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  FriendFeed integrates Disqus blog comment system

  Publié: mars 26, 2008, 1:54pm CET

  Friendfeed, a service that turns updates to sites such as YouTube, Yelp, Flickr, and Twitter into one single feed, announced that its blog headlines will now feature Disqus' comments from users' friends.
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  Analysts: US consumers like HDTVs better than HD programming

  Publié: mars 26, 2008, 1:52pm CET

  Fully 41 percent of TV owners in the US now possess a high definition TV, yet only 56 percent of those same consumers subscribe to an HD programming package, according to a new survey by ABI Research.
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  XAML specification published, added to Microsoft's open promise

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 11:15pm CET

  It's the language that Microsoft's opponents in Europe claim the company is using as a possible proprietary bypass of HTML. But now, that opposition will have to face the fact that nearly every scintilla of detail about XAML is in the public record.
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  Musical social network searches for a niche with geo-location

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 10:21pm CET

  Social networking sites are a dime a dozen these days, compelling developers to implement new methods to garner interest. To that end, the IndieMV Group today announced a slew of new changes to its social network for the indie music community.
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  Could an Aussie WiMAX 'disaster' have been prevented?

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 9:59pm CET

  Although an Australian WiMAX operator publicly branded his experience a "disaster" at a WiMAX conference in Thailand, its hardware partner, Airspan, is blaming the WiMAX problems on the operator's unwillingness to invest enough money or to bring in outside expertise.
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  Graphical 'Pipes' enable Yahoo services to be included in mashups

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 9:52pm CET

  It's a tool for creating "mashups," which are Web meta-services built upon existing frameworks. Today, Yahoo's Pipes received the Badges feature, which converts Pipes from an RSS feed into a shareable, embeddable widget.
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  WD shrinks the size of portable 320 GB capacity

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 8:19pm CET

  Western Digital today introduced its latest portable hard drives: the thin and attractive My Passport Elite series, available now at 250 GB and 320 GB in a small form factor.
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  Yahoo enrolls in Google's OpenSocial network, joining MySpace

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 7:00pm CET

  On the same day Microsoft casts its net to draw Facebook, LinkedIn, Bebo, and two others into a contacts-sharing system, Yahoo joins Google's similar collective which already snared MySpace and just poached imeem. The battle lines are starting to be drawn.
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  Using the Web to get ready for the DTV transition

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 6:45pm CET

  For those who want to prepare for the US' digital TV transition prior to next February, or whose stations are already broadcasting in DTV, a series of Web services are available for applying for and redeeming government coupons toward the purchase of new equipment.
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  Netflix competitor Peerflix to cease operations

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 5:59pm CET

  Peerflix offered a service similar to Netflix, except that it was geared toward members trading their own discs rather than renting them. According to its Web site, its demise is attributable to escalating operational costs.
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  Microsoft offers a contacts 'bridge' to Facebook, Bebo, others

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 5:58pm CET

  One way to make yourself accessible to others is by offering a valuable service that they can't easily turn down. Microsoft hopes it's doing that today by offering users of LinkedIn, Facebook, and three other platforms a way to consolidate their contacts...through Windows Live.
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  Imeem unveils its social networking API to Web services

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 5:09pm CET

  Specializing in networking the creative sector -- including artists, musicians, filmmakers, photographers -- imeem opened its API today, allowing developers to take advantage of the site's media library, with OpenSocial support soon to be added.
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  INCITS chair: Failure of OOXML could endanger ODF

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 4:54pm CET

  While the official ISO vote on Microsoft's response to thousands of technical comments on OOXML is being tallied, the man who made a personal U-turn that helped rally the US delegation now says the question of interoperability hinges on adoption.
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  Netflix glitch takes down site, delays deliveries

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 4:54pm CET

  The Netflix Web site was down for 12 hours on Monday, and the company says the problem took out both its logistics and delivery systems.
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  Sony BMG mulling digital music subscription offering

  Publié: mars 25, 2008, 4:34pm CET

  Sony is developing a music service that will be compatible with most music players, and provide unlimited access to the label's catalog.
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  HP spells out plans to get more 'bang' from its R&D bucks

  Publié: mars 8, 2008, 12:51am CET

  After announcing a reorg of its laboratories today, Hewlett-Packard met with its 600-strong R&D staff to tell them they'll be distributed across 23 different teams, with names like 'Face Bubble,' 'Cloud Print,' and 'Cloud View.'
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  US delegation to ISO votes in favor of OOXML

  Publié: mars 8, 2008, 12:45am CET

  A Microsoft technical evangelist and member of the INCITS V1 technical committee reports that after deliberating the many comments raised on Office Open XML's viability, the US contingent has voted to maintain its "Approve" recommendation.
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  Live from the Middle East: the Pussycat Dolls, via MySpace

