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CES Trend #9: Will CE vendors start steering clear of DRM?

Publié: décembre 31, 2007, 6:00pm CET

Our countdown to next week's CES centers now on whether the CE industry will at last reach a solution to the DRM conundrum. The new trend toward DRM-free music doesn't appear to be shaking the Blu-ray and HD DVD folks, who continue to cling to proprietary disk formats. Will consumers seek a video alternative, and might it come from China?

CES Trend #10: Will wireless require multiple connectivity to remain viable?

Publié: décembre 31, 2007, 3:00pm CET

BetaNews begins its countdown to next week's Consumer Electronics Show: From dual-mode handsets to a new technology dubbed Femtocell, hardware vendors and service providers are doing their best to meet a strong desire among consumers for seamless device connectivity across the growing tangle of networks.

The end of an era as AOL officially retires Netscape

Publié: décembre 29, 2007, 3:54am CET

As we bid adieu to 2007 and prepare to enter the new year, AOL is also saying goodbye to memories: the company has finally killed off the Netscape Web browser - or what was left of it, anyway.

Evidence Adobe uses analytics to sample CS3 user behavior

Publié: décembre 28, 2007, 8:21pm CET

Users of Adobe's programs are taking issue with an apparent feature within the company's products that is sending out some type of data to an outside service.

Loss of HP puts end to Wal-Mart's video download store

Publié: décembre 28, 2007, 6:10pm CET

The retailer decided to silently walk away from its planned video download service after HP ended its participation.

Embattled vendor SCO Group dumped by NASDAQ

Publié: décembre 28, 2007, 5:09pm CET

A lost legal struggle with Linux distributor Novell, an apparently truncated fight with IBM, a bankruptcy filing in September...and now, a NASDAQ delisting. Is there any hope at all left for floundering PC Unix vendor SCO?

Apple stock flirted once again with $200 close

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 10:12pm CET

UPDATED - The assassination of Pakistan's leading challenger to the prime minister's post may be to blame for a late afternoon plummet in Apple's stock value, along with the rest of the tech sector.

Samsung to show off lower-profile OLED at CES

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 10:08pm CET

Major consumer electronics producer Samsung is expected to show off a prototype 31-inch active matrix OLED, and to begin producing 14-inch displays in 2008.

Samsung and Sharp slug it out in global LCD war

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 10:04pm CET

With CES 2008 now just around the corner, Samsung today injected more fuel into a legal battle already revving up among some of the top global players in LCDs and other TV and computer display screens.

Microsoft's failed case against Google + DoubleClick revealed

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 8:43pm CET

A set of policy position documents reportedly authored by Microsoft made the case that Google could use DoubleClick's advertising network to peer into competitors' traffic -- a position the FTC apparently rejected last week.

Warner to add catalog to Amazon's MP3 store

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 7:53pm CET

The label has announced a deal that allows Amazon to sell DRM-free tracks through its online music store.

Sony decides to dump money-losing rear-projection TVs

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 6:04pm CET

The technology that spurred the big-screen television phenomenon among consumers took another step towards oblivion on Thursday.

Google Toolbar back in court after partial remand

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 5:56pm CET

While it looked like Google could walk away from a potentially damaging infringement case against its browser-based Toolbar, a district court judge found the reasoning behind a full Google victory may have been flawed.

FT: Fox, Apple sign movie rental deal

Publié: décembre 27, 2007, 5:47pm CET

In a breakthrough agreement, another major movie studio will add its feature films to the iTunes lineup, but this time under unusual and potentially groundbreaking terms. The deal with Fox will be announced at Macworld.

Scotland plans in-game public service ads

Publié: décembre 26, 2007, 9:24pm CET

The Scottish government recently announced that its anti-drinking and driving campaign will utilize video game ad space.

Russia launches GPS-like satellites on Christmas Day

Publié: décembre 26, 2007, 6:34pm CET

As an unusual Christmas present to the world, Russia sent the last three of its GPS-compatible GLONASS satellites into space on Tuesday, whose missions range from global military tracking to keeping an eye on civilian-owned pet dogs and cats.

