Microsoft researchers have slashed desktop energy use with a sleep proxy system that maintains a PC's network presence even when it is turned off or put into standby mode.
Mozilla at last enters the mobile market with Firefox for Mobile. But the initial impact will be limited: only for device running Nokia's Maemo operating system, with Windows Mobile next in line
Internet Explorer 8, the latest update to Microsoft's venerable Web browser, introduces several features intended to provide greater security and ease of use. New security settings in IE8 allow for more privacy, new add-ons allow quick access to Web-based information and services, and a new browsing mode changes the way you interact with your browser.
Clearwire next month will finally introduce client software for linking Apple Macintosh laptops directly to its WiMax service, as well as introducing a dual-mode USB modem for WiMax and Sprint Nextel's 3G network.
A new Microsoft add-on for Windows 7 that will let some users run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine could create support nightmares for IT managers, analysts said last week.
JM Family Enterprises services car buyers and owners through sales and financing. The IT operations support group that stands behind that service is often in fire-fighting mode, and the company needed a better way to respond rapidly and flexibly with the right resources.
With its Napster acquisition this week, Rhapsody, the venerable U.S.-only digital music subscription service, is in battle mode as rival Spotify attempts to carry its strong momentum in Europe to America.
If Verizon Wireless sells the iPhone, possible as early as 2010, it would likely sell it with a dual-mode radio that works with Verizon's CDMA network and its upcoming, faster LTE network.
Sick of craning your neck and/or maintaining uncomfortable positions for hours while in flight so you can watch episodes of Battlestar Galactica via iPhone or catch the latest music video on your BlackBerry? Though far from perfect, iFlyz, an "in-flight personal media solution" aims to reduce bodily strain and improve your overall smartphone multimedia experience while traveling by airplane--or any other mode of transportation that provides a fold-down, seat-back tray table.
Last winter, researchers at Princeton University demonstrated how they could get data off encrypted disks by extracting the encryption key from RAM, even if the machine was password protected, in sleep mode or had just been powered down. Called the "cold boot" attack--in part for its use of sprayed canned air to slow down data decay--it has had security professionals breaking out in a cold sweat, and encryption vendors scrambling to create countermeasures. (To learn more about the attack, see CSOonline.com
At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2007) in Las Vegas Netgear added to its Skype-compatible phone portfolio with Netgear Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D).
The newest addition to the Nintendo DS family, DSi, has clearer sound quality and a surprisingly sharp image quality when in photo mode. That and the fact that users can have much more fun with software on the DSi may be enough reason for Nintendo to entice consumers to snap up its latest handheld game console.
A former Cisco executive this week pulled the curtains back on a start-up company developing a real-time IP video processing and collaboration platform.
After several years of operating in stealth mode, a new storage company is emerging on the scene this week, and we think it’s going to shake up the storage industry. Pivot3 is introducing a product that breaks previous price/performance benchmarks with exciting new technology. Pivot3 also is breaking the perception that reliable storage has to be complex, expensive and proprietary to be good.
Mozilla will probably add a third beta to the development schedule for Firefox 3.1 to get a better handle on remaining bugs and give several new features, including a faster JavaScript engine and a private browsing mode, more testing time, the company's browser director said Tuesday.
The lines between laptops and tablets are blurring with a new generation of hybrid devices, which are multi-mode laptops that can also function as slates.
Start-up Raptor Networks Technology this week said it was able to run Gigabit Ethernet bi-directionally through a small form-factor pluggable, or SFP, optical interface in a multilayer switch. The company also partnered with iStor Networks to build out its storage-area network offerings.
Hyper-V is finally here -- almost. With the recent delivery of Release Candidate 1, Microsoft is shifting from major engineering operations mode to cross-the-i's-and-dot-the-t's mode. The majority of the Hyper-V bits, including an ever-expanding list of supported guest operating systems, are now in place, and Microsoft customers can start migrating their test VMs into preproduction and production roles with a fair degree of confidence.
As a new iPhone 5 owner, I'm in hyper-try-out-new-apps mode, and Reactor Labs' Winston app is today's test subject, having arrived as a free offering on the Apple App Store this week.
There are a few key features that make the IETF as important as it has been over the years. One is its mode of operating mostly on mailing lists; another is its openness. Anyone can participate in the IETF standardization process by joining a mailing list; there is no fee or membership agreement. Join, read the documents, which are open to all on the Web, and start participating. You do not have to spend money attending the face-to-face-meetings in order to participate effectively in standards development.
Last September I introduced you to ClariPhy, a start-up that was at that time just peeking its head out of stealth mode to comment on the fiber-vs.-copper debate that I was refereeing through this newsletter. Now the company is ready to come out of stealth mode altogether, with more details of what the company is all about.
As Neal Weinberg pointed out in January, VMware isn't just hot - it's on fire. If your company is one of more than 20,000 that have bought into the VMware mode of server virtualization, you may be interested in a new management tool just announced last week.