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Now that 802.11n is official, the Wi-Fi Alliance is launching a certification program based on the IEEE's completed 802.11n standard. The Wi-Fi Alliance is now testing and certifying products that us... More >
The CTIA Wireless Association issued a statement to the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to open up more wireless spectrum to networks in order to encourage competition and innov... More >
The cost of electricity is one of the largest expenses for many businesses. While the green IT push has largely focused on the data center, the potential for energy cost savings lies in many places. ... More >
Borders announced it would partner with Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi to the customers of its more than 500 bookstores. The service is set to begin in mid-October, Gearlog reports. Verizon wil... More >
The expansion of Google Wave testing begins today. The online collaboration service enables users to share text and media files in a single online space. Among the first to use the service w... More >
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission released a report detailing its interim plan for increasing broadband deployment and use in both rural and urban areas. The agency concluded that it would c... More >
Scientists at Bell Labs, the research arm of networking firm Alcatel-Lucent, have broken records with a new data transfer technique that allows up to 10 times the data transmission rates over long di... More >
Small and midsize businesses are confident in their disaster recovery capabilities, but their actual performance in preventing outages presents a different story, according to the results of a new ... More >
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking industry input on whether current spectrum allocation is sufficient to meet the demands of the U.S.'s growing mobile data needs. The input is part of ... More >
Dell announced a high-end laptop aimed at business users. The Latitude Z is the thinnest 16-inch laptop on the market at 22mm and is built from a rugged magnesium alloy and features a Black Cherry fi... More >
According to SlashGear , a new MacBook packing a sleeker, smaller plastic case could be on the way to coincide with the launch of the rumored new iMacs . While hardware details are unconfirmed, the... More >
Microsoft has unveiled Barrelfish, a prototype operating system optimized to run on multi-core machines. Created by ETH Zurich and Microsoft Research, Barrelfish uses message passing and a database-l... More >
Google Wave , the Web-based collaboration product Google introduced last May, is signing up 100,000 beta users to test the service, according to Daily Tech . New users will have access to Google Wav... More >
Google has enhanced its search results by slotting anchor links in its search snippets to help users more quickly find what they are looking for when conducting a query. The move allows users to jump... More >
Microsoft just opened a $500,000 million, 330,000-square-foot data center in Dublin , the company's first such facility outside of the U.S, reports The Irish Times . While companies don't ne... More >
AppleInsider reports that a design upgrade of the iMac is under way and already rolling out to production lines. The new Apple iMacs are expected to be priced more affordibly. In addition to ... More >
After rumors and speculation about the release of Intel's Pineview chips, the company is saying it plans to ship its new line of Atom chips for netbooks to PC vendors during the fourth quarter of t... More >
BT Group announced plans to expand the availability of next-generation copper broadband. The telecom operator intends to offer its customers speeds of up to 24Mbps while providing its service to 20 m... More >
Xerox has revealed the latest research taking place within its labs at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada. Scientists at the company unveiled new software that makes it easier to edit color in digit... More >
Seagate has released several new hard drives that feature self-encryption. The technology, called the Seagate Secure Self-Encrypting Drive (SED), will primarily target the enterprise server space. SE... More >
New Gartner research found that IT managers are still not making the measurement, modeling and monitoring of energy costs in their data centers a top issue. According the Gartner poll, two-thirds of ... More >
A new report from software vendor Coverity suggests that despite the increase in open source projects, the quality of open source code has improved. The Coverity Scan Open Source Report analyzed 11... More >
On the second day of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel unveiled its fastest Core i7 mobile platform processors. The new Intel Core i7 mobile processors are based on the 45nm Nehalem m... More >
Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile, is reportedly in talks with Clearwire to strike a deal that will allow it to use Clearwire's spectrum for its 4G service. Sprint... More >
Intel has decided the world needs another app store. The company announced the beta of its Atom Developer Program . Initially, the developer program will offer tools to write programs for netbooks b... More >
EMC has added cascaded replication capabilities to the line-up of deduplication storage solutions that it now owns as a result of its recent acquisition of Data Domain . It's a move that will enable... More >
Google unveiled a new plug-in, called Google Chrome Frame , that allows Google Chrome to function within Microsoft's Internet Explorer. In addition to exposing Chrome to more users, the plug-in allo... More >
