Applications

Nokia and Microsoft said Thursday that they have sealed an agreement to incorporate Microsoft's Live Search capabilities into Nokia's Mobile Search platform, allowing consumers to access Microsoft's home-grown search engine directly from Nokia's N-series and compatible Series 60 software-equipped mu...

A week after Microsoft unveiled its so-called "iPod killer," Zune, the software giant has turned its attention to another potential competitor, YouTube. Microsoft on Tuesday announced the beta release of Soapbox on MSN Video, a user-uploaded video service that lets video enthusiasts upload and shar...

RealNetworks on Monday announced a partnership with SanDisk to deliver a portable music player poised to compete with Apple's market-leading iPod. Real, a developer of software that plays music and videos on the Internet, and SanDisk, a flash memory maker, are planning a tag-team approach that the c...

OPINION

Europe’s Technology Problem: The EC

European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes is touring the United States this week. Her visit comes during a nasty spat between the commission and Microsoft that could seriously hurt technology businesses and consumers. Microsoft is planning to launch its new operating system, Windows Vista, in...

For the second time in three years, Segway has issued a recall of its popular personal transporters, prompted by a series of injuries, some requiring hospitalization, that some riders have suffered when performing certain maneuvers. A software glitch is responsible for the defect. Specifically, th...

Microsoft on Tuesday released three security updates for Windows and Office to patch as many vulnerabilities, following several consecutive Patch Tuesday events that saw much larger batches of fixes. The software giant rated only one of the September patches as "critical." Bulletin MS06-054 addresse...

Concerns over its lingering dispute with European antitrust regulators may force Microsoft to delay the launch of Windows Vista in Europe. The software giant said unless European Commission regulators give it a clear indication about whether the first new version of its operating system since XP wil...

Following Microsoft's Friday release of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1, the software giant on Tuesday announced plans to make the software available for broad customer and partner testing. Microsoft will reopen the Customer Preview Program, its pre-release testing program, to new enrollments thi...

SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

Free Podcasting Program Hectic but Fun

So all this hype about podcasting has tickled your curiosity, but you haven't a clue where to start. Try WildVoice. Currently in beta, WildVoice is a Web site designed for creating and hosting podcasts. Not only can you create podcasts directly at the site, but WildVoice offers free audio mixing sof...

Touting support for both Intel and AMD virtualization technology, Microsoft released a second beta of its Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1 this week. The capabilities of the free Virtual Server 2005 update -- including Active Directory integration, improved backup and recovery and offlin...

Employees often consider their corporate desktops and laptops to be their own personal computers, and frequently treat them as such by downloading all kinds of unauthorized applications, such as MP3 players, games, VoIP products and unsupported instant messaging platforms. In the past this behavior ...

Electronic Arts on Thursday said it has inked a deal with video game advertising network Massive to push ads into its games. The agreement makes a way for Massive, a Microsoft subsidiary, to include a portfolio of Electronics Arts games developed for the Xbox 360 and PCs into Massive's advertising n...

Amazon.com has begun peddling Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system on its Web site. The Internet giant is displaying the Vista logo and has priced the software at US$100 to $399. Pricing is similar to what Microsoft currently charges for most versions of Windows XP. The software is not yet cu...

StopBadware.org on Monday put AOL's version 9.0 on its "Badware Watch List." The anti-spyware group cites, among other factors, the inclusion of bundled software applications and nondisclosure of additional installed components as reasons for its concern. The report is one in a recent series release...

Taking another step into Microsoft territory, Google on Monday launched Google Apps for Your Domain, a set of free hosted applications targeting small- to mid-sized businesses. The software allows users to send e-mail through Google's Web-based Gmail service that displays the company's domain name.

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