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 11:58pm CET

  MySpace, streaming encoder provider Kulabyte, and network systems provider Akamai will pool their resources for "Operation MySpace," a new initiative that will offer streaming webcasts of concerts in high-definition live from Kuwait.
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  Sony reportedly in talks with Microsoft on Blu-ray for Xbox 360

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 11:43pm CET

  Inevitably, the other leading game consoles will need a high-resolution video disc option, and with the format war now over, there's only one option to be had. So it seems like now's as good a time as any for the two sides to talk shop.
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  One ABI analyst still sees a future in muni-Wi-Fi

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 11:21pm CET

  Researchers from ABI seem to believe that municipal Wi-Fi may still have a future, and that by 2012, if all current issues are resolved, its global service area will extend to around 30,000 square miles, a 60x increase.
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  T-Mobile's owner might consider buying Sprint, say analysts

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 10:57pm CET

  Much beleaguered Sprint Nextel might get bought out by Deutsche Telekom, the owner of major wireless competitor T-Mobile, according to an analyst report.
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  Vigor Colossus knocks gamers senseless with a 2x4

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 10:37pm CET

  Intel may not be as good at code-naming its enthusiast platforms as its OEMs are at naming its PCs. Today, enthusiast system builder Vigor announced its Colossus system, and "Vigor Colossus" has a more enticing ring to it than "Skulltrail," the Intel platform on which it's based.
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  How will Microsoft's initiatives impact health care?

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 9:34pm CET

  At a big medical conference last week, Microsoft dove deeper into an maelstrom of industry health care solutions aimed at meeting the demands of government regulators, hospitals, insurance firms, and consumers. Can the team from Redmond swim the distance against competitors including IBM and Google?
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  Yahoo Maps adds new information, better resolution

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 9:03pm CET

  Yahoo announced on Thursday that its Maps site had improved its amount of content, adding new information for 300 North American cities and 12,000 specific neighborhoods.
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  Not so fast: Latest Firefox beta posted, then un-posted

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 7:13pm CET

  This morning, BetaNews FileForum received word that Beta 4 of Mozilla Firefox was posted for testers to download...and for a short time, that's how it genuinely appeared.
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  Legal team scrambles to suppress MobiTV addresses shared in the clear

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 6:09pm CET

  Once again, a string of characters that purports to be secret intellectual property turned up in the clear, and its public dissemination has triggered more efforts by its owner's legal team than, evidently, by its security team.
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  DoD to stop Google Maps from photographing any more army bases

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 6:03pm CET

  Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas mistakenly allowed a Google Maps street view vehicle perform a drive-through, photographing the army base in 360 degree-viewable detail.
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  Microsoft's IE architect: IE8 is what we've been building up to

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 5:00am CET

  FROM MIX 08 For Internet Explorer platform architect Chris Wilson, IE8 is more than just a new version. It's the realization of an effort that began with IE7 to build the best Web browser for both developers and consumers.
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  TiVo's 'best performance yet': almost breaking even

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 1:40am CET

  Though there have been rare exceptions, TiVo generally does not turn a profit. However, that is not to say the DVR company cannot exceed expectations.
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  Is Silverlight 2 catching up with Flash?

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 12:24am CET

  As Adobe and Microsoft come out with new releases of their respective multimedia platforms, the debate rages on among developers over which is the most viable. And Flash's proponents are using Linux as their trump card.
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  Steve Ballmer on Google, Yahoo, Apple and more

  Publié: mars 7, 2008, 12:01am CET

  FROM MIX 08 In his Thursday afternoon keynote at MIX, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sat down for a one-on-one chat with former Apple employee and Alltop co-founder Guy Kawasaki. We've condensed the discussion down to the key points.
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  New Yahoo service shares users' locations with online services

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 11:43pm CET

  Fire Eagle is Yahoo's location-aware middleware, which ultimately lets users share their locations with online services, so those sites and applications can deliver results relevant to where they are.
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  Vudu begins shipping 1TB box, updates system software

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 11:39pm CET

  Vudu pushed an update to its platform this week which would allow for users to free up hard drive space by "storing" purchased movies on the company's own servers.
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  Alienware counters HP's Blackbird with a quad-GPU monster

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 11:35pm CET

  Today, Dell division Alienware announced its Area-51 ALX CrossFireX gaming desktop, a pricey quad GPU gaming PC that utilizes so many bleeding edge hardware features that it actually requires Windows Vista.
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  First new principles, now an interoperability initiative for OOXML

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 10:22pm CET

  Microsoft wants to show that it's working really, really hard on adopting the principle of interoperability in its key software. To keep the rhythm flowing in its direction, it's building new alliances with software vendors.
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  Ask.com refocuses business to target core users

