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Thu, 28 Feb 08
HP Pumps Enterprise Features Into SANs for Midsized Firms
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61867.html
HP launched a new virtual storage disk array targeted for midsized businesses Tuesday. The HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array provides medium-sized organization users with a combination of features normally found in systems for enterprise-class businesses. The EVA4400 is a solution for businesses with a need to reduce the costs and complexity of implementing a storage-area network.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
Windows Live Hobbled by Daylong Outage
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61868.html
Users of many Microsoft Windows Live services worldwide were hit by an outage on Tuesday that lasted most of the day before Microsoft managed to fix it. The issue affected the Windows Live ID log-in process and for the most part spared customers who were already logged in, Windows Live product manager Samantha McManus said.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
The Virtualization Challenge, Part 2: Making the Case
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61846.html
What kind of business benefits can virtualization provide? It can increase server utilization; help cut costs; let users leverage the multi-core processors common in data centers; give applications mobility, thus improving data recovery capability; reduce physical downtime; make it cheaper, faster and easier to do application testing and deployment; and it lets an enterprise pool its servers, maximizing their use.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
MS Pulls Curtain on Windows Server 2008
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61863.html
Microsoft launched Windows Server 2008 in Los Angeles on Wednesday. With its new features and enhanced tools, Windows Server 2008 has enjoyed a better reception than Windows Vista and has been deployed by a number of companies in beta, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
The Internet, Politics and Power of the People
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61847.html
Vox populi vox dei -- the voice of the people is the voice of God -- was supposed to represent democracy in action. Until now, however, the true state of democracy was perhaps best expressed by the saying "Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one." The Internet and associated technologies are changing that.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
EU Wallops Microsoft in Antitrust Grudge Match
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61861.html
The European Union has slapped Microsoft with a record $1.35 billion fine. "Microsoft was the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the Commission has had to fine for failure to comply with an antitrust decision," said European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
Secure E-Commerce From First to Final Click
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61839.html
What's most important to consumers when making a purchase online? Personal identity. Consumers are taking more notice of their individual online security after a string of recent identity theft cases made major headlines. According to a recent survey by University of Southern California's Center for the Digital Future, 61 percent of adult Americans said they were very or extremely concerned about the privacy of personal information when buying online, an increase from 47 percent in 2006.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
Sony Gets Moving With Pricey New Blu-ray Players
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61849.html
Sony's first Blu-ray disc player that can download bonus materials like trailers and games from the Internet will debut this summer, the company announced Tuesday. It will be the first new player from Sony, the inventor of Blu-ray, since the format beat out the other technology that vied to become the high-definition replacement for the DVD.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
Encyclopedia of Life's Servers Drown in Traffic
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61855.html
The concept of a comprehensive encyclopedia of life on the Internet proved too popular. Its computers were overwhelmed and couldn't keep it alive when it debuted Tuesday. The encyclopedia, which eventually will have more than 1 million pages devoted to different species of life on Earth, quickly crashed on its first day of a public unveiling, organizers said.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
Deals Cast Sun in Role of Open Source Standard Bearer
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61851.html
One deal turned a Swedish software company into Sun Microsystems' property. Another put Sun's cutting-edge microprocessor designs into the curriculum of China's leading universities. Sun Microsystems executives touted the disparate deals announced Tuesday as serving a common purpose: to enhance the open source technology development, and Sun's prominence as a movement leader.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
Don't Hold Your Breath for iTunes to Kill Blu-ray
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61837.html
In an effort to create artificial tension for their readership or to cater to the RDFs of Apple and Microsoft, some are arguing that Blu-ray will now have to fight an uphill battle against Internet downloads. That's all pure baloney. First, it's going to be many years before Internet downloads can compete with Blu-ray discs in terms of bit rate and video quality.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Yahoo Buzz Lets Readers Rank the News It Chooses
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61845.html
Yahoo has launched it own version of a social media Web site -- that is, one that publishes a selection of articles from a variety of online sources every day and gives users the chance to rank them. Buzz is very similar to such popular sites as Digg, Del.icio.us and Reddit, but there are a few differences.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Server Heavies to Get VMware Inside
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61842.html
VMware announced Tuesday the upcoming availability of servers from a variety of manufacturers that will include a fully integrated preinstalled version of VMware's virtualization software. Within the next 60 days, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, HP and IBM will begin shipping servers with the VMware ESX 3i hypervisor embedded.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
New Security Suite Blocks Data Diversion
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61843.html
Perhaps like no other industry before it, the IT industry has come to thrive on continuous innovation coupled with rapid and widespread product introduction. In the competitive -- at times mad -- rush to be first or early to market key things are sometimes overlooked. When it comes to security, it is impossible to identify every vulnerability, much less foretell just how hackers will try to exploit them.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Google Chips In to Build Trans-Pacific Telecom Cable
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61840.html
Google is joining five other companies to lay a 6,200-mile undersea cable linking the US and Japan. Its partners in the so-called Unity cable project are telecommunications providers Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, KDDI, Pacnet and SingTel. Construction, to cost about $300 million, will begin immediately.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Apple Throttles Up New MacBook Models With Penryn Processors
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61841.html
More than a month after Apple introduced its super-thin MacBook Air with the innovative multi-touch gesture-based trackpad, the company in Cupertino, Calif., has delivered a long-awaited refresh to its high-end MacBook Pro line. On top of that, it threw in a beefy update to its consumer-grade MacBook line for good measure.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Portals in a Web 2.0 World
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61820.html
Whither lies the true "doorway" to the Web 2.0 world? The search for this golden portal into the future Web has launched a mega-billion dollar corporate competitive scramble with no complete solution in sight ... yet. Portals come in three basic varieties, according to a study of portal business models by the University of Washington's School of Business.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Lenovo X300 vs. MacBook Air: More Features, Less Sex Appeal
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61816.html
I am writing these words on a new laptop computer that packs a full-size screen and keyboard into a body that's quite thin and light. It has a solid-state drive with no moving parts instead of a hard disk. However, this isn't the much-touted Apple MacBook Air, introduced last month with all those qualities. Instead, it's a new ThinkPad from Lenovo -- the X300.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
IBM Musters Million-Dollar Mainframe
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61832.html
IBM rolled out a new mainframe computer Tuesday boasting a 50 percent performance boost and dramatically lower energy costs than its predecessor. The new System z10, with a starting price at about $1 million, comes as IBM focuses on lowering the price tag for running its storied line of data-crunching workhorses.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Time Machine to the Rescue
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61834.html
Last night, while working at my Mac, I experienced one of those heart stopping moments where you do something you didn't really mean to do, but once you do it, it can't be undone. I threw away all the items in my Keychain folder. All 150 of my passwords, software registration codes, Internet sign-in passwords, credit card numbers, everything.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Adobe AIR Shifts Apps From Web To Desktop
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61825.html
Adobe Systems on Monday released Adobe Integrated Runtime, a software tool that allows users to seamlessly interact with interactive content even when they aren't connected to the Internet. Adobe Air's runtime environment allows developers with access to API kits from companies to create customized versions of the Web experience -- without the browser.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Dead Cow Cult Releases Google Hacking Kit to the Wild
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61827.html
The Cult of the Dead Cow hacker group -- which claims to be the world's most attractive hacker group -- has released Goolag Scanner, an open source tool that uses Google's search engines to look for vulnerabilities in Web sites. Goolag Scanner is either a Web auditing tool that can be used by security professionals or a hacking tool that provides wicked-easy access to a wealth of information.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Can Google's Midas Touch Turn Health Record-Keeping Golden?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61826.html
Through a joint venture with the renowned Cleveland Clinic, Google is entering yet another software category: electronic personal health records. The two firms last week announced plans to develop a PHR pilot program that will test the secure exchange of patient medical record data between the Cleveland Clinic PHR and a secure Google profile.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Nokia Tinkers With Morphing Phone Concept
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61822.html
Imagine what you'd get if you crossed Gumby with a smartphone, and you've got some idea of what a new, nanotech handset from Nokia could be like. The new Morph, which was jointly developed by the Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge in England, is a flexible and stretchable device that can be folded into pocket size and used as a handset, or unfolded and opened up to display more detailed information.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
MetaRAM Leapfrogs Server Memory Limits
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61823.html
San Jose, Calif., startup MetaRAM has launched new technology it says can quadruple the memory capacity of servers and workstations. The DDR2 MetaSDRAM technology boosts performance and at the same time decreases the cost of high-performance systems. MetaRAM produced technology that convinces a device's memory controller that multiple DRAMs are instead a single, larger capacity DRAM.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Pakistan's YouTube Censorship Triggers Worldwide Outage
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61821.html
For a couple of hours on Sunday, access to YouTube worldwide was cut, the result of the Pakistani government's banning YouTube in the country. Access to YouTube elsewhere was restored after two hours or so, but the question on everyone's minds is, can this happen again?