Vonage and AT&T settled one suit early last month

Publié: décembre 26, 2007, 6:01pm CET

The two parties in one of the most recent patent lawsuits concerning Vonage's VoIP technology waited almost two months to tell the public they had actually settled their dispute just days after it was filed.

Sharp looks to Toshiba to strengthen LCD TV business

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 10:15pm CET

With competition ever more fierce in the LCD TV market, some retailers are finding the most viable option is to join forces.

Red Hat CEO replaces himself with Delta Airlines exec

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 8:53pm CET

In a shocking turn of events, Matthew Szulik suddenly stepped down this week as the head of Red Hat. With his company in solid financial shape, will its new CEO -- a former top exec at Delta Airlines -- change course in mid-flight?

New Chinese law finds Yahoo in copyright violation

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 7:39pm CET

Chinese courts handed the world's recording industry a significant victory Thursday, finding the search giant's Chinese music service was committing copyright infringement.

Cisco's crown prince exits, triggering an unexpected reorg

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 7:05pm CET

The man seen by many as representing the future of Cisco has announced a Christmas shocker: He's leaving the company, apparently having spotted a brighter opportunity for himself on the other side of the revolving door.

Microsoft makes good on EU protocol delivery promise

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 6:16pm CET

It's the start of a new era for the company that once argued that giving away the keys to its protocols would somehow reveal the secret of Windows itself: Microsoft has made its first obligatory agreement with a key open source provider.

Blockbuster raises its online rental rates

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 6:07pm CET

Essentially ceding its battle for subscribers to Netflix, the company said it planned to raise rates as much as 40 percent.

How much will Oracle put up to regain its database stronghold?

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 5:56pm CET

Oracle may be willing to spend a record sum -- over $6 billion -- to acquire a middleware provider it believes will give it a permanent leg up on Microsoft's SQL Server. Does it still take a huge M&A like this to stay on par with Microsoft?

Patch to a patch of a Microsoft patch needs patching

Publié: décembre 21, 2007, 4:33pm CET

UPDATED - In the latest incident of a now-chronic problem that has been bugging Microsoft all year, a recent security patch now causes IE6 to crash in Windows XP...again.

Windows Live OneCare randomly expires

Publié: décembre 20, 2007, 8:35pm CET

Microsoft's Windows support forum found a throng of users yesterday complaining of their Windows Live OneCare subscriptions inexplicably showing up as having been terminated.

Latest Firefox beta passes Acid2 test, IE8 claims to pass also

Publié: décembre 20, 2007, 8:32pm CET

After a screenshot on MSDN appeared to show an IE8 beta passing an accepted Web standards test, some came to the only conclusion they could: that the test had to be broken.

Mozilla needs a few good beta testers

Publié: décembre 20, 2007, 7:43pm CET

The company is looking to reach out to the community of users of its software by building a mailing list of those interested in beta testing software.

Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google settle gambling ads charges with DOJ

Publié: décembre 20, 2007, 7:12pm CET

The three largest Internet advertising firms will pay a total of $31 million to the US Government, settling allegations by the Justice Dept. that they provided advertising services for online gambling sites.

Think Secret settles with Apple, shuts down

Publié: décembre 20, 2007, 5:44pm CET

Apple was handed a minor victory on Thursday as the rumor site agreed to shut down, however the company will not get the identities of Think Secret's sources.

FTC clears Google + DoubleClick, says privacy isn't a big problem

Publié: décembre 20, 2007, 5:37pm CET

Perhaps this morning's FTC blessing of Google's merger with DoubleClick was no surprise, but a read of the final decision reveals an astonishing reason: The Commission claims it wouldn't really have the authority to stop it.

Latest AOL buy spells more ad rivalry with Microsoft

Publié: décembre 20, 2007, 5:31pm CET

In the same week that Microsoft made a half-billion-dollar deal with Viacom, AOL has announced it's closed a merger deal in the advertising space. Could greater intrusiveness into consumer behavior, and higher ad prices, ultimately follow?

