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Internetling: 'Once again open source proved that developers collaborating all over the world deliver constant platform improvement. Let’s see what they have in store for us this time.'

...gpVector broadcasts location enabling spectators to view racers in real-time on Web-enabled mobile devices, such as laptop PCs, PDAs and cell phones, accelerating demand for the next generation 2 Way GPS technology. Thus to meet the demand, GTX and ...

Shure has released a new line of professional headphones designed specifically for professional and amateur recording, consisting of the SRH840, SRH440 and SRH240. The line uses the same technology as Shure's in-ear buds but for an externaldesign suited to studio monitors or home theaters. The SRH840 features the highest quality sound in the line and a single-piece headband. The SRH840 and the SRH...

Riverbed is rolling out Steelhead Mobile Controller-Virtual Edition, a software-based version of its WAN optimization appliance that makes it eas-ier for SMBs to adopt the capability. It also helps larger enterprises that may have a small number of mobile workers. The pricing for the software also makes it more attractive to SMBs. Riverbed also is doubling the capacity of its Steelhead Mobile hardware appliance, and offering Lotus Notes acceleration for mobile users on its Steelhead appliance. - Riverbed Technology is looking to make enterprise-grade mobile WAN optimization capabilities available to SMBs through the use of virtualization and more attractive pricing. Riverbed officials on July 20 are rolling out the virtualized version of its Steelhead Mobile appliance. The software, calle...

The fledgling Google Voice program and microsoft's latest bid to compete with Apple through physical stores are highlights of this week's installment of All Tech Considered. Omar Gallaga, technology culture reporter for the Austin American-Statesman, offers his insight.

Microsoft is borrowing (another) page from Apple by tapping George Blankenship to consult with the company to help develop its fleet of microsoft retail stores. Mr. Blankenship served as Apple's chief real estate executive, and he was responsible for scouting and developing the prime retail spaces Apple choose for its initial Apple Store locations.

Smaller process technology for Intel's latest solid state drives leads to reduced latency and increased randon write performance.

Earth's molten mantle is a potentially inexhaustible source of energy that could meet 10 percent of our nation's energy needs, but cost and safety concerns have hampered the growth of geothermal energy. Now, researchers have announced plans to test a more efficient way to tap into safer, low-temperature geothermal stores using nanotechnology. [More] Sponsored Topics: Geothermal power - Energy development - Energy - Technology - Nanotechnology

...said that it is very important/critical to encrypt mobile devices and 26 percent indicated they encrypt a smartphone or PDA most of the time, but 51 percent said they never do. "Corporations are increasingly reliant on mobile technology as their ...

alphadogg sends in a network World piece on the unexpectedly effective technologies Iran is now employing to thwart their citizens' access to the Net. 'While the government's initial efforts to censor the Internet were blunt and often ineffective, it has started employing more sophisticated tools to thwart dissidents' attempts to communicate with each other and the outside world. Iranian dissidents are not alone in their struggle, however, as several sympathetic hacker groups have been working to keep them online. One such group is NedaNet, whose mission is to 'help the Iranian people by setting up networks of proxy severs, anonymizers, and any other appropriate technologies that can enable them to communicate and organize.' NedaNet project coordinator Morgan Sennhauser, who has just written a paper detailing the Iranian government's latest efforts to thwart hackers (PDF), says that the government's actions have been surprisingly robust and have challenged hackers in ways that the Chin