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As part of its new "Live" branding strategy, Microsoft is reportedly beta testing a new Web-based service designed to help parents manage their children's computer use to improve their safety. Microsoft announced the service, dubbed Windows Family Safety settings, in January. Part of Windows Vista, ...
Yahoo has engaged in a battle with the Recording Industry Association of America, at least indirectly. Yahoo's digital music service executive on Thursday boldly suggested to Music 2.0 conference attendees that music labels sell their songs online without digital rights management software. Dave Gol...
Google is venturing into new Internet waters -- again. The search giant officially launched Google Page Creator on Thursday to beef up its ever-evolving Web-based toolbox. Google's new service will compete with products from Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and MySpace. Specifically, Google Page Creator is t...
High performance computing is not just for academicians and scientists anymore. This application of computer technology to highly complex scientific and engineering workloads is making its way into commercial settings as companies recognize its value as a competitive tool. TechNewsWorld caught up wi...
In a move to compete on the e-commerce development front, Microsoft on Monday announced plans to deliver the beta version of Microsoft Commerce Server 2006. Microsoft Commerce Server is a .NET-based e-commerce solution designed to simplify the creation of full-featured Web sites. The final commercia...
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, is the latest in the industry to jump on the fast-moving streaming video bandwagon. DoCoMo said on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Real Networks to jointly deploy software to bring video streaming capabilities to its mobile phones....
Mobile brand Helio on Thursday announced plans to target the lucrative U.S. youth market with two South Korean-made cell phones and a content deal with popular social networking site MySpace. Helio's Hero and Kickflip multimedia handsets are set to debut this spring. "Helio is for those of us who wa...
Opera Software on Wednesday announced an agreement with Nintendo to provide a browser that will allow video game lovers to surf the full Internet from their handheld systems. "The incredibly popular Nintendo DS is already WiFi enabled to support real time gaming, so adding Web browsing capabilities ...
AOL on Monday launched the first beta version of its new Chinese language AOL.com Web portal. The new site is aimed at the Chinese American and Chinese speaking community in the United States. Created in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters, the site offers Web search, blogs and e-mail...
Nokia on Monday introduced three new mobile phones with an emphasis on connectivity. The Nokia 6131, 6070 and 6136 handsets seek to converge style with the latest in wireless technology. While the 6131 and 6070 are mid-range phones targeting consumers, the 6136 may pique the interest of enterprise c...
In yet another step toward mobile TV mainstreaming, British Telecom Group, Virgin Mobile and Microsoft are expected to announce a partnership on Tuesday at 3GSM in Barcelona, the largest mobile phone industry conference of the year. While other companies will be launching new mobile handsets, this t...
It seems everyone is searching for something -- and Nielsen//Netratings is proving it. The Internet media and market research firm on Thursday reported that online searches across 60 search engines grew 55 percent year-over-year to nearly 5.1 billion searches in December 2005. By contrast, there we...
The blogosphere is over 60 times bigger than it was just three years ago. So says Technorati, a firm that tracks 27.2 million Web logs, or blogs. The firm's latest report indicates that the blogosphere continues to double about every five and half months. In fact, Technorati's "State of the Blogosp...
In a move to round out its Information Lifecycle Management strategy, HP on Tuesday signed a definitive agreement to acquire a provider of archiving software for enterprise applications and databases. HP will purchase OuterBay for an undisclosed amount. OuterBay's Application Data Management Suite, ...
In the midst of Google's battle with the U.S. government to keep its users' search records private, British Telecom on Tuesday reported some disturbing figures about child pornography online. While the Bush Administration seeks to revive an online pornography law struck down by the U.S. Supreme Cour...
Could GoogleTunes be in the future for digital music fans? Will the company buy Napster or start its own service? Should Apple be concerned, or is the possibility of Google entering the space just another unsubstantiated rumor? There are many questions today, and fewer answers. Though Napster's shar...
In a move to keep up with the competition, IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database product. Big Blue hopes to win the favor of more software developers in smaller companies and projects. The "express" version provides the same core data server features as DB2 Universal Database E...
America Online on Monday announced that it has teamed up with Mark Burnett Productions, the company that propelled the concept of reality television into the mainstream. The companies have signed a major production deal to develop a real-life treasure hunt airing exclusively on the AOL.com Web site....
Don't count America Online out of the broadband Internet access business just yet. Despite its focus on new offerings, the media giant on Friday announced plans to expand its broadband network coast-to-coast. AOL will partner with BellSouth, Time Warner Cable and Verizon, as well as other major DSL ...
Be especially wary of unsolicited e-mails claiming to contain obscene pictures and sex movies this week. The W32/Nyxem worm is set to trigger its data-destroying payload on February 3. The W32/Nyxem-D worm can spread via e-mail using a variety of pornographic disguises in an attempt to disable secur...
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