Patrick Hoffman

Nuance Communications announced Jan. 3 that it has completed its acquisition of MobileVoiceControl, bolstering its speech-enabled services. The Burlington, Mass., provider of speech and imaging platforms, Nuances finalized acquisition will bring MobileVoiceControls speech services to Nuances mobile and wireless devices. “The acquisition of MobileVoiceControl is the extension of Nuances mobile technologies into a true service […]

CheckFree announced Jan. 2 that it has expanded its software division with the acquisition of Carreker for $206 million. The deal is expected to close by March 31. Together, CheckFree, the Atlanta, Ga. developer of financial electronic commerce services and products and Carreker, the Dallas, Texas provider of financial payments and consulting technology, will provide […]

When consumers are done with their electronic products, most of them will either throw the particular device away or put it in a storage room in their house where it will most likely never be touched again. To give consumers more options when it comes to disposing of their electronic devices, the EIA (Electronic Industries […]

Trend Micro announced Jan. 2 that it has released the findings from its new research study that measures what consumers think of their Internet security. Trend Micro, a security software provider based in Cupertino, Calif., released the Internet Confidence and Safety survey that evaluates consumers attitudes about Internet-related concerns such as how safe they feel […]

Ribstone Systems announced Dec. 29 that along with Scientigo, it will release its indexing and data reviewing software designed to help law firms store, search and find documents. This offering from the Chicago, Ill. developer of document capture and image processing software, will also offer law firms a way to document indexed photo copied documents. […]

During the week of Dec. 18, NASAs Hinode, a satellite that uses three instruments to record images, data and other information pertaining to the sun, returned new images. Launched in Sept. 2006, the Hinode (hinode is Japanese for sunrise), which was formerly known as the Solar-B mission and led by the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration […]

In-Stat, a technology research company, released a report on Dec. 20 that noted an increase in voice-over-IP use in U.S. households. The Scottsdale, Ariz., companys newly launched residential VOIP tracker service showed more 9 nine million households have at least one active VOIP user while other households use more than one VOIP service. According to […]

At the International Consumer Electronics Show, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, Fulton Innovation will introduce a way to charge wireless devices with its eCoupled technology, which allows for the transmission of power and data without the need for cords and ports. Fulton Innovation, a member of the Alticor family of […]

When a new video game platform comes out, there are problems. Whether the issue is games freezing, sound problems, Internet connection or compatibility issues, gamers and consumers can spend hours sorting out these difficulties. Now, Microsoft appears to have taken a step in the right direction to lessen these issues for users of its Xbox […]

Opera Software announced Dec. 21 that it is working with Samsung Electronics to make its mobile Web browser available on Samsung cell phones. The Opera Mobile browser uses Operas Small-Screen Rendering technology to reformat Web pages for better viewing on small screens. “Samsung is a major handset manufacturer so we expect to provide a great […]

NetSuite launched Dec. 20 its Employee Resource Management product, designed to give employees the tools needed to self-manage and improve productivity. With NetSuite ERM, employees will be able to file expense reports and purchase requests, keep track of project time, and retrieve human-resources-related documents. “NetSuites new ERM capabilities make it as easy to manage employees […]

Business professionals are constantly on the go and, as a result, they do not have time to complete every task in a given a day, even a simple task such as reading an e-mail. MobileVoiceControl, recently acquired by Nuance Communications, believes that it has a remedy for that problem with its Narrator service, which will […]