Patrick Hoffman

In-Stat, a technology research company, released a report on Dec. 20 that noted an increase in voice-over-IP use in U.S. households. The Scottsdale, Ariz., companys newly launched residential VOIP tracker service showed more 9 nine million households have at least one active VOIP user while other households use more than one VOIP service. According to […]

At the International Consumer Electronics Show, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, Fulton Innovation will introduce a way to charge wireless devices with its eCoupled technology, which allows for the transmission of power and data without the need for cords and ports. Fulton Innovation, a member of the Alticor family of […]

When a new video game platform comes out, there are problems. Whether the issue is games freezing, sound problems, Internet connection or compatibility issues, gamers and consumers can spend hours sorting out these difficulties. Now, Microsoft appears to have taken a step in the right direction to lessen these issues for users of its Xbox […]

Opera Software announced Dec. 21 that it is working with Samsung Electronics to make its mobile Web browser available on Samsung cell phones. The Opera Mobile browser uses Operas Small-Screen Rendering technology to reformat Web pages for better viewing on small screens. “Samsung is a major handset manufacturer so we expect to provide a great […]

NetSuite launched Dec. 20 its Employee Resource Management product, designed to give employees the tools needed to self-manage and improve productivity. With NetSuite ERM, employees will be able to file expense reports and purchase requests, keep track of project time, and retrieve human-resources-related documents. “NetSuites new ERM capabilities make it as easy to manage employees […]

Business professionals are constantly on the go and, as a result, they do not have time to complete every task in a given a day, even a simple task such as reading an e-mail. MobileVoiceControl, recently acquired by Nuance Communications, believes that it has a remedy for that problem with its Narrator service, which will […]

Cognos announced Dec. 19 that its Cognos 8 Go Search business intelligence tool will support the new enterprise search software offering from IBM and Yahoo, IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition. This combined offering from Cognos, a Burlington, Mass., BI software developer, along with IBM and Yahoo will allow users to find and view information that is […]

Wireless provider Alltel and smart-phone maker Palm have teamed up to bring businesses the Palm Treo 700wx featuring Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, providing business users with access to e-mail, calendars and client contacts. The Treo 700wx, launched in September 2006 with only one carrier, Sprint Nextel, is now available on Alltels network. The Windows Mobile […]

Spectra Logic announced Dec. 18 that it will increase the storage capacity of its six-frame T950 storage offering by adding an additional, optional expansion frame. This increase in storage capacity will enable enterprises to have the expansion room that is necessary to store and protect data by being able to add more slots or additional […]

TimeSpring Software announced Dec. 18 that it has launched TimeData continuous data protection software for 64-bit applications that support the Microsoft Windows platform. The Newport Beach, Calif. data protection software companys TimeData will be able to run on SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint Services and NTFS (NT file systems), allowing network administrators to retrieve any or […]