McAfee Reveals New Mobile Security Strategy to Meet Growing Needs of Mobile Service Providers Globally McAfee, Inc. announced thursday the launch of McAfee(R) Mobile Security Risk Management, a new modular three-prong approach to enable mobile operators to counter the increasing threats posed by malicious and abusive content and create a secure framework on which to build future services. McAfee Mobile Security Risk Management is the industry's most comprehensive approach to mobile security. The approach enables ... [full story]

After several delays, Microsoft has released the latest version of its Windows operating system, Vista. While not revolutionary, the upgrade offers many new features. Windows upgrades are known more for integrating existing, popular functions into the operating system than for major innovations. In the past, those copycat upgrades included such features as desktop icons, a media player and a Web browser. In the Vista upgrade, it means improved data backup, speech recognition and photo editing ... [full story]

Simultaneous Monitoring of KPI's for 500 Streams and Automated Polling Advances Quality of Service for IPTV Broadcast Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced new monitoring capabilities for video services carried across an IP network. The MTM400 MPEG Transport Stream Monitor now provides simultaneous monitoring of critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for up to 500 MPEG Transport Streams carried within a Gigabit Ethernet link to aid rapid fault resolution. ... [full story]

XM, the nation's leading satellite radio company, announced Monday that XM Radio Online will be included in Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista. Windows Vista, which became broadly available on January 30, offers XM Radio Online as part of its digital music hub. XM Radio Online delivers more than 80 radio channels, including commercial-free music, the Oprah & Friends talk and lifestyle channel, "The Bob Edwards Show," "Opie & Anthony," stand-up comedy, and children's programming. Web ... [full story]

Postini, the global leader in on-demand communications security, compliance and productivity solutions for email, instant messaging and the web, announced Monday that hackers and spammers are raising their onslaught in 2007 as witnessed by two massive, global email-borne virus attacks which took place from December 29 to December 31, 2006 and again from January 19 to January 21, 2007. Each of these attacks was so large that they drove up the level of viruses on ... [full story]

Puzzle Game Adds Images and Multiplayer to the Popular Numbers Pastime Majesco Entertainment Company, an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today announced Toon-Doku for the Nintendo DS(TM). Developed by Dragon's Den Unlimited, Toon-Doku will offer fun, cartoon picture-based puzzles in addition to traditional number-based Sudoku puzzles when it ships this April. Current product line highlights include Cooking Mama for the Nintendo DS(TM), Bust-A-Move Bash! for the Wii(TM) console and JAWS(TM) Unleashed, as ... [full story]

Airplanes are the next frontier for the wireless industry, and a new technical report could make it more likely that the U.S. government will rescind the cell phone ban on commercial flights. Recently, Dubai-based airline Emirates announced plans to become the world's first air carrier to allow passengers to make in-flight cell phone calls. The airline, which obtained approval from air safety and telecommunications regulators in 25 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, ... [full story]

New Compatibility Program for Intel® Centrino Users with Wireless-N Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection, an upgrade to the wireless component found inside Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology and other Intel-based laptops that helps consumers better connect to wireless networks. As notebook PCs increasingly download broadband-intense content such as movies, videos and music, a more powerful networking solution is needed. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N ... [full story]

Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE:TEK) , a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced that the RSA6100A Series Real-time Spectrum Analyzer has been named a finalist for the DesignVision 2007 Award by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) in the Test & Measurement Equipment category. The DesignVision Awards program recognizes technologies, applications, products and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the industry. Finalists in nine categories were chosen from among a record-number ... [full story]

Nintendo DS continues to achieve milestone after milestone. As the fastest-selling video game system in the world, Nintendo DS now is in the hands of more than 10 million consumers in the Americas. Since launching in November 2004, nearly nine Nintendo DS or DS Lite portable game systems have sold -- every 60 seconds. "More than 5 million people joined the ranks as Nintendo DS owners in America last year alone," says Nintendo of America ... [full story]

To complement the opening of action thriller "Smokin' Aces" on January 26, 2007, Universal Pictures created "Smokin' Aces: Second Life Assassin," which has now become one of the largest in-world events in Second Life history. The online phenomenon Second Life (www.secondlife.com) is a 3D world with "residents" from 100 countries around the globe. "This game is a solid way for fans to become a part of the action of 'Smokin' Aces,'" said Doug Neil, senior ... [full story]

Napster, the digital music pioneer, announced Wednesday the launch of Napster Mobile on au/KDDI, the second largest mobile network in Japan with over 20 million mobile phone subscribers. For a low monthly fee, au/KDDI customers can access Napster Mobile through the EZ web network to get full-length songs and ringtones that can be delivered over-the-air (OTA), directly to their mobile handset for immediate listening and downloading. This launch on au/KDDI's network puts Napster Mobile at the ... [full story]

The Portland Group(TM) (PGI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics and the leading independent supplier of compilers and tools for high-performance computing, today announced that it has been named one of the Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2007 by Linux Magazine. The Linux Magazine "20 Companies to Watch in 2007" list features vendors that are best positioned in the coming year to spur Linux and Open Source adoption while delivering on the immediate needs of ... [full story]