The portal operator Lycos Europe has increased in the first half of 2006, its revenue and curb the losses significantly. For the current fiscal year is the return to profitability in the program. “We are on track to reach the breakeven point,” said Lycos spokesman Kay Oberbeck. New products like the Lycos IQ and new [...]

According to a study by Brix Networks, the quality of VoIP calls within the last 18 months has fallen by five percent. The company attributed the development to the increasing bandwidth demands of other services. Brix Networks has analyzed the survey data using the Web site testyourvoip.com more than one million VoIP calls. The sobering [...]

Technology Wi-Fi, successfully striding on Russian territory, was recently the subject of scandal in Rostov. Federal Service for Supervision of Communications (Rossvyaznadzor) found in the region, several wireless access networks, which have been used without permission of RECs. Companies’ Digital Telephone Networks “(four hot-spot),” Intourist in Rostov-on-Don “(one hot-spot),” Hotel “Rostov”, “(3 hot-spot) and” D-Link [...]

Nikkei Net says that the company Sony Computer Entertainment has issued a patent for new technology, which in turn may be a response to Nintendo its “revolutionary” controller for next-generation console, Wii. According to the technical documentation, a new invention helps to enter the console information about the movement in three dimensions using a digital [...]

Skype is available for a variety of accessories, which, it seems that soon they will be more than every accessory for the iPod. So that new products are not lost in this sea, developers have to go to the various tricks. It’s safe to say that the new addition to Skype under the name of [...]

If you like a lot of functional devices, you probably will like the new card reader, flash memory from the online shop Brando. It is interesting because it can be used not only to read data from different types of flash cards, but also as a USB-hub. The device is equipped with three ports for [...]

Samsung Electronics in conjunction with the line Versus introduced a new mobile phone Samsung E500 Versus, which, in fact, is only slightly modified version of the E500. Marketed under the brand name Versus device is available in three color combinations: “white with a yellow”, “white with pink” and “black and silver.” The main audience for [...]

The American company Motorola has pleased us a presentation of fresh mobile phone – MOTORIZR. The new slider phone, made in several colors, promises to be a boon for consumers who value design, comfort and entertainment. The authors of the device say that RIZR is very easy to “move out” in the direction of all [...]

Deliveries of the new Bluetooth headsets from the company Plantronics, designed to expand the existing number of currently popular line of accessories. The company introduced several models: three new headsets Explorer (330, 340, 350), two Discovery (640X and 655) and two new stereo headsets in a series of Pulsar (Pulsar 260 and 590E). The cheapest [...]

Despite the “upcoming” next-generation optical discs, “the old man» DVD continues to delight customers worldwide. Support for the format once again the company said Mustek, which tried to give the opportunity to watch movies on DVD avid motorists and travelers, releasing tablet player PD77. compact player has just two 7-inch screen (the image is displayed [...]

The Japanese company Matsushita Electric Industrial is going to create a joint venture with NEC, in order to significantly reduce costs and extend from the financial abyss production of mobile phones. While sources differ on the issue of a production company’s ability to recommend it. Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) said that the company will be engaged [...]

IBM sets the Power 5 + processor now available in its high-end servers p5-590 and p5-595 one. The equipped with 16 processors and 32 systems are from 11 Be available in August, prices are not yet known. According to Karl Freund, vice president of Unix System p server line offering with the 2.3-GHz Power 5 [...]

The company offers a multifunction controller Connect2Car (Multi-Function Controller, MFC), which allows remotely, via Bluetooth, start the car engine, lower or raise the window, and manage virtually any electronic subsystem car. At the same time as the terminal device can be used by mobile phone, PDA or laptop, and to improve safety communication channel is [...]

What happens if you cross a pair of binoculars with a camera? This question is a Korean company and Sun Photo appears to have found an answer. It has created a device combines two-megapixel digital camera with an eightfold increase and ordinary binoculars. For image storage has built-in memory capacity of 16MB, but it can [...]

British Sage Group has announced the acquisition of 51 percent of the shares of the French elite group known. So the company is continuing its acquisition price. “The aim of forecast for the future is both organic and non-organically grown. We strengthen our position through acquisitions in countries where we already have on the market, [...]