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Microsoft recently announced it would enable RSS feeds in the next version of its operating system -- Longhorn, due out in beta next month. While use of RSS feeds is only at about 5-10 percent of Internet surfers, according to Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio, their endorsement by Microsoft is likel...
Once criticized for unreliability, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is now making headlines for its flexibility. Once accused of being difficult to deploy, VoIP is today being touted for its ease of use and manageability. Indeed, VoIP technology has come a long way in just a few years. The "not q...
Efforts to harmonize international copyright laws have been in progress since the late 19th century, but the rise of the digital medium has thrust the movement back into the limelight recently. More than any other medium, the Internet has taken the copyright and intellectual property environment and...
Many consumers who are accustomed to paying $1.00 per song and a minimum of $10.00 per album from iTunes, MusicMatch or Napster typically raise an eyebrow suspiciously at the prospect of AllofMP3.com, a service that charges users roughly five cents per song and offers nearly all its music in AAC, MP...
Spam and its evil offshoot, phishing, have become growing problems on the Internet. Not only has spam become a nuisance with its frequently offensive subject matter, but it is consuming increasing amounts of bandwidth. For an explanation of the issues surrounding e-mail authentication, TechNewsWorld...
While it appears that the FCC and other governmental oversight bodies are leaving VoIP largely free from regulatory barriers, the remaining technical challenges force the newer, packetized technology to rely on the older, circuit-switched infrastructure. Technical barriers notwithstanding, VoIP is o...
Perhaps the biggest part of and reason for Microsoft's dedication to security is the pain of the software-patching process. On one hand, Windows customers are told that to be as secure as possible, they must keep up with and promptly download and install all patches from Microsoft. TechNewsWorld tal...
With half a billion copies of its Reader document software in use, Adobe has shown its strength in the digital dimension. But the company now is committing more to government agencies, businesses and other organizations that are forced through regulation, mandate or competition to maintain use of ha...
Centralized desktop management -- already a necessity to prevent adverse impacts from rolling out new applications or patches -- has become a critical part of fending off the latest worms and other viruses that can wreak havoc on an IT environment. OnDemand claims its latest WinInstall software is t...
Touting findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project and other Internet use researchers, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has credited its controversial strategy of suing individual file-sharers with cutting the number of illegal trades in half. TechNewsWorld talked w...
As the writer of several top-20 MP3.com hits last year, Paul Korda's perspective on the convergence of technology and music comes from many years of working as a musician and songwriter. He has seen the old technology meet the new -- and has witnessed the transformation of monolithic Big Music into ...
Lucent's Mobility Solutions Group has been working to meet the needs of the world's mobile service providers, including traditional wireless carriers and emerging third-generation (3G) mobile operators. Paul Mankiewich is chief architect and chief technical officer for Lucent's Mobility Solutions Gr...
The seemingly unstoppable tide of junk e-mail known as spam has resulted in several different technologies and approaches to combat inbox clutter, but one tactic has recently gained the attention of major ISPs such as Yahoo and MSN: e-mail postage. Goodmail, a startup with the motto "restoring trust...
In the world of P2P client software, there are two major contenders to the throne: Kazaa and Morpheus. In contrast to the many lesser-known file-sharing clients, both Kazaa and Morpheus have astonishingly high download numbers. Last week, we talked with Phil Morle, CTO of Sharman Networks, which mak...
The legal and social debate over the legitimacy of peer-to-peer (P2P) applications has made headlines since the days of Napster and Hotline -- and continues to be a major issue today. While there are certainly other hotspots in the tech industry, the P2P debate serves as a focal point for some of th...
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