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Can HP Succeed Where IBM Failed?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61800.html
Last week, HP turned in a financial report that seemed to provide a strong counterpoint to the view that the world was heading into a recession, or at least that tech was going to be sacrificed to that recession. However, this took me back to IBM and what stopped its turnaround in the '90s and whether HP could succeed where IBM failed.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Five Days With Apple TV Take 2
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61806.html
After Apple announced the upgrade and lower price for its Apple TV, casually dubbed "Take 2" by CEO Steve Jobs in his Macworld keynote address in January, I knew I'd finally shell out the cash to buy one. Simply put, the first-generation Apple TV didn't have enough bang for the buck to bother with. However, Apple TV Take 2, with its buy-and-rent-straight-from-the-couch simplicity, finally had a killer application.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Should Linux Cost More?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61805.html
If Microsoft didn't figure prominently in the Linux blogs over the course of any given week, it would be as if the crew of the Enterprise temporarily forgot to pay attention to the Klingons -- it just doesn't happen. What was unusual this week, however, was that much of the discussion in the blogosphere was triggered by an overture of sorts by the Redmond giant to the open source community.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Microsoft Deep-Sixes Xbox HD DVD Player
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61810.html
Microsoft said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony's Blu-ray. Microsoft said Saturday it would continue to provide standard warranty support for its HD DVD players. Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida last week estimated about 300,000 people own the Microsoft video player, sold as a separate $130 add-on for the Xbox 360.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Hoax Hunters Turn Their Eyes to Digital Photo Technology
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61813.html
Sometimes, a photo is simply too good to be true. Tiny details in an image, for instance, may be too similar to have occurred naturally, suggesting a cut-and-paste maneuver. Or the color patterns may be too "normal" -- beyond the limitations of sensors on digital cameras. A growing number of researchers and companies are looking for such signs of tampering in hopes of restoring credibility to photographs.

Mon, 25 Feb 08
Green Mobile Phone Base Stations: Taking Root, Beginning to Sprout
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61793.html
Mobile phones long ago began conquering parts of the world that are far away from the nearest electrical substation. However, the rising price of oil is exposing a problem with the networks that connect mobile handsets together. In the far reaches of places like India or Africa, the facilities almost always get their power from diesel-powered generators.

Mon, 25 Feb 08
Breezing Through Tax Season With the Latest in E-Filing
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61802.html
It's not too early to start thinking about preparing and filing your income taxes. For some people, that means sharpening their pencils, while others dial their accountants for help. Another group simply fires up its computers and heads online. According to the IRS, 22.5 million residents prepared and filed their federal returns electronically last year, 11 percent more than in 2006.

Mon, 25 Feb 08
Managing Sysadmin Tasks on Macs by Remote Control
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61751.html
As a senior technical support analyst at Harcourt, Randy Rowles is happy that he gets to manage the educational publisher's 1,000 or so Macintosh systems. He's perhaps even a little smug about how their stability and ease of use helps simplify his job. "Our TCO from a support standpoint has always been lower," Rowles said.

Sun, 24 Feb 08
After the Format War
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61753.html
Toshiba, creator of the HD DVD, dropped out of the battle Tuesday over the next generation of movie-disc technology and conceded to the rival Blu-ray format from Sony. It was the biggest battle between two video formats since Betamax lost out to VHS in the 1980s. In the long run, the end of the latest format war is expected to be good for consumers.

Sun, 24 Feb 08
iPods in a War Zone
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61792.html
As they prepare for their daily patrols around Baghdad, soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division sync up their iPods, not with songs and movies, but with a laundry list of missions and audio files containing pre-recorded phrases in Iraqi Arabic or Kurdish. Loaded with special software, the music players help them communicate with the populace and learn the local culture.

Sun, 24 Feb 08
Practicing Safe E-Commerce
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61755.html
Despite the overwhelming success of e-commerce, there are still consumers out there too terrified to click their cart through a virtual checkout. Are they just a silly-nilly group, nutty as a bunch of conspiracy theorists? Or are the rest of us just too naive to get it? Neither, it turns out.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
Security Wonks Warn of DRAM Decryption Danger
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61804.html
A new study suggests that dynamic memory on computers stores encrypted, secure data longer than originally thought. The research project -- conducted by eight researchers from Princeton University, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Wind River Systems -- focused on retrieving encrypted data from dynamic random access memory.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
10 Teams Sure They Have the Right Stuff for Google's $30M Moon Shot
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61799.html
Ten teams from around the world have signed up to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to to the moon with a $30 million purse. The basic rules are simple: Teams will compete to be the first to land a privately funded robotic craft on the moon, have it tool around on the surface for at least 500 meters and send images, video and data back to Earth.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
EU Turns Up Nose at Microsoft Openness Initiative
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61803.html
The European Union is looking at Microsoft's vow to commit to openness and interoperability with a jaundiced eye. The EU's executive branch, the European Commission, will welcome "any move towards genuine interoperability," it said, while pointing out that Microsoft had made "at least four similar statements" in the past on this topic.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
The Long Haul
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61739.html
There's a lot to be said for immediate gratification -- especially in business. This was one of the first lessons that I learned in entering the business world. I learned that in business, "six months" really means "never." In one of my first jobs, I represented security in regular project inception meetings.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
Radio to the People
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61774.html
This week marked the anniversary of the announcement that the satellite radio firms Sirius and XM plan to merge, yet so far the companies have not been allowed to consummate the marriage. That's because regulators are standing in the way, backed by well-heeled Washington lobbyists out to prove that ridiculous ideas still have an impact if they come with dollar-sign attachments.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
When a Wiki Goes Corporate
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61764.html
Wikis are finally becoming a useful tool for collaboration and information sharing in the workplace. However, like all business tools exposed on the Internet or corporate intranet, IT managers have to view their deployments with a stern eye regarding who can use them and what corporate information may be at risk.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
'DVD Jon' Wipes Out iTunes DRM, Judge Shuts Down Wikileaks, Microsoft Embraces Open Source
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61791.html
Jon Lech Johansen was born to kill digital rights management technology. He started as a teen, adopting the handle DVD Jon. In addition to cracking open the technology used to encrypt DVDs, he's taken his hammer to Apple's FairPlay DRM. Recently, DVD Jon and partner Monique Farantzos founded DoubleTwist, a company that offers products designed to simplify the flow of media across devices and social networks.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
Red Hat Greets Microsoft's Overtures With Doubt
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61796.html
Microsoft has made an announcement about future standards support, but Red Hat, in a response posted Thursday, would like to see Microsoft instead make a concrete announcement in support of existing ISO-approved, cross-platform standards next week in Geneva.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
Scrutinizing Shuffle, Pining for iPhone SDK, Head-Scratching Over Media Event
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61777.html
The Mac universe got off to a slow start this week, with Presidents Day giving a sizable portion of the U.S. working population the day off. However, that didn't stop Apple from making a few, albeit minor, announcements. First, iTunes announced it would sell songs performed on "American Idol," in addition to the shows themselves.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
Wii Fit: Let's Get Moving
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61779.html
Wii enthusiasts across the U.S. -- and I count myself among them -- are rejoicing over Nintendo's latest announcement: Wii Fit is on its way. The new program, which comes with the weight-and-motion-sensing Wii Balance Board, launches May 19. Nintendo officially announced Wii Fit last summer.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
O'Neils, Van Der Kamps and Al-Kurds? Your Names Do Not Compute
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61788.html
It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams. More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrophe. It's a problem familiar to O'Connors, D'Angelos, N'Dours and D'Artagnans across America.

