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"Beta release." These two words are attached to more and more software releases these days -- and not open-source products, either. It seems almost everything Google releases, for example, is first introduced in beta version. Analysts said even Microsoft has now officially jumped on the beta bandwag...
IBM today released a free download of a new spam filtering tool, FairUCE (Fair use of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail), which it admits is not a full-fledged solution but a technology foundation that could one day reach the marketplace. Big Blue released the product under its AlphaWorks program in whi...
Mobile operating system maker Symbian today announced that it has reached an agreement with Microsoft that will enable it to synchronize mobile devices running Symbian with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 applications such as e-mail, calendar and contacts. While it competes with Microsoft on the pla...
Las Vegas based FBM Software has announced on March 14 the release of ZeroSpyware 2005, designed to target consumers and small businesses with what company officials say is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use anti-spyware software available. Among the highlights of the software is a service to pr...
Opera Software this week released a beta version of the next Opera browser for the desktop. The new version includes scalable vector graphics (SVG), which automatically scales any Web page to fit a user's screen. "We believe SVG will enter mainstream Web design in the future and we are very pleased ...
Microsoft has announced a delay in the introduction of its Windows XP Starter Edition -- a stripped-down, lower-cost version aimed at developing nations -- in India, but the company has already pushed the product into other Asian countries in what analysts described as a growing battle for emerging ...
Microsoft has acquired another small software company, the latest in a series of buys that have added to its portfolio in security, services and, in the case of its most recent deal, collaboration. With the acquisition of Groove Networks, Microsoft gets not only a company but also a big name in tech...
Computer video professionals might find it hard to turn away from the latest innovation in laptop technology. The Sharp Actius AL3D notebook announced today bundles a second generation 3-D LCD notebook with a software package that converts any DVD from 2-D to 3-D format in real time, allowing users ...
Microsoft is expected to unveil new network communications software tomorrow at the 2005 VON Conference in San Francisco. Codenamed "Istanbul," the product will let businesses manage telephones, instant messaging, e-mail and video conferencing through a unified system. The company hopes Istanbul wil...
Google formally launched its free desktop search software today, moving deeper into waters already crowded with competitors. The free, downloadable Google Desktop, previously available in beta form, will allow Internet search-style queries of the desktop, including scanning through a range of comput...
Last week was a busy week. It started with the Intel Developer Forum and ended with an American Press Institute roundtable on the future of media. We'll cover the second event another week because there were two things I saw while at the Intel event that I believe are potentially market breakers.
The recent release of Tenebril's SpyCatcher 3.5 packs several high-powered features. Its sophisticated detection engine requires less memory to scan a computer and its components, resulting in scans up to 300 percent faster than earlier versions and most competitive products. SpyCatcher brings more ...
In response to a pair of potentially dangerous security bugs, RealNetworks yesterday introduced new versions of its flagship RealPlayer software. The company has discovered twice in less than six months flaws that could allow an attacker to create fake video files to infiltrate a victim's computer.
Microsoft has won an important victory in its patent dispute with Eolas and the University of California, which claim the software giant is profiting from a patented browser technology. While a lower court had found that Microsoft infringed on the patent and upheld a jury penalty of US$521 million, ...
Although it is far from ready for the mainstream -- and not even ready for application developers, according to some -- 64-bit computing was a major topic of discussion at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) taking place in San Francisco this week. Microsoft announced its 64-bit versions of Windows -- b...
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