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Linksys is out to prove that the high-speed wireless gear, especially based on the soon-to-be-standard Wireless-N protocol, doesn't always come with the highest price tag. The San Jose, Calif.-based consumer and small business networking vendor,...

Beleagered chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. launched its new "Gobi" chip today that will make it easier to build laptops compatible with the two dominant cellular broadband technologies in the United States, HSPA and EV-DO. Currently, business-oriented...

eBay is getting a facelift. And while it's probably long overdue, we're not quite sure if its necessary.While pretty much every new website you see these days use newfangled tools like AJAX and Flash animation...

Within the next few days, Microsoft will release key development technology to help developers build applications across a variety of platforms, including the Web, desktops, servers and mobile devices. In an interview with eWEEK at...

Fujitsu has lost no time and has released three new Santa Rosa-based notebook models for the Japanese market. The company launched two 15.4" Santa Rosa notebooks: the FMV-BIBLO NX and FMV-BIBLO NF. The NX features...

Verizon Business has rolled out a nationwide WAN service, dubbed Virtual Private LAN Service, or E-VPLS, the first such service from large telecom carriers. The service, delivered over Verizon Business' existing converged packet network, allows...

As previously announced, Yahoo launched its Project Panama ad-ranking platform in the United States in an effort to compete with Google. The Sunnyvale, California-based company said the project would be constantly evolving based on user...

We received a couple of comments in response to the recent blog posting which announced the availability of international versions of MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search. Specifically, we were asked "where's the India...

VIA Technologies has introduced its 64-bit drivers for Microsoft's recent launch of its Release Candidate 2 of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, according to the company. VIA's complete driver lineup for 64-bit operating systems includes...

Hewlett-Packard hammered home its commitment to the Itanium 2 chips this week, announcing new mid- and high-end members of its Integrity family of servers with the Madison chip, along with new support for OpenVMS 8.2,...

R500 parts headed for development kits, just in time for public unveiling on January 5th? The development hardware for Microsoft's Xbox 2 is moving closer to the final specification of the console...

Google has unleashed two new features that are aimed at smaller Web sites and could change the search habits of millions of people. First, the Mountain View search engine announced Friday a "site-flavored"...

Microsoft has big plans to enhance its CRM suite through 2006. But don't expect its next major milestone, version 2.0, until mid-2005, company officials said here at its annual Microsoft Business Solutions conference on Monday....

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday rolled out new, faster computer servers starting at about $2,800 and updated software as the network computer makers seeks to tap into modestly improving spending on information technology.ncluded among the...

Sony's integrated games console, DVD recorder and digital video recorder has arrived in Japan, but analysts now seem unconvinced by the machine following the company's decision to scale back its specifications. Speaking to...

Redmond's RMS technology is ready to roll. But so far, the only application making use of it is Office 2003 As Microsoft rolls out its first-generation Windows rights-management service (RMS) designed to...

GameCube's much-publicised sales recovery in the UK has slowed already according to the latest set of ChartTrack hardware figures which reveal that Xbox has once again overtaken Nintendo's console. Microsoft's decision to be...

Segway LLC has issued a voluntary recall of its Human Transporter product after revealing that riders might fall from the device as the batteries are drained of power, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said....

Gateway will refresh its desktop line this week with PCs featuring the latest chips from Intel as the company continues to rebuild itself. The Poway, Calif.-based company is coming out with new versions of the...

Advanced Micro Devices will come out with a new chip on Tuesday--and once again, everything is on the line. The Opteron processor, first revealed in 1999, represents the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's best opportunity ever to...

Reuters expects to save over £1m a year by replacing classroom-based training with e-learning. The news agency and information provider is rolling out Oracle's iLearning management system as part of an overall self-service...

Striking a blow in the battle for the enterprise developer, Sun Microsystems Inc. last week announced the Java Verification Program for the enterprise. Glen Martin, a senior manager in Sun's Java software...