Sat, 23 Feb 08
Hackers Scout the Net's Underbelly for Multilingual Recruits
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61790.html
Wanted: computer virus writers. Must be fluent in Mandarin. Or Russian. Or Portuguese. These hacker help wanted ads are appearing on underground Internet channels as malicious code designers increasingly want programmers with foreign-language skills to help launch country-specific attacks, security vendor McAfee said in a report Thursday.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Cisco Proposes Rewiring City Networks for Green Gains
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61784.html
Cisco is going green, and now the information technology networking giant is helping cities turn green, too. At the center of the effort is the Connected Urban Development Global Conference in San Francisco this week, where Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers called for industry and governments to work together to develop technologies that address the world's pressing environmental concerns.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Vista SP1 Cripples Some Security Applications
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61781.html
Just as Microsoft began grappling with a glitch in the installation of a file required for its Vista Service Pack 1 download, another Vista SP1 hiccup has bubbled up. The company has confirmed that some applications may experience "a loss of functionality when they run on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer." In other words, SP1 breaks a handful of programs.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Will Balloons Lift Google's Wireless Aspirations?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61782.html
High-tech rumors sometimes amount to little more than hot air, but a new one circulating about Google doesn't involve hot air -- it involves hydrogen. That's hydrogen-filled balloons, to be exact, and it appears to be more than a rumor. Google is considering partnering with or even buying a company that provides such balloons as a way to bring wireless access to rural areas.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Microsoft Opens Xbox Live to Homegrown Games
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61780.html
Microsoft will soon launch its Xbox Live Community Arcade service, which will allow anyone to create -- and distribute -- console games for the Xbox system. The move, announced at the Game Developers Conference, opens the doors for aspiring game creators to compete with big-name studios.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Can the PC Survive as a Gaming Platform?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61760.html
As myriad game makers displayed their wares at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, 10 leading companies in the industry announced on Tuesday that they have teamed up to form a new alliance. The nonprofit PC Gaming Alliance aims to unite hardware and software creators, game developers, publishers and others committed to the PC gaming market with the common purpose of advancing the PC as a gaming platform.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
AMD Pushes Multi-Threaded Computing With Open Source Move
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61776.html
AMD has open sourced more than 3,000 routines in its AMD Performance Library for multi-threaded programming. These routines, which will make it easier to build media and other applications for multi-core processors, have been posted under the Apache license on SourceForge.net.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Microsoft Loosens Its Grip on Proprietary Tech
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61773.html
Microsoft is making broad changes to its technological and business practices in an effort to make its most popular products more open and interoperable with those from other vendors. Driven by industry changes, competitive pressures and legal realities, Microsoft laid out a variety of moves designed to make Windows and other products work better with non-Microsoft software.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Firefox 3 Beta: Good Enough Now and Getting Better
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61754.html
Don't look now, but the third volley in the second browser war is about to be fired, and it's packing an impressive payload. Mozilla, the folks developing the Firefox Web browser, last week released a new test version. It's the third beta of Firefox 3.0, and it's solid enough that it could become your main browser right now, even before it's formally finished.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Revamped Apple TV Puts On a Good Show
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61745.html
Starting at $229, the new and truly improved Apple TV, rereleased last month, is a device that could change the entertainment world, again. Apple TV's first incarnation, as a wireless entertainment system tied to Apple's iTunes software and a computer running same, drew some interest, but also a lot of yawns. People didn't want their computers doing double duty as entertainment servers.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
US Military Shatters Spy Satellite, Says Toxic Debris Unlikely
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61766.html
Debris from an obliterated U.S. spy satellite is being tracked over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans but appears to be too small to cause damage on Earth, a senior military officer said Thursday, hours after a Navy missile scored a direct hit on the failing spacecraft. Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said officials have a "high degree of confidence" that the missile hit where intended.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
iPhone SDK Release Around the Corner
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61769.html
The iPhone is about to get more than a little help from its friends. Any day now, Apple is expected to release a developer's kit that will allow independent programmers to create new applications for the device. While it is common for mainstream PC users to download third-party programs to their computers, it is relatively uncharted territory for average cell phone users to do the same.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
New Service Opens Web Filtering to the Masses
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61768.html
You can now help decide what Web sites your boss should block. A new service from OpenDNS lets users tag sites under categories such as "gambling," "hate" and "social networking." Others can weigh in on whether they agree with those classifications. If there are enough votes, the site gets added to a system used by companies, schools and other organizations to block access.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
New Tech May Lead to Mind-Control Game Play
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61761.html
Emotiv Systems unveiled a new gaming headset that uses thoughts and movement to control on-screen character movements. The San Francisco-based peripheral company demonstrated the Emotiv EPOC at the Wednesday kickoff of the Game Developers Conference, the annual confab where developers, designers and hardware companies showcase their wares.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
Intel Pours 8 Cores Into New Skulltrail Platform
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61759.html
Intel rolled out its latest offering for gaming enthusiasts Tuesday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Formerly code-named "Skulltrail," the Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop platform brings gamers wickedly good performance with eight processor cores and support for multiple graphics processors.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
The Virtualization Challenge, Part 1: Many From One
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61737.html
What is virtualization anyway? The short answer is, virtualization is separating the physical layer from the logical layer -- the operating systems and applications. You can virtualize pretty much any aspect of IT. "There is no universal definition of virtualization as it means many things to many people and can apply to the entire infrastructure," said Lionel Lamy, research director at IDC.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
Code-Cracker 'DVD Jon' Nullifies iTunes DRM
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61758.html
DVD Jon, who gained fame as a teenager for hacking the encryption scheme for DVD movies and has since been a thorn in Apple's side, is going corporate. The hacker, whose real name is Jon Lech Johansen, has released two products that simplify the flow of media across devices and social networks.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
Gaming on a Mac: Technically Speaking
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61735.html
It's been nearly three years since Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Mac computers would sport Intel processors. In that time, however, the number of games ported for Mac computers continues at a relative trickle, with only six to eight top-tier games coming out in a given year.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
Would-Be Wikipedia Replacements Stumble
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61728.html
People either love or hate Wikipedia, but the vast majority are lovers. Wikipedia has many thousands of dedicated (which is a nice way to say "obsessive") contributors, more than 2 million articles and an Alexa ranking as one of the top 10 Web sites. Among the under-25 set in particular, Wikipedia is the reference source of choice.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
How Gaming Chops Translate Into Real-World Business Skills
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61747.html
This holiday season, parents who bought Sony's PlayStation 3, Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, or the latest online game need not feel guilty. It turns out young people -- and adults -- aren't always just wasting time when they're playing video games. Today's game players are acquiring skills that companies increasingly value as the gaming generation enters the workforce.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
Japan's Mixi Social Network Looking to Mix It Up in China
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61740.html
Japan's hugely popular online social networking site Mixi said Wednesday it planned to expand into China, whose growing number of Internet users are already being courted by Rupert Murdoch's MySpace. Mixi, which has quickly developed into a top social outlet for Japanese young people since its creation in 2004, said it would set up a subsidiary in Shanghai in April or May.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
Atlantis Touches Down After Successful Space Lab Delivery
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61742.html
Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down safely at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Wednesday morning after a near 13-day successful mission to install Europe's Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station. "We appreciate all the great help and support," Commander Steve Frick told space agency NASA's mission control in Houston after the shuttle came to a stop at 9:08 a.m.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
How Apple Invaded My Life
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61743.html
I'm not sure how it happened, but I seem to have become encircled by Apple products. I've always been pretty neutral when it came to hardware elegances. I've worked with many lifelong Mac addicts and have always found their devotion to the Apple brand amusing, given it inevitably leads to a comprehensive technology lock-in.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
MS Ropes In Developing Developers With Free SDK Giveaway
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61733.html
Microsoft on Monday announced a new student program Monday dubbed "DreamSpark." The new program will give college and high school students around the world access to the software giant's development applications at no charge. DreamSpark is now available to millions of college students in Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the U.S.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
A Home Server of Our Own
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61700.html
In the world of information technology, businesses turn to servers to manage the storage, flow and backup of just about every bit of important data. What about the family home? Many households around the world have broadband wireless networks, multiple PCs and everything from priceless vacation photos to bank account information stored on individual PC hard drives.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Apple Serves Up Heartier Xsan, Drops Stale RAID
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61738.html
Apple has delivered a major upgrade to Xsan, the company's enterprise-class storage area network file system for Mac OS X. Called "Xsan 2," the upgrade includes completely redesigned administration tools, which Apple said make it even easier for first-time users to set up and deploy a SAN. In addition, Apple has introduced new features.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Toshiba Surrenders
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61729.html
High-definition video enthusiasts are going to be looking at a Blu-ray world. That outlook was assured Tuesday when Toshiba officially backed away from the HD DVD format against Sony's heavily fortified Blu-ray technology. The Blu-ray format had gathered momentum in recent months, having won over a number of major film studios, including Warner Bros., Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox, in addition to its own Sony Pictures.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
BigThink.com: Seeking Big Thinkers and Big Sponsors
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61704.html
It could only be a matter of time before someone found a formula for taking the immediacy of YouTube and the entrepreneurship of eBay and wrapping them around an original Internet mainstay -- the conversation of the Bulletin Board System. That time has arrived with the debut of BigThink.com. BigThink, the brainchild of cofounder Peter Hopkins, started operations in November.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
iPhone Development: Go Web, Young Programmer
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61682.html
iPhone owners have been eagerly awaiting the month of February -- that's when Apple has promised to release its software development kit, allowing developers everywhere to create new applications that will run natively on the smash-hit handsets. Yes, the iPhone SDK might well be the keys to the kingdom. Then again, it might just prove to be the shackles that bind your development future to Apple's fortunes.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Ubuntu: A How-Tu
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61719.html
So you need a computer. You've looked at the newest Dell XPS, maybe a spiffy HP Pavilion. You've surfed over to Apple's Web store to drool over the powerful, stylish machines of Steve Jobs. But there's a problem: You're broke. You just don't have -- or shouldn't be spending -- the $600 to more than $2,000 you'd have to pay for one of those new digital hotrods.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Study: Everything You Thought You Knew About Online Predators Probably Wrong
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61722.html
A lot of parental worries about Internet sex predators are unjustified, according to new research by a leading center that studies crimes against children. "There's been some overreaction to the new technology, especially when it comes to the danger that strangers represent," said Janis Wolak, a sociologist at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
MacBook Air Tempts Even the Windows Faithful
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61725.html
As I look at a newly arrived MacBook Air laptop, it occurs to me there has never been a better time to switch to a Mac. That's not something I say lightly. With the exception of a couple of years working at a magazine, I have never been a Mac user. After all, I'm a game player and games on the Mac are always light years behind games on Windows.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Kace Tucks Virtual Systems Management Into VMware Infrastructure
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61687.html
Kace announced Monday what it called the first virtual systems management appliances to run natively within the VMware infrastructure. The Virtual Kbox appliances offer users a software product that runs on the user's existing computer hardware. Earlier versions of the Kbox appliance required the installation of separate hardware to deploy and manage IT resources.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Photoshop Elements 6: A Good Friend for iPhoto to Have
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61707.html
The arrival last month of Adobe's Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac, list price $90, poses a question: Why would a Mac user want this software, particularly since Apple's $80 iLife offers its own photo program, iPhoto? There are several potential answers. There are people, including those who have switched from PCs to the Mac platform, who would find Photoshop Elements more comfortable.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Chairman Kevin Martin on FCC's 'Transformative' Auction
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61705.html
Kevin Martin, chairman of the FCC, has pulled off a major policy coup, using an auction of new wireless spectrum to pry open the nation's cellular networks to more competing devices and services. For the past year, Martin has been an active proponent of the push, persuading his fellow commissioners to impose auction rules requiring winners of the largest block of spectrum to allow open access on the resulting networks.

