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Google on Tuesday launched a new feature in its Picasa photo management application, Picasa Web Albums. The tool is designed to help users post and share their photos on the Web. The invitation-only service comes with the latest version of Picasa and features one-click Web upload using the tool's ne...
The Recording Industry Association of America is claiming victory over illegal file swapping. The vehement opposer of sites like BitTorrent and eDonkey reported this week that it now considers illegal file trading "contained." Legal digital downloads are up 77 percent, the RIAA said. Album sales, m...
Microsoft on Monday revealed the results of a 15-month test of its Malicious Software Removal Tool. The utility that seeks out and destroys malware reported malicious programs, or bots, on six out of 10 Windows computers it examined. Microsoft made the announcement at the Tech Ed conference in Bosto...
Yahoo's Web-based e-mail service is the latest target of a malicious attack. A new worm, dubbed Yamanner, has set out to collect addresses from a spam database, Symantec warned Monday. Yamanner exploits a vulnerability in Yahoo's Web-based e-mail program. It spreads itself to the user's Yahoo e-mail...
Microsoft's scheduled monthly Patch Tuesday is rolling around again on June 13. This round will include updates to the Windows operating system and the controversial ActiveX. The release will feature nine Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows, at least one of which is critical. An...
In a move to keep pace with rival Sprint, Verizon Wireless on Monday launched a service that lets parents keep track of their kids. Dubbed Chaperone, Verizon is marketing the new service as a way for busy families to keep their lines of communication open, while also helping parents give their child...
Debate is swirling around Google's soon-to-be-released spreadsheet program as consumers and industry analysts consider how it could impact allegiance to Microsoft Excel. Google Spreadsheet is a Web-based application that offers simple functionality in two common spreadsheet and data formats, Excel a...
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled Windows Vista Beta 2. The software giant is inviting comments in advance of Vista's scheduled launch date of January 2007. The new operating system comes with a plethora of new features, amid high expectations and plenty of skepticism. "Vista has undergone so many cha...
Nintendo is forecasting minimal losses with its next-generation game console, Wii. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said Tuesday that he is confident that Wii will compete well against the likes of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3 when it debuts sometime in the fourth quarter of this yea...
NASA Glenn Research Center is leading efforts to develop a new space vehicle to replace the space shuttle and take astronauts to the moon and beyond. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced several new exploration work assignments for the Cleveland-based NASA Glenn Rese...
Toshiba on Monday announced a 2.5-inch hard disk drive that uses perpendicular magnetic recording technology to boost the industry's largest 200 GB capacity with only two platters. Perpendicular recording technology is capable of delivering up to 10 times the storage density of traditional longitudi...
Computer network equipment maker Juniper Networks and Microsoft on Monday announced a joint effort to deliver high-performance security solutions to protect Internet Protocol networks, services and applications. Specifically, the companies are collaborating to provide end-to-end security to addres...
Sophos has cracked the code to unlock files held hostage by Archiveus ransomware. The security software firm warned users on Thursday about the Trojan horse, which encrypts victims' computer data, and then attempts to force users into making a purchase from an online pharmacy. Archiveus is not the f...
Skype is barreling ahead full speed into the business market with yet another strategic partnership, this time with an Internet telephony startup called Vapps. The eBay-owned VoIP firm on Thursday announced an initiative to provide unlimited, free conference calling for up to 500 participants to Sky...
In what looks to become a fiery security service brawl, Microsoft and Symantec are launching competing products. While Symantec plans to debut its Norton 360 later this summer, Microsoft beat the security firm to the punch with its Wednesday release of Windows Live OneCare. OneCare is the software ...
A new spyware program called DigiKeyGen is luring the unwary with a claim to provide free access to online pornographic content. It's hardly a new tactic, but Panda Software Labs has discovered yet another instance of this time-tested social engineering ploy. DigiKeyGen is found on a Web page that a...
In a move to appeal to a wider audience, Nintendo is rebranding a portion of its line of handheld gaming titles. The video game giant on Tuesday said it will begin branding its more casual Nintendo DS titles under the new Touch Generations label beginning in June. Touch Generations will be one eleme...
Digital consumer electronics company Sling Media on Tuesday announced that its Slingbox is now available for purchase across the United Kingdom. A Slingbox is a device that allows consumers to access a living room television experience at any time, from any location, using a laptop or desktop PC, PD...
In a hack attack that reflects a worrisome trend in the education arena, Fairfield, Conn.-based Sacred Heart University in early May discovered that the security system on one of its computers containing students' personal data was breached. The university has not confirmed that sensitive files were...
Microsoft this week unveiled a new photo format to compete with an old industry standard. The software giant claims its Windows Media Photo (WMP) will provide better quality at half the size of a JPEG image. "One of the biggest drivers for upgrading computers is digital photography, so anything we d...
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