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Dual-Band Router Showdown
Our reviewer picks the top networking gear from SMC, Apple, DLink, Linksys, and Netgear.
Sony Revamps E-Book Reader, But No Wireless
Battery life for the PRS-700 device is the same as the older model, sustaining up to 7,500 pages of continuous reading on a single charge.
Google Exec Shines Light On Android Market
The Android Market will offer free trial versions, and Google won't take a cut of the revenue from any sold app, according to director of mobile platforms Andy Rubin.
Google-Yahoo Deal Needs Oversight, Senator Says
The companies announced in June their nonexclusive advertising deal, which would allow Google to run ads alongside Yahoo search results.
Handango To Offer Android Apps
Developers can add Android apps directly to their developer accounts and choose to distribute them in three different ways.
Obama Drafts iPhone Users To Help With Campaign
A new iPhone application, freely available at the Apple App Store, makes use of the iPhone's social networking and viral communications attributes.
Nokia Brings Out iPhone 3G Competitor
The company's first touch-screen phone has GPS, Wi-Fi, a 3.2-megapixel camera, expandable memory, and robust multimedia functions.
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo Details Services, Symbian
Despite its worldwide leadership in the handset market, the company's chief executive describes how Nokia is building its U.S. business beyond cell phones.
Spyware-Driven Ad Fraud Increasingly Widespread
A new survey names names and looks at the impact of spyware-driven advertising fraud on VistaPrint, a company that provides online graphics services to consumers and businesses.
Microsoft Launches SearchPerks Rewards Program
The company will award tickets, redeemable for prizes, to frequent Live Search users.
Tools Help Families Combat Cyber Bullying With Alerts, Tips
Firms like CyberPatrol and LookBothWays keep up with Internet trends to block Web sites, manage time spent online, block downloads, restrict chat, and prevent inappropriate language.
Google Data Centers 'The Most Efficient In The World'
The company has launched a Web site to demonstrate its commitment to sustainable computing and encourage sustainable practices elsewhere.
Wal-Mart Rolls Out E-Health Records To All Employees
The retailer is the first Dossia employer coalition member to offer the consortium's personal health record system in volume to employees.
Group Calls For Online Transparency In Wall Street Rescue
Members of the Sunlight Foundation want Congress to post the final draft of the legislation online for 72 hours before voting on it to allow for better citizen review.
Google Share Plunge To Be Erased By Nasdaq
The search engine's canceled trades were triggered by erroneous orders that were routed to Nasdaq from another market center, officials said.
Tech Sector Could Star In U.S. Economic Salvation
Universal broadband, spending on energy technologies, and alternative technologies could encourage the growth needed to come back from the Wall Street bailout, analysts conclude.
MTV Sees More Ads With Social Nets, Video Metrics
Through "Flux," Viacom's 26-year-old cable TV network will provide advertiser partners with second-by-second data on how the videos and ads on its site are watched by users online.
Nokia To Acquire Mobile E-Mail, IM Provider
The acquisition of OZ Communications is part of Nokia's larger strategy of providing more than just the handset.
iPhone 3G Gets Lotus Notes Support
IBM released a Web app that enables iPhone users to get access to their Notes and Domino e-mail, calendar, and contacts.
Some Countries Prone To Data Loss, Cisco Finds
Only 42% of Chinese employees surveyed changed the security setting on their computers, while Brazilians are more likely to share private company information with friends.
Media, Technology Companies Unite To Fight Piracy
In recent years, the two sides and consumer advocates have waged numerous legal battles dealing with the rights of artists, distributors and users on the Web.
Glide America Mixes Politics With Social Networking
The service also offers what it's calling the People's Rolodex, a list of federal government contacts that users can add to their existing online contacts.
Apple Tweaks App Store Policies
The company is hoping to stop shady developers from propping up their applications with fake reviews, as well as keep users who haven't tried it from posting negative reviews.
CTL Launches Two Sub-$500 Netbooks
The 2go Classmate PC is aimed at the education market, while the IL1A mini-notebook targets consumers and businesspeople.
'Clickjacking' Attack Prompts Warning To Disable Browser Plug-Ins
The flaw affects Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera and could trick a user into clicking on content from another page.
