The flurry of security issues involving Apple's Mac OS X over the past few days once again hammers home the fact that no technology platform is invulnerable to attacks, whatever the perception might otherwise be, security analysts said.

A BenQ-Siemens után az LG Electronics is a Flash technológiát tekinti a következő lépcsőfoknak termékei fejlődésében, ezért a nagynevű vállalat is licencelte a Flash technológiát.

A federal program that funds "high-risk" technologies is at high risk of going out of business if Congress approves U.S. President George Bush's proposed federal budget for next year. Since it started awarding grants in 1990, the Advance Technology Program (ATP) has distributed some US$2.2 billion in funding to projects focusing on a range of subjects, including information technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology and advanced materials.

Nokia Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. have basically agreed to merge their CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile phone businesses into a single company with a view to capturing the top share of the global CDMA market, they said Tuesday.

Pár napja a két legnagyobb hazai politikai párt kampányháborújában is megjelentek a "hacker", "adatlopás", "illetéktelen behatolás" fogalmai: az idei lett az első olyan magyarországi választási kampány, melynek egyik jelentős harctere a számítástechnika és az internet.

The integration of Siebel Systems Inc. into Oracle Corp. will result in a reduction of 2,000 in the total workforce of the combined companies, but a majority of the layoffs will affect Oracle employees, Oracle said Thursday.

If you use a Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB mobile phone, you may want to disable the Bluetooth function, the French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) warned this week, saying a security vulnerability potentially puts the phones at risk to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.

A Samsung Electronics a harmadik negyedévben tervezi piacra dobni egy gigabájtos kapacitású MMCmicro memóriakártyáit.

Plextor, perhaps best known to Mac users for its external optical drives and personal video recorder (PVR) devices, has entered the Network Attached Storage (NAS) market with the introduction of its PX-EH line. Prices start at US$299.

Google Inc. is tightening the link between Gmail and Google Talk by allowing users to conduct instant messaging text chat sessions from within the Webmail service's interface, the Mountain View, California, company plans to announce on Tuesday.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. detailed on Monday its first cell phone for the European market that includes support for digital TV services.

A Samsung Electronics kifejezetten európai piacra szánt új, digitális TV szolgáltatással rendelkező mobiltelefont mutatott be.

The Nyxem worm, also known by the names Kama Sutra, MyWife and Blackdoom, was set to activate a dangerous payload Feb. 3 that would wipe out files held in infected desktop computers. However, as the day moves forward hour by hour across the globe, security experts say they see few signs yet of widespread Nyxem damage.

Business application vendor SAP AG is adding a new support service targeting customers who want more than the company's standard offering, but not its pricier high-end service product.

Google Inc. plans to release on Monday an improved test version of its browser toolbar whose functionality can be extended with custom buttons.

Egy Connecticut állambeli férfit, akit az interneten "illwill" néven ismerhettek, két év börtönben letöltendő szabadságvesztésre ítéltek pénteken, amiért ellopta a Windows operációs rendszer forráskódját.

Oracle Corp. and a security researcher are trading heated barbs over a vulnerability in the company's software that has gone unpatched since it was discovered in October.

Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday will announce a suite of software tools for merging IT asset management functions ranging from hardware inventory to contract management.

Microsoft Corp. has finished development on Windows Vista and expects to ship the product by the end of the year, around the same time venerated Windows development leader Jim Allchin said he will retire from the company. But Allchin said Friday he is willing to put off both of those events if Windows Vista doesn't reach a standard of quality with which he is comfortable.

Az elmúlt évben megduplázta regisztrált felhasználói számát Magyarország vezető online aukciós piactere, a Vatera. A december végén már több mint 130 ezres felhasználói táborral rendelkező webpiactér átmenő forgalma is kétszeresére nőtt 2005-ben, elérve a 2,6 milliárd forintot.