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Analysts: Dell reclaims market share, but HP is gaining faster
Publié: juin 28, 2008, 12:18am CEST
Somebody needed to tell the world's PC manufacturers there was a recession scheduled for the first quarter of 2008. Anyway, they didn't seem to pay much attention to those warnings, and iSuppli thinks the industry looks pretty healthy. -
Palm reaches all-time high in sales, painfully low profits
Publié: juin 28, 2008, 12:14am CEST
Centro manufacturer Palm Inc. announced that despite record high sales, its fourth quarter revenue was well below forecasts, reporting losses of $43.4 million. -
Google gets social with new iGoogle
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 10:49pm CEST
Select users are now being treated to the next version of the company's portal, which integrates social networking characteristics into the site. -
Atomfilms becomes a joke, UGC gets Comedy Central airtime
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 10:34pm CEST
Professional short-form video's longest-running site AtomFilms has merged with user-generated content partner AtomUploads.com into what is now simply called Atom.com, and has shifted its focus exclusively to comedy. -
Bye, Bill. A fond remembrance
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 10:29pm CEST
On this final day of Bill Gates' salaried employ at the company he founded, we recall a period of history way, way back -- an era when Gates was one giant among many, and just as likely to survive the shakeout as any other. -
Reports claim that the 3G iPhone will include MMS
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 8:47pm CEST
An Apple enthusiast blog claims it has seen an internal AT&T memo intended for its customer service representatives, stating that picture and video messaging are part of the new iPhone's feature set. -
Innovative MP3 speakers to 'leave the shelf' for living rooms in July
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 8:44pm CEST
After two years of development, Altec Lansing finally plans to ship the M812 -- the latest addition to its line-up of digital speaker systems for iPod, Zune, and other MP3 players -- on July 15. -
Rogers, Fido detail iPhone 3G plans for Canada
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 7:52pm CEST
Both Rogers and its smaller wholly-owned subsidiary Fido announced plans for the iPhone 3G -- along with the longest mandated contract length so far of any iPhone carrier: three years. -
ICANN publicity may have triggered malicious behavior
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 7:36pm CEST
On a week when ICANN's decisions were headlining hundreds of tech news sites, several of the group's pages were defaced by a group of hackers, and a phishing scam spoofing the group's page hit inboxes across the country. -
BlackBerry users still await update for MS Office doc creation
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 6:44pm CEST
BlackBerry users worldwide will one day be able to use DataViz' Documents to Go to create Microsoft Office files on their phones. Yet so far, only a couple of ISPs have provided their customers with this update to BlackBerry services. -
New Google gadget makes you the 'media server'
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 6:33pm CEST
Google recently launched what it's calling a media server gadget, a new Windows-only application designed to send videos and images from a user's computer to any universal plug and play (uPnP) device. -
Vizio debuts new plasmas, introduces high-end line
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 6:13pm CEST
The quickly growing company will soon have plasma displays as cheap as $599, and is showing an interest in breaking into the high-end market with its XVT models. -
ICANN moves toward completely opening top-level domains
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 6:12pm CEST
One of the biggest news items this week, according to The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), could result in the biggest expansion to the Internet in forty years. -
One more Yahoo reorganization, this time out of necessity
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 6:07pm CEST
It is an obvious scramble by Yahoo's leaders to reassess a corporate structure that appears to have been shattered in recent weeks, and assemble a template that makes it appear the shards fell into place intentionally. -
Preview of 160 GB ClickFree backup drive
Publié: juin 27, 2008, 12:42am CEST
At the Digital Experience show last night, Storage Appliance Corp. previewed a new 160 GB ClickFree Automated Backup device, not set for official announcement until July 3. -
Dell launches personalizable $799 Studio notebooks
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 8:06pm CEST
As part of its ongoing effort to seize back the initiative in PC sales, Dell today rolled out its Studio 15 and Studio 17 line-ups, a series of personalizable notebook PCs available in a variety of colors. -
Adobe issues final release of Acrobat 9 series
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 7:30pm CEST
It's a more aggressive marketing stance for Adobe as Acrobat branches out into online applications, more and better document collaboration, and Flash animation embedding. -
Microsoft gets more pro-active against SQL injection attacks
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 5:59pm CEST
Turning up the volume on its vigilance against perhaps the easiest exploit in the world, Microsoft yesterday unveiled a new beta of an overdue security tool for IIS 7, bolstered by two new SQL injection vulnerability seeker tools. -
Charter chucks its spyware-like ad plans
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 5:49pm CEST
Perhaps in response to consumer uproar, and perhaps responding to Congress, Charter Communications has suspended plans to test ads generated by its users' Web browsing habits. -
T-Mobile 'Landline' rolls out nationwide
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 5:02pm CEST
The US' fourth-largest cellular carrier will be rolling out its T-Mobile @Home service on July 2, the final version of the Talk Forever Home Phone plan that has been in tests since February. -
Is it time for technology to 'reboot' society?