Toshiba joins IBM's 32 nm pact, but may not bring Cell along

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 11:08pm CET

Already a partner with IBM and Sony in the development and production of the Cell BE processor that powers the PS3, Toshiba this morning stated it's joining IBM and its partners on HK+MG. But IBM says this is a different track.

Evidence that Digg may be preparing for a buyout

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 11:07pm CET

In the latest of a long string of rumors surrounding Digg, some financial publications and bloggers are speculating that the online community is placing itself on the shopping block.

V CAST to stream lesser NCAA bowl games on smaller screens

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 9:58pm CET

ESPN, CBS, and Fox will be bringing full-length NCAA football bowl games to Verizon Wireless VCAST TV this month and next. Now fans can argue over who's really #1 on their small screens just as easily as on the big ones.

LG KS20: The businessperson's Prada phone comes to the US

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 9:29pm CET

The FCC has approved the new LG smartphone, the KS20. This sleek handset takes its cues from LG's KE850 Prada phone, sharing a very similar design, but offering functionality over flash (no pun intended.)

Leader of Sprint spinoff returns to fill its CEO vacancy

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 7:59pm CET

The head of a lucrative local phone venture conceived with Sprint's blessing, who once topped the ranks of AT&T, is returning to the fold to lead Sprint out of the roughest patch in its short history.

Prime Minister: UK lost data on 3 million citizens

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 7:02pm CET

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown had the unfortunate task Monday of disclosing yet another incident of data loss, this time on drivers with the British equivalent of a learner's permit.

DoCoMo, Softbank vie for iPhone contract in Japan

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 6:22pm CET

Apple's hardball tactics on revenue sharing seem to be a sticking point with both companies, although moving into the market is extremely important for the iPhone's success.

Adobe plans to float on AIR next year

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 6:16pm CET

The publisher plans to follow up the best revenue year in its history with a major push for its Web services development environment, in an effort to shore up Flash's chances against Silverlight.

Nintendo: Wii shortages are hurting our business

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 6:01pm CET

Just days after it revealed its raincheck plan for its Wii console, Nintendo came clean about recent supply shortages causing the company a lot of trouble.

Universal Music settles with XM over recording device

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 5:20pm CET

Satellite radio company XM's fight against the Recording Industry Association of America over receivers with the ability to record content may finally be coming to a close.

Senate leader does 180, withdraws pro-telco immunity bill

Publié: décembre 18, 2007, 4:24pm CET

Apparently not having tested the prevailing winds before trying to pull off a launch, the Senate Majority Leader changed course and withdrew the controversial pro-telco FISA amendment from the Senate floor late yesterday.

AT&T will add more HD content to U-verse

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 11:50pm CET

AT&T announced today that its U-verse TV package will include eight more high definition channels, bringing the service a total of 40 HD channels.

Newer, sleeker Treo comes to Verizon Wireless

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 10:49pm CET

Palm announced the online availability of its newest Treo today, the 755p. Will this device be a strong opening to 2008 for the company that has recently been faltering?

US to drop WTO Internet gambling objection, open new markets to EU

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 10:41pm CET

The Internet gambling industry was dealt another lousy hand this morning in Geneva, as trade negotiators decided they're okay with US objections to Internet gambling as long as it takes measures that could privatize the Post Office.

Senate votes to consider FISA bill with telco immunity

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 9:25pm CET

A procedural hurdle that would have stopped debate on a controversial amendment to the FISA law failed in the US Senate early this afternoon.

Act IV: Nortel drags Vonage back to court

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 8:59pm CET

The networking company says that Vonage is violating nine of its patents, including those related to emergency and information calls, as well as click-to-call functionality.

Can start-up Ribbit conquer 'unified voice' before Google & Verizon?

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 8:42pm CET

UPDATED - A small, Silicon Valley-based start-up with an AT&T heritage is now working side-by-side big partners such as Salesforce.com and Adobe in an effort to revolutionize voice calls as we know them today.

