Sony Computer Entertainment is ready for the long-awaited launch of its PSP (PlayStation Portable) device on Sunday in Japan, its chief technical officer says.
“I think everything is ready,” Masa Chatani, CTO and corporate executive of SCEI, says in an interview. “Since ... [read more]
May 24th, 2007
Microsoft has started recruiting testers for the first beta of Windows Server 2003 R2, an update to Windows Server that the vendor plans to ship in October next year.
The beta test period is expected to start soon, according to a posting on Beta Place, Microsoft’s beta Web site, whi ... [read more]
May 24th, 2007
Microsoft, Yahoo, and Ask Jeeves are all set to jump into the desktop search space, two months after Internet search leader Google offered a test version of a tool that lets users search for information stored on their desktop computers.
Yahoo plans to debut a beta version of a new Yahoo ... [read more]
May 24th, 2007
Thomson, one of the core backers of the Blu-ray Disc format for high-definition video discs, plans to offer players supporting the rival HD-DVD format and disc duplication services for both formats, it says.
The company is one of Europe’s largest electronics brands and a founding me ... [read more]
May 24th, 2007
A collaborative initiative involving several major industry players and law enforcement agencies has been launched in an effort to deal with the growing problem of online phishing scams.
The antiphishing group, called Digital PhishNet, includes companies such as America Online, EarthLink, ... [read more]
May 24th, 2007
Obsolete, redundant, and unused software applications are costing U.S. companies billions of dollars each year in unnecessary IT spending, according to new research.
BPM Forum–an organization created to promote business performance management (BPM) techniques and technologies– ... [read more]
May 24th, 2007
Laptops should be used as desktops if men want to protect their reproductive health, according to a new study.
A combination of the heat generated by a laptop and the position of the thighs that is needed to balance the computer leads to higher temperatures around a man’s genitals a ... [read more]
May 24th, 2007
An appeals court should throw out a half-billion-dollar patent infringement judgment against Microsoft because a lower court failed to recognize that the Web browsing patent was based on a technology that was not invented by the company awarded the money, a Microsoft lawyer argued Thursday.
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