Sun, 17 Feb 08
Unclogging the Tubes: ISPs Search for Solutions to Overburdened Lines
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61658.html
Why are our Internet lines in danger of jamming up? One way of looking at it is this: Internet service providers have been serving us an all-you-can-eat buffet for years. That has worked great, because they've had more food than they knew what to do with and we've enjoyed the simplicity of a flat price and our pick of the dishes.

Sun, 17 Feb 08
Inside Firefox 3's Latest Beta Update, Part 2
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61714.html
Mozilla has been working diligently toward the upcoming final launch of Firefox Version 3.0. With the recent release of the browser's third beta edition, the company's engineers have wrapped up the major challenges and are focused on incremental changes. Now they're working at tweaking the browser in response to feedback from testers. Firefox Beta 3 also introduces a greater level of personalization.

Sun, 17 Feb 08
The Building Blocks of a Burgeoning Online Toy Rental Biz
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61688.html
After scouring the Internet to fill her house with only the best toys for her infant twin sons, Lori Pope hated to watch the clutter build as the boys lost interest. If you can rent movies, video games and even handbags online, she thought, why not toys? That's the idea behind Baby Plays, a Web-based company Pope launched in October that allows parents to receive four or six toys in the mail every month.

Sun, 17 Feb 08
Helping Patients Wiihabilitate
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61620.html
Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries. The usual stretching and lifting exercises that help the sick or injured regain strength can be painful, repetitive and downright boring.

Sun, 17 Feb 08
Life After iPod
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61717.html
The little thing literally expired the first day of classes this semester, without a chance for me to say goodbye. After about two years of moderate use, it had a good, long life. However, now I'm alone in this world. No David Bowie, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails or the latest podcast from National Public Radio's "Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me!"

Sun, 17 Feb 08
Inside Firefox 3's Latest Beta Update, Part 1
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61710.html
Mozilla is up to its elbows in code as it works toward the final release of the third iteration of its Firefox Web browser. With the launch last week of the browser's third beta version, the open source developer has given some 500,000 developers and testers the go-ahead to put the application through its paces.

Sun, 17 Feb 08
Craigslist's Craig: 'It Just Feels Right'
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61690.html
"In 1995, I began to e-mail a bunch of friends about art and technical events in San Francisco. Over the months that followed, people kept asking if I could add the occasional job posting and listings for things to sell, too. Then I said, 'Let's add apartment listings, too,'" said Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
Olympic Committee Removes Hurdles for Athlete Bloggers
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61701.html
The International Olympic Committee reportedly has ruled that competing athletes will be allowed to blog from the Beijing Olympic Games this summer. This is certainly a positive step, but not enough, according to experts who insist that blogging has a rightful place at any major political or sporting event. However, the IOC's blessing on blogging does come with limits.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
Hardware Withers, Software Blossoms in Jan. Gaming Sales
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61711.html
The Wii once again took the top spot in console sales, according to January figures released by NPD Thursday. The Nintendo console sold some 274,000 units in the U.S. last month. Sony's PlayStation 3 had another month of strong sales, ringing up 269,000 units to beat out Microsoft's Xbox 360, which sold 230,000.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
IBM's New 3-D Game Challenges Students to Save a Dying Planet
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61702.html
IBM on Thursday unveiled a multiplayer 3-D virtual world and companion classroom materials designed to promote science and engineering education in high schools. "PowerUp" -- which asks players to try to save a planet in near ecological ruin -- gets its public release Feb. 16 at the start of Engineer's Week, an annual event designed to promote science education.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
IT Managers School Microsoft, Yahoo Explores Options, Androids Debut
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61695.html
When Microsoft couldn't get Windows Vista to work properly, users made the backward upgrade popular by switching back to the more stable and faster Windows XP. In its latest not-so-deft move, the software giant alienated many of the corporate IT managers it depends on by leaving them out of the loop when the time came to release Vista Service Pack 1.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
A Green Carpet for Home Controls
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61678.html
It is no secret that few homes in the U.S. or, for that matter, anywhere in the world have electronic control systems. At Parks Associates, we have postulated a number of different paths on which controls can ride into the home -- basic lighting, entertainment, security and energy control systems. Several firms highlighted the last one, energy controls, at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
Mac Bloggers Update OS X, Upgrade Apple TV, Ponder Missing iPhones
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61693.html
It's been a busy week for Apple-focused bloggers -- three major items fell from the Apple tree. Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.2 Monday, and then on Tuesday it delivered both its Apple TV Take Two software update and its professional-grade Aperture photo editing and management solution. Plus, iPhone buzz is alive and well.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
SCO Gets $100 Million, Lives to Die Another Day
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61689.html
Here I was all ready to post my thoughts on user interfaces and ease of use, when news surfaced that the SCO Group has received an investment of $100 million to take it private. The company once claimed to own the rights to Unix and then proceeded to sue IBM and Novell for infringing its intellectual property.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
19th-Century World's Fair Comes to Virtual Life
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61699.html
Powerful computer technology, one of the wonders of the early 21st Century, is being used to re-create one of the 19th Century's greatest events, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The "virtual" digital version of the legendary World's Fair will allow a limited number of visitors to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry this weekend to glide in electric boats along canals past the fair's classical pavilions.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
Global Net Blackout No Easy Feat for Potential Saboteurs
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61697.html
Evildoers disrupt communications by cutting undersea cables that crisscross the waters of the Earth. Suddenly, the 21st century wired world goes silent. Millions of people have no Internet connection; telephones go dead. Sounds like Hollywood, doesn't it? Well, four undersea cables recently were cut in the space of a week. Egypt lost more than half of its Internet capacity.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
MacBook Air Makes a Perfect Satellite
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61642.html
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the new ultra-slim MacBook Air notebook computer at last month's big Macworld expo in San Francisco, I was impressed but skeptical of what lay under the lid. I thought the 3-pound MBA, as it's known, was, excuse the pun, just too lightweight. I questioned whether the trade-offs necessary to pack so much in such a tiny package justified its steep $1,795 starting price.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
Text-Message Warnings Broadcast During NIU Campus Danger
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61694.html
At 3:20 p.m. Thursday, the words "CAMPUS ALERT" appeared on the Northern Illinois University Web site's home page, followed by a message staff members had prepared in advance, but hoped they would never use: "There has been a report of a possible gunman on campus. Get to a safe area and take precautions until given the all clear."