Alltel to convert voice to text messages

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 7:28pm CET

Alltel Wireless Corp. will launch a new feature on Friday that allows voice messages to be converted to SMS text messages.

Amazon Kindle selling on eBay for over $1,000

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 6:57pm CET

Those wishing to receive an Amazon Kindle book reader before Christmas are resorting to auction site eBay, and paying a 200 percent premium in the process.

More Google users interested in cricket than iPhone, Paris Hilton

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 6:54pm CET

If the world's interests can truly be encapsulated by the end-of-year Google Zeitgeist rankings, then perhaps it's time for the media to re-evaluate its priorities as British sports appear to outrank some American celebrities.

GameStop to offer rainchecks for Wii consoles

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 6:09pm CET

While it might not be as good as actually getting a Wii for Christmas, Nintendo and GameStop have joined forces to help consumers get their hand on one...eventually.

Ohio finds more vulnerabilities in voting systems

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 5:52pm CET

In another indictment of the reliability of electronic voting systems, a report released Friday shows some Ohio tallies could be rendered inaccurate using tools as simple as a magnet.

Can 11 million PS3s bring Sony CE back into black?

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 5:45pm CET

In an interview published over the weekend, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kazuo Hirai said he expects global PS3 sales to top 11 million by the end of March.

Will powerline home networking finally sizzle at CES?

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 4:17pm CET

With iPod- and MP3-enabled home networked audio systems now launched by multiple vendors, and a major test by DirecTV reportedly set for early in 2008, will networking on powerlines actually start to shine at this year's CES?

Palm layoffs follow disappointing quarterly revenue

Publié: décembre 17, 2007, 1:49pm CET

The same week it announced sharply lower revenues for its second quarter, embattled handheld device maker Palm laid off 10 percent of its workforce.

Perspective: I don't Knol

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 11:11pm CET

Google's latest experiment in opening up its massive resources for the latest in knowledge and wisdom, has a familiar ring to it. And perhaps for that reason, the outcome of that experiment can be predicted.

Comcast sues NFL to block slanderous emails

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 10:54pm CET

Comcast yesterday filed suit against the National Football League, claiming it was acting in breach of contract for encouraging Comcast subscribers to drop their service.

Is the Linux/Windows interoperability deal paying off for Novell?

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 10:46pm CET

The Linux vendor partners with Microsoft in one respect and takes it head-on in another. This time, the results are mixed as Novell suffers a small quarterly loss.

Free remote PC access for iPhone and iPod Touch

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 8:39pm CET

Remote PC access software company Orb has announced support for iPhone and iPod Touch, allowing users to stream their music, movies, and TV without being locked into iTunes.

Online movie releases: the new 'straight to video?'

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 6:32pm CET

Jackass 2.5 from Paramount is believed to be the first studio-backed feature film to premiere online, and will be streamable for two weeks completely free of charge.

Google marked by Chinese company for trademark violation

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 5:49pm CET

A Beijing company has taken Google's Chinese division to court over the search company's Mandarin name.

Microsoft acknowledges Vista kernel elevation vulnerability

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 5:45pm CET

What was not supposed to happen in Windows Vista apparently has: Despite a layer of protection that was supposed to prevent against processes elevating their own privileges, Microsoft now says someone found a way to do it.

Netherlands war against Microsoft advances on two fronts

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 5:34pm CET

A junior economics minister in the Dutch government has made significant inroads this week in his battle against Microsoft there, both in transitioning his government to ODF and in decoupling bundled software from PCs.

Seductive Russian chat bot tries to steal your private data

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 12:24am CET

A chatroom bot called Cyberlover and designed in Russia claims to be able to secure private information from unsuspecting users by seducing them.

How IBM could lead AMD to 32 nm

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 12:18am CET

At this morning's analyst conference, AMD executives said they may scale back some on R&D. But earlier in the week, partner IBM unveiled a plan that could help fill the gap: a way to rework existing 45 nm parts designs for 32 nm.

The opportunities revealed by Sun's open-source CPU

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 12:10am CET

By releasing the code for its new Niagara 2 processor into the open source community today, Sun is paving the way for its underlying architecture to eventually pop up in wireless and other embedded systems, and maybe even in future game consoles.

