Intel will embed solid-state storage drives in its upcoming platform for ultramobile PCs, aiming to meet increased storage requirements for users on the go.

Microsoft Corp. rolled out a limited beta of its Live Office Workspace file-sharing and collaboration service Monday but will not open it to all comers for at least several weeks, and perhaps months.

Google released on Wednesday an iPhone application that puts Google's numerous services into a single interface on a navigation toolbar. Over time, the application will be available for other mobile devices, said Gummi Hafsteinsson, a product manager with the Google mobile team.

Microsoft Corp. will release the first service pack for Office 2007 next week, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Google's plans to enter the mobile industry with a cell phone platform might have impressed many in the industry but not Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and one of Google's biggest competitors.

Belatedly recognizing the importance of social networking, Google this week will unleash its strongest response yet to the rising threat and skyrocketing popularity of MySpace and Facebook.

Mozilla Corp. late Thursday updated its open-source Firefox browser to patch 10 bugs in Firefox, including three rated as critical, and released the refreshed versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Sony Corp. has begun production of flat-panel televisions at a new Ľ11 billion (US$93.6 million) plant in Slovakia as demand for thin TVs is increasing in Europe.

According to Microsoft, Xbox 360 sales have more than doubled since Halo 3's release on September 25. Additionally, the game attracted almost three million players to Xbox Live.

Microsoft Corp. will release critical patches for its Windows and Word software next Tuesday as part of its monthly release of security patches.

IBM Corp. released SOA products for integrating software applications and improving business processes, and said more customers are starting to understand the SOA concept.

Microsoft Corp. has partnered with handset manufacturer Nokia Corp. to deliver some of its Windows Live services on wireless handsets in Europe and the Middle East.

A government audit of four U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) centers found US$6.4 million worth of missing or misplaced IT equipment, according to a report released Tuesday.

A 2007-es IFSEC kiállításon az Egyesült Királyság elektromos beléptető rendszerek tervezése és gyártása területén piacvezető cége, a Paxton Access Ltd., bemutatott egy sor egyedülálló terméket, a Net2 nanot (ami a Net2 vezeték nélküli átvitellel rendelkező kezelőegysége), számos új designnal rendelkező Proximity Architectural olvasót, valamint az Easyprox-ot, ami egy mindent magába foglaló, elemről működő zár- és beléptető rendszer vezeték nélküli kapcsolattal a Net2 szoftverhez.

Researchers have demonstrated disk write speeds one hundred times faster than current hard drives. The method uses a laser to heat the recording surface and alter its magnetic field. There is no equivalent read speed increase though.

Forty students from around the world got to pitch their software projects to Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday as part of a worldwide software development challenge.

McAfee Inc. has released beta version of its next-generation Total Protection 2.0 consumer security software.

Az új Adobe Digital Editions szoftver mellett ingyen letölthető a Flash Player 9-es pre-release verziója is.

Apple is becoming a favorite target of security researchers these days. In April, there was the US$10,000 CanSecWest hack a Mac contest, and on Monday there was the Safari Web browser. Or the public beta of Safari for Windows, anyway.

For his traditional last-minute surprise near the end of the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company is releasing a beta of its Safari browser that runs on the rival Windows operating system.