Intel provided attendees of the Intel Developers Forum with a demonstration of its Larrabee graphics processor. Larrabee is Intel's first discrete or standalone graphics processor in nearly 10 years ... More >
As part of its Developer Forum keynote, Intel showed the first working example of chips built on a 22nm process. The 22nm wafer has 364 million bits of SRAM memory, 2.9 billion transistors, and is th... More >
Toshiba announced it has developed solid-state drives that are a mere seventh of the size of current 2.5-inch drives. The company initially plans to roll out two models, the mSATA SSD and the Half-Sl... More >
SGI , a leader in high-performance computing, announced a new computer that is the first in what it calls its line of personal supercomputers. SGI's new Octane III can have up to 80 high-performance ... More >
Microsoft's Bing search engine continues to make inroads into Google's dominance of the search market. New data from comScore says Bing nabbed 9.3 percent of U.S. search engine market share in August... More >
Yesterday, AMD launched its own SR500 series of chipsets that compliment the company's six-core Opteron. The chipsets include the SR5690, SR5670 and SR5650, which all target different types of server... More >
The island nation of Mauritius not only believes it can become a key hub connecting Africa, Asia and the Middle East, but the country also believes it is uniquely positioned to help companies cut dat... More >
The USB Implementers Forum began the USB 3.0 Compliance and Certification program at the beginning of the month. The NEC xHCI host controller has become the first USB 3.0-certified device, Engadge... More >
Today at the IAB MIXX Conference and Expo, Adobe Systems announced the availability of its Adobe Flash Platform Services, a new distribution service that allows advertisers and content publishers to ... More >
AT&T will reportedly launch its new 3G MicroCell appliance in select markets next week. Up to 10 devices can be authorized for use on the femtocell, reports SlashGear . The telco is expected to ... More >
Seagate announced today that its new Seagate Barracuda XT hard drive is now shipping. The company claims its the world's first 3.5-inch 6Gbps 2TB hard drive, according to CNET News . The driv... More >
IBM announced it has developed a prototype of what it claims is the smallest, densest and fastest on-chip DRAM device. Still a prototype, the device was created using a 32 nanometer process and uses ... More >
HP announced it will offer 60GB and 120GB solid-state drives (SSDs) as an option across its complete line of ProLiant G6 servers and select G5 servers. The serial-ATA (SATA) SSDs from Samsung aim to ... More >
A technical preview of Office Web Apps is being made available to tens of thousands of Windows SkyDrive users. Selected users of the free cloud storage service will be able to test-drive the new onli... More >
One of the key drivers of Apple's Snow Leopard sales has been the $29 single license cost. Microsoft is planning to do something similar, but only for qualified applicants. Beginning yesterd... More >
Apple's latest Mac operating system, Snow Leopard, has been on the market only for a few weeks, but it's already racking up impressive sales numbers. According to preliminary data from NPD Group, App... More >
Clearwire, which recently expanded its WiMax service into 10 new markets, says it could just as easily offer Long-Term Evolution if it made sense to do so, says Phone+ . The company's CEO, Bill Mo... More >
Well, that didn't take long. Just a couple days after it was announced that a voice chat feature would be coming to Facebook via Vivox, Twitter is following suit. A new application from the company... More >
According to an IDC survey, Google Docs is "widely used" in the workplace of one-in-five companies. The study highlights the increased interest in the usage of Google Docs in the workplace. Despite i... More >
Toshiba unveiled a new line of hard drives aimed at the notebook segment. The MKxx56GSY series of portable HDDs includes a 2.5-inch 500GB HDD that spins at 7200 rpm, reports Mobilewhack.com . ... More >
Earlier this week, Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced that the U.S. government would take its initial foray into cloud computing with its Apps.gov Web site. Google is... More >
Super Talent has unveiled the RAIDDrive SSD products, a family of not so typical solid-state drives. The RAIDDrive doesn't fit the typical 3.5-inch form factor, instead it's encapsulated in a PCIe ad... More >
ARM announced a new version of its Cortex A9 processor today. The dual-core 2GHz processors consume 1.9 watts of power, reports PC World . ARM is targeting the x86 market with its new chips. The com... More >
Startup Pliant Technology unveiled a new line of storage products called Enterprise Flash Drives . The Lightning family of EFDs is available in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch standard form factors. The drive... More >
Google has issued a new stable release of Chrome, shortly after the Web browser's first birthday . According to Google, Chrome has been sped up, features a new tab page and optimizes Omnibox, report... More >
Google has released the latest version of its Android operating system. Android 1.6, known as Donut, adding support for CDMA phones, more screen resolutions, more APIs, better camera software and imp... More >
Vivox announced today that it has created a new voice chat system for Facebook users. The Vivox Voice Chat for Facebook applicaton enables Facebook friends to engage in voice chat at any location, ac... More >
