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Microsoft Licenses Audio Watermarking Tech
Publié: août 15, 2007, 8:29pm CEST
Microsoft said Wednesday that it had licensed its audio watermarking technology to Activated Content in an effort to spur the efforts behind embedding trackable "watermarks" in audio files. -
LimeWire to Launch Legit Music Store
Publié: août 15, 2007, 7:44pm CEST
File sharing company LimeWire has announced plans to open a legitimate music store, which it will eventually integrate into its popular -- and controversial -- P2P software. The company is facing increasing pressure to clean up its business after being sued by the record industry. -
Blu-ray Movies Outselling HD DVD 2-to-1
Publié: août 15, 2007, 7:35pm CEST
Although it appears to be outpacing Blu-ray in turns of actual player sales, HD DVD disc sales are struggling to keep up, with Blu-ray outselling its rival by a 2-to-1 margin in the first half of 2007, according to Home Media Research. -
AllofMP3 Exec Cleared of Charges
Publié: août 15, 2007, 6:30pm CEST
The former head of Mediaservices has been cleared of any wrongdoing surrounding AllofMP3 after a Russian court threw out charges against him. -
AMD Denies Reports of Barcelona Ship Date Slippage
Publié: août 15, 2007, 6:30pm CEST
Reports in The Inquirer and a separate British technology blog citing OEM sources as saying they've been alerted to expect delays in shipments of its new quad-core Barcelona CPUs in all but the 1.9 GHz "HE" lower-power frequencies, were soundly denied this morning to BetaNews by an AMD spokesperson. -
Microsoft Upgrades Hotmail Storage, Features
Publié: août 15, 2007, 6:10pm CEST
Microsoft this week began rolling out new features to users of its Windows Live Hotmail service, most notably adding increased mail storage of 5GB for free accounts and 10GB for paid subscribers. The company has also add "vacation replies" and the ability to turn off the Today screen. -
DirecTV to Offer Internet Over Power Lines
Publié: août 15, 2007, 5:56pm CEST
DirecTV said Wednesday that it had signed an agreement with Current Group, which would allow it to offer Internet broadband services via power lines. The service will premiere in Dallas later this year or early next year. -
US-CERT Sounds 'Storm Worm' Alarm, But is it Really a Storm?
Publié: août 15, 2007, 5:26pm CEST
Yesterday, the US-CERT bureau of the Dept. of Homeland Security renewed its warning about the outbreak of "Storm Worm" variants, this time acknowledging what it calls public reports of its renewed spread. Anti-virus companies familiar with these "outbreaks" know there have been a multitude of e-mail worms, each of which is delivered using a different hype-inducing or fun-filled headline. -
San Francisco Gets Second Wi-Fi Option
Publié: août 15, 2007, 5:19pm CEST
A small Mountain View, Calif. based company isn't waiting for EarthLink and Google to iron out contractual details to provide free Wi-Fi in the city of San Francisco. -
Symantec, Intel Working on Secure Chips
Publié: août 15, 2007, 5:17pm CEST
Security firm Symantec has joined up with chip giant Intel to research and develop security solutions built directly into the hardware used by computers. Symantec software would interact directly with the Intel chips at the hardware level, rather than relying on an operating system like Windows. -
Sirius Debuts the Stiletto 2, Adds Wi-Fi
Publié: août 15, 2007, 4:44pm CEST
Along with the release of several other new products, Sirius on Wednesday debuted the Stiletto 2, the second live-reception capable version of its popular portable radio. The updates adds Wi-Fi connectivity. -
Australians See Xbox 360 Price Drop
Publié: août 15, 2007, 4:41pm CEST
A week after the United States and Canada saw the Xbox 360's price tag slashed to better compete with the PS3 and Nintendo Wii, Australian gamers can buy Microsoft's console for the same price as a Wii. Starting today, the Xbox 360 Core will run A$399.95, down from A$429.95. The Pro model has been lowered from A$649.95 to A$579.95. -
First HSUPA Device Approved by FCC
Publié: août 15, 2007, 1:38am CEST
At long last, a Belgian company called Option N.V. announced this morning it has received US Federal Communications Commission approval for an actual HSUPA device: a wireless broadband card for notebooks called the GlobeTrotter Express. Its premise: US travelers need access to high speed communications in those countries that offer it. -
AMD: Will More CPU Cores Always Mean Better Performance?
