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Yahoo and Adobe announced a partnership this morning in which each will leverage the other's user groups. When Adobe windows pop up on computer monitors and laptop screens, prompting consumers to update their Adobe packages, they now will have the opportunity to download Yahoo's desktop search toolb...
Telecommunications carriers clearly see the future: Voice over IP (VoIP) services. This technology enables them to roll out high-speed multimedia services to consumers and businesses faster and at a lower cost than traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) services. While those features a...
Antivirus software is a required component for safe computing. Security experts warn that an unprotected computer straight out of the box and connected to the Internet will catch multiple virus infections in its first twenty minutes online. Antivirus software programs, however, are only reliable if ...
Computer Associates (CA) has introduced a usage-based pricing model for its portfolio of mainframe management software products. The overhauled pricing strategy is called Measured Workload Pricing and moves the software industry another step closer to utility computing. "Our FlexSelect licensing pro...
AT&T acknowledged today that it is testing alternative operating systems to the Windows platform it now uses, but said the review is not specifically related to security concerns. Mike Dickman, AT&T spokesperson, said reports suggesting AT&T might be considering scrapping Microsoft Windo...
When was the last time you updated your anti-virus software? Even if you update your AV software frequently, there's still a gap between the time a virus is released into the wild on "day zero" and when virus fighters can update their programs to squash the malware. To truly secure a network, what's...
ATI Technologies, the three-dimensional graphics pioneer, today announced HyperMemory, a technology that allows a PC to use system memory for graphics processing. HyperMemory uses the high-speed bi-directional data transfer capabilities of PCI Express to store and access graphics data in system memo...
For companies burdened with legacy systems they can't seem to get rid of, this could be the jackpot they've been waiting for. A Los Gatos, California, startup maintains it has perfected a program that allows software applications compiled for one processor and operating system to run on another proc...
A new report from Canadian researcher AssetMetrix indicates that one in 10 corporate PCs will have applications adversely impacted by the new Windows XP Service Pack 2 update. However, the report also indicates that few corporate computer users might be feeling the effects because relatively few app...
Skype Technologies today launched the beta version of Skype for Mac OS X. The software can be downloaded for free and is available immediately. "We celebrated Skype's first anniversary on Sunday (August 29) with more than 9 million users from every country in the world," said Niklas Zennstrom, Skype...
Skype Technologies today launched the beta version of Skype for Mac OS X. The software can be downloaded for free and is available immediately. "We celebrated Skype's first anniversary on Sunday (August 29) with more than 9 million users from every country in the world," said Niklas Zennstrom, Skype...
Opera Software announced that its Opera smartphone browser will soon become available for Microsoft Windows Mobile software.
U.S. officials announced a multistate, peer-to-peer (P2P) network user bust, calling it "the first federal enforcement action taken against criminal copyright piracy on peer-to-peer networks," and announcing the execution of search warrants at five homes and an ISP. The effort of U.S. Attorney Gener...
It's as jarring as former First Lady Nancy Reagan saying yes to drugs. The maker of the code hackers love to crack -- Macrovision -- is touting the sharing and copying features of the next version of its CDS-300 copy-protection scheme when it's released in this year's fourth quarter. Those features ...
The browser war is once again being waged by a half dozen or more software companies who are fighting for a bigger share of the Web browser real estate. But as alternative Web browsers become more popular, so are intrusions by hackers aimed at them. Skirmishes among Web browser companies ended in th...