Privacy and security need to be built into radio frequency identification tags before they become widespread, the European Commission said, announcing it would publish guidelines later this year.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2007
Dell Inc. has a new desktop computer targeting first-time and novice computer users in China.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2007
IBM Corp. it has won a 10-year contract to manage the IT infrastructure of Indian mobile company Idea Cellular
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2007
FullArmor announced it is shipping FullArmor Endpoint Policy Manager (FullArmor EPM), a management tool that automates the delivery, enforcement, and auditing of critical security policies on mobile, disconnected and unmanaged endpoint devices, such as guest laptops.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/21/2007
As Microsoft pushes to ready a suite of new design tools for offer under the Expression Studio brand, the company announced late last week that it is shipping the second beta release of the third of those tools.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/20/2007
Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/20/2007
John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/20/2007
In his first trip to this violence-wracked country, Bill Gates said Microsoft Corp. was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/20/2007
Many owners of Internet addresses face this quandary: Provide your real contact information when you register a domain name and subject yourself to junk or harassment. Or enter fake data and risk losing it outright.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/20/2007
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea and Japan's Toshiba Corp. declared an end to their legal battles Tuesday, signing accords to share semiconductor patents and products.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/20/2007
Oracle Corp's fiscal third quarter profit climbed 35 percent, lifted by strong software sales that exceeded management's projections. The Redwood Shores-based business software maker said Tuesday that it earned $1.03 billion, or 20 cents per share, for the three months ended in February. That compared with net income of $765 million, or 14 cents per share, at the same time last year.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/20/2007
Microsoft announced late last week it is shipping the first service pack for its Compute Cluster Pack.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/20/2007
In a move that promises to facilitate interoperability of AJAX-based applications developed with different tools and frameworks, Microsoft on Tuesday announced it has joined the OpenAJAX Alliance.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/20/2007
Todd Fortier is banking on the day when ATMs will be required to confirm a user's face, voice or thumbprint before spitting out cash.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
AOL is offering users of its AIM instant messaging service new capabilities to see where people on their buddy lists are physically located.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
In the wake of its backdated stock options troubles, Apple Inc. is offering affected employees the chance to amend their past options and receive cash payments to avoid related tax penalties, according a regulatory filing Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
Disgraced dot-com tycoon Takafumi Horie slammed his conviction and harsh sentence for securities fraud on Sunday, insisting he had committed no crimes and that he had more than paid for any mistakes by losing his company.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
Gates said Microsoft was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007