Articles by Richard Adhikari

Sony fired its latest salvo in the battle for the e-book reader market on Wednesday with the unveiling of two new e-readers, one of which will be priced at under US$200 ...

Nikon on Tuesday unveiled four new digital cameras in the Coolpix line, but one of them -- the Coolpix S1000pj -- generated most of the buzz. This model has a built-in projector that is currently unique in the industry, according to the camera maker ...

Fooling with hackers is generally a very bad idea, but the scammers responsible for an apparent ATM grift in Las Vegas may not have been aware of that particular rule of thumb The ATM scam happened during the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences last week, during which time the Las Vegas Strip was heavily populated with hackers well-versed in ...

Could something as simple as an SMS text message turn your own smartphone against you, allowing a hacker to listen in on your private conversations or direct you to a malicious Web site? It can be done, according to security experts presenting their findings Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.

Yet more Web security flaws have emerged to threaten Internet users, who are already bedeviled by the likes of drive-by attacks, SQL injections and spam At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, researchers reportedly demonstrated serious flaws in the Secure Sockets Layer encryption protocol, a commonly used method of protecting communicat...

In the latest phase of an ongoing battle with computer makers over the allegedly eco-unfriendly nature of materials they use in manufacturing, environmental activist group Greenpeace on Tuesday hit HP's Palo Alto, Calif., global headquarters ...

Microsoft has launched a competition to develop applications on the Windows Mobile platform, part of the company's effort to follow other mobile operating system makers on the path toward a centralized storefront for all compatible mobile apps The prize: a Microsoft Surface, which is a tabletop multitouch computer with special software, all worth a...

Despite the best efforts of the computer security industry, hackers are launching more attacks than ever. In turn, members of the industry are working together to combat the threat. In line with this, Microsoft on Monday unveiled some new tools at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Nev These include Microsoft Security Update Guide, Pro...

Less than six weeks after announcing the BlackBerry 9630 Tour phone, Research In Motion (RIM) has released news on its latest product, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 The smartphone will be carried by T-Mobile, and it will be available on Aug. 5....

Just over a week after Apple cut off the Palm Pre's ability to sync with iTunes, Palm has restored that capability with an update to its webOS operating system In announcing the update on the Palm blog, Palm vice president of business products John Traynor was somewhat circumspect, focusing first on the platform's enhanced support for the enterpris...

Microsoft's been working hard to build a positive buzz around the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7, but there remain a few flies in the ointment Many enterprises may decide to wait until the first service pack comes out in about six months before moving to Windows 7. Also, complaints have already been popping up on the Windows Team Blog ...

A report issued jointly by The Partnership for Public Service and consultants Booz Allen Hamilton asserts the U.S. federal government is, in essence, not prepared to cope with cyberattacks The problem boils down to a lack of enough skilled people, government administrative quagmire, outmoded approaches, and deficiencies in communication....

Barnes & Noble is taking another stab at the e-book market with its announcement on Monday that it is launching a new store for e-literature The bookstore will offer e-books on the Plastic Logic e-reader device. Customers can also read their purchases using proprietary eReader software for the iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry smartphones and Windo...

Barnes & Noble is taking another stab at the e-book market with its announcement on Monday that it is launching a new store for e-literature The bookstore will offer e-books on the Plastic Logic e-reader device. Customers can also read their purchases using proprietary eReader software for the iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry smartphones and Windo...

Barnes & Noble is taking another stab at the e-book market with its announcement on Monday that it is launching a new store for e-literature The bookstore will offer e-books on the Plastic Logic e-reader device. Customers can also read their purchases using proprietary eReader software for the iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry smartphones and Windo...

Well after launching its latest 8-megapixel smartphone camera elsewhere in the world, Nokia on Monday announced plans to sell the device in the U.S ...

Though the video game industry weathered several months of relatively healthy sales despite a troubled overall economic climate, declarations that the sector is recession proof may have been premature Video game industry sales fell 31 percent year-over-year for the month of June, totaling US$1.17 billion dollars against the $1.7 billion racked up i...

Thursday marked yet another chapter in the short, rocky history of Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser, as the foundation released a security update a little more than two weeks after unveiling it Firefox 3.5.1 fixes a JavaScript vulnerability in version 3.5 that exposed users to so-called drive-by attacks....

Palm issued a public release of the Mojo software development kit (SDK) for its new webOS operating system, in what could possibly be a response to leaks of the SDK in June The SDK, given a limited release in April, had been slated for public release by the end of summer....

After a 13-month investigation, Canada's Privacy Commissioner announced on Thursday that Facebook's policies and practices violate the country's privacy laws There are "serious privacy gaps" in the way Facebook operates, according to Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart....