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Microsoft Plans to Integrate VoIP Into Office 2007

Sun, 02/07/2006 - 11:42 by MT Bureau

Microsoft has unveiled a new integrated software capable of transforming the upcoming Office 2007 in to a platform for unified email, voice and video communications.

The software giant announced plans for the Office Communications Server 2007, featuring Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for presence-based VoIP call management, audio, video, and web-conferencing and IM within existing applications.

EMC to Buy RSA For $ 2.1 Billion

Sat, 01/07/2006 - 13:09 by MT Bureau

BOSTON: EMC's has decided to spend nearly $ 2.1 billion for security vendor RSA which, therefore, promises to reshape the competitive landscape of the storage and infrastructure- management segments of the IT industry.

EMC will be paying $ 28 per share for RSA that is a 22 percent premium above RSA's closing price of $ 22.88 per share on Thursday.

Tenet Settles For $ 900 Million With US

Fri, 30/06/2006 - 13:57 by MT Bureau

DALLAS: The Tenet Healthcare Corporation has agreed to a $ 900 million settlement with federal officials to end investigations into accusations of overbilling Medicare. In addition, the company plans to sell about a dozen hospitals in an effort to regain its financial footing.

The settlement,valued at about one-fourth of Tenet's stock market value will be paid over four years and ends all federal investigations by the Department of Justice and several United States attorneys.

MTV Offers More Shows On iTunes

Fri, 30/06/2006 - 13:07 by MT Bureau

NEW YORK: MTV Networks and Apple have announced that new television programming from Spike TV, Nick at Nite, TV Land, Logo, MTV and The N will now be available on the iTunes Music Store.

This new round of programming available for purchase and download adds to the hits of MTV Networks already on i-Tunes and crosses virtually every genre and includes Spike TV's brand-new action series "Blade: The Series," MTV's prank-comedy show "Viva La Bam" and TV Land's "Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg".

Vonage launches a PC phone device V-Phone

Fri, 30/06/2006 - 11:19 by MT Bureau

Vonage, a commercial voice over IP (VoIP) network company that provides telephone service via a broadband connection, on Thursday introduced a new portable USB device that enables its users to place P

Nokia plans to stage commercial trials of mobile TV in Sweden

Thu, 29/06/2006 - 17:31 by MT Bureau

Finnish mobile handset giant Nokia announced on Wednesday that it will carry out commercial trials of mobile TV in Sweden's capital Stockholm, together with Swedish radio and TV broadcast service company Teracom.

Daimler Chrysler to Launch Smart Car in US By 2008

Thu, 29/06/2006 - 14:44 by MT Bureau

DETROIT: Daimler Chrysler's Chrysler Group has announced that on Friday, it will unveil an ad campaign featuring the affable Zetsche as the pitchman, in an effort to more closely link Chrysler cars with Mercedes.

According to Zetsche, the campaign will aim to distance Chrysler from General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.

IBM reigns list of Top 500 Supercomputers

Thu, 29/06/2006 - 13:39 by MT Bureau

The world's largest computer manufacturer and seller IBM continues to dominate the list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, with four of the top 10 computers on the list and nearly half of the

Univision agrees to sell itself at $ 12.3 Billion

Wed, 28/06/2006 - 16:03 by MT Bureau

New York -- After a long struggle and often stormy courtship, Spanish-language media giant Univision has chosen its buyer.

The winners had earlier put forward an offer of $ 35.50 to beat its rivals including Grupo Televisa SA.

Sony BMG's Future In Hands Of Bertelsmann

Wed, 28/06/2006 - 11:15 by MT Bureau

TOKYO: Sony Corp.'s CEO, Howard Stringer, announced on Monday that the future ownership structure of Sony BMG, Sony's music venture with Bertelsmann AG, would be determined by how the German company decides to repay its debt.

Tactile Touch Screens to Be the Next Add Up to Mobile Phones

Tue, 27/06/2006 - 11:31 by MT Bureau

Immersion, a developer of tactile or haptic technologies, has announced that it plans to license its new force-feedback technology to handset makers, to make virtual buttons on cell-phone screens.

Sony's PlayStation 2 or Microsoft's XBox users are already familiar with the tactile reactions they feel in joysticks and steering wheels on their gaming consoles. Now this technology is being worked out to move to mobile devices.

Microsoft in progress to publish its privacy rules

Mon, 26/06/2006 - 13:08 by MT Bureau

CALIFORNIA: Microsoft has planned to publicly release the privacy rules its employees have to follow when developing products in August.

This move is meant to give the industry an example of what the software giant sees as best practices in customer privacy, said Peter Cullen, the chief privacy strategist at Microsoft.