Fri, 15 Feb 08
Hitachi, Panasonic, Toshiba Invest $2.8B in New LCD Plant
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61692.html
Japanese high-tech giants Hitachi, Matsushita and Toshiba on Friday announced joint plans to spend about $2.8 billion on a new liquid crystal display plant in western Japan. Japanese companies are enjoying brisk sales of flat televisions both in their domestic market and overseas, but price competition is intense, forcing them to drive down costs with more efficient production techniques.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
World Mobile Congress: Nvidia Lays Its Chips on the Table
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61670.html
Handset makers are gathering in Barcelona this week for the Mobile World Congress, a conference where the market's biggest players show you why that top-dollar phone you picked up two weeks ago will be obsolete by Labor Day. Some of the biggest news coming out of the show focused on the multitude of mobile platforms emerging.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Easing WebSphere Sticker Shock With MyEclipse Blue Edition
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61667.html
The arrival of the IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 presents Eclipse-oriented developers with some big decisions. The newest version of this popular runtime will depend largely on Rational Application Developer for tooling. This recent runtime environment release is designed to ease implementations into Services Oriented Architecture and improve speed for Web services.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
How Many Mobile Operating Systems Do We Need?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61659.html
Vodafone Group chief executive Arun Sarin called for a reduction in the number of operating systems used in mobile phones amid a growing competitive landscape most recently gatecrashed by Internet giant Google. Sarin said the 30-40 operating systems now available must be reduced to between three and five to promote innovation within the industry.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
The iPhone Underground
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61641.html
Encamped along the aisles of the massive Zhongguancun Kemao Electronics Market in Beijing are many people like Li Zhongxin, of the Beijing Xinyu Lianhe Telecom Equipment Co. Li sits atop a plastic stool in front of his open-air stall on the third floor, scanning the throngs of shoppers for would-be customers.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Busy Patch Tuesday Piles Work on Sysadmins
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61665.html
Microsoft released 11 security updates to patch 17 vulnerabilities on Tuesday, by far its largest release in a year. There were five critical and six important updates, the two highest levels issued by the software company. The patches cover a wide range of Microsoft products from Word, Publisher and the Office suite down to Microsoft Works, its Web server applications and Vista's implementation on the desktop.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
IBM Boosts N-Series Storage to Handle Bigger Boatloads of Data
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61668.html
IBM announced a host of improvements to its line of storage offerings aimed at businesses large and small. The enhancements provide greater efficiency in tiered storage infrastructures that bring businesses increased cost savings, integrated data security and enhanced archival solutions, according to IBM.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Panasonic Launches 32 GB SD Card Speed Demon
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61662.html
Panasonic has unveiled the world's fastest Secure Digital High Capacity card, with a whopping 32 GB of memory. The new card, to be released April, will comply with the Class 6 speed specification of the SD Card Association, which develops and publishes technical standards for SD card technology.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Comcast, Congressman Take Stands on Opposite Sides of Neutrality Fence
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61663.html
In an 80-page document filed with the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, cable carrier Comcast defended its practice of managing Web-based traffic over its network as legal and necessary. The Comcast document was filed a day after Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey reintroduced legislation designed to ensure the Internet remains open to all traffic.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
PostPath Offers Up Alternative to MS Exchange
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61637.html
PostPath on Wednesday announced the release of PostPath Email Server 3.1, which offers small and medium-sized businesses an alternative to Microsoft Exchange. Email Server 3.1 is interoperable with the Exchange ecosystem as well as BlackBerry and ActiveSync devices. PostPath's e-mail and collaboration server provides enterprises an alternative upgrade path for traditional and Linux-friendly messaging environments.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Live From eTail: Clever Companies, Customer Catering and Cowbells
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61669.html
With just a few dozen booths, eTail 2008 is much smaller than many of the trade shows and conferences I've attended in the past, but my feet are just as sore. It's not my shoes -- really. It's the long, long walks from the ballrooms to my far-flung hotel room. I spotted a Segway on the hotel property, and it was tempting.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
The Expanding Role of Open Source in the Data Center
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61636.html
Many companies are using Linux, Apache and other open source software to power Web and file servers, but when it comes to managing the data center, most have held back. That hasn't stopped Sabre Holdings, a travel marketing and distribution technology company in Southlake, Texas. Around 5,000 of Sabre's servers run open source software, and half of those servers are in its Tulsa, Okla., data center.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Answering iPhone's Call in Barcelona
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61635.html
If the debut of Apple's iPhone last June wasn't enough of an eye-opener for cellular industry players, a Google memo recently made public should have done the trick: While the iPhone accounts for just 2 percent of high-end Web-browsing and media-playing handsets, or smartphones, sold worldwide, its users over the holidays accounted for a majority of incoming mobile traffic through Google's giant server network.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
BlackBerry Outage Heightens Customer Angst
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61649.html
On Monday, some BlackBerry users experienced their second outage is less than a year. For three hours, many -- but not all -- users were unable to access their e-mail accounts using their handhelds. Why the system was down is still unclear: Waterloo, Ont.-based Research In Motion said it is looking into the problem.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
New HP Blade Server Gives Unix Shops More Options
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61644.html
HP released its first mid-level Unix-based blade server, which will allow companies to more cost-efficiently consolidate their legacy systems. The HP Integrity BL870c, which is the latest HP BladeSystem server, uses a specifically engineered Intel Itanium processor to power the its four-socket server that doubles its processing and memory capabilities.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Microsoft Bows to Business Pressure for Earlier SP1 Release
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61643.html
A strong backlash from technical users of Windows Vista has forced Microsoft to revise its general release dates for Vista Service Pack 1. Vista SP1 will be released to Windows Update and to the download center in the first five languages in mid-March, said Mike Nash from Microsoft's Windows Product Management Group.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Apple Touches Up Aperture Photo Toolset
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61647.html
Apple has released the second major version of its professional-grade photo editing and management application, Aperture. The company packed 100 new features in to Aperture 2, including a more streamlined user interface and an entirely new image processing engine. Key enhancements include new imaging tools for highlight recovery, color vibrancy, local contrast definition and RAW fine-tuning.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Nokia Shows Off New Line of Pricey Handsets
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61632.html
Nokia unveiled a host of new smartphones Monday at the Mobile World Congress 2008 held in Barcelona, Spain. Among the handset maker's upcoming offerings is the N96, the follow-up to the phone maker's flagship N95 model. Styled as a multimedia computer, the N96 sports a slightly larger screen at 2.8 inches versus 2.6 inches on the N95.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Apple Finally Fixes Flaw First Found in Jan. '07
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61645.html
Apple released its first security update for 2008 late Monday, correcting vulnerabilities in OS X Leopard and Tiger. Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 correct 11 flaws in applications such as Time Machine, Parental Control, Mail and Safari. Also included is a patch for a directory services vulnerability that was listed in the "Month of Apple Bugs" project, released in January 2007.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
dotMobi Looks to Iron Out Mobile Web's Many Wrinkles
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61627.html
A big bugaboo standing in the way of making m-commerce a bankable asset is about to be squashed. Until early this morning, enterprises had to crawl their way through hundreds of handset specs to develop mobile Web sites to fit each. Today they can hit the ground running. dotMobi has launched a low-to-no cost, comprehensive database of global mobile handset information to assist Web developers in creating "device-aware" content.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Bling It: A Simple Tool for Primping Up Photos
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61605.html
When purchasing an Apple computer, consumers are often greeted and promised ease of use for a digital lifestyle. Though Apple Computers do greatly increase one's chances of becoming a digital guru, getting that far can often mean to a frustrating journey full of overpriced software and countless visits to Amazon.com looking for The Complete Idiot's Guides to Everything.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Chinese Mobile Users Prefer Tunes Over E-Mail
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61638.html
More than a third of cell phone owners in China, the world's largest wireless market, use their handsets to listen to music, more than in Britain or the United States, according to a new survey. About 35 percent of Chinese cell phone owners reported that they listened to music on their cell phones every month, compared with 20 percent in Spain.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Microsoft's Internet-Over-TV Device Fails in FCC Testing
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61633.html
Technology companies eager to grab vacant airwaves and use them for high-speed Internet service first have to develop a gizmo that makes the conversion possible. They just can't seem to get it right. Last week, a prototype device broke down again -- the second time in seven months -- in the hands of the Federal Communications Commission.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Androids March on Barcelona
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61623.html
Google's Android mobile phone platform has started to see the light of day. A handful of handset makers have been showing prototype mobile phones running Android at the GSMA Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain, this week. Android is heavily backed by Google, though it's actually being developed and pushed by the Open Handset Alliance, which is made up of nearly three dozen industry players.