ISPs Call For Industry Standards On Behavioral Targeting
Verizon, AT&T, and Time Warner Cable pledge to Congress to only monitor activity if users choose to opt in.
Portrait Of A Computer Forensic Examiner
While data can be recovered from any computer, expert Ives Potrafka believes that corporate IT departments have far less control over what happens on PCs used for work.
Visa To Bring Apps To Google's Android
Visa will enable Android users to get near-real-time alerts on card activity, as well as get discounts and directions to merchants.
FCC's Dilemma: Moving Sprint Away From Public Safety Nets
Ever since the Nextel acquisition, plans to reallocate the 800-MHz spectrum have been bandied about so it doesn't interfere with bands used by public safety agencies.
12 Tricks To Teach Your USB Thumb Drive
A USB drive can be used for more than just porting data -- it can carry entire bootable applications, lock down a PC, and even call for help when lost.
Global IPTV: $19 Billion Market By 2012
Driving the increase is growing consumer demand for video, as well as the entry of new content providers such as YouTube and Joost, according to a new Gartner survey.
Staples Launches Online Backup, Security Service
The Thrive service offers backup, online security, virus and spyware protection, and remote help desk support to small and medium-sized businesses.
Google's Larry Page Calls FCC White Space Test 'Rigged'
The test back in August determined whether a prototype device for transmitting Internet traffic over the unused white space in the TV spectrum could interfere with microphones.
Apple Clamps Down On App Store Developers
Apple has been criticized for being inconsistent in its rationale for rejecting applications or pulling ones that have already been approved.
T-Mobile Lifts Data Limit For G1
The company backed off its plans to throttle G1 users who exceeded 1 GB of data a month.
MySpace Music Debuts To Rival iTunes
Subscribers can stream music free or buy songs at MySpace Music through a partnership with Amazon.
Second Life's Popularity Rests On Breadth Of Activities
Here's a quick guide to what goes on in Second Life, a lively virtual world full of music, dance, travel, games, and cybersex.
Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacking Grand Jury Returns No Indictment
A Tennessee Democratic state representative's son was linked last week to involvement in the breach of the Republican vice presidential candidate's Yahoo Mail account.
Android 1.0 SDK Released
Getting developers and programmers to create innovative products will be key for Android's success.
Microsoft, NBC, Artists Join Improve Content Distribution
A coalition of tech companies is lending its hand to help develop and distribute content over safe and reliable networks where artists can earn fair compensation for their work.
Digg Gets $28.7 Million In Funding, Plans Major Expansion
The social news site's CEO says the company will double its staff and enhance its international appeal by launching the site in multiple languages.
Google Founded By Sergey Brin, Larry Page... And Hubert Chang?!?
Chang claims that he collaborated on Google's original PageRank algorithm and should be recognized as a company founder.
Music Groups Agree To Online Music Royalties Deal
Under the deal, fans using on-demand music streaming can select the songs they want to hear but not keep a permanent copy.
Google Chrome's Shine Is Fading
Many analysts believe that Google is not interested in waging a market-share battle with rivals, but launched Chrome to compete with Microsoft's Office software suite.
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal Favored By Antitrust Group
Members of AAI suggest regulators reshape the alliance between the two Internet companies to foster its benefits to consumers, while also avoiding its anticompetitive risks.
Google Co-Founder To Woo Congress For 'White Spaces'
Larry Page and others want Washington to open unused portions of the spectrum, so cell phones can operate without the additional infrastructure charges.
IBM's Hints At Leaving Some Tech Standards Bodies
The policy change is seen by experts as the fallout over the adoption of Microsoft's Open XML document format as an international standard.
Facebook Users With Lots of Friends More Likely To Be Narcissists
University of Georgia researchers analyzed Facebook users' pages to measure the relationship between an inflated sense of self-importance and the number of friends and wall posts on the social network.
How Does T-Mobile's Google G1 Stack Up?
We review several features available in the first Android-powered handset that could make it a hit in the enterprise and viable alternative to the BlackBerry or iPhone.
Google Helps Users Navigate New York Public Transit System
The nation's largest transit system could be a bit easier to navigate with Google's new tools, including translation into 23 languages.
Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 4
The company said its latest professional media production software includes six distinct bundles because the distinction between Web sites and interactive experiences is blurring.
