Erin Joyce

Codecs , those compression/decompression codes that help squeeze big media files over networks and make them look great on the other end, may not rank as topic A at the hottest tech gatherings. But maybe they should. Codecs are a key driver behind one of fastest-growing trends on the Web: Video over broadband. Video over […]

UPDATED: European Commission regulators launched early-morning investigations of several of Intel’s European offices Tuesday, as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into the world’s largest chipmaker. Intel spokesman Chuck Molloy confirmed that investigators this morning called on four Intel offices in Milan, Madrid, Munich and Swindon, located in the U.K. The raids come in the […]

Sprint rolled out its latest wireless Web high-speed data networking service, joining wireless rival Verizon in offering 3G data networking that goes beyond the limited range of Wi-Fi . Sprint said average download speeds on the EV-DO service are about 400-700 Kbps with bursts of up to 2 Mbps . John Polivka, a Sprint spokesman, […]

Java’s J2ME always has a place to call home with wireless giant Nokia’s Series 60 development platform for smartphones. But you might say Nokia has built it a place of honor with Java’s Connected Device Configuration (CDC). Nokia said its Java-enabled Series 60 smartphone now includes the CDC enhanced configuration for the Java platform, a […]

Seen any good online file-sharing technology lately? If you searched on Google with keywords such as “P2P” or “file-sharing” — or on any of the search engines in the past few days — you had no trouble finding sites and software that help you steal copyrighted content. Right there in the paid click section of […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Enterprises would be wise to learn from consumers’ rapid adoption of networked smartphones and the role of blogs in their businesses, according to Sun Microsystems’ blogger-in-chief. But there’s much more to spot than these usual suspects in trend-watching. It’s the smartphones that will form trusted networks that lead to streamlined searches that […]

With the 2005 revenue from online advertising edging toward the highs of the dot-com heyday, online news site CNN.com has decided to round up a few million more eyeballs with the return of free video offerings on its Web site. The cable news division of Time Warner plans to keep the subscription-based offerings it launched […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Even BJ Holtgrewe, a senior member of Microsoft’s developer team, says he resisted upgrading from the Visual Basic programming language to the first VB.NET release when it was launched a few years back. Eventually, he bit the bullet and upgraded his skills to the new programming features for building user interfaces. His […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Microsoft showed some ankle and then some with advanced tools, database and server features in the latest builds of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006. Microsoft said all three flagship products are slated to be formally launched the week of Nov. 7. During the keynote address at the […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Microsoft plans new mobile device features for its Exchange Server and its Windows Mobile 5.0 software, part of its gambit to pit its mobile device software against Blackberry’s popular RIM devices. During a keynote address at the company’s TechEd Conference here, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touted the latest mobile messaging and security […]

Macromedia is building a bridge to the next computing era with the next release of its Flash platform, a full stack designed to entice a new generation of developers to its animation software. And just to make sure that it’s reaching as many developers as possible, Macromedia also joined the open source Java tools group […]

AMD has launched the next version of its dual-core processors for desktops and laptops with the release of the Athlon 64-bit X2 processors, upping the ante against rival Intel in the dual-core, 64-bit computing race. Company officials said the two-brain functions of the Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor are aimed at select consumer and digital […]