Opera on Tuesday unveiled a technology that aims to disrupt the client-server computing model of the Web. Dubbed Opera Unite, the technology turns any computer into both a client and a server so it can interact with and serve content to other computers directly across the Web. Unite eliminates the need...

The web is currently ablaze with headlines that IE8 will not be included in the European release of Windows this fall. In fact, no browser at all is going to be included with the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system. No, Hell has not frozen over — the news is the result of Microsoft’s...

Another month, another version of the Kindle . I’ve been using a Kindle since it was shaped like a very thin doorstop and I’m delighted each time I see a new version. The latest version is the DX , a monstrous 9-inch version of the smaller Kindle 2 that supports direct PDF reading without...

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday shut down a rogue Internet service provider that recruited, knowingly hosted, and actively broke laws. With the crackdown, the FTC also took down one of the most notorious botnets. According to the FTC, Pricewert LLC participated in the distribution of spam, child...

It certainly didn’t take long for a few storm clouds to appear over the otherwise glittering launch of the Palm Pre. At a press conference Friday, Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse took issue with media suggestions that the much-anticipated smartphone would be available from Verizon Wireless in six months...

Google has released Chrome browser test builds for Mac OS X and Linux, but is warning users to beware. “Unless, of course, you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable and potentially crashing software,” said product managers Mike Smith and Karen Grunberg. “Among...

Sometimes, it’s the small things in life that make all the difference. So, if you’ve been holding out on purchasing a Dell Studio XPS notebook, you might be pleased to hear the addition of one new detail : a brand new color option. The 13-inch and 16-inch versions of this notebook now come...

IDEAL Dispatch provides remote installing and uninstalling of software, remote running of scripts and programs, and remote actions (view, copy, rename). With the help of IDEAL Dispatch, you can remotely install Windows patches, run scripts and msi files, uninstall programs, or update software on all...

When you’re on the road, passing time reading up on things online from your mobile phone, it can be quite a pain in the ass to bookmark articles for later or share them with others. Smub aims to change all that by debuting a web-based tool that you can access from anywhere and lets you easily...

You’d be hard pressed to find someone who tries the online streaming radio service Pandora that doesn’t like it. In fact, some users like it so much that they actually ask for ways to pay the company, to make sure it stays alive (something that has been a question mark given the oppressive...

Dell has finally decided to offer up their new Inspiron line for sale. Called the Inspiron 537 and 537s , these desktop systems are nicer to look at thanks to new color options. However, that’s not all that’s new. Other new features include various speed options that range from Celeron processors...

By Andrew Liszewski The effectiveness of the CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart ) security system is still being debated. It’s far from bulletproof, but at the least it provides one more stumbling block to someone or something trying to compromise...