Publié: août 14, 2007, 10:57pm CEST
The company that helped inaugurate the multicore era of CPUs has begun studying the question, will more cores always yield better processing? Or is there a point where the law of diminishing returns takes over? A new tool for developers to take advantage of available resources could help find the answers, and perhaps make 16 cores truly feel more powerful than eight cores. -
No Beatles Yet, iTunes Gets John Lennon
Publié: août 14, 2007, 10:34pm CEST
Although the library of Beatles music isn't expected to be available digitally until next year, Apple announced Tuesday that it has made available the solo catalog of John Lennon. 16 works from EMI have been posted on iTunes, although all but two were available for purchase on other services previously. -
Not Enough INCITS Voters Recommend Microsoft OOXML to ISO
Publié: août 11, 2007, 2:41am CEST
BREAKING NEWS - With the ballot having closed among members of Technical Committee V1 of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) advisory board over whether to recommend Microsoft's Office Open XML format to the International Standards Organization as a standard, although more members voted aye than nay, an abstention by the IEEE forced the committee not to recommend it without comments. -
Judge: Novell, Not SCO, Owns UNIX Copyrights
Publié: août 11, 2007, 12:53am CEST
Utah District Court Judge Dale Kimball has handed Novell a partial, but still sizable, chunk of victory in its very, very long-running dispute brought on by SCO Group: Even after an asset purchase agreement between Novell and the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO's predecessor company), it is Novell that owns the copyrights to the UNIX operating system and to UnixWare. -
AT&T Cuts Anti-Bush Lyrics from Webcast
Publié: août 10, 2007, 10:31pm CEST
AT&T is trying to quell criticism after monitors it hired cut two lines of anti-Bush lyrics from its webcast of a Pearl Jam concert in Chicago earlier this week. -
Fujitsu's 'Nanohole' Tech Could Triple Hard Drive Capacity
Publié: août 10, 2007, 9:48pm CEST
Last November, we reported on Fujitsu's efforts to overcome a curious problem with the physics of hard disk drives: storing magnetic data at densities that are smaller than the grains of the underlying ferromagnetic medium should physically allow. Now, the company has come up with a method for achieving areal densities that are significantly higher than its own PR team has been reporting. -
Can the RAZR 2 Bring Motorola Back?
Publié: août 10, 2007, 9:42pm CEST
It's no secret that Motorola has been struggling in recent years since demand for its iconic RAZR phone has faded. The company posted a first quarter loss this year, and does not expect to be profitable in 2007. But Motorola is hoping to change its fortunes with the RAZR 2, which goes on sale this month. -
Toshiba Issues Third Sony Battery Recall
Publié: août 10, 2007, 9:19pm CEST
As if consumers haven't heard enough on the subject, Toshiba on Friday issued its third recall related to malfunctioning Sony batteries that could overheat and potentially explode. This time around, only 1,400 batteries are affected for the company's Satellite A100, Satellite A105 and Terca A7 laptop models. -
MySQL to Distribute Commercial Source Code for Paying Customers Only
Publié: août 10, 2007, 5:45pm CEST
A move on Wednesday by the manufacturers of the open source MySQL database to shut off access to the source code of its commercial edition MySQL Enterprise Server, has led to a new round of debate in the open source community over whether the group is gradually abandoning its commitment to free software. -
Microsoft Tests New Live.com 'Dashboard'
Publié: août 10, 2007, 5:44pm CEST
Microsoft is testing out a new personalized homepage for Live.com that integrates separate Windows Live services into a single "dashboard." The site, located at home.live.com, displays new e-mails, blog postings from friends, and links to try out other Windows Live services like OneCare and SkyDrive. -
Google Offers Paid Storage Upgrades
Publié: août 10, 2007, 5:16pm CEST
On the same day that Microsoft rebranded its storage service to Windows Live SkyDrive, Google made some moves of its own in the space. The company unrolled "overflow" solutions for those users who exceed their 1GB of storage for Picasa Web Albums and 2.8GB for Gmail. -
Nine Patches Due for Patch Tuesday
Publié: août 10, 2007, 4:06pm CEST
Microsoft plans to release nine patches as part of its August Patch Tuesday release, including six critical fixes for a host of code execution issues in several of its products. -
Universal Goes DRM Free, But Not on iTunes
Publié: août 10, 2007, 3:49pm CEST
Universal said late Thursday that it planned to start selling music tracks from its artists in MP3 format for a limited time, however not through Apple's iTunes Music store. Also a surprise in the announcement: Google plans to begin selling MP3s directly from its search engine, BetaNews has learned. -
The Petaflop Race is On: NSF Contract Goes to IBM and NCSA
Publié: août 9, 2007, 10:34pm CEST
There are a multitude of teams racing to build the world's fastest supercomputer, probably by 2011. Yesterday, the US government's star contract for a DARPA computer, complete with $208 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, went to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. -
Vonage Struggles in Wake of Verizon Suit
Publié: août 9, 2007, 10:21pm CEST
Vonage is still solvent, although its continued patent fight with Verizon is hurting the company's bottom line. During the past quarter, the company only managed to add 57,000 customers, far less than the 166,000 it added in the year ago quarter. -
'Tabula Rasa' Beta Test Event Friday: Lord British Goes Into Hiding
Publié: août 9, 2007, 9:08pm CEST
Richard Garriott, the creator of easily the most successful and pacesetting series in the history of computer games, Ultima, is just about ready to reveal the finishing touches of his decade-long dream: Tabula Rasa, a networked role-playing adventure of tremendous proportions that promises to wipe the floor with World of Warcraft...or at least try. -
Windows Live Folders Now 'SkyDrive'
Publié: août 9, 2007, 8:19pm CEST
Microsoft has renamed its online storage service from Windows Live Folders to Windows Live SkyDrive, concurrently adding support for those in the United Kingdom and India. The "SkyDrive" name is designed to indicate that stored files exist in the "cloud" of the Internet.