Tim Scannell

Having been around for 20 years, AppForge has a unique historical perspective when it comes to mobile applications development for such devices as the BlackBerry and Palm Treo. But the times and technologies have changed since the days when simple data swapping and occasional synchronization were state-of-the-art techniques and enough to satisfy most mobile worker […]

Amazon.com is ready for its close-up. Known more for books and merchandise, Amazon this week started offering movie and television downloads direct to subscribers’ PCs and mobile devices. Amazon Unbox promises DVD-quality downloads of popular television shows, which can be viewed within minutes after ordering online. The company said the service delivers triple the video […]

Voice over IP service providers have something more to remind them of summer than sand in their pockets: Increased revenues and a strong demand for next-generation voice services. Revenues generated by next-generation voice and intelligent IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) equipment is expected to double through 2009, rising from roughly $2.5 billion last year to $5.8 […]

HP expanded its ProCurve series of stackable Ethernet switches with smaller and quieter entries designed for areas not very friendly to the hum and buzz of traditional network machines. The ProCurve Switch 2810, 1800 Series and 2510-24 switches feature a fan-less and reduced noise design to appeal to small—and medium-size customers that may not have […]

Sprint Nextel  today announced plans to build a high-speed fourth-generation wireless network based on 802.16e  mobile WiMAX, becoming the first U.S. carrier to put its muscle and money behind this evolving technology. Sprint Nextel President and CEO Gary Forsee said Sprint Nextel, working with Intel , Motorola  and Samsung, will make a $1 billion investment […]

Is the WiMAX  buzz more hype than happening? It depends on who you ask about the wireless protocol known as 802.16a. WiMAX is the commonly used term for fixed broadband wireless metropolitan access networks (MANs) that use a point-to-multipoint architecture. In short, the protocol supports blazing fast download and upload rates from distances of up […]

Talk may be cheap, but it is also very profitable, if recent stats are any indication. Infonetics Research said Voice over IP  service providers in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions saw their revenues double between 2004 and 2005. The firm said it expects to see about $120 billion spent on VoIP services […]

The U.S. again snatched the top prize as the world’s leading spam throughway for the third year in a row. The good news is that the amount of spam channeled through computers in the U.S. is down significantly, dropping from about 56 percent of the worldwide total in 2004, according to a report just released […]

Virus attacks, unauthorized access to computer systems and other forms of cybercrime account for up to 75 percent of the financial losses at U.S. companies. These losses can also result in a yearly hit in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for each firm. Don’t ask these companies about it, though, because most prefer to […]

No shirt. No shoes. No service. No cell phones? Some retailers ban their use, because, well, they can be annoying. But that could change if they begin to act more like digital wallets, zapping payments from their users’ hands to retailers’ tills. Consumers in Japan already enjoy these cell-to-sales phone payments; they can buy soft […]

Mobile solutions provider Fiberlink Communications is partnering with endpoint security developer SecureWave to deal with workers who may have more than an ace up their sleeve when it comes to swiping confidential corporate data. The companies will combine their technologies to prove a way for companies to manage and block the use of small USB […]

PC Backup is something most people don’t think about until it’s too late. There are a variety of backup and recovery alternatives available, ranging from free limited-storage options to full-blown and expensive security and recovery subscription services. Unfortunately, only about a third of all consumer and at-home business PCs are backed up at all, said […]