Nintendo announced Wednesday that its latest video games console, the Gamecube, will go on sale in North America on 5 November -- three days ahead of Microsoft's planned launch of its first games console.
Nokia chose the press-day preview of the CeBIT technology show to announce what its executive vice president Anssi Vanjoki claimed on Wednesday will be the "biggest selling phone of 2001," the Nokia 3330.
Ericsson announced what it claims is the world's first cordless Internet radio on the eve of the CeBIT trade show here Wednesday. At the same time, it announced two new GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) mobile phone handsets and some new services a...
America Online(AOL) is buddying with mobile phone operators to take its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and ICQ messaging services from the desktop to users' pockets.
It was a cheap stunt, compared to the thousands of dollars some companies have spent on technology demonstrations in Cannes this week, but Jim Healy's illustration of the difference between second -- and third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunication...
Intel is to close down its nine-month-old Internet Media Services (IMS) unit by the second quarter of this year, it has announced. The move will affect customers such as Quokka Sports, which use the service to distribute streaming multimedia content.
By the closing deadline of noon on Wednesday, the French government had received just two applications for the four third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications network licenses it plans to sell later this year.
US IT industry representatives will announce the creation of the long-awaited Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (IT-ISAC) in Washington Tuesday.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is to appeal a decision to treat its Playstation 2 console as a video game for the purpose of assessing European Union (EU) import duties, a spokesperson said Thursday. Sony wants the console treated as a com...
Belgian mobile phone users wanting quick access to Web sites as they stroll the streets of Brussels will soon have a faster alternative: Ask a policeman.
As expected, Apple Computer Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs used his keynote address at Apple Expo yesterday to announce the availability of the public beta version of Mac OS X. Jobs also introduced new additions to the company's iBook line of por...
Software giant Microsoft used the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam to push its Microsoft TV client-server software platform as the future of interactive digital TV, announcing agreements with a number of companies Friday.
Researchers at Philips Electronics have developed a new display technology using plastic polymer semiconductors instead of silicon, which could open the way to foldable, flexible displays.
French electronics and telecommunications giant Alcatel and Japanese hardware company Fujitsu have finalised plans to form a joint venture to develop and sell third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications networks, the companies said in a statement...
Creators of Microsoft Word documents can use the application's ability to include Web hyperlinks to remotely track who is reading a document, according to a study by the US-based Privacy Foundation.
