John Blau

Articles by John Blau

Cordless MP3 player coming, boom box back

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is launching one of the world's first MP3 portable music players using Bluetooth technology to replace cables. And if you thought the boom-box days ended with the emergence of MP3 players, think again: the company has designed an MP3 player with a slide-out stereo speaker system.

Denmark enters converged Wi-Fi cellular fray

Denmark joins a growing number of countries where households and small businesses can buy converged Wi-Fi-cellular services.

Beware of ‘SMiShing’ attacks, McAfee tells cell phone users

Cell phone users should watch out for text messages containing a Web site link which, when visited, could download a Trojan horse, security experts have warned.

Fingerprint tech will keep video piracy in check

New video fingerprinting technology from Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV could help stem the flood of movies and other video content being traded illegally on the Internet.

E-passports to be launched amid security, privacy concerns

The first wave of e-passports will be issued in the U.S. in the coming weeks despite lingering privacy and security concerns. A German security expert has demonstrated how e-passports

Podcasting’s pass

A small Internet company in Cologne, Germany, has launched a new mobile podcasting service, called Cellcast, that allows registered users to call from their cell phones, record a message or song and make it available on the Web.

Boeing ‘disappoints’ key in-flight Internet partner

Lufthansa AG's in-flight Internet service could be grounded and the company isn't happy.

Group teams on Asian electronic software distribution

Germany's Asknet AG has teamed with Japan's SoftBank BB Corp. in a new joint venture aimed at providing electronic software distribution services in the Asia market.

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