Fledgling satellite operator TerreStar Networks has inked an agreement with AT&T under which the U.S. mobile operator will offer the world’s first satellite/cellular smartphone. Called the Genus, the new hybrid device — which switches to satellite coverage whenever cellular links are...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has ended its decade-long arrangement with the U.S. Department of Commerce. The move gained applause from the European Commission, which had called for ICANN to consider a system run by the private sector. On Wednesday, the day ICANN’s contract...

Amid declining revenues, Microsoft is slashing the salaries and incentives for its top executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer, for fiscal year 2009. The decision came after Microsoft reported its first-ever drop in annual revenue. The was part of Microsoft’s proxy statement filed late Monday....

A U.S. District judge has overturned a $388 million ruling against Microsoft. The ruling came on appeal in a six-year-old case launched against the software giant by Uniloc, a computer-security and copy-protection software company in Irvine, Calif. Uniloc claimed victory over Microsoft in April after...

ATG has launched a program modeled partly on the now-ubiquitous app store concept and partly on the principle of open source code-sharing. The ATG Catalyst Program is an asset distribution channel for posting full-fledged applications or portions of code. ATG is kicking off the official launch of the...

Some 100,000 invitations went out Wednesday to Google users, application customers, and developers to surf the Google Wave. The new online tool enables users to do everything from set up a social hour to posting photos in real time. The wave is both a conversation and a document where users can discuss...

Samsung’s Pixon line is pretty interesting. The main highlight, apart from the touch screen is the good quality camera. So today, Samsung has upped the bar with the new W880 and what makes this camera kick ass is its 3x optical zoom. The back of the phone protrudes the lens like a regular camera....

The growing lineup of Android-powered devices has a new entry arriving Oct. 19. That’s the date the Motorola CLIQ will be available to current customers, T-Mobile announced Tuesday. Others will be able to buy Motorola’s first device for the Android open-source operating system on Nov. 2....

By Andrew Liszewski While it won’t completely replace a standalone scale in your kitchen, this clever measuring cup that features a digital scale built right in should make a few things easier when it comes to following recipes. It can be used to measure both weight and volume depending on what...

The latest threat to your company network is a worm called Koobface, which can steal sensitive data from workstation hard drives. Like previous bugs, it not only infects your computer, but uses it as a point of entry to infect others — like your Facebook friends and business associates. “Koobface’s...

Safe surfing on the Internet means more than just a good anti-virus program and a firewall. The browser needs to be safeguarded against attacks from the Internet as well. Many Web sites require the use of small JavaScript programs to display their content. JavaScript can open security holes in a browser,...

There is no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when a Senate committee was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a provision to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to compromised Web sites in an emergency set off alarms. Corporate...