AP Taps ThePlatform For Broadband Video
The news organization will also use the company's technology to integrate ads and define ad policies for local as well as national campaigns.
Google, T-Mobile Unveil Android-Powered G1 Smartphone
Available Oct. 22, the handset will include a touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS, Google App integration, and support for Amazon's music download service.
Internet Experts, Advocates, Celebrate OneWebDay
In cities around the globe, people gathered to celebrate the Internet Monday. In New York, advocates stressed the importance of using it as a tool for building social and political movements.
Microsoft Opens $550 Million Data Center In San Antonio
The data center is one of a network of massive facilities being built to support Microsoft's push to offer cloud services.
McAfee To Pay $465 Million For Secure Computing
CEO Dave DeWalt said the purchase will help round out McAfee's line of products that help protect business networks.
Tech Bubble Figures Nacchio, Vilar Due In Court This Week
Both men played leading roles in the dot-com crash in which millions of investors lost vast sums of money.
Second Life Tries For A Second Act
The online virtual world has weathered a boom-and-bust cycle. Now it has a new CEO. Can this social networking phenom attract a new wave of consumers and enterprise users?
Google's Sergey Brin Starts Blog, Reveals Predisposition For Parkinson's
The co-founder said he discovered the risk though 23andMe.com, a consumer-oriented genetic testing company that his wife Anne Wojcicki co-founded.
Android To Capture 4% Of Smartphone Market
Buoyed by Google's brand, the first Android handset from T-Mobile and HTC is expected to sell 400,000 units by the end of the year, according to one research group.
Web 2.0: Google Chrome To Support Add-Ons
Google said it will work hard to make sure its add-on paradigm keeps Chrome stable, unlike add-ons for Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Market Turmoil On Wall Street Spikes Web Traffic
"RTC solution," as in Resolution Trust Corp., was the third-hottest search listed by Google on Thursday after the market began to rally back.
Palin E-Mail Hacker Claims Google Search Helped Find Password
Though the posted account is no longer available, some content of the Alaska governor's messages has been republished on several blog sites.
Yahoo, Rhapsody Deliver Music Playback In Search Results
Users will be limited to 25 songs every 30 days. If they exceed the limit, they will be able to hear only 30-second samples until the next 30-day cycle begins.
As Android Nears, T-Mobile Boosts 3G Networks
The wireless carrier said it will have 3G networks in 21 markets by mid-October, and 27 markets by the end of the year.
Interop: O'Reilly Says Think Big, Don't Just Thirst For 'Great Money River'
The open source activist said improving the world should take priority over getting wealthy.
Bill Gates Tops Forbes List Of Wealthy Americans
Computer entrepreneurs fared well on the magazine's annual list of the superrich.
Amazon Expands The Cloud With Content Delivery Service
The service is similar in concept to networks operated by Akamai and Limelight, which use low latency, high speed data transmission to distribute digital content.
Google CEO Says Ready To Move Ahead On Yahoo Deal
Eric Schmidt believes Google does not need to receive specific government approval to go ahead with its contract to supply advertising to run alongside Yahoo's Web search results.
Rackspace CEO Sees New Way To Attract Investors
Lanham Napier is banking on "cloud computing" to win over investors who gave the company's initial public offering the cold shoulder.
Utah Ranked Nation's Most Tech-Savvy State
The Center for Digital Government survey also included for the first time sustainability efforts, especially in the area of environmentally sensitive IT.
Google, General Electric Push Renewable Energy, Grid Technology
The companies are promoting development of hybrid electric plug-in vehicles and the electrical infrastructure necessary to support the so-called "smart grid."
Internet Gambling Vote Looms In Congress
If the new Payments System Protection Act becomes law, it will be a boon to the estimated 23 million Americans who play poker over the Web.
Sarah Palin's Yahoo Mail Account Hacked
The summary lists five screenshots of Palin's Yahoo Mail account, three text files with contact information and related data culled from the account, and two photos of Palin's family.
Interop: Oracle Predicts Cloud Confusion To Continue
In a young market, there is also confusion being sown by companies that aren't committing entirely to Internet-based computing, including Microsoft, an Oracle exec suggests.
Kodak Unveils Ultra-Thin Wireless Digital Photo Frame
The 7.6-inch OLED frame can display pictures and video from PCs, photo-sharing sites, and news portals.
