IDG News Service
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Nokia, Nuance aim voice features at developers
Oct. 08, 2008
A partnership between Nokia and speech-recognition software vendor Nuance will make the software company's capabilities available to third-party developers as well as to the phone maker itself.
Brocade gets loan to fund Foundry buyout
Oct. 08, 2008
Brocade Communications Systems on Tuesday secured a $1.1 billion loan to fund its acquisition of Foundry Networks despite a tightening of credit markets amid the Wall Street meltdown.
Sprint hopeful on funding as WiMax rolls out
Oct. 08, 2008
Adoption of Sprint Nextel's Xohm WiMax service has been better than expected since it launched in Baltimore on Sept. 29, and the carrier is confident it will be able to fund the rest of its national network rollout ...
Dell's new backup system includes both hardware and software
Oct. 07, 2008
Dell is putting together hardware and software for backup and recovery in one system, with integrated software, for small and medium-size businesses.
Porn filters on in-flight Wi-Fi may be just the start
Oct. 06, 2008
A reported decision by Delta Air Lines to block "inappropriate" Web sites from its planned in-flight Wi-Fi service could be just the tip of the iceberg for airlines' control of Internet use.
U.S. mobile users unplugging landlines
Oct. 03, 2008
More than one-quarter of mobile-phone users in the U.S. have effectively stopped using their fixed-line phones for voice calls, according to a survey by research company J.D. Power and Associates.
Engineer may have texted seconds before train crash
Oct. 03, 2008
Federal investigators have found evidence that an engineer involved in a fatal Los Angeles-area commuter train crash was texting on his cell phone close to the time of the accident.
US taking lead in mobile, Nokia CEO says
Oct. 02, 2008
The U.S. will snatch the lead in mobile technology from Europe as the Internet is integrated with mobile devices, Nokia's CEO told a Silicon Valley audience on Wednesday night.
HP to buy LeftHand Networks for $360 million
Oct. 01, 2008
Hewlett-Packard will buy LeftHand Networks for US$360 million to fill in its storage virtualization and iSCSI lines with products for medium-size companies and remote offices and branches.
Broadcom, Skyhook join for better location data
Oct. 01, 2008
Broadcom will enhance its mobile device chipsets and location-based services (LBS) infrastructure through a partnership with Skyhook Wireless, the company that powers the iPhone's location feature using Wi-Fi access ...
Sprint's WiMax shines on price, not on coverage
Sep. 30, 2008
Prices and terms for the WiMax service that Sprint Nextel launched on Monday stand up against other wired and wireless broadband options, but a key measure -- coverage -- remains a question mark.
Stock smackdown hits tech harder than most
Sep. 30, 2008
Worries about consumer spending, advertising and the ability of IT companies to raise money appear to have hit many tech stocks harder even than the overall market on Monday, one of the worst days on Wall Street since ...
A pro's tips on ATM fraud
Sep. 29, 2008
A bank-machine hacker who reportedly was arrested earlier this month in Turkey gave would-be fraudsters tips on how to install rogue card-reading devices, including advising them to target drive-through ATMs (automated ...
Trojan can grab extra personal banking data
Sep. 26, 2008
A Trojan horse program now available to a growing number of fraudsters can add data entry fields to legitimate online banking sites and entice consumers to give up sensitive information such as bank card numbers and ...
EMC smarts to trickle down to consumers
Sep. 25, 2008
EMC plans to hand down advanced features, including de-duplication and even virtualization, to consumer products coming out of its recently purchased Iomega division.
Staples turns backup into a service
Sep. 24, 2008
Office-supply company Staples wants small and medium-size businesses that buy paper and scissors at its stores to start going there for their own data, too.
Iridium merger could enable satellite broadband
Sep. 24, 2008
Satellite-based mobile operator Iridium Holdings took a step toward building a new, faster network on Tuesday by agreeing to merge with an investment company.
Sprint sets Baltimore WiMax event for Oct. 8
Sep. 23, 2008
Sprint Nextel will hold an event "celebrating" its WiMax mobile broadband network in Baltimore on Oct. 8, though the carrier says the network will launch by the end of September as promised.
TeleNav mobile workforce software reaches out
Sep. 23, 2008
Mobile navigation and software vendor TeleNav took a page from Research In Motion's book with a server that can mediate between TeleNav's software and existing enterprise applications.
As Android approaches, carriers embrace change
Sep. 22, 2008
Mobile operators, long the arbiters of content and services on cell phones in the U.S., are now giving up some ground to other players as the industry is rocked by the success of the iPhone and the emergence of new ...
T-Mobile to ease developer access
Sep. 19, 2008
Mobile operators reached out to application developers on Thursday at Mobilize, a conference that brought together the main parties interested in making the mobile Internet a success.
Mobile industry looks for data boom
Sep. 18, 2008
The waiting game for a mobile Internet explosion continued on Thursday at the Mobilize conference in San Francisco, but there were glimmers of reality, too.
Brocade gearing up to fight 'Cisco fatigue'
Sep. 17, 2008
Brocade Communications Systems is painting itself as the alternative to Cisco Systems that IT administrators have been looking for.
Cisco plays up video for business, carriers
Sep. 16, 2008
Cisco is targeting video, virtualization and collaboration as key areas of growth while pursuing 21 other initiatives at the same time, Chairman and CEO John Chambers told financial analysts on Tuesday.
3G modems for laptops booming
Sep. 15, 2008
Fast cellular modems for laptops are flying out the door as business users hit the road and tire of looking for Wi-Fi hotspots, an ABI Research analyst said Friday.
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