Tue, 12 Feb 08
Microsoft Adds Danger to the Mix
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61626.html
Microsoft has made a bid for Danger, the mobile software and services provider that designed one of the slickest devices on the market: the T-Mobile Sidekick. Itplans to fold Danger into its entertainment and devices division -- apparently going after the lucrative teen market.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
Microsoft, Yahoo and the Big Web Land Grab
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61557.html
I've had a little time to think about the Yahoo/Microsoft merger, why this makes sense and what could go wrong. This thing actually should be one of the easiest mergers of its type, and there is actually a strange amount of affinity, often taken for granted, between these two firms that most seem to not know about.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
Fulfillment: The Unexpected Key to Successful E-Commerce
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61609.html
Growing at more than 25 percent per year, e-commerce gives consumers a lot of what they want: broad assortment and convenient shopping any time from anywhere. To successfully compete with the bricks, all e-commerce has to do is stock the "long tail," ensure order accuracy, ensure nearly instant gratification with overnight shipping and keep shipping costs down.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
Time Capsule: More Than a Data Dump
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61601.html
Back in August of 2006, I reported on Apple's upcoming OS X 10.5 or "Leopard" operating system and specifically wrote about its Time Machine backup feature. Time Machine automatically backs up everything on your hard drive. When I say "automatically," that means it backs up everything without you having to do anything at all.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
What Makes a Good Programmer?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61588.html
Well, Super Tuesday has come and gone, and we're happy to note that once again LinuxInsider was right out there on the forefront of the trends and the conversation. No sooner did we publish our cutting-edge expose of geeks and their political views -- "Why Should (or Shouldn't) Geeks Vote for Obama?" -- in fact, than Lawrence Lessig himself came out with the news that he, too, is an Obama supporter.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
10 Small Business Technologies That Just Plain Work
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61565.html
There are things in life that just work as promised. Refrigerators. Clock radios. Flattery. Children's Motrin. FEMA. Velcro. Blue jeans. Big Macs. "Seinfeld." Jack Daniel's. These things make me happy. They consistently do their job. They do not inconvenience me. Except for FEMA -- that's the Federal Emergency Management Agency. I'm just kidding about that one.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
The Mac Gaming Renaissance, Part 2
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61598.html
Game developers are slowly warming to the idea of producing more games for the Mac platform. Presently, it's possible to find a handful of famous titles from top-tier game makers. However, if you're looking for intense, graphics-heavy games -- the type of games best played on top-of-the-line machines -- you're mostly out of luck.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
As the Online Matchmaking World Turns
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61591.html
It's the weekend before Valentine's Day, and you might be looking for a special someone. Maybe you're one of the millions of people who haven't tried an online matchmaking service. Or maybe you tried one a while ago and were disappointed by the number of people more interested in casual dating than in establishing serious relationships.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
A Speedy Migration From Web to Desktop
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61586.html
The Nasdaq Stock Market and the American Cancer Society are looking to Adobe Integrated Runtime technology to take some of their rich Internet applications to the desktop. The new AIR technology from San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems is among several emerging products that promise to let companies run Web applications built using various Ajax tools on desktop systems

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Automatic License Plate Readers: The Scourge of the Scofflaw
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61563.html
Here's a cool, high-tech crime-busting story out of California you probably missed: Last fall, a police officer in San Jose was driving on routine patrol on a residential street when a voice from the computer in his vehicle suddenly announced, "Stolen car!" He stopped at the parked vehicle, which authorities quickly linked to the vague description of the vehicle involved in an earlier crime.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
The Mac Gaming Renaissance, Part 1
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61580.html
For a lot of hardcore gamers, the phrase "gaming on a Mac" is an oxymoron. As recently as a year ago, if you took a look around a typical game shop, and you may have walked out thinking that despite the many whiz-bang features built into the Mac and its OS X operating systems, not to mention the beauty of Apple monitors, true gaming can only happen on a PC.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Firefox: A Way Around Spyware
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61576.html
I have been using Firefox for two years. In 2006, I used PC Tools' Spyware Doctor antispyware, and in 2007 I used Webroot's Spysweeper. Neither ever found anything. I use my computer for a lot of research and am a very careful computer user, but I'm concerned that Firefox does not seem to be "covered" by those programs.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Facebook Goes After Spanish-Speaking Crowd
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61607.html
The battle for the hearts and minds of social networkers goes on. Facebook fired the latest shot Thursday with the launch of a Spanish-language version of its site.It plans to launch French and German versions by April. Chief rival MySpace is already available in 13 languages.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Live From SoCal Linux Expo: More Substance Than Style
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61608.html
SCALE is no Macworld. First of all, the Linux community doesn't have a charismatic marketing genius like Steve Jobs hawking products on a stage with a three-story screen behind him and an audiovisual program to make U2 jealous. No, we've got Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman -- and they're not here.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Tricked-Out Knee Brace Generates Power While You Walk
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61600.html
Researchers have created a new knee brace device that can harvest energy normally dissipated or essentially wasted from the human body during walking. While it's not shocking that power can be generated this way, it may be surprising to hear how much electricity the device can produce: five watts, enough to run 10 cell phones.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Mozilla Dispatches Firefox Bug Zapper
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61603.html
Mozilla released an update Thursday that corrects several vulnerabilities in the Firefox Web browser. Firefox 2.0.0.12 patches critical flaws that could result in Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing; privilege escalation that could allow cross-site scripting exploits; and crashes with evidence of memory corruption.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
The TSA Blog: Is The Man Finally Listening?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61578.html
If you haven't already heard, the U.S. government is going digital. Exhibit A: President Bush submitted his 2009 budget proposal to Congress electronically, and he held up a tablet PC for the photogs to illustrate just how tech-savvy he is. OK, so that's not exactly Web 2.0, but then there's Exhibit B: The TSA has started a blog called "Evolution of Security."

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Taking Total Control With Logitech's Harmony 1000 Remote
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61534.html
Logitech has been known throughout the technology world for years as a leader in computer equipment. As pioneers in fields ranging from wireless mice to high-output digital speakers, Logitech has usually focused its attention to what matters -- quality at an affordable price point. The Logitech Harmony series of universal remote controls follows that road to the tee.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Microsoft Rattles Yahoo, AOL Twists in the Wind, eBay Becomes a Battleground
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61596.html
Microsoft is dangling a $44.6 billion hostile bid in front of Yahoo investors in what is widely pegged as a move to thwart Google from overtaking it as the biggest and most powerful tech company in the world. The proposed price would be a healthy premium over Yahoo's stock price before the bid was announced, and the news itself was enough to send shares of the struggling Internet giant sharply higher.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
Body 2.0: Changing the Nature of Genetic Data
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61566.html
The next generation of parents is set to embrace genetic testing of kids for diseases that may occur later in life, according to a study published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. This is big news given that many medical professionals oppose the practice and there is a movement in Congress to secure genetic privacy. This raises a key question: What is the nature of genetic data?

Sun, 10 Feb 08
New Analytics Tool Puts NetFlow Data Under the Microscope
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61577.html
In January, network security tools startup Packet Analytics launched Net/FSE, or Network Forensic Search Engine. Net/FSE is the first commercial search engine for enterprise network data to focus on security incident response by harnessing the analysis of NetFlow data. It is designed to exploit the forensic potential of NetFlow data to dig deep into network alerts.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Cell Phones Get Modular With Modu Pieces and Parts
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61587.html
Modu, a new cell phone manufacturer based in Israel, is developing a new set of modular components for cell phones, letting consumers add pieces and parts to a miniature core cell phone to enhance its functionality -- or even just its look and feel. Modu's business plan calls for three basic products in its initial lineup, which it's calling the "Modu ecosystem."

