Matt Hines

Mobile handset maker Qualcomm said Friday that its upcoming phones will support connectivity to wireless LANs using technology provided by Philips Semiconductors. San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. said its Mobile Station Modem chip sets, which are tabbed for use inside many of its future products, will support the Philips Semiconductors (a division of Koninklijke Philips Electronics […]

Verizon announced a new deal with the Disney on Wednesday that will bring a number of the entertainment companys television properties into the carriers upcoming FiOS TV service. Under the long term pact, the financial details of which were not released, Verizon Communications Inc. will carry 12 Walt Disney Co.-owned television services on FiOS TVs […]

BOSTON—Executives and market watchers surveying the VOIP (voice over IP) space insist that integrated communications applications will drive future adoption of the technology among consumers, not cost savings. Meeting at the ongoing VON Fall 2005 Conference here this week, a range of experts, and some users, agreed that emerging Internet telephony applications will convince consumers […]

BOSTON—American Online Inc. announced its new Internet phone service and offered a preview of its newest instant messaging platform at the ongoing VON conference here on Tuesday. Dubbed as TotalTalk, the VOIP (Voice over IP) offering will be built into Triton, the next generation version of the companys instant messaging client software, a beta version […]

Sprint and RealNetworks announced a deal on Monday that will bring the digital media software specialists Rhapsody Radio service to the wireless carriers customers. Under the pact, the terms of which were not released, customers of Sprint Nextel Corp.s PCS Vision Multimedia Service can pay an additional $6.95 per month to access the Real mobile […]

Security researchers at Panda Software say they have discovered a new worm that generates a spoofed version of Google, the Webs most popular search engine. The companys PandaLabs unit reported late Friday that it had identified a worm it has labeled as P2Load.A that creates a fake Google site, and launches adware on infected computers. […]

Yahoo Inc. introduced a beta version of its Instant Search tool on Thursday, a system that aims to help users find links on specific topics faster. While the feature is still under development, Yahoo is promising that the system will deliver more relevant answers to users Web queries than it can provide with its traditional […]

Sources familiar with the two companies plans confirmed Friday that both Dell Inc. and Palm Inc. are readying new personal digital assistants, which could begin arriving as early as next week. Dell, which is based in Round Rock, Texas, is expected to introduce an updated version of its Axim X50v that will offer optional VOIP […]

A New Jersey court has ordered a company charged with tricking Verizon Wireless workers into divulging sensitive customer information to halt its practice of acquiring and selling such data. Superior Court Judge Harriet Derman granted a court order on Tuesday barring data provider Source Resources Inc. from acquiring, possessing or selling confidential information about Verizons […]

While many people are still struggling to figure out exactly why online auctioneer eBay Inc. was ready to shell out billions of dollars to buy Internet telephony provider Skype, the company, and many industry watchers, see a wealth of potential in the deal. According to eBay officials, the addition of Skypes technology and its 54 […]

Google Inc. unveiled Wednesday a beta version of its search engine for Weblogs, more commonly known as blogs. The company, which first jumped into the online journal market in 2003 with its buyout of popular hosting service Blogger, said that it launched the search tool in an effort to spur continued growth of the blogging […]