Mapping services find themselves today's hot commodity

Publié: décembre 14, 2007, 12:05am CET

Two major global information system (GIS) and satellite imagery acquisitions were announced on Wednesday, illustrating the continuing desirability of such services to both hardware and software manufacturers.

Nokia wins one round in Qualcomm IP battle

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 9:58pm CET

Just when it appeared Qualcomm finally had a fight on its hands after winning one round last month against Nokia, a judge has invalidated a good chunk of Qualcomm's original injunction request against the handset maker.

Most ReplayTV assets sold to DirecTV

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 8:47pm CET

The struggling DVR company has once again changed hands, this time to the nation's largest satellite provider.

Sprint customers get next-gen MySpace Mobile first

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 8:43pm CET

With its subscriber base declining, Sprint surely needs a lift in its heated competitive struggle with AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Could a newly unveiled deal with MySpace Mobile help do the job?

Apple iPhone and iPod Touch get their very own Picasa

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 8:30pm CET

Google brings its Picasa photo sharing application to Mobile OS X Safari, with an interface designed especially for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Bebo takes a page from Facebook with new API

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 7:44pm CET

By adopting its competitor's platform, the site will allow developers to port their applications to its network.

Microsoft releases HD DVD emulator software

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 6:35pm CET

In an attempt to further spur development for its chosen next-generation DVD platform, Microsoft is making the tool available for $2,999.

Another big beta: Microsoft releases Windows Server Virtualization test

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 6:18pm CET

After a major delay in the early spring which threw off the development cycle of Windows Server 2008, a public beta -- as opposed to a technology preview -- is being released by Microsoft this morning.

'PlaysForSure' logo being replaced with 'Certified for Vista'

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 12:24am CET

Without much explanation, Microsoft's PlaysForSure Web page, which had once been the meeting ground for its portable media tech partners, now bears a statement to users that the logo is being dropped.

Analyst: Consumerism to blend with social networks in 2008

Publié: décembre 13, 2007, 12:08am CET

Where traditional Web sites provide content to visitors, social networking sites tend to offer sets of tools that allow "the consumers to become the content," a lead Parks Associates analyst told BetaNews this afternoon.

Study: The Internet's spam problem is getting worse

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 11:57pm CET

A study finds that only one out of every 20 e-mails is from a legitimate source, and business professionals now rate it the top form of junk advertising.

AT&T to put RFID and GPS in schoolbuses

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 11:56pm CET

The San Antonio telco announced today the availability of "black box" type solutions for K-12 school busses, working toward a day when school vehicles can be tracked like aircraft.

Pro sports teams embrace HDTV, but are unsure about wireless

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 11:40pm CET

Among professional sports leagues, high definition video is a permanent fixture, both inside the new stadiums where fans congregate and on HDTVs that fans are watching. But there's confusion there today, it seems, over wireless technologies.

Preview patch returns ActiveX to the way it was

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 8:50pm CET

More than a decade after Microsoft used an idea for making binary programs work with one click from inside Web pages, the company is testing a patch that restores that functionality in the wake of a settlement with the idea's creator.

Google's Street View expansion brings privacy jitters

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 8:28pm CET

Google's expansion of the street view option for its mapping service into another eight US cities has renewed privacy concerns over what it photographs.

The 2007 'Word of the Year' is...w00t!

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 8:15pm CET

That's not an interjection from the reporter. The exclamation "w00t" was chosen by Merriam-Webster's online users as 2007's Word of the Year.

Radiohead to bypass record labels, letting its publisher handle rights

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 6:42pm CET

Radiohead's album in Rainbows was revolutionary for its "pay what you like" availability. Now the band's plan for licensing that album continues the trend, further eroding the bond between bands and the record industry.

FCC commissioner compares DTV transition to Y2K

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 6:36pm CET

After a congressional report last month criticized the FCC and private industry for not working better together to ensure a smoother DTV transition, one commissioner responded by saying the executive branch should get involved.

