Nokia, Nuance aim voice features at developers
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.
Accused Palin hacker has a history of intrusion
The college student charged with illegally accessing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's e-mail has been accused of computer intrusion before, although last time he faced only an afternoon detention.
Microsoft, others seek to get paid for sales to WaMu
Microsoft got in line with several other organizations that are taking steps to get paid for products and services provided to Washington Mutual, the largest bank to fail in U.S. history.
IBM reports 20 percent jump in Q3 net income
IBM on Wednesday reported a 20 percent increase in net income for its third quarter and said its profit outlook for the full year remains on track.
CRM vendor's ex-CEO, ex-CFO charged with wire fraud
Two top former executives of CRM (customer relationship management) vendor Entellium have been charged in federal court with wire fraud after allegedly lying about the Seattle company's sales performance to attract investors.
Orange reduces intra-network call costs
Kenya's newest mobile-phone service provider, Orange, is keeping up the tradition of reducing the cost of intra-network calls.
Palin hacking charge flawed, lawyers say
David Kernell is facing five years in prison for allegedly hacking into Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account, but lawyers watching the case say that the felony charge against him is a bit of a stretch.
Mozilla adds geographic tagging to Firefox
Mozilla has released an add-on to Firefox that enables the browser to automatically pinpoint a user's location by communicating with Wi-Fi signals so Web sites can provide customized content to users.
Cisco IronPort unveils e-mail security appliances
Cisco's IronPort Systems unit this week unveiled hardware extensions to its e-mail security appliances (compare messaging security products) that more than double the performance of the company's previous-generation platforms.
Broadcom says Qualcomm's licensing breaks the law
Bolstered by a couple of recent legal wins, Broadcom continues to attack Qualcomm, this time with a lawsuit charging Qualcomm with patent misuse.
Why security pros hate SharePoint, and what to do about it
Microsoft SharePoint has many fans these days, but Andre Koot isn't among them.
Remote workers to IT: We do care about security
Fear not IT and infosecurity personnel: Most of your remote workers, mobile users and road warriors toting around laptops and BlackBerrys have the business's best interests in mind when it comes to network security.
IBM, Secret Service among elite group to study identity/cyber crime issues
IBM, LexisNexis and the Secret Service are among a group of corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that has formed to study and help solve identity management challenges around cybercrime, terrorism and narcotics trafficking.
TV Forecast 1.0.1 for iPhone
In these days of TiVo and other DVRs, many TV watchers are oblivious to when particular shows air. After all, you just tell your DVR which shows you like, and it automatically records everything for watching at your leisure.
Kodak Zi6
Carting a camcorder with you has become a whole lot easier, thanks to pocket-sized digital camcorders such as Pure Digital Technologies' Flip Ultra and Flip Mino. These inexpensive cameras are not only drop-dead easy to use--push a button to record and another to play--but produce video acceptable for posting to sites such as YouTube and MySpace. Recently, Kodak entered this market with its diminutive pocket camcorder, the Zi6.
Uganda told to reform ICT tax policy
A Makerere University economist has called on the Ugandan government to carry out an ICT sector tax reform, which, if implemented, is expected to spur the sector to new growth levels.
Maple 12
Mention one of the Ms of mathematical software in the wrong company, and things are liable to erupt into a near-religious war. The Big 3--MATLAB, Mathematica, and Maple--have provided scientists, engineers, and students with a broad selection of technical computation tools for more than 20 years. This has resulted in a veritable land o plenty for those of us who need these sorts of programs.
VisiStat 6.0
To determine the success of an online marketing campaign, the e-commerce products that are generating the most user interest, or the popularity of your blog, you'll need some form of statistical analysis. How many page views are there per month? Which pages are generating the most views? Where are your visitors coming from? You need a Web traffic analysis tool to answer these questions. VisiStat 6.0, a managed service that integrates with any Web server, provides an easy-to-use interface for generating demographic data for small to midsize businesses and blogs, although it lacks some features found in traditional log file analysis tools.
