Days after a hacker claimed to have broken into a database and encrypted millions of prescription records at the Virginia …
Microsoft delivers XP Mode add-on beta
As promised, Microsoft Corp. today launched the beta of “XP Mode,” the Windows 7 compatibility add-on that runs Windows XP …
Parabon launches grid-based DDoS attack tests
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks of the kind that crippled networks in Estonia two years ago are hard to …
EU slates Microsoft’s IE antitrust hearing for June
European Union (EU) antitrust regulators have set an early June date for an oral hearing during which Microsoft Corp. can …
Wireless IT in healhcare
After years of talk about wireless technologies' potential for widespread use in medical applications, they appear to be ready for …
Spammers seize on swine flu to pitch bogus meds
Spammers have seized on the growing interest in news of a possible swine flu epidemic to hawk fake pharmaceuticals, security …
GE develops optical disc material to hold 500GB of data
GE Global Research, the technology development arm of General Electric Co., said today it has made a breakthrough in holographic …
Is mobile computing the Achilles’ heel in your organization?
Mobile computing, from laptops to the myriad handheld devices such as smartphones, BlackBerries, iPhones, USB tokens and PDAs, can certainly …
Android to go beyond phones to a range of personal devices
Android, the Linux-based operating system used in the G1 smartphone and others to come, is destined to be part of …
SaaS it up
The present prevalent economic downturn has slowly started impacting telco’s cost and ability to serve customers. This growing problem may …
‘First Android netbook to cost about $250’
The first netbook computer running the Google Inc.-backed Android mobile operating system on a low-cost ARM chip could become available …
Android to go beyond phones to a range of personal devices
Android, the Linux-based operating system used in the G1 smartphone and others to come, is destined to be part of …
Nexans EMAC devices to help create greener data centres
Nexans has launched a new series of environmental monitoring and access control (EMAC) devices that provide intelligent management of power …
How much is Atom hurting Intel’s bottom line?
With netbooks' surprise success, Intel Corp.'s Atom processor has become an unexpected money-maker during a down period, bringing in a …
Intel rivals gang up to make mobile chips
A host of chip makers, including IBM, announced a partnership on Thursday to develop low-power chips for mobile devices, which …
OLPC drops AMD chips for Via
One Laptop Per Child refreshed its XO-1 laptop hardware, dumping chips from Advanced Micro Devices in favor of processors from …
Palm’s webOS lives up to hype, developers say
Underneath the sleek exterior, the multi-touch display and the sliding keyboard of the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone is the real …
The carbon footprint of spam?
Is spam causing the environmental hazard of greenhouse gas emissions? That's what McAfee says in its “Carbon Footprint of Spam” …
Mozilla ponders dropping Firefox support for Win2k, early XP
Mozilla Corp. is considering dropping support for Windows 2000 and the earliest versions of XP when it ships the follow-up …
Spam e-mails killing the environment, McAfee report says
If annoying users and wasting their time wasn't bad enough, spam e-mails are also responsible for clogging our atmosphere with …