Opera, Bytemobile speed up wireless surfing
Future mobile phones that come with Opera Mobile browsers should get a speed boost thanks to a partnership announced Tuesday between Opera Software and Bytemobile.
Future mobile phones that come with Opera Mobile browsers should get a speed boost thanks to a partnership announced Tuesday between Opera Software and Bytemobile.
Symantec has started delivering product updates to users through the automatic LiveUpdate feature, the company said. Previously, updates to Symantec software were only delivered via the annual release of new product versions.
Continuing its push into the mobile space, Google is making its Google Talk instant messaging service available to BlackBerry users, Google and Blackberry maker Research In Motion announced Thursday.
In an effort to prevent counterfeiting, Pfizer said it has started to ship Viagra bottles in the U.S. that feature radio chips under the labels. Pharmacists with the proper equipment can read the chip and check the electronic product code stored on it in order to ensure that the product is genuine.
Microsoft will stay at the top of the growing corporate email market, thanks in part to its software's new wireless push capabilities, according to a new report from The Radicati Group.
Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics is developing technologies aimed at improving the way that consumers can wirelessly share audio and video content among devices in their homes such as set-top boxes, PCs, DVD players and mobile devices, the company announced on Wednesday.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers on Wednesday said it plans to acquire the Product Related Services Division of Siemens's Siemens Business Services group. The companies did not disclose the price of the acquisition, which is expected to close in March 2006.
Researchers in Dublin and scientists from Bell Labs will collaborate as part of a government-funded effort to explore new applications for 4G (fourth-generation) mobile phone technology and ways to ensure low-cost service delivery.
China surpassed the US to become the world's number-one exporter of IT goods in 2004, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Revenue from worldwide semiconductor sales is expected to set a new record this year, according to research released by Gartner.
The standard for the broadband wireless technology known as mobile WiMax has been approved. Mobile WiMax networks will allow customers to wirelessly access the Internet anywhere they may be in a city.
RSA Security on Monday said it plans to buy Cyota, the provider of online security and antifraud products, for US$145 million.
Fon calls itself a movement. It has a manifesto and uses words like solidarity and revolution. The design of Fon's Web site is reminiscent of Soviet propaganda art. Fon comes complete with its own lingo, with participants known as Foneros, Bills, Linuses and Aliens.
<b>SAN FRANCISCO:</b> Cisco Systems has labelled its acquisition of set-top box manufacturer, Scientific-Atlanta, as the fourth component in its quest to provide data, voice, mobility and video convergence.
Trolltech AS, the maker of application development platforms for Linux devices, on Tuesday released support for voice over Wi-Fi in its Qtopia Phone Edition 2.2 software.