I have been a frequent user of Truphone since it launched its mobile VoIP service over two years ago. What started as a simple VoIP client for Nokia Symbian S60 devices is fast becoming a unified client that does it all. You can make low-cost calls using Wi-Fi networks, utilize the wireless networks for call-back services and send SMS messages on the cheap. …
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Giving Intel and AMD a run for their money
You've likely never heard of ARM, a small U.K. company that doesn't advertise or put its name on any products. But chances are that as you read this, you're within sight of an "electronic brain" that ARM designed -- its handiwork lives in items as…
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First Look: Filemaker Pro 10
The venerable Mac database solution, Filemaker Pro, has received a whole new look for 2009. I have had a chance to kick the tires a little prior to release and this is certainly the biggest visible change to Filemaker in years. Filemaker Gets a Facelift The first thing that you’ll notice with the update is that the familiar left-hand sidebar is completely gone. …
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Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X provides screen sharing, WiFi access, chat features and Twitter-like mood messages
Tonight out at the "ShowStoppers" event at MacWorld in San Francisco, Skype announced the new 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X. The new version will apparently be available for download tomorrow, January 6, 2009, from Skype's website. …
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Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a ‘tax’ if users happily pay a premium?
Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a ‘tax’ if users happily pay a premium? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:15 pm Categories: Vista, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Apple, Channel, OEMs, Systems integrators, Resellers, Windows 7, CES 2009 Tags: Mary Jo Foley It’s the eve of MacWorld Expo and Microsoft officials are out talking up the idea of the “Apple tax” again. …
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World's First Internet Car Radio Would Go Perfectly in KITT's Dashboard [Ces 2009]
Satellite radio is dead. The world's first internet car radio, from Blaupunkt and miRoamer delivers thousands of internet stations integrated with a standard AM/FM/CD dash console worthy of KITT. All of your preferences, providers and searches are…
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New LaCie Designer Drives in Time for Macworld
Well aren’t these a pair of pretty drives. LaCie just announced its newest additions in both Hard Drive and Optical Drives. The LaCie d2 DVD±RW 22x with LightScribe (USB or USB & FireWire) will give you the ability to design eye-catching DVD’s and CD’s. …
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Top Internet Providers Cool to RIAA 3-Strikes Plan
Two weeks after the Recording Industry Association of America announced it had struck deals with top internet service providers to cut off unrepentant music sharers, not a single major ISP will cop to agreeing to the ambitious scheme, and one top broadband company says it's not on board. …
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Data Breaches Up Almost 50 Percent, Affecting Records of 35.7 Million People
Businesses, governments and educational institutions reported nearly 50 percent more data breaches last year than in 2007, exposing the personal records of at least 35.7 million Americans, according to a nonprofit group that works to prevent identity frau…
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Why businesses are embracing Macs
It's not your imagination. Apple Macintoshes are turning up in businesses beyond the creative departments, increasingly becoming a normal part of the IT fabric. One recent IT survey by researcher Information Technology Intelligence shows that 23 percent…
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Leon Panetta: An Intel Outsider the CIA Needs
Right now, political clout and an ability to be a strong advocate for the CIA far outweigh the virtues of being a professional spy…
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The games that make seeking so satisfying
"Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst" is a game so absorbing that it will leave you staring unblinkingly at your computer screen until your eyeballs shrivel into raisins and begin rattling around in your skull.…
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Obama drops in on Durbin's D.C. bash
Capping a busy Monday -- sending daughters to a new school, meeting with congressional leaders and his economic team, President-elect Barack Obama delighted some 500 supporters of Sen. Dick Durbin by dropping by a party for him -- and new Democratic…
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North Carolina unemployment claims crash website
Unemployment is up so much in North Carolina that the state's Internet site for benefits crashed twice this week under a rush ...…
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Shanghai Pudong Bank 2008 net profit more than doubles
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., the Shanghai-listed bank in which Citigroup Inc. owns a stake, said net profit for 2008 more than doubled from a year earlier. Net profit totaled 12.5 billion yuan ($1.8 billion), compared…
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