How much open source software are businesses really using?

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 6:28pm CET

Open source vendor OpenLogic is today kicking off a new industry initiative meant to help both users and software companies find out precisely what kinds of open source software is being used -- and who is using it.

Microsoft ends free software for monitoring giveaway

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 6:12pm CET

Microsoft pulled the free software offer from its Web site Tuesday, which made free copies of Vista and Office among other applications available in exchange for feedback.

Office for Mac set to ship next month

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 5:14pm CET

The long wait for a new version of Microsoft Office for the Mac OS X platform is just about over, with development of the suite completed.

Vista SP1 release candidate goes live

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 5:09pm CET

This morning, BetaNews FileForum was alerted to the availability of the latest release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 1, just released from Microsoft.

Video search engine and indie film festival collaborate

Publié: décembre 12, 2007, 4:26pm CET

Blinkx, a video search engine featuring over 18 million hours of searchable video with more than 200 media partnerships already, announced a new one yesterday with the Raindance Film Festival.

Exclusive beta invitation from GameTap and BetaNews

Publié: décembre 10, 2007, 12:22am CET

Time Warner subsidiary GameTap is searching for people who love to play games to join its beta program. Sign up through this exclusive invitation before the spots fill up

SourceForge launches commercial 'marketplace' for open source software

Publié: décembre 8, 2007, 12:29am CET

Upon posting a loss for its most recent financial quarter, open source foundry SourceForge has launched an auction-based service that charges commissions to developers. Coincidentally or not, SourceForge got hacked this week.

Dell throws an Armani bash for the XPS One

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 11:02pm CET

At a customer event at an Armani store in New York last night, the company officially launched the XPS One, a PC/high def TV which is Dell's answer to the Gateway One and Apple's iMac.

EchoStar becomes DISH, spins off most non-sat TV holdings

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 10:56pm CET

The company, whose primary holding its the satellite television service, will change its name and spin-off non-core businesses, an SEC filing indicates.

Ohio politician proposes sex offender tracking device

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 9:57pm CET

An Ohio lawmaker is proposing his state help its citizens track the locations of registered sex offenders by using RFID technology.

Macrovision seeks to own digital TV gateway with Gemstar purchase

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 9:52pm CET

A company known more for its digital rights management technology, and which just last month purchased not only the BD+ DRM scheme outright but also a larger stake in set-top boxes, is about to become the publisher of TV Guide.

FiOS routers at center of latest GPL lawsuit

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 8:36pm CET

UPDATED The Software Freedom Law Center has sued Verizon on behalf of the developers of BusyBox, saying the routers for its high-speed service infringe on the General Public License.

CNBC: Apple preps sub-notebook for Macworld

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 7:29pm CET

With just a little over one month before the yearly meeting of the Mac faithful, the rumors of an Apple sub-notebook have started to appear.

Microsoft ties high-level code to Web development with Volta

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 7:15pm CET

The long effort to make it technically feasible for already skilled developers to produce Web applications using high-level languages like C++, may at last be paying off.

Three critical patches on tap from Microsoft

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 5:28pm CET

Next Tuesday's regular monthly distribution of security patches will include three for DirectX, Windows Media, and Internet Explorer.

Opera ships Mini for BREW-based phones

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 5:25pm CET

The company that boasts of having the first Web browser for mobile phones has finally ported its engine to Qualcomm's BREW mobile application platform.

Western Digital bans sharing of media on MyBooks

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 4:51pm CET

The hard drive maker has now taken on the added role of content policeman by ensuring nearly all media formats cannot be transferred using its sharing application.

JetBlue taps Yahoo, RIM for in-flight Wi-Fi test

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 3:00pm CET

The low-cost business-centric airline plans to outfit its planes with Wi-Fi so that passengers can access portions of the net while in the air.

Kadoink dials up music over the phone

Publié: décembre 7, 2007, 2:30pm CET

A carrier-agnostic platform for sending music over the phone, has launched a beta in the United States. If it all works out, it could convert the cell phone into a music promotional tool.