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 2:51pm CEST
Technology doesn't exist in a vacuum. The quickening pace of innovation can make big changes to human activities that extend to socializing, learning, earning a living, and catching law-breakers, said industry leaders at a Tuesday conference. -
Nokia's new N-series phone comes to US
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 2:43pm CEST
On Tuesday, Nokia made its new N78 handset available in North America both in flagship stores and online. -
Apple set to profit from 3G iPhone due to cheaper parts, memory
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 1:50pm CEST
Despite its new capabilities, the new 8GB 3G iPhone will cost Apple $100 less than its predecessor a year ago, indicating the company is set to drastically increase its profit margin on the device thanks to its new arrangement with AT&T. -
Sony Pictures and DivX strike a distribution deal
Publié: juin 25, 2008, 12:00am CEST
Video technology provider DivX and Sony Pictures Television International are working together so consumers will be able to download the content provider's movies in DivX format, to be played on Sony products and other certified devices. -
Google's Cerf advocates regulatory approach to opening broadband access
Publié: juin 24, 2008, 11:44pm CEST
The official position of Google remains that the Internet's infrastructure should be open and accessible, stated Google's Vint Cerf in a statement to BetaNews this afternoon. -
Touch-screen lawsuits hit Apple, HTC, Dell, Toshiba, others
Publié: juin 24, 2008, 11:41pm CEST
Now that the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145) has been pulled from the Senate floor schedule, it looks like business as usual for patent litigants, as a holder of touch screen patents has launched a carpet-bombing assault. -
Google restricts Gmail access in Germany
Publié: juin 24, 2008, 11:25pm CEST
A 2007 court ruling has resulted in some changes to the way the search company provides its services in Germany, and Google's users were unceremoniously treated to some of those changes beginning late last week. -
XP's death sentence won't be commuted this time
Publié: juin 24, 2008, 10:38pm CEST
In a letter to its OEM customers that install the operating system on PCs they sell, Microsoft has confirmed that it would no longer sell Windows XP as a packaged product, nor sell it to OEMs past its June 30 deadline. -
Panasonic may produce a full-size OLED TV display
Publié: juin 24, 2008, 10:25pm CEST
Matsushita -- which owns the Panasonic name brand -- indicated to a Japanese business daily newspaper it plans to beat competitors to the punch, by mass producing a 37-inch organic light-emitting diode TV within the next three years. -
Google launches beta of media buying tool for advertisers
Publié: juin 24, 2008, 9:55pm CEST
After a rocky start yesterday, when an announcement of its announcement was un-announced and a conference Web page was taken down, Google has launched an invitation-only beta of an online advertising campaign assistance tool for buyers. -
Despite Dell using SSDs, Samsung to rely mainly on HDDs
Publié: juin 21, 2008, 12:06am CEST
Although Dell now offers Samsung's solid-state drives across 18 different notebook PC models, Samsung still views SSDs overall as just a "complement" to its HDD line-up. -
Second Life to host a two-week gala expo with real-world speakers
Publié: juin 21, 2008, 12:00am CEST
Linden Lab will celebrate five years of Second Life with a two-week festival in the virtual world, starting on June 23rd and ending July 7. -
A story of the AP, bloggers, journalists, and insurance
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 11:25pm CEST
Some would use the term "blogstorm" to describe the frenzy surrounding The Drudge Retort's run-in with the AP. Now that it has announced "case closed," and the storm is passing, we see a lone insurance salesman trudging through the clearing fog. -
Signs of a total rethink of Skype in its 4.0 beta
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 11:03pm CEST
Skype's 4.0 beta has moved away from Instant Messenger style layout consisting of multiple small windows, and has instead opted for a single, full-screen video chat window. -
Samsung: Consumers, businesses to spark NAND flash rebound
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 10:37pm CEST
Driven by applications ranging from cell phones, videocams, and embedded pens to PCs and servers, NAND memory is now set for a big resurgence, according to a Samsung vice president this week. -
A fire drill couldn't clean out Yahoo's executive suites sooner
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 10:27pm CEST
When Robert Bostock, Jerry Yang, and Susan Decker assert next August that they're a better team to lead their company than the one Carl Icahn is building instead, one question shareholders may ask by that time is, "What company?" -
