Brian Prince

News of the U.S. Department of Commerces approval Nov. 30 of the deal between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and VeriSign was met with both jubilation and disdain by those in the computer industry. The deal will allow the agreement between ICANN, the non-profit company that oversees the Internets technical infrastructure, and […]

Intuit announced plans Nov. 30 to acquire Digital Insight, a leading provider of online banking services, for roughly $1.35 billion in cash. The merger will unfold in the first quarter of 2007, Intuit officials said. “The combination of two industry leaders will put Intuit in an excellent position to bring a new generation of online […]

The Pantech Group, the second largest mobile phone company in South Korea, has agreed to use Nuance Communications RealSpeak Mobile SF to power its PG-6200, PG-8000 and PG-3700 mobile phones in multiple languages, including Russian, English and Mandarin. RealSpeak is a text-to-speech engine designed to accurately convert text into clear, synthesized speech, delivering high-quality readings […]

A survey by market research firm IDC has found the battery recalls the occurred earlier this year will have no dramatic effect on the market for notebook PCs. Thats the good news. The bad news is 15 percent of the corporate and consumer buyers surveyed said they will change their buying patterns this holiday season […]

When it came time to discuss the legal standard for patents, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia did not mince words. “This is gobbledygook. It really is, its irrational,” he said. And so went a hearing in which several of the justices attacked the legal standards used to judge patents the Federal Circuit Court of […]

IBM announced Nov. 28 that it will buy privately-held software maker Vallent in a bid to expand IBMs ability to help communications service providers manage their networks. IBM did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which it said it expects to close by the end of the first quarter of 2007. “We are definitely […]

Internet security company Acunetix is offering customers an extra set of eyes to search for vulnerabilities on their Web sites. The company launched Acunetix SiteAudit on Nov. 27, a new on-demand Web security audit service. SiteAudit is designed to evaluate business Web site and Web application security, while eliminating the cost of having business owners […]

Suntech Power Holdings has signed a contract to supply solar modules for what it says will be the worlds largest solar power plant. The company said it will supply solar modules with an aggregate output of 23.2 megawatts to Atersa, a subsidiary of Elecnor Group. The modules will be installed in the Photovoltaic Grid Connection […]

Samsung Electronics has sliced the size of its new liquid crystal display panels to the thickness of a credit card, crafting what it claims is the thinnest mobile LCD screen on record. The company made the announcement Nov. 21, and stated mass production of the .82 mm screens would begin in the second half of […]