NEW YORK– McAfee top executives went on the offensive Monday against Microsoft, saying Vista will be even less secure for customers than previous versions of Windows. The day after McAfee took out a full-page advertisement in the Financial Times to publicly air its grievances over the security of Vista, McAfee Chair and CEO George Samenuk, Vice President and Chief Scientist George Heron, and Chief Security Architect John Viega delivered the same message in person here. Read the rest of this entry »
On Tuesday, Creative introduced the Xmod, an external gizmo that claims to improve the audio quality of MP3 files “to beyond CD quality,’ according to the company. Creative’s $79.99 gadget will be available later this month, the company said. Read the rest of this entry »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd. (6702.T) said on Wednesday it would recall 287,000 notebook PC batteries made by Sony Corp. (6758.T), bringing the number of Sony batteries recalled to more than 7.5 million. Read the rest of this entry »
TOKYO (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc. will add three new search services for its mobile phone users, including Yahoo Japan Corp., a unit of its rival Softbank Corp., a company source said Wednesday. DoCoMo, Japan’s biggest wireless carrier, will on Thursday offer new online search engines for its wireless Internet browsing service, which will expand its lineup to 13 search engines, the source said. Read the rest of this entry »
A UK-based firm, Remote XT, has created antitheft technology that causes cell phones to emit a high-pitched screeching sound when they are reported stolen by their owners. If a phone is stolen, the company activates a remote security command that immediately erases all data stored on the phone. Even if the thief removes the phone’s SIM card, the cell can still “scream.” Read the rest of this entry »