Zero-Day Exploit Code For Apple iTunes, QuickTime Posted
The vulnerability in Apple's newly patched software is said to crash any browser with the QuickTime plug-in.
Google Lifts Ban On Controversial Christian Institute Ads
Religious organizations can now use Google AdWords, as long as their ads don't shock people.
Led By Google, Mobile Search Grows 68%
Increased adoption of smartphones, flat-rate data plans, and better mobile offerings are leading to explosive growth in mobile search, according to comScore.
Interop: Cisco Pushes Private Clouds
The company is bolstering existing services and consulting offerings for companies venturing down data center automation and virtualization paths.
Dell Partners With Sonic, CinemaNow On DVD Burner
The Qflix external DVD burner is available in the United States as an option with most Dell Inspiron, Studio, and XPS notebooks.
T-Mobile To Introduce 'G1' Google Android Phone Sept. 23
The handset made by HTC promises to reinvigorate the smartphone market and provide a mobile application platform to rival Apple's iPhone.
IW500: Database Virtualization Vendor Wins 'Startup City' Competition
A panel of CIOs at the InformationWeek 500 Conference were impressed by xkoto because it provided a product with a simple service, in a narrow niche, which the vendor seemed to understand very well.
EU To Examine Google-Yahoo Ad Deal
The European Competition Commission has joined the growing number of groups concerned that the arrangement will hinder competition in online advertising.
Lenovo Enters Global SMB Server Market
The ThinkServer line is aimed at the 80% of small and medium-sized businesses who aren't currently using servers.
Interop: Capitalizing On Web 2.0 With Wikis, Social Networking
New online tools make it easier for conference attendees in N.Y. to exchange ideas and opinions about IT issues and the conference itself.
Tech Spending Will Be Weaker In 2009 Than Predicted
The good news is that tech spending will be better than expected this year. The bad news is that next year things will be worse, said Forrester Research.
Amazon's IMDb Now Showing Free Movies
The site has begun showing more than 6,000 feature films and television shows submitted by CBS, Hulu.com, Sony Pictures Television, and more than 500 independent filmmakers.
Web 2.0: LiveWorld Unveils Instant Social Network Tool
LiveBar allows companies to add an online community to their Web pages within minutes.
Interop: IBM Licenses Avistar's C3 Technology For Lotus Sametime
Avistar's videoconferencing technology automatically adjusts to link with external VoIP services and other UC features, including IM clients and advanced video.
IW500: CIO, Analyst Debate Google Chrome, Outsourcing, Green Computing
The InformationWeek 500 panel session titled "Get To The Point" pitted two highly opinioned business technology veterans: Toby Redshaw and Rob Enderle.
InformationWeek 500 Trends: Web 2.0, Globalization, Virtualization, And More
What the InformationWeek 500 data tells us about the use of emerging technologies.
InformationWeek 500: Logistics And Transport Companies Get Wise To The Power Of BI
Industry turns to business intelligence tools particularly for guidance on where and how to cut costs.
Google Launches Pre-Emptive Lawsuit Against Memory Maker
In 2006, Google considered business proposals from Netlist to supply it with server memory hardware for some of its servers but ended up buying from a different supplier.
Leap Wireless Reveals Ambitious Plans
The regional carrier is seeking to double its coverage by 2010 and is pushing new features like prepaid wireless broadband.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Unveils Foundation For Free, Open Web
The foundation will receive a $5 million seed grant over five years from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and its leaders said they are seeking additional funds.
Newspapers Say Google, Yahoo Tie Hurts Competition
Together the two companies have more than 80% of the search market, industry leaders complain.
Hackers Deface CERN's 'Big Bang' Particle Accelerator Site
As scientists began testing CERN's Large Hadron Collider last week, hackers made a mockery of the European lab's network security.
Cloud Computing Adoption Grows Despite Concerns
Online-powered storage and applications were generally favored by nearly 77% of people between the ages of 18 and 29, according to a new Pew Internet survey sample.
Google Phone Won't Be An Immediate Game Changer
Industry insiders who have worked on Google's Android mobile operating system say it will struggle in the near term to match the consumer enthusiasm generated by Apple's iPhone.
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