MetroFi is the latest to pull out of muni-Wi-Fi
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 9:27pm CEST
The company announced Friday it's ending service in most of the areas it served, including major cities in California, Oregon, and Illinois, becoming the latest casualty of the muni-Wi-Fi bubble. -
ComScore: Google properties led in traffic, search in May
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 8:58pm CEST
Web analytics company comScore this week released its top fifty US Web properties list for May 2008 based upon its Media Metrix service, and Google's leading the pack by a nose. -
AT&T will pay a high price for iPhone 3G
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 8:06pm CEST
The carrier may be paying as much as $425 in subsidies per unit to Apple, according to an analyst's estimate. If that's true, that's more than double what its competitors pay on average for other smart phones. -
EBay to cut fraud risk, but only for PayPal payments
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 8:01pm CEST
To help prevent fears of online fraud among buyers and sellers alike, Internet auctioneer eBay plans to abandon its previous limits on transaction protection beginning this fall. -
Sprint Nextel granted extension in rebanding
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 6:17pm CEST
Sprint Nextel announced that its vie for an extension to the mandatory relinquishment of portions of the 800 MHz spectrum was a success. The FCC has now moved the deadline to July 1, 2009. -
One-third of IT pros admit to snooping on co-workers
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 6:13pm CEST
As many as a third of all senior IT professionals use their administrative passwords and other privileges to "snoop around the network" looking into employees' confidential material, say newly released survey results. -
Mac OS X Trojan reported in the wild
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 6:07pm CEST
At least two Mac-focused security firms warned late this week of a Trojan horse that takes advantage of flaws in remote management software in Mac OS X to run code on the affected computer. -
Last.fm enters the iPhone realm through the back door
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 6:03pm CEST
The firm responsible for building the database upon which the Last.fm Internet radio service is built, has created software to enable iPhone users to use Last.fm -- if they want to risk it. -
Microsoft re-issues one security fix for a Bluetooth hole
Publié: juin 20, 2008, 5:58pm CEST
For an undisclosed reason, there continued to be a vulnerability in Windows XP's built-in protocol stack for Bluetooth, even after a patch released a week ago Tuesday was supposed to have addressed the problem. -
2006 dispute of Sony-BMG merger still unresolved in EU
Publié: juin 18, 2008, 6:27pm CEST
2008 has begun to look a lot like 2006 for Sony BMG in Europe. Publishing association Impala asked courts to overturn the EC's merger approval a second time, and joint venture partner Bertelsmann AG again expressed its desire to back away. -
The winner by knockout: Los Alamos claims the Top 500 throne
Publié: juin 18, 2008, 6:01pm CEST
The petaflop barrier was not only broken last week, it was pulverized into infinitesimally small, neutrino-sized particles. While Intel continues to blow even more horns, suddenly it's the Cell processor that has engineers talking. -
EBay's Project Echo set for private and public betas
Publié: juin 18, 2008, 3:21am CEST
With a new application framework entering open beta early next year, eBay is working to build a kind of 'open' market for both developers and vendors to earn money, as a key eBay developer told BetaNews Tuesday. -
Mozilla: 1.6 million downloads and counting
Publié: juin 18, 2008, 1:17am CEST
Early Tuesday evening, the Mozilla organization gave BetaNews an update on its quest to have posted the single most downloaded (tracked) software item in a single day, having exceeded Firefox 2's single-day mark in just five hours' time. -
Toshiba's SSD-based notebooks double their capacity
Publié: juin 18, 2008, 12:57am CEST
In a move to bolster its Portege notebook lineup, Toshiba today introduced a new notebook that features a single 128 GB solid-state drive. -
New HP receiver sends PC-based media wirelessly to HDTVs
Publié: juin 18, 2008, 12:41am CEST
Hewlett-Packard's MediaSmart Connect digital receiver -- which enables people who store content on a home network or notebook PC to transfer it via wired or wireless connection to their HDTVs -- is now available for pre-order. -
Philly Wi-Fi saved, free access to be offered to all
Publié: juin 18, 2008, 12:07am CEST
In a stunning announcement, the city of Philadelphia said that it had reached a deal with a group of private investors to keep its wireless network alive and free. -
NVIDIA launches new GPUs, ATI lies in wait
