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Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2007 is You. To summarize their lengthy coverage of this topic, it's all "Web 2.0" technology that enables user-empowering Web tools and Web sites like Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace, Flickr, Google Maps, Twitter, Pandora, Last.FM, Digg, and Del.icio.us. These We...
Avid Technology has long had a sterling reputation among video professionals for its editing systems. However, while widely respected with the pro set, its consumer offerings have been at worst ornery and at best, disappointing. Then the company acquired Pinnacle. Pinnacle's heritage in consumer vid...
Microsoft took the wraps off its latest entrant in the online business applications market Monday, announcing the creation and upcoming beta of its Microsoft Office Live Workspace. The software maker also revealed details about its "software services strategy and road map" for businesses. "This new ...
OK, we clearly can't talk about the events of last week without mentioning the huge surprise "Halo 3" was in terms of popularity and execution. I was having doubts prior to the launch, but those doubts are dead now. This is a wonderful game. In fact, it's actually hard to find anyone saying anything...
Microsoft has given its Windows XP operating system -- originally set to disappear from store shelves in January 2008, one year after the release of Windows Vista -- a reprieve. "There are some customers who need a little more time to make the switch to Windows Vista," said Mike Nash, corporate vic...
Two separate exploits involving the Apple QuickTime and the Microsoft Windows Media players could continue to plague computer users regardless of which Web browser is installed as the default on a computer system. So far, the only browser developer to announce a patch for this vulnerability is Mozil...
Less than a year after its much-ballyhooed rollout of Vista, Microsoft is giving in to the demands of manufacturers and business users who want to switch back to the XP operating system. Some manufacturers, such as Dell, are already offering customers a choice of OSes in response to a groundswell of...
Although I'm a hopelessly U.S.-centric person, I still find it engaging from time to time to gauge the opinions of those outside Uncle Sam's borders about what they consider stellar products. One indicator of those opinions is awards like those bestowed in August by the European Imaging and Sound As...
Google has added the third leg to its online suite of office applications. The new addition, dubbed "Presentations," is analogous to Microsoft PowerPoint. Now that Google has a full-fledged productivity suite, it has shortened its name from "Google Docs and Spreadsheet" to simply "Google Docs." Afte...
Users of Microsoft's Windows operating system may be surprised to learn that Microsoft has been secretly updating their PCs even after they've activated a feature that seemingly prevents automatic updates. So far, discovery that Microsoft is changing code on users' PCs without their knowledge is lim...
While watching "Who Wants to Be a Super Hero" with my six-year-old the other night, I became intrigued by the way the show segued to commercials. It froze the video and transformed the freeze frame into comic book art. That kind of metamorphosis can be performed on digital photos, too. Some photo ed...
Adobe on Thursday offered a sneak preview of its upcoming Flash Media Server 3, which will be released in the first quarter of next year. The new release will offer nearly double the performance of its predecessor, Adobe said, as it combines traditional streaming media capabilities with a flexible e...
With outlets like Flickr, Shutterfly and Photobucket, there's been a considerable decrease in demand for programs for creating photo albums that can be uploaded to personal Web space. Still, if you have an account with an Internet Service Provider, you likely have megabytes of Web space begging to b...
Making use of distributed computing, such as service-oriented architecture and integrated Web application services, means greater complexity and security design challenges for organizations and IT managers. Open standards play a big role in developing and making better use of efficient and effective...
Software designers and developers are being challenged to build efficient security measures into their project work as computing is increasingly distributed via Web application services and service-oriented architecture. Research recently conducted by the Ponemon Institute and CipherOptics found tha...
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