Boston-based startup uTest released a study titled " Battle of the Search Engines ," which measured the relevancy of Google, Yahoo and Bing. The company spoke with more than 1,100 people in over 50... More >
Belkin wasted no time in announcing that its products are already 802.11n compatible. The ratification of the 802.11n standard by the IEEE means companies no longer have to advertise their products... More >
In these economically conscious times, finding ways to extend a dollar is at a premium. With more PC users making the switch to notebooks , that's one place to start looking to pinch a few pennies. ... More >
As we inch closer to the release of Windows 7 , PC manufacturers are preparing their wares to catch the eyes of consumers. One such client hardware vendor is HP, which announced new notebooks to coi... More >
Microsoft has added a new feature to its Bing seach engine that allows users to sift through images rather than text when conducting a search. The company unveiled its Visual Search feature at the ... More >
Last week, IBM began positioning a revamped version of its Lotus Symphony as a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Office. The company is now making its version of Open Office an alternative to Office... More >
HP announced six new single-function laser printers today. The devices are part of the company's new imaging and printing offerings and the expansion of its quarter-century-long relationship with Can... More >
Intel announced it has begun limited production of the latest iteration of its Nehalem processors, codenamed Jasper Forest. The Jasper Forest will be built on 45nm processes, but will use 32nm techno... More >
The IEEE has finally removed the draft tag from 802.11n. The move comes seven years after the process for the wireless LAN standard initially began. Despite its long draft status, wireless vendors an... More >
Engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have successfully tested a system that could improve the efficiency of data center cooling. Escalating costs to cool data centers have limited the a... More >
IBM is targeting Microsoft Office customers by offering Office-compatible Lotus Symphony software free of charge. IBM, along with third-party developers, are also creating a number of widgets to take... More >
AMD introduced Eyefinity, a new technology that allows for up to six displays to be driven off of one video card. The next-generation technology will be part of the upcoming DirectX 11-based ATI Rade... More >
Western Digital has joined its competitors in the 2.5-inch capacity race with the release of its WD Scorpio Blue 640GB hard drives designed for laptops. The hard drive has two 320GB platters, which s... More >
Asetek has announced the availability of its LCLC Liquid Cooling system for Intel's new Core i5 processor family. Support for the new chip family was made possible by a new universal mounting syste... More >
To borrow from the age old adage "if you want something done right, do it yourself," Google is planning to develop its own crop of solar technology. Google clean energy czar Bill Weihl told attendees... More >
Vodafone has launched One Net, a converged fixed and mobile voice service targeted at UK SMBs. The move is underpinned by a managed services agreement with BT Group, according to Broadband Finder . ... More >
Sprint announced a new calling plan today called " Any Mobile, Anytime ." The plan allows for unlimited calling between any of the 250 million mobile users in the U.S. regardless of their individual ... More >
To coincide with yesterday's rare date , Dell provided folks with a sneak peek at its Adamo By Dell concept notebook, which is a mere 9.99 milimeters thick. The notebook clearly targets Apple's Ma... More >
Google has added the ability for Google Voice users to receive text messages by e-mail. The move gives users a long requested feature, says TechCrunch 's Michael Arrington. Now Google Voice w... More >
Analyst firm Gartner predicts that a new digital divide will emerge over the next three to five years between those with access to residential broadband speeds of 50Mbit/s or higher and those with ju... More >
According to CDW's Energy Efficient IT report, by making sure their IT is up to date, organizations can cut their power use and reduce their energy-related costs by 17 percent. While the CDW survey f... More >
Nokia launched its first modem based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology. The Nokia Internet Modem RD-3 is interoperable with GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA and supports several frequency bands of LTE. The... More >
Dell is targeting small and medium businesses with a range of 28 uninterruptible power supply products. The span of Dell's new range of UPS offerings looks to fill the gap between high-end models and... More >
Opera 10 , which was released last week, has already been downloaded more than 10 million times. While it doesn't approach the record set by Mozilla's Firefox 3 , the 10 million downloads is certain... More >
According to the latest figures from the Broadband Forum, Europe is the second-largest broadband region in the world. Broadband subscriptions grew 13 percent over the last 12 months to reach 135 mill... More >
Salesforce.com is renewing its commitment to customer service with an upgrade to its customer service SaaS platform . The upgrade, dubbed the Service Cloud 2, folds search engines, messaging and soc... More >
Mexico has lifted its eight-year ban on in-flight cell phone use, and AeroMexico has become the first airline to take advantage of the change, although other airlines are expected to soon follow suit... More >