Toyota president: Robotics will be a core business

Publié: décembre 6, 2007, 11:02pm CET

President and CEO of Toyota Motor Co. Katsuaki Watanabe told reporters at an event in Tokyo that the company plans to focus on robots that will be useful to people in everyday life.

Smaller triple-play provider reaches where Verizon, Comcast can't

Publié: décembre 6, 2007, 11:01pm CET

While triple- and quad-play service providers like Comcast and Verizon boast about their huge installed bases, smaller 3G broadband specialists are pushing into regions of the nation not yet touched by the big guys.

Behold: the dawn of the $20 DVR...as software

Publié: décembre 6, 2007, 10:41pm CET

Diego Inc, has announced the beta of Moxi TV for PC, at long last putting those computer things you read about to use in recording and playing back scheduled shows from your television...without a TiVo.

Samsung to sample nearly four times faster graphics memory

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 9:59pm CET

Next February at the industry's leading symposium on semiconductor technology, Samsung is preparing to present a dissertation and perhaps a sample on a new class of graphics memory with 375% the data rate of today's GDDR3.

iPhone has strong early showing in browser share

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 9:17pm CET

Despite being on the market for only five months, the iPhone already has nearly a 0.1 percent share of the global browsing market, according to research firm NetApplications.

MPAA's student P2P sniffer pulled over copyright issues

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 8:45pm CET

In an embarrassing blunder for an organization that has made copyright one of its signature issues, the MPAA is now being accused of violating copyright itself.

Hamburg court re-locks iPhone in Germany

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 8:21pm CET

A German court has ruled that T-Mobile should not be forced to sell an unlocked version of Apple's iPhone, rejecting a complaint by rival Vodafone that led to an injunction last month.

Vista SP1 to replace 'Reduced Functionality' with nagware

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 6:21pm CET

A service originally designed to compel unpaid Vista users to obtain genuine licenses is apparently being scrapped in Service Pack 1, to be replaced with a more "in-your-face" approach.

MySpace may compete with record labels for distributing new music

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 5:47pm CET

The social networking site is looking to draw users by offering exclusive video and audio content from artists, and is offering incentives for those artists to, in effect, "sign with MySpace."

Eight-year-old Windows name resolution exploit re-emerges

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 5:25pm CET

Microsoft acknowledged the discovery of an exploitable bug in the way one of its services handles domain name resolution -- a bug it thought it fixed in 1999

Yahoo teams up with eBay on auctions in Japan

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 5:13pm CET

The alliance pairs eBay with the company that pushed it out of the market in Japan in 2002.

Court says LimeWire has no case against record labels

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 4:30pm CET

A District Judge said that the peer-to-peer network had failed to make a case that its business had been harmed by the actions of the record labels.

As SAP loses customers, some former employees make gains

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 3:07pm CET

While Europe's largest software maker battles to regain its customers' trust after an embarrassing admission earlier this year, some of its key current and former employees may be starting a little revolution.

Microsoft expands XP SP3 beta, but not yet to public

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 2:56pm CET

Microsoft said late Monday that it had expanded its beta test of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to subscribers of its MSDN and TechNet programs.

Facebook partners send data even if user opts out of 'Beacon'

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 2:48pm CET

Security researchers claim the social networking site is still tracking users even if they are not logged in or have opted out of its Beacon service, a charge Facebook denies by saying it deletes the data.

The last AT&T pay phone, as a chapter of history closes

Publié: décembre 4, 2007, 2:30pm CET

With cellular phones becoming ever more popular, most companies in the pay phone business are deciding maybe its a good idea to get out now.

Will homeland security products ever be interoperable?

Publié: décembre 3, 2007, 11:41pm CET

Keenly aware of users' frustration, technologists and government agency officials last week called for greater standardization among the myriad products designed for dealing with terrorist strikes, tsunamai, and other disasters.

AT&T, Apple slapped with suit over visual voicemail

Publié: décembre 3, 2007, 11:23pm CET

Klausner Technologies has sued the two companies, claiming one of the signature features of the iPhone violates two of its patents.