IBM, Sony and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. are releasing new software components and documentation for cell processors.
The companies announced Wednesday that the resources, for Cell Broadband Engine Architecture technology, would be available on the developerWorks forum and through the University of Barcelona.

IBM, Sony and Toshiba are hoping the

Sony BMG Music has a firestorm on its hands.
 
The label, in a bid to combat piracy, contracted with a British firm to copy protect several music CD titles. The problem: Playing the CDs on a PC requires installation of a software program that tech security experts say can be

Email vulnerabilities represent the greatest source of risk for mobile devices, according to a recent survey by Good Technology.
The company surveyed 600 IT professionals about their concerns with the widespread use of handheld computing. Of those questioned, 79% considered email to be the biggest security threat. Another 26% regarded corporate intranet

Perhaps one of the greatest songwriters in music history will soon have his music available for digital download. Former Beatles frontman, John Lennon’s entire solo catalogue will be made available on several online music services, but not on Apple’s iTunes Music Service.

Lennon’s music will be made available on Real/Rhapsody, Napster, MSN

Vinton Cerf, one of the founders of the Internet, urged on Wednesday a House committee working on major telecommunications legislation to ensure that broadband operators do not "dictate what people can do online."

Cerf's comments were submitted on behalf of his employer, search engine Google Inc., to the House Committee on Energy

The unrest among Palm OS developers over Palm Inc.’s forthcoming Windows Mobile-based Treo smart phone has prompted Palm President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Colligan to pen a letter to Palm’s developer community with promises to continue releasing Palm OS products.
 
The letter, a copy of which was sent to

Three of the world's biggest electronics companies -- IBM, Sony and Philips -- have joined forces with the two largest Linux software distributors to create a company for sharing Linux patents, royalty-free.

The Open Invention Network (OIN), as the new firm unveiled on Thursday is known, could mark a breakthrough in resolving

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A digital divide has appeared among Europeans, with age, income and education determining whether the continent's citizens use the Internet, according to a new European Union study released Thursday.
 
Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency, said its survey which gathered information from across the 25-nation bloc revealed a

The New York Times Co. said Wednesday it had signed up about 135,000 paying subscribers to its new online service that offers access to Op-Ed columns and other premium content.
 
The new service, TimesSelect, launched Sept. 19, and is free to home delivery subscribers. Non-subscribers can get access to the

TransUnion will review its data handling processes after loss of desktop system with information on more than 3,600 consumers
  
With federal legislators mulling over options for fighting identify theft and fraud, TransUnion LLC, one of three companies that maintain consumer credit histories, provided the latest scare Wednesday, revealing that