Matt Hines

Security software maker Symantec released the latest versions of its consumer-oriented Norton applications set on Tuesday. As part of the launch of its 2006 products, Symantec Corp., based in Cupertino, Calif., slimmed down its overall lineup, dropping its Norton Internet Security AntiSpyware Edition and Norton AntiSpam offerings, and folded those tools back into its other […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Even as device makers rush to introduce their latest handheld devices at the ongoing CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2005 conference here this week, new research indicates that a significant obstacle to the growth of mobile services may be sitting in the palm of their hands. According to a study released Tuesday by the […]

Executives and market watchers surveying the voice-over-IP space insist that integrated communications applications, not cost savings, will drive future adoption of the technology among consumers. Meeting at the Fall VON conference here last week, a range of experts, and some users, agreed that emerging Internet telephony applications will persuade consumers to embrace VOIP. David Beckemeyer, […]

A research report filed by the GSM Association on Monday submits that disproportionately high taxes on wireless services have prevented people in developing nations from adopting mobile devices. According to the GSMA, an industry group representing wireless carriers and mobile device manufacturers, taxes accounted for more than 20 percent of the total cost of subscribing […]

The iPod Nano: One thousand songs. Impossibly fragile? Thats the complaint of many new owners of Apple Computer Inc.s new iPod Nano, if you believe the 450-plus posts to the companys Web site complaining about the ease with which the devices display can be scratched. As of Monday, a litany of negative feedback regarding the […]

BOSTON—The overriding theme among attendees of this weeks VON Fall 2005 Conference was that compelling new communications applications will drive uptake of VOIP technologies, and some observers feel one form of those systems may already be live. Or rather, xBox Live, that is, referring to the online gaming service operated by software giant Microsoft Corp. […]

Mobile handset maker Qualcomm said Friday that its upcoming phones will support connectivity to wireless LANs using technology provided by Philips Semiconductors. San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. said its Mobile Station Modem chip sets, which are tabbed for use inside many of its future products, will support the Philips Semiconductors (a division of Koninklijke Philips Electronics […]

Verizon announced a new deal with the Disney on Wednesday that will bring a number of the entertainment companys television properties into the carriers upcoming FiOS TV service. Under the long term pact, the financial details of which were not released, Verizon Communications Inc. will carry 12 Walt Disney Co.-owned television services on FiOS TVs […]

BOSTON—Executives and market watchers surveying the VOIP (voice over IP) space insist that integrated communications applications will drive future adoption of the technology among consumers, not cost savings. Meeting at the ongoing VON Fall 2005 Conference here this week, a range of experts, and some users, agreed that emerging Internet telephony applications will convince consumers […]

BOSTON—American Online Inc. announced its new Internet phone service and offered a preview of its newest instant messaging platform at the ongoing VON conference here on Tuesday. Dubbed as TotalTalk, the VOIP (Voice over IP) offering will be built into Triton, the next generation version of the companys instant messaging client software, a beta version […]