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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 11:20pm CEST
With a minimum of fanfare, the licensing body for the developers of a supplemental copy protection technology exclusively for Blu-ray Disc announced its initial specification for BD+ - which supporters had hoped would be available early last year - is finally ready for licensing to developers.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 9:22pm CEST
A group of Windows enthusiasts that wanted to attempt to bring back features cut out of Vista through a modified version of Longhorn code circa 2004 found out Microsoft didn't take too kindly to it.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 9:21pm CEST
After having waited for a jury's verdict last month to withstand judicial review, the International Trade Commission this morning upheld a decision to ban the import of certain goods containing Qualcomm chipsets into the US. The banned devices are mobile handsets whose use of EV-DO and W-CDMA technology was found to have infringed upon three of Broadcom's patents.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 8:38pm CEST
iTunes' dominance in the music industry continues to grow, data from the NPD Group showed Friday. Apple surpassed Amazon as the third largest retailer for music sales in the first quarter of the year, with 9.8 percent of the overall market.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 8:27pm CEST
Apple on Friday provided the most in-depth look at the iPhone, one week before the device debuts at AT&T and Apple stores across the United States. A 20-minute tour posted to the company's Web site showcases the various features of the iPhone and explains how to use the touch screen.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 6:51pm CEST
A status report released yesterday by the director of Microsoft's Security Technology Unit contends that, over the first six months of its shelf life, Windows Vista was proven more secure than its competitors during their first six months, and more secure than Windows XP after its debut, by virtue of the sole fact that fewer Vista vulnerabilities were entered into the National Vulnerability Database.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 6:49pm CEST
Cablevision stepped up the battle to attract high-definition customers on Friday, saying it would have the capability to carry more than 500 channels of HD programming by the end of this year.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 6:37pm CEST
eBay said Friday that it planned to re-enter the Chinese market this summer, just seven months after it announced its plans to close its own site and hand the reigns over to Beijing-based Tom Online.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 6:29pm CEST
Responding to customer requests for less preinstalled software on its machines, Dell will now offer its customers an option to select "no software preinstalled" when purchasing Inspiron notebooks or Dimension desktops.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 6:20pm CEST
Mandriva has become the latest Linux vendor to publicly refute speculation that it will join Novell, Xandros and Linspire in signing a patent covenant with Microsoft, in which the Redmond company agrees not to sue for potential intellectual property infringement.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 6:09pm CEST
The future of Take-Two's Manhunt 2 came into some doubt Thursday after the game developer decided to hold off on releasing the game. Originally scheduled for July 10, it is now unclear when the game will be released.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 5:58pm CEST
Nuance Communications has agreed to purchase Tegic Communications from AOL for $265 million, the companies reported Friday. Tegic, a little-known subsidiary of AOL, makes the T9 text input software common on mobile phones, as well as a touch input solution.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 5:30pm CEST
Fon said Friday it had begun offering 'La Fontenna,' a directional antenna that could be attached to the routers the company offers along with its service. A coverage gain of about 3 to 5 times the typical range of the router is realized.
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Publié: juin 22, 2007, 12:45am CEST
When Jerry Yang stepped into the Yahoo CEO seat vacated earlier this week by Terry Semel, analysts said his goal may very well be to move Yahoo away from its all-things-media evolutionary path, and return it to its roots in search. If that's the case, then Yahoo has its work cut out for it, if today's numbers from Nielsen/NetRatings are to be taken seriously.