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Microsoft may have missed the Web 2.0 bandwagon's first go-round, but the software giant is emerging with a set of new tools designed to deliver better customer experiences online. The company also released a test version of the new Internet Explorer browser. The announcements came during MIX06, a c...
Blogging software and services provider Six Apart on Thursday said it received US$12 million in third round financing. The round was led by Focus Ventures. Intel Capital and prior round lead August Capital also participated in the funding. Founded in 2002 by husband-and-wife team Ben and Mena Trott,...
Microsoft is introducing an entertainment franchise including games and television programming featuring characters that appeal to young consumers. The software giant on Wednesday revealed plans for a new entertainment franchise called "Viva Pinata." More than just a video game title, Microsoft plan...
SophosLabs is warning computer users about Troj/Zippo-A, also known as Cryzip, this week, and offering the secret code to crack the scam. The Trojan horse encrypts computer data and attempts to extort a US$300 ransom. Zippo-A searches for files, such as Word documents, databases and spreadsheets, a...
Microsoft on Tuesday issued a series of security patches to fix multiple problems in its Windows operating system and Microsoft Office productivity suite. This is one of the more significant "patch Tuesdays" in terms of number and severity of included fixes, according to Ed Moyle, a manager in CTG's...
The battle over the next generation of DVD players just got another entrant: the virtual multilayer disc. VMD is a high quality format with built-in copyright protection designed for next-generation optical media. New Medium Enterprises demonstrated its VMD technology at the CeBIT trade show in Germ...
Motorola's popular Razr phones are cutting off some callers. Now, the company's stock prices are taking a slashing. Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile last week stopped selling the Motorola model because of a defect in some handsets that causes calls to disconnect when the flip phones are opened. The gl...
Google has gobbled up yet another Web 2.0 startup. The search giant has acquired Upstartle, maker of Writely, software that allows you to edit documents online, then publish them online via blogs and other Web sites. Writely users can upload Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text documents, o...
Google has gobbled up yet another Web 2.0 startup. The search giant has acquired Upstartle, maker of Writely, software that allows you to edit documents online, then publish them online via blogs and other Web sites. Writely users can upload Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text documents, o...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to demonstrate the company's first wave of Ultra-Mobile PCs at the CeBIT information and telecommunications trade show in Hannover, Germany, on Thursday. Developed under the code name Origami, the portable devices will be available next month at prices rangi...
Cingular Wireless on Tuesday launched an on-demand streaming video service with a selection of content from providers including Fox and HBO. Consumers can now watch video clips of their favorite television shows, sports, news and weather, entertainment and premium content on their high-speed 3G-capa...
Yahoo on Tuesday said it is planning to make four new and enhanced interfaces available to independent developers. The Web service Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are intended to enable developers to use and build on technology from Yahoo Photos, Calendar, MyWeb and Shopping. The idea is to cr...
Samsung Electronics on Monday unveiled the world's first 8GB hard-disk embedded smartphone. Dubbed the SGH-i310, the model breaks the storage limit in mobile phones. As such, Samsung believes the new handset will change the way people manage and use mobile phones. Its three new models that come equi...
Sun Microsystems is attempting to take the concept of pervasive computing into the mainstream with a new battery-operated platform for development of wireless sensor networks, robotics and personal consumer electronics. Dubbed Project Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, or Sun SPOT, Sun hopes ...
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Thursday unveiled new legislation that would ensure what he is calling "net neutrality," or equal delivery of content on the Internet for consumers and businesses. Under Wyden's bill, dubbed the "Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2006," telephone and cable companie...
Video game maker S2 Games is testing a new delivery system that is beginning to catch on with both independent computer game makers and industry giants: Web downloads. S2 Games plans to sell its new title "Savage 2: A Tortured Soul" exclusively online when it is released in October. High-speed Inter...
Two new Trojan horses are being billed as "first-of-their-kind" bugs. Security alerts are warning of a "crossover" virus that leaps from one device to another; in addition, a new Java Trojan has been detected that could infect almost any cell phone. The Mobile Malware Researchers Association on Mon...
America Online and Yahoo are under fire for plans to charge for e-mail. A group of nonprofit and public interest groups on Tuesday launched a campaign to protest the online giants' scheme to charge high-volume e-mail senders a fee in exchange for a guarantee that their messages will be delivered. AO...
Most households that are not on the Web already have little intention of logging on. So says a study released by market researcher Parks Associates on Friday. The study found few new households willing to subscribe to Internet services, which, the study predicted, would limit 2006 growth in overall ...
Microsoft said it would release six different flavors of its Windows Vista operating system, scheduled for rollout in the second half of 2006. The Windows Vista product lineup consists of two versions for businesses, three for consumers, and one for emerging markets, the software giant said. The pro...
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