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The confusion around Microsoft's plans to support high-definition protected content in its Windows Vista operating system continued on Friday as conflicting reports flood the news media. Microsoft Senior Program Manager Steve Riley told attendees at Tech2006 in Sydney that Microsoft would never supp...
There are two schools of thought when it comes to consumer video editing programs. One school believes that most videographers want to create their movies with as little human intervention as possible. The other school argues that consumers want as much control as they can get to put their stamp on ...
To-do lists have been a staple for software writers since the invention of the personal computer. Maybe that's because we all have things to do and never tire of finding better and faster ways to get them done. For many of us, a simple pad and paper, or the rudimentary to-do list in a personal dig...
Amid the chatter over fixes included in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release for this month, the software giant quietly announced that two patches in its Aug. 8 security bulletin also pertain to Windows Vista. A posting on the Windows Vista Security blog confirmed that MS06-042 and MS06-051 are also in...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the agency that supervises Internet domain names, has renewed its contract with the United States Department of Commerce to continue to perform the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority function. The IANA function includes Internet Protocol addr...
RNSoft on Wednesday released RSS DreamFeeder version 1.5, a free update to the company's Dreamweaver extension for creating RSS feeds from existing Dreamweaver-based content. The product's new version features improved control for connecting pages to feeds using LINK tags, and introduces support for...
Enterprises have armed themselves with a bevy of management and monitoring tools. These products calculate bandwidth utilization, gauge system response time, and identify system and network bottlenecks. Yet amid all the information gleaned, for many firms a simple question often goes unanswered: How...
Is identity theft on the rise, or is it a problem that has been vastly overhyped? Recent incidents of lost or stolen laptops have focused public attention on the huge amount of personal information that can very easily make its way outside the control of corporate IT. However, in spite of so many in...
I've been using Picasa since before Google bought it, and have found the feisty program a gem for managing my growing library of digital photos, as well as a handy tool for quick tinkering with snapshots when launching a full-blown image editor would be overkill. I always look forward to each iterat...
In a record-breaking Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft issued 12 security bulletins to patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, including nine critical flaws. Ten of the updates address flaws in the software giant's operating system. Several patches fix vulnerabilities that are currently being...
While some applauded Microsoft for displaying its new Vista operating system among some of the world's top software security researchers at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas last week, others set out to give the software giant a black eye. Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-b...
Broadband Internet access is no longer a novelty for consumers -- it is decidedly mainstream both in the U.S. and in Western Europe. Still, there are widespread disparities in the quality of service for many consumers. A new report, released by the Boston-based IT consulting firm, Strategy Analytics...
In a show of its changed approach to the security of its operating system, and in an effort to reach out to those who might be likely to poke through holes in its proprietary code, Microsoft handed out beta copies of its new Vista operating system and outlined its security features at the Black Hat ...
In a move the builds another link in the bridge between new and traditional media, Google and the Associated Press have entered into a content agreement for stories and photographs. "The license in this agreement provides for new uses of original AP content for features and products we will introduc...
Google said Wednesday that it has renewed its existing software bundling agreement with RealNetworks, in which Real will continue to offer the Google Toolbar with RealNetworks applications. The new, expanded deal also includes plans to distribute Mozilla's Firefox Web browser. The plan builds on wha...
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