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Study: Design Critical to Mobile Satisfaction

Ease of use and design -- not features -- are critical components to consumers' satisfaction with their cell phones, according to a study released yesterday In fact, as handset makers continue to wedge more and more bells and whistles into their diminutive devices, those aspects of a mobile phone become even more important, according to the study b...

New Offering by Yahoo Raises Ante for Content Providers

Yahoo continued to raise the ante for content portals on the Net with the launch yesterday of a new original multimedia series by the pasha of adventure travel Richard Bangs Bangs' initial package for the content aggregator chronicles a climb of the Eiger by John Harlin III whose father died scaling the mountain 40 years ago....

Pressure Building for Kinder, Gentler Blu-ray

Pressure to make more consumer friendly a standard for the next generation of DVDs continued to mount yesterday Boston-based Forrester Research predicted a victory for that standard, Blu-ray, over its rival, HD-DVD, but only a Pyrrhic one if the tough digital rights management (DRM) scheme incorporated into the technology isn't relaxed....

SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

New Blogware Spans Simple to Sublime

Although Web logs, or blogs, have attracted a lot of ink and electrons, the keys totheir creation and upkeep remain a mystery to many Net surfers. That's not to say that there aren't minds at work in the electronic plasma ruminating on ways to encourage even the meekest Websters to try their hand at blogging For instance, the folks at Blogger.com, ...

Coded Printers Enable Document Tracking

Clandestine codes used to track the output of some color laser printers have been cracked by a research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) According to the organization, the codes are part of a deal cut by the U.S. Secret Service with some printer makers to help curb the counterfeiting of currency....

Codes Make Printers Stool Pigeons

Clandestine codes used to track the output of some color laser printers have been cracked by a research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) According to the organization, the codes are part of a deal cut by the U.S. Secret Service with some printer makers to help curb the counterfeiting of currency....

Experts: Computer Crime Down But Caution Still Needed

Computer crimes targeted at businesses are at their lowest level ever, according to a leading expert in the field Computer crime, observed Robert Richardson, editorial director for the Computer Security Institute (CSI) in Philadelphia "is as low as it's ever been and has dropped off significantly from last year."

High Prices at the Pump May Send Consumers Online

Rising gas prices may be withering consumer confidence these days, but online retailers see a silver lining in the disturbing trend "People are going to be less inclined to drive to shopping centers," Bernard Baumohl, executive director of the Economic Outlook Group in Princeton Junction, N.J. told the E-Commerce Times. "Instead, they're going to s...

Poll: Public Perceives Net as Threat to Kids

Some 94 percent of consumers in a recent Harris Interactive survey believe the Internet poses a threat to children Among the biggest threats perceived by the respondents in the poll -- which was commissioned by San Francisco, California, network security firm Zone Labs, a Check Point company -- were predators in chat rooms (61 percent) and pornogra...

BlackBerry Maker in Microsoft Crosshairs

The battle over the mobile e-mail market will be heating up over the coming months, and it's a battle that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is destined to lose Although RIM's leadership position remains strong in the short-term, analysts say that, in the long run, it will be toppled by the Redmond, Wash. juggernaut Microsoft....

Pod Slurping: Threat or Hype?

These days, a sure way to get attention to something is to associate it to Apple Computer's hot line of iPod digital music players -- even if that association is a dubious one. That seems to be the case with Pod Slurping A little over a year ago, Gartner Research in Stamford, Conn., cautioned corporate America about the threat that portable storage...

SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

Give Me a Sidebar, Hold the Search

When Google recently released its re-vamped desktop search engine, a central element of the new offering was a sidebar. This clever device gives keyboard jocks quick access to a bundle of useful features. You can read e-mail as soon as it arrives without opening your e-mail program, for instance, or monitor news headlines without opening your browser...

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine The survey, which Battelle, of Columbus, Ohio, has been conducting annually for more than 40 years, showed that much of the growth in R&D is being fired by the Asian region....

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine The survey, which Battelle, of Columbus, Ohio, has been conducting annually for more than 40 years, showed that much of the growth in R&D is being fired by the Asian region....

Global R&D to Reach $1 Trillion in 2006

Worldwide spending on research and development will reach US$1 trillion in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by Battelle and "R&D" magazine The survey, which Battelle, of Columbus, Ohio, has been conducting annually for more than 40 years, showed that much of the growth in R&D is being fired by the Asian region....

Researchers See Surge in Demand for HP Computers

Sales of desktop computers made by Hewlett-Packard have exhibited a recent year-over-year surge, according to a report released this week by ChangeWave Research, of Rockville, Md ChangeWave -- which conducts periodic surveys of an "alliance" of some 5,000 business. technology and medical professionals -- reported that 20 percent of the respondents ...

iPod Slayers Misdirecting Efforts

Competitors lusting for a slice of Apple's iPod market need to rethink their current strategy, according to an analyst at Forrester Research Ted Schadler, who authored a report released last week on youth and online music, told TechNewsWorld that iPod competitors have been ignoring a key attitude uncovered in Forrester's survey....

PRODUCT REVIEW

There’s Music in My Shades

Sunglasses and cool have always had an intimate relationship so it's not surprising that gadget makers have started grafting the coolest way to listen to music to the fashionable accoutrement Until recently, though, you had to pay a pretty penny for haut hip. Oakley -- the king of shades for tony active types like professional baseball players -- b...

Skype-eBay Deal Draws Mixed Reaction

In a deal harking back to the days of dot-com euphoria, online e-commerce powerhouse eBay announced a US$2.6 billion deal to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype, a pioneer in free Voice over IP (VoIP) services on the Internet The mega-sale drew fire from some quarters and praise from others....

Report: Cell Phone Satisfaction Drops

Consumer satisfaction with wireless phone service providers has slipped significantly over the last year, according to an annual study released by J.D. Power and Associates yesterday Overall, satisfaction fell 10 percent compared to 2004. That's the largest year-over-year change in satisfaction since the survey's inception in 1995, the company said...

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