San Francisco - Nokia Siemens announced an energy-efficient mobile network equipment package, the first announcement of more to come that show a commitment to improving the energy consumption of its network gear, the company said. The package includes software that can reduce the energy used by base stations by setting some components to enter a power-saving mode at night, a time when network traffic dramatically decreases. (Read content ‘Nokia Siemens adopts ‘green’ policy to cut costs (InfoWorld)’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 7:03 am | Hitech | No comments
San Francisco - Mozilla has released a beta version of , moving its next-generation browser one step closer to general release. ADVERTISEMENT
Close to 75,000 developers have been testing early "alpha" versions of Firefox 3.0 code for several months now, but this first beta release of the code, unveiled Tuesday, should open up the software to a much larger group of testers, said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering. (Read content ‘Firefox 3.0 beta release adds security, search (InfoWorld)’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 5:48 am | Hitech | No comments
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MTV's "Rock Band" video game took the stage on Tuesday, a new entrant in the fast-growing genre of musical games that could boost the fortunes of the flagging music industry. ADVERTISEMENT
More a rock band simulator than a game, the title takes on the hit "Guitar Hero" series that has sold millions and become a cash cow for publisher Activision Inc (ATVI.O). (Read content ‘MTV’s new music game set to rock music industry (Reuters)’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 4:51 am | Hitech | No comments
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Porsche this month revealed it had made EU3.6bn from share options in the year to July, compared with about EU1bn from sales of its cars. The news provoked comments from some analysts that the German luxury marque was acting more like a hedge fund than a carmaker. (Read content ‘Balancing industrial enterprise with financial speculation (FT.com)’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 4:00 am | Hitech | No comments
San Francisco - The Software Freedom Law Center, an organization focused on protecting open source and free software, has filed copyright lawsuits against two U.S. companies, alleging that they are redistributing software in violation of the GNU GPL (General Public License). ADVERTISEMENT
The SFLC filed lawsuits Monday on behalf of the developers of BusyBox against High-Gain Antennas of Parker, Colo., and Xterasys of City of Industry, Calif. (Read content ‘Free software group files copyright lawsuits (InfoWorld)’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 2:21 am | Hitech | No comments
San Francisco - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded the license for 10MHz of valuable wireless spectrum to a public safety organization in anticipation of the spectrum being used to build out a nationwide emergency communications network. ADVERTISEMENT
The FCC awarded the license for the spectrum in the 700MHz band to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp. (Read content ‘FCC awards spectrum to public safety group (InfoWorld)’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 1:55 am | Hitech | No comments
San Francisco - The news last week that , a SaaS (Software as a Service) vendor for remote management of desktops, was further evidence of a once phenomenally successful high-tech company trying to change its product offerings to satisfy the new and more complex requirements of its enterprise customers and to return to its former glory. (Read content ‘Dell wants to be more than a hardware vendor (InfoWorld)’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 1:09 am | Hitech | No comments
Two spacewalking astronauts wired up the international space station’s newest room Tuesday and, to NASA’s delight, kept the next shuttle visit on track for early December.
Commander Peggy Whitson and Daniel Tani spent hours hooking up power and heater cables and fluid lines between the space station and the Harmony compartment that was delivered by the shuttle last month. (Read content ‘Astronauts Wire Up New Space Station Room’…)
21 Nov 2007 | 12:39 am | Hitech | No comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp said on Tuesday that is testing sales of used electronics on its Web site. Target said on its Web site customers can purchase "pre-owned" Apple Inc iPods, video games consoles and televisions. While results have been positive, it has not made a decision on whether or not it will continue the business. (Read content ‘Target testing online sales of used electronics (Reuters)’…)
20 Nov 2007 | 11:57 pm | Hitech | No comments
A German court has ordered T-Mobile to change its marketing campaign for Apple's iPhone and has issued a restraining order prohibiting the company from selling the Mac-maker's handset. ADVERTISEMENT
Vodafone's German unit is behind the action. (Read content ‘Vodafone Balks at T-Mobile iPhone Deal (NewsFactor)’…)
20 Nov 2007 | 11:36 pm | Hitech | No comments