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Old Hack, New Twist: When Rootkits Grab Hold of MBRs
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61559.html
In order to turn bigger profits from their armies of compromised computers, hackers this year will use a new tactic in targeting master boot records with viruses that plant rootkits on computers' hard drives, security experts warn. These infections activate during the boot sequence before the operating system starts.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
New Tech Lets Customers Make Bank Deposits Without Leaving Home
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61574.html
The era of the virtual bank appears to have taken a major step toward reality with the unveiling of Remote Deposit Capture from CheckFree. The Atlanta-based company's new technology could ultimately mean consumers can avoid a trip to the bank to deposit checks by simply making such transactions online.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
MS Holds Fire Sale for Xbox HD DVD Add-On
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61585.html
With a marked lack of fanfare, Microsoft lowered the price of its Xbox 360 add-on HD DVD player from $179 to $129. Microsoft has also bundled five free HD DVDs with the player. The price cut comes just a few weeks after Toshiba dropped the price on its three HD DVD standalone players to $149 from $299.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Fixing IT Problems Before They Occur
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61545.html
Complexity in today's IT systems makes previous error prevention approaches for operators inefficient and costly. IT staffs are expensive to retain, and are increasingly hard to find. There is also insufficient information about what's going on in the context of an entire systems setup. Operators are using manual processes -- in reactive firefighting mode -- to maintain critical service levels.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Google Shoots for Enterprise Win With Apps Team Edition
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61558.html
Adding another twist to its efforts to gain business adoption for its Web-based applications, Google has released a Team Edition of Google Apps. Google Apps Team Edition allows users to sign up using their work e-mail addresses to gain access to a suite of Apps -- Google Docs, Calendar, Google Talk, but not Gmail -- and enable instant collaboration with coworkers.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Hitting Microsoft Where It Hurts
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61556.html
The real battle between Microsoft and Google -- now in conflict over Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo -- ultimately isn't over search. Search is the source of Google's revenue and its growth. However, it's pouring that money into things that scare Microsoft even more. The Android cell phone operating system is one of those. It represents a threat to Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Heavens Come Alive With GPS Stargazer Gadget
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61570.html
Exploring the mysteries of the universe from the comfort of a lawn chair just got easier, thanks to a handheld sidekick from Meade Instrument. The Meade MySky is one part science teacher and one part GPS tool. The gun-shaped device knows where you are and where you're pointing it in the night sky.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Gloomy Weather Forecast May Stall Shuttle Launch
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61567.html
NASA fueled shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Thursday, exhilarated over the success of fuel gauge repairs but mindful that bad weather could delay the mission to add another science lab to the international space station. Forecasters said there was a 70 percent chance that rain, clouds and possibly even a severe afternoon thunderstorm would keep Atlantis on the pad for yet another day.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Beyond iTunes: Third-Party Apps Add Spice
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61552.html
You don't need to rely on Apple to improve iTunes, the market-leading music-management software. I've been using two services that have made iTunes more useful and, when buying music, more affordable. First, let's take an overdue spin through Amazon.com's MP3 store before I tell you about a nifty way to replicate your iTunes library among multiple computers.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
Speculation Swirls as Undersea Cable Repairs Begin
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61560.html
As repair work gets under way, rumors are flying thick and fast about the cause of a series of undersea cable cuts in the Middle East in recent days. The latest is that a fifth undersea cable has been cut -- or it could be a second cut to Flag Telecom's FALCON cable near the Egyptian port of Alexandria, which was severed Jan. 23.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
Waiting for WiFi
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61533.html
WiFi was supposed to effortlessly connect us to the world on the run. Instead we're all on the run seeking a connection. We skip from airport to coffee shop, from cell connection to hotel hook-up, constantly trying to pace connects and disconnects with our physical location of the moment. We are, in essence, tethered to the one thing that was meant to cut the cord.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
iPhone Wins Bronze in Global Smartphone Race
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61555.html
Where Apple's iPhone is concerned, "me too" appears to be the operative philosophy among the company's competitors in the mobile phone marketplace. "We need to stop thinking of the iPhone as a phone," said Phil Leigh, senior analyst with Inside Digital Media. "Voice is merely one application of many that it will use on the wireless Internet."

Wed, 6 Feb 08
New Chip Uses 10 Times Less Power
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61554.html
A partnership between Texas Instruments and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has produced a proof-of-concept microchip architecture that is 10 times more efficient than current technologies. The design uses a redesigned memory and logic architecture to allow the chip to operate at a much lower voltage level.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
Going Offline With Yahoo's Zimbra 5.0 Suite
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61538.html
Not quite five months after its acquisition by Yahoo, open source e-mail operator Zimbra Tuesday unveiled its Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 software. This next-generation product has features for reading mail and creating documents offline from a Web browser. ZCS 5.0 enhancements include offline access to Microsoft Outlook 2007 and support for an array of handheld devices.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
The Cost of ID Theft, Part 2: Fixing the System
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61542.html
As the number of identity theft victims continues to mount, so has the amount of data and information related to such events -- and the time and resources devoted to better understanding, analyzing and devising measures that can better prevent such occurrences. "The stakes are already quite high when it comes to data loss," noted Uriel Maimon, senior researcher for security firm RSA.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
Zeppelin iPod Speakers: Great Sound, Unique Looks, Sky-High Price
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61541.html
Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod Speakers are easily the most interesting-looking iPod speakers I've ever tested. You may or may not agree, but in my humble opinion they look more like modern sculpture than iPod speakers. While you definitely pay a premium for such a gorgeous design, they do sound better than you'd expect a one-piece speaker system this size to sound.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
China Budges on Video-Sharing Laws
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61548.html
China has eased new Internet controls that had limited video-sharing to state companies, saying private competitors already operating in the fast-growing arena may continue. Any new video-sharing companies must comply with the rules, which took effect last Thursday, the government said Tuesday.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
Virtual Worlds Attracting the Wrong Kind of Attention
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61553.html
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity says virtual reality Internet sites may promote criminal activity and extremism. The intelligence agency said in a recent paper the economic and social mechanisms inherent in Web-based "worlds" such as Second Life open the virtual world to corporate espionage, terrorism or other criminal activity, The Washington Post said Wednesday.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
Stalled Atlantis Finally Ready to Take to the Skies
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61547.html
NASA has cleared the shuttle Atlantis for liftoff this week on a long-delayed mission to deliver a European science lab to the international space station. Space agency officials said Tuesday they are confident they've solved mechanical problems that have dogged the mission since December. However, weather prospects for Thursday afternoon's launch are poor.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
FARC Protesters Answer Facebook's Call
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61544.html
Millions of protesters against the outlaw Colombian group FARC gathered in more than 140 cities around the world to protest its brutal tactics and to call for the release of the estimated 3,000 hostages the group still holds. What prompted this outpouring was a small group of Facebook users tired of the situation.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Smaller, Thinner, Lighter, Cooler Notebooks
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61518.html
Notebook computers are all the rage, and an ever-expanding emphasis on mobility is forcing both consumers and business executives to purchase these devices. "2007 was a very good year for notebooks: Sales were up 20 percent," stated Roger L. Kay, president of market intelligence firm Endpoint Technologies Associates.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Report: Security-Wise, the Mac Platform Is Getting Shaky
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61522.html
Mac users beware -- the bad guys have you in their malware cross hairs. Organized criminal gangs arrived at Apple's doorstep for the first time in 2007 with malware tools in hand to intentionally steal money, according to a recent report from IT security and control firm Sophos.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Technology and Sports: Blurring the Line Between Virtual and Reality
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61524.html
With its ribbons of video boards, the retractable roof and a grass field that can slide in and out of the stadium on rails, here's a safe bet: Few fans at Super Bowl I in 1967 could have imagined the technology on display at the $455 million University of Phoenix Stadium for Sunday's Super Bowl XLII. However, that's nothing compared to what might be coming.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
The Cost of ID Theft, Part 1: Beyond Dollars and Cents
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61515.html
Private, personally identifying information is everywhere, from portable computers and digital devices, to the Internet and private networks. This data can be obtained so easily -- either through technology or more mundane means -- and its theft is so often glamorized on film, that it is starting to attract a younger generation to criminal ranks.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Intel Debuts Slew of New Technologies
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61521.html
Intel has unveiled a trio of new technologies at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco: the Silverthorne mobile processor; the Tukwila Itanium chip -- which has a record 2 billion transistors; and a method for doubling the capacity of phase-change products.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Blogosphere Crackles With Talk of Microhoo and Yahsoft
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61517.html
After Microsoft made its move to acquire Yahoo, the blog chatter started almost immediately. Initial postings hit the Web with notes of surprise before the more thoughtful ruminations started to hit, not to mention the tongue-in-cheek name-crunching that produced hypothetical monikers like -- "Microhoo!" and "Yahsoft".

