Texas Instruments Inc. says it is testing two new semiconductor chipsets that could mark the next step in making so-called third-generation mobile phones more affordable and widely available.

Officials were scheduled to announce Tuesday in Tokyo that Texas Instruments has tested a new and advanced chipset with Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. and

Competition for domination of the wireless local area network (LAN) switch market is heating up, according to Infonetics Research, as Cisco has closed the gap with leader Symbol Technologies.

Symbol claimed a 28% of market revenues in the third quarter of 2005, but through its acquisition of Airespace earlier this year, Cisco

BANGALORE, India — Samsung has become the latest to join the bandwagon of global handset makers that have recently announced either manufacturing or assembly operations in India.

The South Korean company plans to start a plant at Chandigarh in Haryana in northern India, according to a Press Trust of India Report Wednesday

The lackluster hard disk drive (HDD) market will receive a shot in the arm from the booming small form factor and Mobile PC HDD segments driving worldwide HDD semiconductor markets to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.6 percent to 2009, according to research firm IDC.

In a report release Tuesday,

Microsoft Corp. is releasing preview versions of its new Windows Vista operating system about once a month in an effort to get more customer feedback than usual ahead of next year's launch, the company said on Tuesday.

The world's largest software maker also reiterated its plan to launch Vista in the second half

Microsoft acknowledged Tuesday that malicious software targeting an unpatched bug in Internet Explorer is on the loose, and urged users to run a complete system scan on its new Windows Live Safety Center -- which has a quirk of its own -- to detect and delete the code.

In an update of

Exploits and proof-of-concept samples for two recently disclosed critical Microsoft vulnerabilities are circulating among hackers, security experts warned Tuesday. Users who have not yet patched their systems should do so immediately, several security organizations recommended.

Microsoft is aware of both exploits, but doesn't see a threat. "[We are] not currently aware of

One of the many hard lessons New Orleans learned from Hurricane Katrina was that traditional telephone and mobile phone services can fail, so the city is unveiling its own Wi-Fi network Tuesday that will be free to its citizens.

The city, still digging out from the ravages of the storm, will build

MANHASSET, N.Y. — Disk drive supplier Seagate Technology LLC has implemented Sony Corp.’s Cybercapture technology in a 1-in. hard disk drive, paving the way for faster recording of photographic and video data.

Seagate (Scotts Valley, Calif.) teamed with Japan-based Sony to employ the Cybercapture technology its Compactvault removable hard disc media drive that

Nokia said Tuesday that it will release a version of its model 9300 smartphone that includes Wi-Fi support.

The company started shipping the 9300 in the U.S. last fall. The clamshell device is notable for its larger screen and keyboard compared to many other smartphones. However, the initial release did not include