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Motorola and Intel have again stressed their intentions to work toward interoperable networks and devices for next-generation, wider mobile computing via WiMax, which has yet to be ratified as a standard, but nonetheless has the weight of such major players behind it ...

Vodafone UK and British Sky Broadcasting Group struck a deal unveiled this week that will provide mobile television service in the UK with news, music videos and other entertainment offered in a hot, but untested space ...

One might not associate sophisticated crimes such as mass spamming, dedicated denial of service (DDOS) attacks, or identity theft with a mindless zombie, but the computer variety of the monsters in compromised PC form are doing all of that and more ...

Stanford University researchers claimed a major step toward optical computing, which speeds data delivery -- by using light instead of electricity -- through materials already common in the semiconductor industry ...

Going where Google has stumbled, Microsoft said this week its MSN Search will include a Book Search tool, beginning with public domain and non-copyrighted materials in beta software, and scheduled for next year ...

The fastest-growing technology companies in North America are still growing at a rapid rate, but a maturation of tech sub-industries and health of the bigger players has apparently slowed the growth rate, according to the latest Fast 500 Ranking from Deloitte & Touche ...

Intel this week signaled changes and delays in its road map for its Xeon and Itanium processors, stirring some speculation that rival AMD is forcing the server chip adjustments with its own success in the space ...

Universities and digital freedom organizations are filing appeals to the Federal Communications Commission's call for phone-system wiretapping on the Internet, complaining of the expense of compliance and negative effect on innovation ...

IBM says it is pleased with the better-than-expected results from its Power.org effort, which seeks to open some of the silicon hardware of the PowerPC processor to developers similar to how developer communities collaborate on software in the open-source world ...

AOL confirmed this week the layoff of about 700 employees, most of whom were working in customer call centers across the United States. The once-dominant Internet service company blamed the job cuts on its dwindling dial-up customer base, but industry watchers also viewed the layoffs as a ploy to please potential buyers or investors of the Time Warner unit, which are rumored to include Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others...

Hewlett-Packard and Cingular are touting their collaboration on the new iPaq 6500 series, heralding the Pocket PC handhelds as the first in the U.S. capable of connecting via Cingular's high-speed EDGE wireless network ...

Current economic conditions, particularly high oil and gas prices and looming inflation, would anticipate a slowdown in major markets including personal computers, but this week IDC reported that the worldwide PC market continued to expand recently, posting 17 percent growth in the third quarter of this year ...

Current economic conditions, particularly high oil and gas prices and looming inflation, would anticipate a slowdown in major markets including personal computers, but yesterday IDC reported that the worldwide PC market continued to expand recently, posting 17 percent growth in the third quarter of this year ...

Palm and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday announced that the Palm Treo smartphone will soon feature BlackBerry Connect, allowing BlackBerry e-mail, calendaring, and support for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino, among other features, beginning next year ...

Palm and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that the Palm Treo smartphone will soon feature BlackBerry Connect, allowing BlackBerry e-mail, calendaring, and support for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino, among other features, beginning next year ...

Unfortunately for Samsung, it is not only the latest dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip maker to admit to price fixing, but it is also paying the largest fine, US$300 million, for the illegal activity alleged by the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Although stiffer jail sentences and legislation have cut into the United States' share of junk e-mail spam sent in the past year, the land of the free is still the number one spam sender in the world, accounting for more than a quarter of the unsolicited nuisance, according to a report issued by software security firm Sophos this week ...

Although stiffer jail sentences and legislation have cut into the United States' share of junk e-mail spam sent in the past year, the land of the free is still the number one spam sender in the world, accounting for more than a quarter of the unsolicited nuisance, according to a report issued by software security firm Sophos yesterday ...

Sony Ericsson has taught its newest smartphone some new tricks, unveiling the P990 handheld with Symbian operating system version 9.1, UMTS and WiFi connectivity, integrated keyboard under flip-down number keypad, and a 2 megapixel camera ...

Continuing a pattern of kinder, gentler software licensing terms and relationships, Microsoft announced this week its simplified, virtualization-ready Windows Server licensing that allows as many as four virtual instances of the software on one physical server for the same price ...