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Palm on Thursday announced it is teaming up with Vodafone and Microsoft in hopes of expanding the adoption of wireless push e-mail in Europe. The UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands will have first dibs on the collaborative Palm Treo smartphone, which will operate on Vodafone's 3G/UMTS net...
Online social networking site MySpace.com has surpassed Internet giant Yahoo as the most popular Web site in the United States, according to Hitwise research. MySpace accounted for 4.46 percent of all Internet visits in the U.S. for the week ending July 8, 2006. In fact, MySpace drew more online vis...
Consumers who love to chat will have more people to talk to now that Yahoo and Microsoft have bridged their instant messaging services. On Thursday, the companies began limited public beta testing of interoperability between Yahoo Messenger with Voice and Windows Live Messenger, an updated version o...
The Department of Homeland Security is testing a new digital emergency system that, once implemented, will deliver alerts to any device that can receive a text message. It is expected to go into effect by the end of 2007 after testing, largely carried out through its partnership with the Association...
When it comes to software, there are two schools of thought about tackling a basket of tasks. You can try attacking each task separately with an individual application, or you can look for a Swiss Army knife software suite to mount a unified assault on them. If the all-in-one approach appeals to you...
Microsoft is taking Xbox fans back a couple of decades, getting deeper into the red hot retro video game market by offering the 20-year-old "Frogger" title for its newest console via Xbox Live Arcade. The well known frog-crossing-the-street game will be followed by other retro titles -- "Galaga," "S...
Microsoft on Tuesday released seven patches, five classified as critical, for July's Patch Tuesday event. The seven patches fix at least 10 vulnerabilities in consumer and enterprise software. Security bulletin MS06-035 addresses a critical vulnerability in Windows Server 2003, as well as Windows XP...
Embryonic stem cell research supporters are urging President George W. Bush to withdraw his threat to veto legislation that would allow federal funding for the controversial studies. The bill, which passed the House a year ago, is expected to gain broad bipartisan support in the Senate when it comes...
Hackers have once again targeted the U.S. government, forcing the State Department to scramble to ensure its data is protected. Large-scale computer break-ins have occurred over the past several weeks, but the department is confident no sensitive data has been compromised, spokesperson Edgar Vasquez...
It seems rarer than ever these days that a majority of Americans can get together, rally round a common cause, hash out their differences, and forge a consensus in support of a durable and lasting approach to a pressing and vital public issue. Yet that is what is happening as a groundswell builds fr...
Microsoft is moving out with the old and in with the new. As of Tuesday, the company has ended public support, including security updates, for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows Millennium Edition. However, Tuesday also marked Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Boston, where ...
Online video distributor Guba.com has sealed a deal that will let it distribute downloadable versions of films from Sony Pictures on its Web site. More than 100 feature-length movies, including "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Hitch" and "Underworld: Evolution," will be available on Guba, the companies said....
Microsoft has tried to keep plans for its so-called iPod killer tightly under wraps, but the software giant is indeed developing a digital media player to compete with Apple's best-selling product, according to media reports. As the story goes, Microsoft is not merely developing one product aimed at...
The US$600 million deal disclosed by Intel to sell its mobile phone microprocessor unit to Marvell Technology Group may only have a "minor" impact on the computer chip industry. Intel was never able to grow its presence beyond mere applications processors for Personal Digital Assistants. Handset o...
Cell phones have been steadily morphing into portable computers that busy executives are using to keep in touch with clients, suppliers and co-workers while on the go. Now, after passively watching this market take hold, Microsoft has decided that it wants to become a key player, an attainable but n...
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