Articles by Alexandra DeFelice

Say the nameIntel, and the first thing that comes to most people's minds is chips and computer components. Yet the company is increasing its focus on another side of its business, the storage systems space, and the industry is beginning to watch its progress in that area more intensely In July, Intel unveiled a new storage server hardware platform ...

Small businesses have their share of difficulties, but do they have any chance of succeeding in a world dominated byeBay, Amazon and the like? The short answer is yes -- if they combine the right mix of technology, marketing and customer service "The goliaths of the online world are everywhere. The biggest struggle young companiesface when bringing...

Going green is becoming an increasingly important initiative to many companies these days, but some are going above and beyond to please Mother Nature In July, the Green Electronics Council recognized more than 60 desktop computers, laptops and monitors from Dell, HP and other manufacturers for meeting new green standards and registering their equi...

Hackers made Firefox the latest subject of attack last week, utilizing software that could capture extremely sensitive information, including credit card numbers and passwords On July 25, Symantec Security Response detected Infostealer.Snifula, which downloads malicious Trojans onto a user's computer that can subsequently steal any information the ...

Dolby Laboratories has teamed withInfitec, a German provider of virtual reality technologies, to bring a new 3-D system to the digital cinema The new technology could arrive in theaters by spring of 2007, in time to meet the schedules of 3-D films slated for release within the next two years, Tim Partridge, senior vice president and general manager...

AOL on Friday will launch the beta version of a free portal designed to let customers view and share videos across the Web AOL Video includes roughly 45 new video-on-demand content channels, organized and accessible through video search, browse or an interactive programming guide; free streaming content; the ability to purchase and download full-le...

A Singapore biotech company announced Thursday that it has produced and stored four new clinically compliant human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines, and that another four lines should be stored within the next four to five weeks ES Cell International (ESI) believes it is the first in the world to create these cell lines under the strict cGMP, or cu...

Microsoft believes it will be on target for the release of its long-awaited Vista operating system, but the company wants to ensure quality before sending it to the masses "We will ship Windows Vista when the product is ready," Kevin Johnson, co-president of Microsoft's Platforms & Services Division, said during an analyst meeting Thursday. "At thi...

A group of leading technology vendors is reporting significant progress in the standardization of service-oriented architecture, or SOA, standards The Open Service Oriented Architecture collaboration represents an informal alliance of 17 companies that have worked together to create and agree upon Service Component Architecture (SCA) and Service Da...

Time Warner will unveil a new business strategy forAOL on Aug. 2, hoping to put an end to rampant speculation by outlining how the company plans to take its online services into the future, the company said Wednesday AOL is expected to announce that it will give away its e-mail and Web services for free in an effort to win back customers who switch...

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced it is producing a 4 gigabyte flash memory device designed to enhance Windows Vista performance The new solid state disk is compatible with Windows ReadyBoost, a new Windows Vista feature that uses flash memory to improve system responsiveness. It is meant to help users avoid all the multi-second delays the...

Thin is in when it comes to the latest trend in mobile phones. Motorola revealed its trimmest phone to date on Tuesday, at approximately 9mm. The company expects the Motofone to be available in the second half of 2006 in both GSM (global system for mobile communications) and CDMA (code division multiple access) models The new narrow phone was intro...

Amazon.com is remaining tight-lipped about published reports stating that the company plans to launch a digital video download service in August. However, as the public waits for Amazon to reveal details, analysts muse that Apple remains the company with the most potential to succeed in the space Reports indicate that Amazon executives are focusing...

Viacom is giving a new meaning to the adage, "I want my MTV." MTV Networks UK & Ireland -- which Viacom owns -- on Tuesday unveiled MTV Flux, an interactive online community that lets audience members control their own television channel....

Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday that it has slashed the prices of some of its products by more than half as the company continues to fight for market share against chief rival Intel Price cuts included AMD's dual-core Athlon 64 X2 5000+, chopped from US$696 last quarter to $301, and the Athlon 64 X2 4600+, cut from $558 to $240. AMD also...

Microsoft is planning to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software and hardware products under the brand "Zune," turning up the competition on Apple's popular iPod The company did not reveal pricing or a specific target date, but simply confirmed speculation of the offering and said that the first products would ship la...

Today's youth are at risk of going deaf relatively early in life because they are listening to MP3 players that are too loud, too often, according to a new report A survey of 1,000 Britons between the ages of 16 and 34, conducted by Specsavers Hearcare and Deafness Research UK, found that 14 percent of those individuals spend up to 28 hours per wee...

The United States' blogger population continues to explode, but who are the people behind the words? About 12 million American adults, or roughly 8 percent of adult Internet users, blog; and 57 million American adults, or 39 percent of the online population, read blogs, according to surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. However, the...

Microsoft on Wednesday released a set of guiding principles it drafted for itself that will allow computer manufacturers using Vista and any other future Microsoft operating system to remove Microsoft's MSN Search, Internet Explorer and Media Player as defaults and put competitive alternatives in their place The move is meant to emphasize Microsoft...

Netflix on Wednesday announced a partnership with NBC in which the broadcast company will offer the online movie rental service's subscribers advanced screening copies of the premiere episodes of its upcoming drama series, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and "Kidnapped." The shows will be made available in their entirety, six weeks before their res...