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 11:55pm CEST
Today was originally scheduled to be the date that both NVidia and ATI launched their next-generation graphics products, but NVidia had the only one that made it out the door in time. -
Sony Ericsson to debut 8.1 megapixel camera phone
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 11:47pm CEST
Sporting a design and feature list not unlike Nokia's N95 and N96, Sony Ericsson's C905 Cybershot blows Nokia's devices away in one area: picture resolution. -
Red Hat gambles on Amazon's cloud as an infrastructure provider
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 11:45pm CEST
Linux software player Red Hat this week entered public beta with a hosted edition of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, its second product to take advantage of Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Web-based infrastructure. -
The red/blue split for online voters is not 50/50, survey finds
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 10:16pm CEST
A Pew Research survey released Sunday indicates that nearly half of all Americans have used electronic media to get or spread information about the presidential election. And those active Web users are looking more blue than red. -
Apple, AT&T settle visual voicemail patent claims
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 9:39pm CEST
Apple and AT&T said Monday they had reached a licensing agreement with Klausner Technologies over two of that company's patents related to visual voicemail. -
AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 9:19pm CEST
The AP's disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it's now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for excerpting online articles -- as few as five words. -
PSP update to include Web searches from Google
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 9:19pm CEST
Sony said Monday that version 4 of its PSP firmware will allow users to access Google's search engine directly from the XMB interface. -
Yahoo stalwart Weiner leaves for two greener VC pastures
Publié: juin 17, 2008, 6:59pm CEST
Adding another stone to the sinking ship of employee morale at Yahoo, long-time company stalwart Jeff Weiner has finally decided to leave, exiting to take on the role of "executive in residence" at two venture capital firms. -
Heavy AT&T DSL users could see additional fees
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 11:20pm CEST
A spokesperson for AT&T says the company is mulling an additional charge atop the standard monthly rate for those who use a large amount of bandwidth. -
Google goes out of its way to make Facebook roadblock obvious
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 11:05pm CEST
After Google and Facebook could not come to terms over Google's Friend Connect service, the Mountain View-based search company has further snubbed Facebook, publicly noting Friend Connect users' incapability to access it. -
Dueling streaming video services prepare for iPhone launch
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 10:20pm CEST
Yesterday, competing services Flixwagon and Qik both announced that they will be offering their live streaming phone-cam services for Apple's iPhone. -
Facing pressure from Facebook, MySpace regroups
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 10:16pm CEST
As competition heats up with Facebook, social network MySpace is set to launch a major redesign of its Web site next week. -
How LG's 'Scarlet' snared a global spotlight
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 8:11pm CEST
Just what -- or who -- is "Scarlet"? A senior LG Electronics official explained that LG wants people all over the world over to ponder the answer. Yes, Scarlet is a TV series...specifically, a series of TVs. -
Yahoo execs provide more details on Google deal
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 8:09pm CEST
The headend of Yahoo's search results, come this October, will probably continue to look the way Yahoo always intended it would. It's the tail that will change, in a deal where Google has apparently been offered the tail first. -
GTA IV leads surge in US video game sales for May
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 7:52pm CEST
NPD reports that US video game sales were up 37 percent over last year, with Take-Two's blockbuster title leading the charge. -
AP sends anti-Drudge blogger a DMCA takedown notice
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 7:48pm CEST
On June 10, the Associated Press sent Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown orders to Rogers Cadenhead's site The Drudge Retort for seven different articles the news service claims violated copyright. -
Canadian copyright reform bill to lock down digital content
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 5:54pm CEST
