Matt Hines

Browser maker Opera Software released a final preview of its latest mobile application, dubbed Mini, which promises to deliver improved Web viewing to wireless handsets. The Norwegian company said Tuesday that it silently lifted a regional restriction it had placed on an advance version of the browser software, which had previously limited downloads to users […]

With its sudden rise to the forefront of debate over which technology providers are best positioned to cash in on the growing market for mobile e-mail infrastructure, Visto Corp. is framing itself as the Rodney Dangerfield of the industry, and demanding some respect. On a practical level, the company did just that Thursday, filing a […]

The Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Lab has announced that Taiwanese device maker Quanta Computer Inc. has been selected to design and build the $100 computers planned as part of the schools One Laptop per Child initiative. After reviewing design submissions from several different companies, the OLPCs Board of Directors said it selected Quanta in […]

BOSTON—Oct. 12, 2005: a day that will live in infamy. If youre trying to remember the notable event that occurred on this date than youre probably not an advertising executive tasked with sorting through the growing morass of video content offered to consumers over Internet technologies. For, as anyone who fits this description knows, that […]

Cable giant Comcast Corp. said Monday that it has formed a new online media division to oversee all of the companys Web-based businesses, including its portal site. Dubbed as Comcast Interactive Media, the business unit will focus primarily on building the Philadelphia-based cable firms broadband network and content partnerships into new online services for consumers. […]

Verizon Wireless reported Friday that it has won court injunctions permanently barring two high-volume telemarketing operations from dialing up any more of its customers. The Bedminster, N.J.-based company, which is the nations second largest wireless company service provider, said that it has been granted decisions against Intelligent Alternatives of San Diego, Calif., and Resort Marketing […]

Microsoft Corp. postponed the introduction of the next test release of its Internet Explorer 7 Web browser until sometime in 2006, according to comments posted to the companys site for software developers. In a blog posting on the software giants MSDN developer site, Dean Hachamovitch, product line manager for IE at Microsoft, said that the […]

CBS Television announced Wednesday that it has struck a deal with Verizon Wireless to begin offering some of its broadcast content over the mobile carriers V Cast streaming video network. Marking the first time that the Los Angeles-based network has shipped its content to handheld phones, the companies said that V Cast customers gain immediate […]

Despite the continued efforts of researchers, security providers and online businesses to discourage phishing schemes and shut down related Web sites, some criminals are still able to flout the system and find ways to keep their illicit operations up and running. An example of one type of phishing attempt that still manages to frustrate do-gooders […]

Industry experts said Thursday that it remains unlikely that Research In Motion Ltd. will be forced to shut down its wireless e-mail service as a result of its patent litigation with NTP Inc. But if the company does indeed unplug its BlackBerry network, analysts said, a familiar list of companies could be viewed as potential […]

The Mozilla Foundation is planning a renewed marketing push around the latest update to its Firefox open-source Web browser in order to boost the products visibility among consumers. Despite the effort, some industry watchers contend that it will remain a significant challenge for the nonprofit group to win more users away from Microsoft Corp. On […]

Samsung Electronics Co. announced Tuesday that it is providing the graphics memory chips being used in most of the first generation of Microsoft Corp.s new Xbox 360 video game consoles. The chips are among an expensive list of components that some experts estimate to cost more than the devices themselves. The Seoul, South Korea-based chip […]