Ericsson announced that AT&T has selected it to become one of two suppliers for its Wireline Access products and services. According to Ericsson, the deal is a breakthrough for the company's wire... More >
Intel officially launched three new quad-core processors. Formerly known by the codename Lynnfield, Intel took the wraps off the Core i5 750, Core i7 860 and Core i7 870, which run at 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz... More >
Alcatel-Lucent announced it will publish version 1 of its OMCI Interoperability Implementer's Guide to aid the creation of a multi-vendor gigabit passive optical networking infrastructure. The guide ... More >
Cisco is set to take on a new market as it readies a new collaboration platform that will enable organizations to place content and transactional applications, presence and social networking within... More >
A Samsung official confirmed that the company will be releasing an OLED laptop in the latter portion of 2010, possibly Q3. The company made the announcement during the launch of its X-Series and N-S... More >
Microsoft is testing a Web 2.0-sharing feature for Bing that will allow Web surfers to share some of their Bing searches with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Dubbed Bing & Ping... More >
The first-ever calculation has been performed by an optical computer chip. The chip takes four photons that carry the input for the calculation and then implements a quantum algorithm called Shor's a... More >
Samsung announced two new external hard drives at IFA 2009 in Berlin. The 3.5-inch S3 Station features 2TB of storage and the 2.5-inch S2 portable stores 640GB worth of data, übergizmo reports. &nb... More >
UK retailer Carphone Warehouse announced it is the first European brick-and-mortar outlet to sell the Dell Inspiron 11z laptop. For the time being, it's the only place customers can get the new lapto... More >
Verizon has expanded its cloud computing capabilities in Europe. The company has extended the availability of its Computing as a Service (CaaS) solution to its Amsterdam data center. The mov... More >
Samsung announced its N130 and N140 netbooks will both ship with Windows 7 Starter Edition installed by default. The two netbooks will both run on Atom chips; the N130 will run a N270 while the N140 ... More >
Buffalo has released its latest TeraStation NAS, which integrates with Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 for up to 4TB of storage, Akihabara News reports. The new TeraStation also features supp... More >
Patrick Harr, vice president of enterprise desktop marketing at VMware, outlined the company's strategy for the virtual desktop market at VMworld 2009 conference this week in San Francisco. The compa... More >
Red Hat announced details of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 at its annual summit in Chicago this week. According to the company, the update supports a broad ecosystem of hardware and software. I... More >
Happy birthday, Google Chrome! Today marks the one-year anniversary of Google's Chrome Web browser. While the browser quickly caught on with some, including IT Business Edge's Ken Hardin , Ch... More >
Microsoft announced today that it is offering businesses a 90-day free trial of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system. After the trial period, users that wish to continue using Windows 7 will have ... More >
Verizon has introduced a new UMW190 USB modem that enables its user to connect to 3G networks around the world. The global 3G modem offers EV-DO Rev. A connectivity domestically and EDGE abroad, acco... More >
Toshiba has introduced what it claims to be the industry's largest 2.5-inch laptop hard drive. Toshiba's MK6465GSX offers 640GB of capacity and spins at 5400 rpm. The new drive adds to Toshiba's seri... More >
Oracle has unveiled the latest version of its flagship database product. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is available for download and looks to improve overall performance and efficiency while allowing... More >
Nokia unveiled its Nokia Booklet 3G at its World conference in Stuggart, Germany. The Finnish company also divulged that the netbook would ship with Windows 7 and cost $816 before subsidies and tax... More >
Western Digital has unveiled and begun shipping the WD Caviar Black , a 2TB, 7200 rpm enterprise-class desktop hard drive. The Caviar Black drive is designed for gaming, high-performance desktop sys... More >
Google is blaming a nearly 100-minute Gmail outage yesterday on overwhelmed request routers. Google had taken down some e-mail servers for regular maintenance, and because of some recent changes, its... More >
The USB Implementers Forum announced that it is making available the USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) Compliance and Certification program today. The move will allow vendors to achieve certification and the abil... More >
IBM has announced the availability of the industry's first public desktop cloud service. The company's subscription service aims to make it easier for larger organizations to utilize desktop virtuali... More >
Clearwire has made good on its plans to expand its Clear WiMax service in 10 new markets today. The Kirkland, Wash.-based company has rolled out its service in Abilene, Amarillo, Chorpus Chr... More >
Less than a week after Opera Software unveiled the release candidate for Opera 10, the Web browser is now ready for download for Linux, Mac and Windows platforms. Opera Turbo is a key highlight o... More >
In a deal with Google, Sony says all its Vaio brand PCs sold in the U.S. will use Chrome as their default Web browser. The deal is the first of its kind for Google, which plans to pursue further tie ... More >
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