A sweeping copyright reform bill officially introduced in the Canadian Parliament yesterday would impose stiff penalties on individuals circumventing DRM protection, including on TV programming, and would illegalize DRM-breaking tools. -
FCC debates regulation of wireless early termination fees
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 5:53pm CEST
With complaints to the FCC rising over the long-held practice of fining those who end their cellular contracts early, the agency looks poised to intervene. And for the first time, all sides may be nearing some sort of agreement. -
Concept video from Mozilla Labs gets developers thinking, talking
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 5:49pm CEST
A typical developer may often leave a major developers' conference thinking that most everything relating to how a graphical operating system works, has already been invented. But a new video from Mozilla Labs blows away that illusion. -
Physics engine could become common in future ATI cards
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 12:59am CEST
AMD and physics simulation tools provider Havok announced they will work together to study the benefits of optimizing the Havok Physics engine for future AMD CPUs and ATI video cards. -
Google, Yahoo make the deal: AdSense on Yahoo Search
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 12:54am CEST
Late Thursday afternoon, the news came from Google that it will indeed become a full-time provider of AdSense advertising for Yahoo's search pages, and the two companies' IM protocols will become interoperable. -
Sirius + XM merger still under fire from broadcasters, legislators
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 12:23am CEST
A senior Republican US Senator has accused Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin of misleading Congress and the Justice Dept. about the XM + Sirius merger deal. But this round of opposition has a familiar flavor to it. -
Opera releases version 9.5
Publié: juin 13, 2008, 12:15am CEST
In its plan to gain back usage share it has steadily been losing to Firefox in recent months, Opera this morning released version 9.5 of its Web browsers for Windows, Mac, and Linux. -
Amazon goes down for the count twice
Publié: juin 10, 2008, 1:10am CEST
While Amazon is not disclosing what exactly caused its site to fail for two hours on Friday, the world's largest online retailer may find its problem comes from the site design itself. -
DOE supercomputer broke the petaflop barrier, conference acknowledges
Publié: juin 10, 2008, 12:58am CEST
Though unofficial news leaked this morning, this afternoon, independent sources are acknowledging a new fact: A computer made with IBM Cell and AMD Opteron processors can process a thousand trillion operations per second. -
WWDC: Dissecting the 3G iPhone
Publié: juin 10, 2008, 12:30am CEST
AR Communications Senior Vice President Carmi Levy sits down with BetaNews' Ed Oswald to make sense of Apple's announcements at WWDC 2008. In the first of two parts, the enterprise and data features of the iPhone are discussed. -
IDC: Recession or no, Internet ad sales will boom
Publié: juin 10, 2008, 12:04am CEST
Times might be tough on the whole, but spending on Internet advertising is growing by leaps and bounds anyway, with total revenues up 23.9 percent in the first quarter of 2008, said an IDC analyst. -
It's official: iPhone goes 3G for $199
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 11:48pm CEST
UPDATED Confirming months of speculation, Apple has announced that it will begin shipping two 3G versions of the iPhone. A 16 GB version will feature your choice of black or white backing, and will sell for $299 through AT&T. -
In-Stat: 3G mobile TV to reach 42 million users by 2012
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 11:39pm CEST
The 3G mobile TV market will skyrocket from 6 million subscribers worldwide to 42 million by 2012, and Europe isn't necessarily ahead of North America right now in this space, according to an analyst for In-Stat Research. -
WWDC keynote: Some notable no-shows
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 11:31pm CEST
With the spotlight growing every time Apple puts on a major show, many feel it would be nice if the company would leave some real estate open for some Mac-related innovations. The keynote came and went, and the Mac was absent. -
Left with the short end of the croissant, T-Mobile sues Starbucks
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 10:06pm CEST
After Starbucks pleased its customers by announcing it will give away two hours of AT&T Wi-Fi access per day, former Wi-Fi partner T-Mobile took exception and has filed a lawsuit. -
HP Blackbird 002 gaming rig finally comes to retail
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 9:59pm CEST
HP has announced that its Blackbird 002 will be made available for the first time through select retail channels beginning June 29. -
Will Samsung's Omnia rival Apple's 3G iPhone?
