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The FTC said three individuals operating out of California under the name Enternet Media, and the affiliate operator of Iwebtunes, were charged with unfair and deceptive practices in violation of the FTC Act. The Commission said it was seeking a permanent ban on the practices and redress for consume...
Imagine a world where China argues for guaranteed freedom of speech and Cuba and Iran push for democracy. If that sounds like an episode of "The Twilight Zone," then welcome to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's new show set to air again next week in Tunisia. Readers should know that the reason these...
Digital rights management software embedded in some Sony BMG CDs has become a lightning rod for complaints against the measures the music industry is taking to prevent illegal copying. Eight months after Sony incorporated the software into 20 of its CD releases, developer and author Mark Russinovich...
A national survey released today indicates that instant messaging (IM) has grown 19 percent since last year and is penetrating the United States market as deeply as e-mail -- with many Americans sending as many, if not more, IMs than they do e-mails. What's more, at-work and mobile messaging usage h...
The United States Supreme Court dealt online file sharing a body blow in June when it ruled that makers of peer-to-peer (P2P) software could be held liable for illegitimate uses of their applications. Since that decision was handed down in MGM v. Grokster, the P2P world has been floundering, bobbing...
AMD reportedly scored a market top of Intel last month, earning the title of leading supplier of processors for the U.S. retail PC market in October, according to Current Analysis. The research firm declared that AMD processors powered 49.8 percent of desktop and notebook computers sold in the U.S. ...
There aren't many tech outfits that can rival Apple Computer when it comes to industrial design, but in the keyboard department, there's one company that can give the Cupertino crew a run for their money. What's most surprising about the company is that it's not really known for its hardware. Softwa...
Juniper Networks today made three announcements about new product enhancements and the companies that have deployed them. But behind the product hype, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based hardware maker has quietly stepped into the midst of one of last summer's hottest technology controversies. Technology ne...
Microsoft this week renamed its antispyware software from Windows AntiSpyware to Windows Defender, which may be more appropriate for a combined spyware/virus defense solution, industry observers said. The company -- despite not setting a firm date for the next build and release of the security softw...
As the potential of that indefinitely defined technology called Web 2.0 becomes more and more apparent, new applications seem to be appearing on an almost daily basis. But for users forced to hop from site to site for their Web services, the new social Net can be a drag. Moreover, using the new soc...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was to publish the world's first "storyline patent" application yesterday. According to Georgetown University law professor Jay Thomas, "The case law of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has established that virtually any subject matter is potentially ...
Network security was a big issue a decade ago. Now, ten years of technology later, it continues to be a top priority and it appears that it will be so ten years from now as well. That's because as IT security firms learn more about the tactics of hackers, crackers and malicious code writers, the lat...
Microsoft this week unveiled SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 for developers and enhanced BizTalk Server 2006, claiming the new software delivered "unprecedented integration" between server infrastructure and developer tools. The company said SQL Server 2005 and its database technology would allo...
Some unlikely candidates have been launching record labels lately. Last week, online social networking player MySpace.com debuted its new record label. Now video game maker Electronic Arts is planning to launch a recording label of its own. EA today announced it is teaming up with Nettwerk Music Gro...
In a move to replicate the success of its mobile search engine technology, Google today launched Local for mobile. The application attempts to take mapping to the cellular level. Google bills Local for mobile as "a free download that lets you find local hangouts and businesses across town or across ...