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Computer Makers Get First Dibs on Vista SP1
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61516.html
Microsoft announced the first stage in the launch of its first service pack for the Windows Vista operating system Monday. The service pack -- filled with performance, compatibility and reliability updates for versions in English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese -- was released to manufacturing, a move that enables Microsoft's OEM partners to start building new PCs running Vista with SP1 pre-installed.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
How to Choose a Data Center
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61485.html
In 2005, notebook computers accounted for 50.1 percent of all computer sales. In 2006, shelf space for notebooks increased 44 percent while desktop shelf space went down by 23 percent. What does this have to do with a data center? Everything. At Journyx, where I manage IT, we presently have about 25 employees. Of those, 11 have laptops issued to them as their primary machine.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
FDA: iPods Don't Cause Pacemakers to Go on the Fritz
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61523.html
A researcher at the Food and Drug Administration has published a study that contradicts findings released last spring suggesting that iPods interfered with pacemaker function. That earlier study, accompanied by warnings to grandparents to avoid their iPod-toting grandchildren, had been presented by a 17-year-old high school student at the Heart Rhythm Society's 28th Annual Scientific Sessions.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Cablevision Teams With Popcorn for Up-to-Date Movie Downloads
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61519.html
The online video distribution sweepstakes gained another entrant Monday, with Cablevision throwing its resources behind a venture with Popcorn that will offer movie downloads the same day they are released on DVD. The service will enable subscribers of Cablevision's iO TV digital cable service to download and instantly watch on-demand movies weeks before they are widely available through traditional channels.

Tue, 5 Feb 08
Yahoo Scraps Music Unlimited Service for Rhapsody Deal
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61513.html
As Yahoo continues to overhaul the focus of its music business, the company will migrate its online music subscription customers in the coming months to Rhapsody America. Yahoo will shut down its Music Unlimited service and divert subscribers to Rhapsody, a digital music venture of MTV Networks and RealNetworks.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
HP's Biggest Obstacle Is Microsoft, Amazon vs. Apple, Voting Smart
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61496.html
This last week I spent some quality time at HP, and I'm frankly amazed at what the PC team has been able to accomplish in terms of overcoming what I've termed the "Big Company Disease." However, as I watched them struggle to create the best user experience on the planet, one that exceeded what Apple currently provides, I constantly saw Microsoft as their biggest problem.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
LiMo Foundation Debuts Android Challenger
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61501.html
Just a few short months after Google and the Open Handset Alliance announced Android, the LiMo Foundation on Monday began rolling out its own, competing Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. The first release of the LiMo Platform will be available in March, and the application programming interfaces are immediately available to developers.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Why Should (or Shouldn't) Geeks Vote for Obama?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61500.html
Super Tuesday is nearly upon us, and that means it's time for all good citizens to lift their heads out of the mire and make some decisions. Some Linux devotees may argue that they have more pressing things to worry about -- alerting the public to the evils of Vista, for instance -- but we here at LinuxInsider know that *our* readers are more civic-minded than that.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Is Your Electronic Data Agreement Your Supply Chain's Weakest Link?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61495.html
"Get it in writing" is a quaint concept in the electronic information age -- especially in B2B e-commerce, where a more suitable direction may be: "get in it cXML." Every industry has major players moving back-office functions from sourcing and procurement to invoicing and payment to the Web.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Next Item on Sale at Amazon: Its Data Center
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61490.html
Critics thought it was over the top when Amazon.com expanded from books into music in 1998. When the Web retailer let competitors start selling things alongside its own inventory in 2000, they said Amazon had gone nuts. Now, Amazon is making an even greater stretch -- selling storage, computing power and other behind-the-scenes data center services.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Mobile Linux: A Crowd Is Starting to Form
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61494.html
The world of open source mobile platforms is starting to get a little crowded. Over the past couple of days, rumors began flying that Dell is getting into the game with a phone based on Google's Android platform. Dell denies it, but the amount of attention that is being paid to this segment of the market is notable.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Wading Into the M-Commerce Waters
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61487.html
When Apple introduced the iPhone last year, it was the first mass market cell phone to use a touchscreen system of controls. Now the retail and banking industries are pushing a vastly different kind of touch technology. This year's model is all about shopping and using a cell phone like a wand -- touching the end of the phone to a checkout screen when you pay for that Big Mac.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Lack of Features Clouds MacBook Air's Fresh Design
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61411.html
Apple finally entered the subnotebook market, introducing a lightweight laptop meant to please road warriors. However, typical of Apple, the company took a different approach from its competitors. The result: a beautiful, amazingly thin computer, but one whose unusual trade-offs may turn off some frequent travelers.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Simulating Chaos: What Was Learned From Cyber Storm Tests?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61468.html
In the middle of the biggest-ever Cyber Storm war game to test the nation's hacker defenses, someone quietly targeted the very computers used to conduct the exercise. The surprising culprit? The players themselves, the same government and corporate experts responsible for detecting and fending off attacks against vital computer systems.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Online Privacy: Achievable Goal or Web 2.0 Pipe Dream?
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61482.html
Does being a Web user in 2008 automatically mean giving up your right to privacy? A growing chorus of voices says the evolution of the Internet, the increasingly cozy relationship between search and advertising companies and the rise of Web 2.0 social networking technologies adds up to an environment where true privacy may be but an illusion. That idea is not a necessarily a new one, of course.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Encanto: Visualizing Advances in Supercomputing
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61498.html
Gazing at the green and yellow flashing lights of the third fastest supercomputer in the world, Lorie Liebrock, a computer science professor at New Mexico Tech, explained its coolness factor by comparing it with a building. On the surface, a building doesn't seem much more than concrete and glass, maybe some rebar, she said. But a building actually is much more than that.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Intel, Micron Put NAND's Pedal to the Metal
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61491.html
Intel and Micron have developed a high-speed NAND flash memory technology the two say is five times faster than conventional NAND. The technology, jointly developed by the two companies as part of their IM Flash Technologies joint venture, will allow data to be transferred faster for computing, video, photography and other applications, the technology partners said Friday.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
TV: The Heart of Connected CE Strategies
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61467.html
There is no question that the marriage between consumer electronics devices and broadband content will be a key trend in 2008. For content providers and aggregators, a "go-to-TV" strategy solves at least one of the early challenges facing broadband video services -- the requirement to watch the content on a PC.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Microsoft Guns for Google With $44.6B Yahoo Bid
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61484.html
Seeking to reshape the online landscape and create a serious challenger to Google with a single bold stroke, Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion unsolicited bid to buy struggling portal Yahoo. The offer -- shareholders can choose either cash or the equivalent amount of Microsoft stock -- valued Yahoo at $31 per share, a 62 percent premium over the stock's closing price on Thursday.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Prosecutors Aim to Blockade Pirate Bay
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61499.html
Swedish prosecutors are charging owners of The Pirate Bay, a peer-to-peer Web site, with "promoting other people's infringements of copyright laws." Hans Fredrik Neij, Per Svartholm Warg, Peter Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundstroem operate what is reportedly the world's largest BitTorrent tracker, connecting users to music, movies and other content on each others' PCs.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Gartner Predictions: Apple Doubles Market Share, Laptops Lose Ground
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61489.html
If Gartner proves prescient, there could be some heady times ahead for Apple. The Cupertino, Calif.-based firm figures prominently in a list Gartner released Thursday of predictions on 2008 and beyond. The predictions focus on specific areas in which IT leaders will have to make adjustments, and many of those areas concern the decreased emphasis on hardware and the adaptability of software.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Qtrax's Jackass Move, Mideast Net Blackout, VMware's Hangover
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61481.html
It's a tactic that professional party promoters have used for years: Tell everyone that all the big-name celebrities are going to be at your party, even if they haven't promised anything. Work up the hype, get people excited, and pretty soon it won't matter that they never committed, because they'd be crazy not to come. Sometimes that works, but when it doesn't, it tends to make you look like a real jackass.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
Mac Bloggers Gush Over Air, Salivate Over MB Pro, Ponder iPhone Firmware
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61475.html
Apple's super-thin MacBook Air notebooks shipped this week, and the first units have been arriving on customer doorsteps. For Mac enthusiasts, just a glimpse of one in an Apple store was enough to start the gushing. "First impressions are VERY positive," noted mashoutposse in a MacRumors.com forum created just for the MacBook Air.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
A Far-Fetched Fix for E-Voting Woes: Open Source
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61474.html
The 2008 Presidential primaries capture the lion's share of election season media exposure, but an equally critical campaign is running quietly in the background. The controversial decision to implement various types of electronic voting machines in place of paper ballots is garnering little public attention, while many states hastily implement flawed electronic voting machines and related election procedures.

Sat, 2 Feb 08
A Future Without Software Maintenance Fees
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61469.html
Software as a Service, service-oriented architecture and Web 2.0 technology are fundamentally changing the way people and organizations work, enabling greater degrees of collaboration and restructuring everything from business and operational processes to the way software is licensed and priced, according to recently released research from Forrester Research.

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