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 9:57pm CEST
As some see it, Samsung's forthcoming Windows Mobile 6.1-based Omnia smartphone will act as a retort of sorts to Apple's new 3G iPhone. Although the Omnia isn't slated for full rollout until June 17, Samsung prereleased some details today. -
WWDC: MobileMe to replace .mac, sync iPhones with Macs, PCs
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 8:23pm CEST
UPDATED Calling it Exchange for the rest of us, Apple debuted MobileMe, which allows users to push e-mail, contacts, and calendars directly to devices. -
WWDC: With iPhone 2.0, the SDK is now the key element
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 7:29pm CEST
UPDATED Apple CEO Steve Jobs began his keynote with a discussion on the new firmware for iPhones, complete with enterprise support, the final release of the SDK, and new end-user features. -
HP and Acer end their patent litigation
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 7:12pm CEST
Engaged in patent-infringement lawsuits in three federal courts, and under two US International Trade Commission investigations for well over a year, HP and Acer summarily ended their battle on Sunday. -
Stolen PCs spur ID theft worries at Stanford, U. of SC, AT&T
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 6:37pm CEST
In a wave of apparently unrelated PC thefts, workers at Stanford University, the University of South Carolina (USC), and AT&T have been warned by their respective employers that their personal data might have been compromised. -
Last.fm streams lose music from Warner
Publié: juin 9, 2008, 6:24pm CEST
CBS-owned social Internet radio service Last.fm once had content from all four major labels, but now Warner Music Group, which had been licensing to Last.fm on a month-to-month basis, has pulled its catalog from the service. -
Zell expects a social network platform to save the newspaper industry
Publié: juin 7, 2008, 12:16am CEST
Part of the plan for rediscovering profitability for the troubled Tribune Co. of Chicago involves fishing for revenue -- somehow -- from a thus-far-undeveloped social networking platform, according to a memo to employees from their new CEO. -
Next round of Microsoft 'Patch Tuesday' addresses Bluetooth problem
Publié: juin 7, 2008, 12:06am CEST
On its next "Patch Tuesday," slated for June 10, Microsoft plans to release seven security fixes, including three critical updates. -
How cool is that IBM supercomputer?
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 11:38pm CEST
Some time over the next five to ten years, IBM expects to replace a new water cooling method for its Hydro-Cluster supercomputer -- just unveiled in April -- with an emerging approach based on 3D chip stacks. -
Linux to land on 23% of smartphones by 2013, says ABI
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 11:31pm CEST
Spurred by support from legions of developers -- as well as from two currently warring industry groups -- Linux will constitute 23 percent of the world smartphone market by 2013, according to analysts at ABI Research. -
Register your favorite digits now as a URL in the .NU domain
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 11:31pm CEST
While numerically-named sites such as 123.net and 1337.com already exist, on June 10 the landrush will begin for the .NU domain, an internationalized name which is being marketed in the US as the "number domain." -
The 'Watch Video' link in Google Search is conspicuously missing
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 11:08pm CEST
A feature that enabled Google users watch videos hosted on either YouTube or Google Video without leaving the search results page, has been quietly removed from the search site. -
Comcast plans aggressive push for ultra-fast Internet
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 10:46pm CEST
With Verizon's fiber-based FiOS product becoming more of a threat, cable provider Comcast said that by early 2010 much of its coverage area will be able to access the net at speeds of 100 Mbps. -
U2 band manager compares ISPs to 'shoplifters'
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 10:20pm CEST
Speaking during a music conference in Hong Kong, the manager of U2 did not hold back, going on a public tirade against large Internet service providers, alleging they're profiting from illegal file sharing. -
Crytek, EA confirm development of Crysis Warhead
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 9:58pm CEST
Gamers who liked the original Crysis now can look forward to Crysis Warhead, currently in development by Crytek and Electronic Arts. -
Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2 goes live, just in time
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 9:06pm CEST
UPDATED Just making an "end of week" deadline, Microsoft has kept its promise and has released Beta 2 of its graphical Web application development engine. -
Intel subpoenaed by FTC over CPU business practices
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 7:43pm CEST
Though the US Federal Trade Commission has yet to issue a statement as of 1:30 pm EDT, Intel has acknowledged it has received a subpoena from the FTC, effectively formalizing its inquiry into Intel's US business practices in the CPU market. -
BlackBerrys and iPhones rise among IT buyers, Palm falls
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 7:31pm CEST
BlackBerrys keep soaring in popularity among corporate IT spenders, while Palms continue to slide; and Apple iPhones are expected to pick up steam in the third quarter, say new survey results from analyst firm ChangeWave Research. -
