reported that global enterprises spent more than $1 billion powering and cooling spinning disks for external storage last year. IDC is predicting spending will reach $1.8... More >
Virtualization vendor Endeavors Technologies is offering a free version of its application-streaming product , Application Jukebox. The lite version, for use on a single server, is available... More >
Adobe on Wednesday released its revamped Acrobat 9 document-creation software with support for Flash and multimedia content, reports News.com . Adobe released a beta version earlier this m... More >
Sony and Sony Ericsson came out on top of Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics , though it revised the criteria in this report, which hurt most companies' rankings, according to InfoWo... More >
A group of Internet bigwigs have launched an initiative, internetforeveryone.org , to make broadband service a priority in the United States, reports News.com . The group includes Internet... More >
In its first week, 19.6 million people downloaded Firefox 3 , with 8 million of the downloads occurring within the first 24 hours after release, according to a Digital Trends story in the San Fran... More >
Dutch researchers say RFID tags used to track hospital equipment and employees could interfere with lifesaving equipment such as respirators, external pacemakers and dialysis machines, reports The... More >
According to data released by the Green Electronics Council last week, sales of PCs and laptops featuring the EPEAT label more than doubled in 2007. EPEAT-qualified desktops and laptops saw their... More >
Charter Communications has reversed course in its plan to monitor customers' Internet surfing in order to help advertisers supply more targeted ads, reports The Washington Post . It had pla... More >
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a a case in which AT&T appeals a lower-court ruling that it tried to force small ISPs out of business by setting wholesale prices too high . Info... More >
Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday release addressed a remote code execution problem in Bluetooth for Windows Vista and XP. But it turns out the fix didn't work on the most recent versions of Windows XP... More >
The Telecommunications Industry Association is rallying its constituency to become more energy efficient. TIA announced several green initiatives, including EIATRACK at NXTcomm 08 in Las Vegas. &n... More >
It looks like Apple has decided to fix the carpet bombing bug in Safari for Windows after all. Computerworld reports that Safari 3.1.2 patches four vulnerabilities, including two that caused Mic... More >
University of Michigan researchers have developed a one square millimeter chip that consumes only 30 picowatts while in sleep mode. As a result, the Phoenix processor uses 30,000 times less power in ... More >
With the release of Firefox 3, flaw finders were itching to find vulnerabilities ... and they did. TippingPoint has warned Mozilla about a flaw that would allow an attacker to inject hostile code o... More >
IBM is keeping the green times rolling. Last week the company began the second phase of its Project Big Green initiative, which included the unveiling of three energy-efficient modular data centers... More >
Verizon plans to boost speeds on its super-fast FiOS fiber-to-the-home project over its entire 16-state coverage area, according to a Dow Jones story on CNNMoney.com. That will mean all Fi... More >
ZDNet 's Larry Dignan calls supercomputers the muscle cars of IT : something few people have but that are fun to look at. Once again, it's time for the biannual Top500 list of the world's f... More >
What a day to go down! The number of users trying to download Firefox 3 apparently overwhelmed Mozilla's Web site Tuesday. InfoWorld cites a notice on the site : The outpouring of interest a... More >
It's download day as Mozilla hopes to set a record with its release of Firefox 3. News.com blogger Stephen Shankland writes that browsers have become important again as they grow from mer... More >
Virtualization company Parallels has released its Server for Mac hypervisor for x86 hardware. The hypervisor allows Xserve and Mac Pro hardware users to create virtual machines of Mac OS X 1... More >
IBM is expected to announce Monday it has built what may be the largest dual-boot Windows-Linux supercomputer for a group of research universities in Sweden, reports Computerworld . About 8... More >
Of course everything has to have a catchy name, so Oracle is calling it social-networking software for salespeople "social CRM," reports InformationWeek . Its Sales Prospector looks at inte... More >
The Federal Communications Commission has issued its final order related to its March decision to gather more precise data about the availability of broadband service in the United States. I... More >
Arguing that government agents should not be allowed to search travelers' laptops without reasonable suspicion of illegal activity, two groups have asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a... More >
Microsoft's Surface tabletop computers debuted Wednesday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with specially designed programs to make the bar experience more fun, reports Pocket-l... More >
Verizon is on track to meet its goal of connecting 12 million homes to its FiOS fiber optic network by the end of the year and more than 18 million by the end of 2010, reports Reuters . But... More >
Six tech companies have formed the Open Patent Alliance to encourage expansion of WiMax technology, according to TMCnet.com . Participating companies are Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, I... More >
A supercomputer built with components designed for the Sony PlayStation 3 has dethroned IBM's Blue Gene/L as the world's fastest supercomputer , reports The New York Times . The $133 million... More >
InfoWorld , which is doggedly pursuing its "Save XP" campaign , warns that though the cutoff date is June 30 for sales of computers with XP, most manufacturers and retailers will stop taking orders ... More >
Comcast said Thursday that by early 2010 it will offer its DOCSIS 3.0 technology to consumers in most of its markets, allowing them to download a high-definition movie in minutes. In an Assoc... More >
IBM is developing a chip for supercomputers cooled with hair-thin pipes of water, the company has announced. The chip is designed as a three-dimensional stack, according to ZDNet , and the wa... More >
Rising gas prices are fueling a push for increased telecommuting and interest in video and Web conferencing technologies. Companies that choose to invest in Web conferencing as a way to cu... More >
Comcast on Thursday will begin testing what it calls a "protocol agnostic" approach to managing Internet traffic during peak periods, reports Wired . Under investigation by the FCC for prev... More >
Sun Microsystems announced Wednesday that it will take advantage of the low power consumption and speed of flash memory for a line of servers and data-storage products , starting in the second half... More >
Microsoft is not taking any chances with a flaw in Apple's Safari browser that could effect Windows XP and Vista users . InfoWorld reports that the company issued a security advisory concerning ... More >
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