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Despite the cancellation of the Dec. 18 vote on a nationwide, filtered broadband network , the outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman hasn't given up on the idea completely. In a... More >
Intel introduced a new mobile quad-core chip over the weekend that did not wait long to be put to use. Acer offers the Core 2 Quad Q9000 in the latest Aspire laptop that is targeted at gaming and m... More >
John Lennon returns from the grave in an ad for the One Laptop Per Child program , reports PC World in a story in The Washington Post. The former Beatle's wife Yoko Ono approved the digital... More >
Just as one break was repaired in undersea cable that carries communications between Europe and Asia, another break occurred , this one at a greater depth, reports Network World . France Tél... More >
In the third quarter, for the first time, more notebooks than desktop computers were sold, according to research company iSupply. Laptop shipments soared about 40 percent over the same period... More >
Three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students will work with the Boston subway system to fix the security issues they found, reports The Associated Press in the Boston Herald. The ... More >
Opera has patched seven flaws in its Web browser, Opera 9.6, for machines running Windows, reports PCWorld.com . Two of the flaws are rated "extremely severe" and three are "highly severe."... More >
Repairs are under way for two undersea cables damaged Friday that cut Internet and phone services between Europe, the Middle East and Asia, reports BBC News . The cables, between southern I... More >
Less than a week after granting Chrome full product status , Google issued the Web browser its first post-beta update. The update fixes 31 bugs . One of the fixes was designed to make the br... More >
To quiet the calls for improved interoperability, Microsoft has released documentation about how it supports the Open Document Format in Office 2007, reports The Register . The MS Office 20... More >
Yesterday's update of Firefox 2.0 was supposed to be the last for the soon to be retired Web browser. However, a clerical error caused the a patch in the Windows version to be omitted, reports Comp... More >
Mozilla has issued eight patches, three of which were classified as critical, for its Firefox Web browser. The fixes come after security researchers recommended the browser over Microsoft's Internet... More >
Problems with the Los Angeles Unified School District's payroll system continue, but it has announced a settlement with contractor Deloitte Consulting, which was hired to implement the SAP techno... More >
Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.6 update fixes 21 holes in the Leopard operating system. Fifteen of those bugs also affect Tiger ( Mac OS X 10.4 ) users, says Computerworld . heise online reports th... More >
Super Micro , largely known for its enterprise and high-performance computing servers, is now targeting the small and midsize business market. Today, the server company debuts its SuperServer... More >
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Dec. 18th vote on a nationwide, filtered broadband network has been tabled. The move came at the request of lawmakers wishing to redirect the age... More >
A utility tax that includes text messaging and VoIP calling goes into effect Friday in Sacramento, Calif. The tax rate under the voter-approved Measure 0 , known as the "Utility User Tax Redu... More >
Despite Microsoft's view of Windows Vista -- which it calls its most successful operating system ever -- a recent survey says otherwise. Information Technology Intelligence Corp. analyst Laura Dido f... More >
Hewlett-Packard plans to begin offering a preloaded Linux desktop Dec. 15. InformationWeek reports that HP will make Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop available on its HP Compaq dc5850. ... More >
The White House has come out against a plan to create free, nationwide wireless broadband , reports CNET News , citing a story in The Wall Street Journal. The Federal Communications Commissi... More >
A recent Forrester report titled " How Much Money Are Your Idle PCs Wasting? " claims IT administrators need to do more when it comes to reducing PC-related energy costs to meet their green targets, ... More >
BusinessGreen reports that IBM is getting into the hosted Web conferencing game through the latest version of its Lotus Sametime Unyte service. IBM also struck a partnership deal with Inte... More >
Asus, which created the netbook category, no longer can lay claim to its top spot. That recognition is now reserved for Acer, which entered the market this summer with the Aspire One . Acer l... More >
Broadcom has launched a new 802.11n chip that also enhances the data rate for Bluetooth and FM radio in mobile phones and mobile devices. According to Computerworld , the BCM4329 chip will enter vol... More >
After raising $13 million in Series B funding , Infinite Power Solutions Inc. will begin shipping Thinergy to manufactuers for production this month. Thinergy, a rechargeable thin-film batt... More >
Sun Microsystems will face off against Adobe and Microsoft with the release Thursday of its JavaFX platform for rich Internet applications, reports vnunet.com . The release includes compile... More >
Just as the death knell is being sounded for the computer mouse, Logitech is celebrating shipment of its billionth one , reports BBC News . It quotes Logitech General Manager Rory Dooley s... More >
Microsoft has made a beta of its second service pack for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 available to developers and will offer it to the public Thursday, reports InfoWorld . Mary-Jo ... More >
Smart power strips, which help stop the idle currents from outlets when electronics are not in use, have been in use for awhile. However, a new technology from Spanish inventors has built upon this i... More >
MySpace.com, Flock Inc. and Vidoop LLC have joined forces to develop a prototype tool that will allow users store their OpenID credentials in the Flock social Web browser. According to Comp... More >
The White House Office of Management and Budget has shot down a proposed requirement that all U.S. cell phone towers have at least eight hours of backup power, reports The Associated Press in a s... More >
On Dec. 18, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on a plan that would create a nationwide, filtered broadband network. The plan, which was initially presented in 2006, proposes that AWS-3 ... More >
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