Apple Store aims for the Paris Louvre's glass pyramid
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 6:32pm CEST
According to French financial daily La Tribune, Apple has received approval to build one of its eponymous stores in Paris. The location? Where else but under the glass pyramid in the Carrousel du Louvre. -
Google opens up a lab for others to test new Gmail features
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 6:28pm CEST
With Gmail finally nearing the end of its nearly four year long beta, Google is looking to test out a few new features before it goes live. -
Qik streaming video begins alpha, adds Windows Mobile support
Publié: juin 6, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
Qik, a service that allows its users to stream video from their phones live on the site, has begun its invitation-only alpha period and extended the list of supported devices to include select Windows Mobile handsets. -
Google refutes Android device delay, cites T-Mobile plans
Publié: juin 4, 2008, 12:31am CEST
Disputing rumors that the first Android-enabled phone won't ship until 2009, a Google spokesperson today pointed BetaNews to "public statements" made by T-Mobile as corroboration. -
In-game advertising 'enhances realism,' says focus group
Publié: juin 4, 2008, 12:22am CEST
Microsoft subsidiary Massive Inc. teamed up with media research firm Interpret LLC to study the efficacy of in-game advertising, and today released its findings. -
Intel unveils new 4 series chipset at Computex
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 11:29pm CEST
At the Intel keynote today at Computex, EVP Sean Maloney officially unveiled the new 4 Series chipsets and prognosticated a bright, high definition future delivered via WiMAX. -
Newest Windows Installer will enable multiple package installs
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 11:06pm CEST
Managing a massive Windows installation has already been likened to administering a colossal database. Today, Microsoft added new functions to its Installer for setup packages, that really does start treating Windows like one. -
Toshiba looking to get high-def out of standard DVDs
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 10:44pm CEST
Despite its exit from the next-generation DVD race, the one-time champion of HD DVD is not giving up on the promise of high definition on optical disc. Rather, it seems to be working to improve standard DVDs. -
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 now slated for August
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 9:36pm CEST
Citing heavy customer feedback, Microsoft officials as high up as Bill Gates himself revealed today that the next public beta of IE8 won't be going home with Tech·Ed attendees this year. -
AT&T settles suit over third-party ringtone downloads
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 8:52pm CEST
AT&T has agreed to settle a class action suit issued against it in Georgia, for allowing third parties to charge customers on unclear or wholly undisclosed terms for downloads. -
Facebook releases its open source platform
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 8:48pm CEST
After last week's confirmation of plans to make its developers' platform an open source project, Facebook this week followed through by releasing most of the code that runs its platform, including the most frequently used methods and tags. -
Live Search to become the latest to try 404 redirects
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 7:00pm CEST
In its scramble to avoid sliding to as low as fifth on the scale of search engine providers this year, Microsoft today has begun grabbing misspelled URLs pointing to its own hosted domains, and redirecting those users to Live Search. -
Unsealed documents add to Yahoo-Microsoft drama
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 6:59pm CEST
Newly uncovered documents in Yahoo shareholders' battle with the company allege that CEO Jerry Yang worked actively to undermine a deal with Microsoft, perhaps in some cases unethically -- and possibly illegally. -
Microsoft reports security problem with Apple's Safari
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 6:41pm CEST
Microsoft, of all companies, has issued a security advisory warning users about a possible security exploit involving Apple's Safari for Windows browser. -
Next Silverlight 2.0 beta to appear this week
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 5:44pm CEST
Developers going home from TechEd 2008 in Orlando (just as the admin folks arrive for the following week's demos) could find a delightful surprise in their annual tote bags: the newest plug-in for Visual Studio. -
Acer launches new netbook, promises WiMAX
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 5:44pm CEST
Call them sub-notebooks, netbooks, UMPCs, or what one clever Engadget poster deemed them: "Liliputers," the biggest hardware launches at Computex in Taipei this week fall into the umbrella category of "smallest." -
Analysts: Hundreds of billions in wireless productivity gains
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 3:13pm CEST
Last Friday, an Ovum Research report added an additional $260 billion to its 2005 forecast of $600 billion in productivity gains that wireless technology is expected to add to the American economy over the next ten years. -
Yahoo's latest Messenger beta goes its own way
Publié: juin 3, 2008, 12:42am CEST
It's clearly not a button-down, businesslike IM client: Having experimented with a special Vista version that apparently didn't go over well, Yahoo now is adding personalized polish to its latest free personal messenger, still in beta.