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 10:17pm CET

  UPDATED Ask.com told BetaNews in a response to Wednesday's story that dispite media reports, the company is not giving up on search, and is rather refocusing its strategy to continue growth.
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  New iPhone firmware, Exchange support, third-party software en route

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 9:39pm CET

  Two of the Apple iPhone's biggest negatives were addressed on Thursday, as the Cupertino company announced both native third-party application and Exchange support.
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  Circuit City gives HD DVD buyers more time to return players

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 9:29pm CET

  Saying it wants to take care of its customers, Circuit City announced Thursday that it would extend its standard 30-day return policy to 90 days for buyers of HD DVD players.
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  MPA settles with Bejing Jeebo over movie piracy

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 8:53pm CET

  A settlement has been reached with a Chinese company accused of providing cybercafes with copies of movies by MPA member studios.
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  New Mitsubishi displays will have built-in TV Guide

  Publié: mars 6, 2008, 8:09pm CET

  Establishing deals with practically every hardware manufacturer, Gemstar's program guides have already found their way onto millions of screens. Today's announcement just keeps up the pace.
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  Broadcom acquisition could lead to cheaper Blu-Ray players

  Publié: mars 4, 2008, 1:37am CET

  Without the format war going on in the background, Blu-ray consoles may no longer be able to justify artificial price premiums. So tech provider Broadcom may be stepping in to drive the adoption of cheaper components.
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  Not your usual Microsoft keynote: Tom Brokaw

  Publié: mars 4, 2008, 1:09am CET

  Last Wednesday in Los Angeles, developers and admins expecting Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer were treated to Tom Brokaw, a developer of a different kind with a message that changed the tone of the day, and maybe of Microsoft as well.
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  Microsoft Online Services extends SaaS to SMB users

  Publié: mars 4, 2008, 12:36am CET

  At the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference on Monday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unveiled plans to provide a software-as-a-service offering not just to the large enterprises already eligible for such a service from Microsoft, but to companies of all sizes.
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  Top-of-the-line phone added to pay-as-you-go service

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 11:39pm CET

  Sprint Nextel's Boost Mobile brand this morning added the MOTOKRZR handset and two other phone models available to its Unlimited by Boost customers.
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  Growth in servers and mainframes may be slowing down

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 11:25pm CET

  Worldwide server shipments showed "modest growth" during the last quarter of 2007, according to the latest numbers from analyst group IDC. Yet clearly, much of the growth happened at the lower end of the market, in x86-based Windows and Linux PC servers.
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  Adding LINQ to Visual Studio: Does this change everything?

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 11:14pm CET

  For over a decade, database developers have been begging for a kind of bridge that enables procedural language programs to access relational databases relationally. Now that bridge is coming. But are developers ready for LINQ? We asked Microsoft's Visual Studio general manager, Jason Zander.
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  Visto, Microsoft settle patent dispute out of court

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 10:14pm CET

  Just ahead of a hearing set to begin next Monday on Visto's claims of patent infringement against the Redmond company, the two sides have settled.
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  Near Field phones come one step closer to replacing cashiers

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 10:10pm CET

  Imagine if your cell phone represented your bank account. Rather than a "smart card," you could wave your smart phone in front of a payment kiosk. Today, the standard to bring that about worldwide took a huge leap forward.
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  Sprint leaps onto the 'unlimited' heap with voice + data plan

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 9:43pm CET

  Sprint Nextel last Friday announced two unlimited calling plans in response to the price war launched by Verizon Wireless, two weeks ago, and followed up by AT&T, T-Mobile and US Cellular.
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  Facebook users translate the site again, this time to German

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 8:43pm CET

  The translation project that was only announced at the beginning of the year for Facebook has already made massive progress with only the help of volunteers.
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  Analyst: Recording industry needs even newer business models

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 8:23pm CET

  JupiterResearch analysts are pointing to the music industry's need to revolutionize its business model even further, as social networking sites, Internet radio stations, and legit P2P services are taking command of the market.
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  Asus to show off keyboard-less UMPC

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 8:01pm CET

  Asus will be showing off the new design of its upcoming UMPC, and instead of being modeled after a laptop like the Eee PC, it's a keyboard-less tablet design.
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  Talk of iPhone in China begins anew

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 7:03pm CET

  Once again, talk of bringing the iPhone to China is at the forefront, with China Mobile saying it was interested in offering the device to its customers.
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  Intel unveils Atom: new microarchitecture for UMPCs, MIDs

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 6:55pm CET

  When you make smaller transistors, you can make much smaller processors, and the immediate payoff is that you use less power. The trick is to make the consumer want the smaller processor, and that may not be as easy as having invented the thing.
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  BitTorrent comes to the iPhone

  Publié: mars 3, 2008, 5:59pm CET

  The iPhone Hacker core has developed a new application that will allow users to download torrents directly to the device over EDGE.