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Publié: mai 10, 2007, 10:44pm CEST
As a means of eliminating the appearance of disparity between the performance royalties about to be charged to US Internet streaming music providers and what terrestrial broadcasters pay for the same privilege (zero), lobbyists representing the recording industry are pressuring Congress to resolve this problem by extending essentially the same sharply higher performance royalty rates to all broadcasters.
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Publié: mai 10, 2007, 10:16pm CEST
VMware this week made available version 6.0 of its desktop virtualization product, which has set a standard for testing and development, and competes with Microsoft's now-free VirtualPC. New features in Workstation 6.0 include support for Vista, dual monitors, and USB 2.0 devices.
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Publié: mai 10, 2007, 9:17pm CEST
Facing what Microsoft called "universal truths about product development," the company announced the removal of three of the most highly anticipated features of Windows Server Virtualization. The project's general manager today explained the cut as one of those tradeoffs you see every day, and stopped just short of saying no one will notice the difference anyway.
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Publié: mai 10, 2007, 8:49pm CEST
After over a year and a half of beta testing, Microsoft on Thursday made available the final version of its Developer Toolbar for Internet Explorer 6 and 7. The add-on enables users to analyze the code of a Web page by color coding the HTML source, matching CSS selectors to page elements, and even offering a pixel ruler.
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Publié: mai 10, 2007, 8:27pm CEST
Joost, the Internet TV startup founded by Skype and Kazaa creators Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, has raised $45 million from a group of five investors that includes CBS and Viacom. The service has been in private beta for months, and recently opened to a broader audience.
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Publié: mai 10, 2007, 8:18pm CEST
A spokesperson for Microsoft on behalf of technical product manager Brian Goldfarb told BetaNews today that, as it turned out, the specific MLB demo shown Tuesday was actually "written in Jscript," and was not the same demo that was written "entirely in C#."