Verizon to use Qualcomm's TV system By around the time the caterwauling starts up on Fox TV's American Idol's 2007 amateur singing contest, millions of Verizon Wireless Inc. subscribers may be able to watch and listen live on their phones. 5:51 p.m. PST
Cebit faces competition from consumer shows Despite signs that some of Cebit's biggest exhibitors are deserting it, the world's largest professional IT and electronics trade show will still grow in 2006, the organizers said. 5:43 p.m. PST
Hackers publish two more Windows attacks Hackers have given system administrators two more reasons to update users' Windows PCs. Over the past two days, they have published two more samples of software that could be used to attack an unpatched Windows system, bringing the tally of new Windows attacks released into circulation this week to four. 5:25 p.m. PST
Wall Street Beat: Caution urged on Net stocks As the post-Thanksgiving holiday season gets under way in earnest, Internet retail, search and service companies are coming under close scrutiny. The season is starting off with a bang, and some investors are getting nervous about high valuations. 4:49 p.m. PST
Telecom experts call for reduced regulation WASHINGTON - Current U.S. government communications regulations that create a dividing line between telecommunications and Internet services make no sense and may be inhibiting the U.S. economy, a group of telecom experts said Thursday. 3:37 p.m. PST
CommVault tackles information lifecycle management CommVault announced more features in the forthcoming upgrade of its data-management product, QiNetix, with ILM (information lifecycle management) capabilities among the features added to the suite. 2:38 p.m. PST
Top vendors align on SOA programming model A pack of top software vendors gathered Wednesday to unveil a new specification the companies hope will simplify application development within SOA (services-oriented architecture) environments. 2:11 p.m. PST
F-Secure buys network monitoring company Finnish security vendor F-Secure Corp. has acquired network monitoring appliance vendor ROMmon Corp. The deal, which was completed Wednesday, will give F-Secure a new device to add to its line of security products for ISPs (Internet service providers). 1:17 p.m. PST
Microsoft Research tool 'snarfs' up unwanted e-mail Microsoft Corp.'s research arm Thursday released a free tool to help users slog through e-mail messages in their inbox in the order of importance, according to one of the researchers who developed the software. 1:13 p.m. PST
Google's Gmail gains virus scanning capability Google Inc. has added a virus scanning feature to its Gmail Web mail service, complementing the existing virus protection based on blocking certain types of file attachments, such as executables. 12:44 p.m. PST
Wal-Mart says hot toy list emerging
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Fox sees Blu-ray DVDs gaining edge
Fox Filmed Entertainment sees the Sony-led Blu-ray high definition DVDs winning the next generation DVD technology ...
Fox open to iTunes deal - co-chairman
Fox Filmed Entertainment is open to a deal with Apple Computer's iTunes music and video service, its co-chairman said ...
Intel to build $3.5 bln plant in Israel
Intel Corp. will build a chip plant in Israel costing more than $3.5 billion, the U.S. company said on Thursday, the ...
LG.Philips begins tests at LCD line
LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd., the world's second-largest flat screen maker, has started trial production of liquid crystal ...
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