Ten years ago this week Sony Corp. launched its first Vaio laptop computers. The PCG-705 and 707 went on sale in Japan on July 1 and were followed quickly by a desktop PC, as Sony tried to show the world that a consumer electronics company could make computers.

Google Inc. plans to launch a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product's launch for the Windows operating system.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has developed a pair of chips that can receive and decode four mobile digital TV systems. The chips should make possible smaller portable media players and cell phones that can pick up local broadcasts around the world.

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.

More than a month after Symantec Corp. knocked out 50,000 Chinese PCs with a bad software update, the company is ready to offer compensation. But Chinese users eligible for the offer have to act fast; it's only good for a couple of weeks.

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

Consumers planning to buy the iPhone when it goes on sale in the U.S. later this month will need to have an iTunes Store account before they can activate the device, according to information on Apple Inc.'s Web site.

With Microsoft Corp.'s monthly patch release expected on Tuesday, scammers are sending out fake security bulletins that attempt to install malicious software on victim's computers.

A GE (General Electrics), a világ egyik legnagyobb vállalata, szerződést kötött a Sophos céggel, amely szerint a 2007-es év folyamán kiépítik a Sophos Biztonsági és Irányítási megoldását számítógépeikre.

Network equipment manufacturer Avaya Inc. late Monday agreed to a US$8.2 billion cash buyout by private equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners, the companies announced.

Oracle added copyright and breach-of-contract claims to its list of allegations against the German software vendor in an amended complaint filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

A Seattle man was arrested Wednesday morning for illegal spamming activities. The arrest follows an indictment by a federal grand jury in Seattle last week.

Microsoft Corp. has chosen what it sees as the next-generation in PC form factors - a computer the size and shape of a coffee table with a flat, touchscreen display - as the third major product it has designed and is branding for the consumer electronics market.

Hazai bevételeinek megkétszerezése mellett az osztrák képviselet jogát is megszerezte a Sicontact, a 2006 legjobb antivírus rendszerének választott NOD32 kizárólagos magyarországi forgalmazója.

Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they've purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has tried and failed to develop spectrum auctions that allow startup companies to get into the mobile service provider industry but now Google thinks it has a better idea.

SAP AG confirmed Tuesday that Aliza Peleg, managing director of SAP Labs U.S., will leave the business applications company by the end of next month. Her departure follows that of Shai Agassi, president of SAP's product and technology group, who resigned from SAP on April 1.

A group of chip makers led by IBM Corp. has agreed to further their collaboration by jointly developing 32-nanometer semiconductor production technology, a sign the alliance will continue to move forward.

A Mobil Show és az INFOmarket rendezésében új informatikai és mobilinnovációs kiállítás nyílik ősszel a Hungexpón.

After several years of development, Fujitsu Ltd. has improved its electronic paper technology to the point where it has begun exploring its commercial use in displays.