Websense slowly extends reach of data loss prevention tools
Websense CEO Gene Hodges has no plans to join in the wave of consolidation that's sweeping through the enterprise security software industry, with future products the fruit of internal development, not acquisition, he said Wednesday.
Google extends e-mail archiving service to 10 years
Google is extending its hosted e-mail archiving service to hold messages for up to a decade, the company said Wednesday.
Sprint hopeful on funding as WiMax rolls out
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 despite the current economic crisis, Sprint executives said Wednesday.
Sprint throws WiMAX party in Baltimore
Sprint celebrated the launch of its WiMAX network today by firing several shots across the bow of traditional wireline Internet providers.
Wananchi Group launches triple play service package
Wananchi Group has launched its much-awaited triple-play offering, "Zuku," with a promise to provide services that bridge the rural-urban divide.
Automated cash machines advance banking in Ghana
Ghana's progression towards a cashless society is gaining momentum with the introduction of e-zwich ATMs (automated teller machines), which facilitate cash withdrawals, card-to-card transactions, third-party payments and money transfers.
Share capacity with private players, ITU chief tells Uganda
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has advised the Ugandan government to offer capacity of the US$110 million national fiber-optic backbone to the private sector at wholesale rates in order to deliver affordable services to users.
Cambridge lab sets quantum key world record
The hugely promising security technology of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has moved an important step closer to commercialization with the announcement by U.K.-based researchers that they can now shift encryption keys around at speeds of 1Mbps.
Economy freezing IT budgets, survey shows
Society for Information Management (SIM) June survey shows IT budgets were on the rise for 2009, but with the recent economic meltdown, many IT executives are re-evaluating their plans for next year according to the CIO Executive Board
Warid Telecom reaches 1 million subscribers in Uganda
In Uganda's highly competitive telecommunications sector, new player Warid Telecom has reached 1 million subscribers in just eight months of commercial service.
Oracle to buy big project portfolio management player
Continuing its relentless streak of acquisitions in recent years, Oracle on Wednesday said it plans to buy Primavera Software, maker of project portfolio management (PPM) applications.
U.S. man indicted for hacking Palin's e-mail account
A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records.
Symantec to buy e-mail security vendor MessageLabs
Symantec will pay $695 million for MessageLabs, a security vendor that offers a hosted spam and Web traffic filtering service.
Panasonic says it set record with 300 millionth TV
Panasonic, which started producing televisions 56 years ago, claimed to set a world record with its 300 millionth set on Oct. 7. Panasonic says it is the only TV manufacturer to reach that level of production.
Nortel aims unified communications package at SMBs
Nortel this week unveiled a unified communications platform for small/medium businesses that the company says allows them to save up to 70% of their investment in legacy Nortel phone systems.
Firefox extension blocks dangerous Web attack
A popular free security tool for the Firefox browser has been upgraded to block one of the most dangerous and troubling security problems facing the Web today.
Google Maps tests geo-tagged YouTube video
Google is testing a new feature on its Maps site that adds geo-tagged video from YouTube to maps in the same way that photos are currently added.
First BlackBerry touchscreen device to storm Verizon, Vodafone networks
Network operators Vodafone and Verizon Wireless will sell Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm smartphone from next month, the companies said Wednesday.
Outsourcer Tata to acquire Citigroup's Indian back office for $505M
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest outsourcer, has reached an agreement to acquire Citigroup's interest in Citigroup Global Services, its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm in India, for about US$505 million in cash.
Alibaba ups investment in auction site to US$732 million
Alibaba.com will invest 50 billion yuan (US$732 million) in its popular Taobao consumer auction site over the next five years in an effort to shore up the company's lead in the local e-commerce market and help create new jobs, the company said Wednesday.
Clickjackers could hijack Webcams, microphones, Adobe warns
Adobe Systems warned users Tuesday that hackers could use recently-reported "clickjacking" attack tactics to secretly turn on a computer's microphone and Web camera.
Monster acquires remainder of ChinaHR
Recruiting site Monster bought the remaining 55% of ChinaHR for $174 million in cash Wednesday.