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It seems that today everything is in 3D -- movies, television, console games, and now handheld games. Even though a decent percent of the population gets discomfort after viewing 3D content, technology and entertainment companies...

Alan Cone · Dec 29, 2010 · Hot! with 40 comments

Taiwan PC vendor Acer, which has been focusing on the consumer market and fighting for space in retail stores, is turning its attention back to the North American small- and midsized-business market. The company announced...

· Dec 20, 2007 with 2 comments

Over the next ten years, Adobe plans to shift its business away from selling boxed software to a web-based distribution model. Chief executive Bruce Chizen told the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that money...

· Oct 19, 2007 · Hot! with 8 comments

Seeking to narrow the gap with Google, Microsoft Corp unveiled a retooled Web search service that aims to deliver more relevant results and combines text, video and other information onto a single page. Microsoft, the...

· Sep 27, 2007 · Hot! with 3 comments

In response to NBC Universal's decision not to renew its iTunes contract due to Apple's inability to negotiate on higher prices, Apple has decided to cancel their current iTunes contract which was to end in...

· Sep 1, 2007 · Hot! with 22 comments

Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the international space station a day early Sunday, as NASA kept a wary eye on Hurricane Dean. Space agency managers worried that the storm would move toward Houston and force...

· Aug 19, 2007 with 1 comment

With today's operating systems ever increasing in size and complexity, a result of the wide variety of applications and usage situations they must support, maintenance of the codebase against bugs and security vulnerabilities becomes ever...

· Aug 9, 2007 · Hot! with 6 comments

Chinese computer giant Lenovo Group, which acquired IBM's PC division in 2005, is now planning for further expansion, announcing today that it is in exclusive exclusive discussions about a potential acquisition of Packard Bell. Lenovo...

· Aug 8, 2007 · Hot! with 8 comments

Perfect 3D television and movies without those horrible glasses? They're closer than you think. I'm sitting in Paris and some butterflies are fluttering towards me. Loads of them, perfectly clearly. I could allow one to...

· Jul 19, 2007 · Hot! with 14 comments

Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. will next month begin shipping a new motherboard series and chipset designed to be used in consumer electronics products. The EPIA EX series motherboard is a mini-ITX board, measuring 17 centimeters...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Dec 29, 2006 · Hot! with 5 comments

Intel is considering increasing its stake in graphics technology company Nvidia, in order to counter the proposed merger of AMD and ATI, according to a report by Digitimes. The chip maker's share price rose by...

Steven Parker · Oct 9, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Car safety device manufacturer Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS) has launched a new system designed to give field staff and other frequent travellers easy hands and eyes-free access to their corporate email systems from behind the...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jul 25, 2006 with -1 comments

Even as Microsoft readies a host of new ad-supported online services to battle rivals, the software maker has been mulling a plan to offer free, ad-supported versions of some of its desktop products, CNET News.com...

Michael Stanclift · Nov 15, 2005 · Hot! with -1 comments

Amazon.com job listings for software engineers raise the specter of the internet retail giant entering the online DVD rental market in the United States, challenging companies like Netflix and Blockbuster. Advertising for positions...

· Aug 8, 2005 with -1 comments

Microsoft is developing versions of its Windows operating system with only a subset of the Windows code base, designed for specific server tasks, in a move that could reduce maintenance costs for customers and create...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Oct 4, 2004 with -1 comments

Looks like Uncle Sam has his eye on taxing VoIP calls (voice over Internet Protocol). The IRS and Treasury Department are considering reinterpreting the federal excise tax in order "to reflect the changes in...

· Jul 7, 2004 with -1 comments

When you have the most popular productivity software on the market what's next? If you're Microsoft then you start by asking the customers themselves what they want the next Office to be. Specifically...

· Jun 21, 2004 with -1 comments

Microsoft Corp. officials are mulling potential changes to the company's enterprise volume licensing program that could let large systems integrators and service providers license software on behalf of their largest customers. Enterprises now must negotiate...

· Apr 19, 2004 with -1 comments

Infinium Labs' new president is gunning for Christmas. That's when Kevin Bachus hopes to get both the Phantom gaming network and the accompanying console into the hands of eager cyber aficionados. ...

Marcel Klum · Jan 28, 2004 with -1 comments

Dell founder Michael Dell has outlined the products and services he believes will help his company grow into a $60bn giant. In an exclusive interview with vnunet.com, Dell said that wireless, storage and...

Darren Bolton · Sep 29, 2003 with -1 comments

Conference delegates told how vendor wants to be the 'catalyst' for desktop Linux. Novell will be the "catalyst" for desktop and enterprise Linux, according to its chairman and chief executive Jack Messman. ...

Darren Bolton · Sep 9, 2003 with -1 comments

Two of the world's largest record labels plan to license their music to Sprint PCS in an effort to mine new markets to offset a slump in music sales, Sony Music and other sources familiar...

· Jun 27, 2003 with -1 comments

Iris Recognition Could Mean the End of Physical Privacy Security and privacy always seem to be in the balance when we think about emerging digital technologies. Encryption vies with detection. ...

· May 19, 2003 with -1 comments

President Bush wants to spend $196 million of the Agriculture Department's 2004 budget on loans to telecommunications companies to improve Internet access in rural towns and communities, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Wednesday. ...

Michael Stanclift · Jan 29, 2003 with 1 comment

MICROSOFT, with its upcoming "Yukon" and 64-bit "Liberty" variants of its SQL Server database, is looking to oust Unix as the platform of choice for the enterprise, a Microsoft official stressed during a keynote speech...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 21, 2002 with -1 comments

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc said it is fully committed to WLAN (wireless local area network) technology, and is positioning its products specifically at the enterprise market space. "There are clearly two...

· Sep 29, 2002 with -1 comments

Sun Microsystems is expected to announce Wednesday that it is bundling its application server software into its Solaris operating system, a move that could change the competitive landscape in the lucrative application server software market....

· May 21, 2002 with -1 comments

Japanese developer Square made headlines earlier this month when it announced plans to squelch years of bad blood with Nintendo. Specifically, Square announced plans to support the GameBoy Advance and GameCube with software through a...

Marcel Klum · Mar 22, 2002 with -1 comments

While Microsoft is focusing much of its energy these days on developing Web services and on tightening the security of its software, it hasn't stopped exploring new markets. The Redmond, Wash.-based company...

· Feb 14, 2002 with -1 comments

People looking to off-load their old Microsoft software to make way for Windows XP have to be careful about selling it online. Cheers WinOSCentral for the heads up on this snip....

Steven Parker · Oct 8, 2001 with -1 comments