Patrick Hoffman

Linksys announced Dec. 18 that it will launch its new iPhone family of voice over IP offerings for consumers, including small and midsize businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based VOIP service providers iPhones are handheld devices that will let users access the Internet, multimedia content and information services while also offering users improved voice communications. Dennis Vogel, […]

Adobe Systems is launching the beta version of its Photoshop CS3 digital imaging software, which will now allow users to shift to newer hardware platforms, such as Apple Computers new Intel-based systems. The San Jose, Calif., company is scheduled to start rolling out the Photoshop CS3 beta on Dec. 15. In addition to being a […]

SafeNet announced Dec. 13 that it has launched the DRM Fusion Toolkit4TV, a mobile TV licensing and protection platform that supports open broadcast digital rights management standards. The new mobile TV licensing and protection offering from the Belecamp, Md.-based information security developer is designed to protect broadcast mobile content and services from unauthorized use and […]

Hewlett-Packard announced that beginning Dec. 13 customers can register for a free Microsoft Windows Vista operating system upgrade, when it becomes available in early 2007. Once customers request a Vista upgrade, they will receive a kit that includes a Vista upgrade DVD and an additional DVD that will include the drivers needed to complete the […]

CBeyond and Research in Motion announced Dec. 13 that it has added support for the BlackBerry 8703e to its BeyondMobile service. Atlanta-based CBeyonds BeyondMobile service provides SMB (small and midsize business) users with integrated packages of voice, mobile and broadband Internet services starting at $495 per month. By adding the BlackBerry 8703e as a handset […]

When a user purchases a new PC, he or she is always faced with the challenge of having to transfer the software applications, e-mail contacts, files, photos and whatever else is on an old PC to the new one. Laplink Software believes that they have found the answer to this challenge with its newest migration […]

Taleo announced Dec. 12 that it has released Taleo Business Edition 7.5, a management platform designed to help small and midsize businesses with their recruitment processes. Taleos Business Edition 7.5 will let businesses with 1,000 to 3,000 employees automate a large chunk of a recruiting process such as sourcing, assessment and selection of potential employees. […]

With the holiday season upon us, there has been a significant increase in the amount of global spam, according to a report by Marshals Threat Research and Content Engineering team. According to Marshal, leading the way in this global spam trend are China and South Korea, as China ranks second to South Korea in generating […]

Dell announced Dec. 11 that its XPS M1710 consumer notebook will now feature Blu-ray Disc technology, offering users more storage space and an array of DVD features. Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc format that was developed by the BDA (Blu-ray Disc Association) to allow storage of large amounts of data and the recording, rewriting […]

SGI announced Dec. 11 the upcoming availability of the SGI InfiniteStorage 220 RAID system. The InfiniteStorage 220 will provide businesses with critical storage tools such as data backup, disaster recovery and other file storage applications, with integrated software and a choice of SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and SATA (Serial ATA) disk drives. “The plug-and-play design […]