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Microsoft recently announced it would enable RSS feeds in the next version of its operating system -- Longhorn, due out in beta next month. While use of RSS feeds is only at about 5-10 percent of Internet surfers, according to Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio, their endorsement by Microsoft is likel...
Microsoft will release its first backup-to-disk software system to manufacturers within 30 days, the company said at its Worldwide Partner Conference. The software giant said it has the only product that allows end users to recover lost data from their desktop. Microsoft System Center Data Protectio...
In a move to grab market share in the BlackBerry segment, Good Technology today announced partnerships with Sprint, Microsoft and IBM. Good Technology provides wireless hand-held computing software and services in competition with Research in Motion. Good peddles GoodLink wireless corporate e-mail s...
IBM last week unveiled details about a dual-core version of its PowerPC processor at the Power Everywhere forum in Tokyo. Big Blue is targeting entry-level servers, clustered environments and the embedded market with its new product. The PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of IBM's PowerPC 970FX. I...
One of the big problems for complex companies is the ability, or inability, to use expertise developed in one area in another. This is one of the reasons complex companies like Sony often fail; they have all of the disadvantages of that complexity and don't really get the anticipated synergies or e...
Federal rules crafted to curtail "adult entertainment" sites will not be enforced against sites involved in litigation against the government until after Labor Day, according to a temporary agreement reached by the U.S. Department of Justice and Web site producers. The proposed regulations, amendmen...
RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication, but for technologists with an eye on the Internet's future, it stands for much, much more. The technology provides a way for people to opt to have information delivered to their computer desktops without having to burn time surfing the Web. Although around for...
A Florida man may face probation or as much as five years in prison for allegedly accessing someone's residential WiFi Internet connection while parked on the street outside. Wireless experts said the case highlighted how insecure most home wireless networks are, as well as the significance of poten...
Convicted computer criminals are getting drastically different sentences, depending upon the jurisdiction in which they are tried, with one notorious hacker netting a very light suspended sentence, experts tell TechNewsWorld. A judge in Germany today handed down a suspended sentence of a year and ni...
Months after Yahoo released a toolbar designed specifically for the Mozilla Firefox browser, Google has followed suit. The beta version of the toolbar was released today. The Internet Explorer version of the search engine company's toolbar has been out for four years. This is the first software prod...
Last week, the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform held hearings in Houston to discuss fixing the nation's voting system. New technologies help make most businesses more effective and efficient, so it only makes sense to upgrade America's ballot box as well. E-voting machines, often ...
In the latest version of Rambus' high-bandwidth XDR memory interface, XDR2 uses a DRAM core innovation known as microthreading and other enhanced technology to allow data rates of 8 GHz and higher, five times today's graphics DRAM memory, the Japanese company said. The interface is expected to be av...
In a move to cater to midsize businesses, Microsoft today announced a Windows Server System bundle aimed at companies with 50 to 250 PCs. The software giant is hoping to gain the traction in the midmarket that it has achieved with its Small Business Server. The Windows Server System offering include...
Yahoo today added the ability to query its search engine through a short text message on a mobile phone in the United States. Yahoo SMS Search can be used to get weather, local listings, stock quotes and other short bits of information, which analysts say is the way we will gather much data in the f...
Adobe Systems yesterday reported its Reader contains a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. A security flaw in the dominant document-sharing software could allow hackers to seize control of a computer system. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a program for viewing Por...
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