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Top 20 BetaNews stories of 2008
Publié: décembre 31, 2008, 9:49pm CET
What were the stories that gathered BetaNews readers' attention, got them talking, made them think more about the meaning behind the technology? Our space-age statistics generator has provided us with the final tally. -
BetaNews CES 2009 'Better Questions' contest
Publié: décembre 31, 2008, 8:43pm CET
Before CES 2008, BetaNews debuted our "Better Questions" contest, where we asked you, the reader, what questions you wanted answered from the CES floor. This year, we're asking you again. -
BetaNews CES 2009 Contest: Win Vista Ultimate and Office 2007
Publié: décembre 31, 2008, 8:43pm CET
Before CES 2008, BetaNews debuted our "Better Questions" contest, where we asked you, the reader, what questions you wanted answered from the CES floor. This year, we're asking you again. -
'Y2K9' bug hits 30 GB Zunes
Publié: décembre 31, 2008, 8:30pm CET
UPDATED: In the early morning hours of the final day of the year, many Zune users found their devices frozen on the logo screen, totally unresponsive. -
CES 2009: Netbooks and notebooks from under $500 to over $5,000
Publié: décembre 31, 2008, 7:21pm CET
CES rollouts will run the gamut from MSI's Wind "hybrid" netbook -- with a mix of SSD and HDD drives in a single machine -- to a high-end notebook with a secondary display. And Windows 7 could be closer than anyone thinks. -
CES Countdown #8: Can smart HDTVs bypass the 'media PC' altogether?
Publié: décembre 31, 2008, 6:23pm CET
If you don't own a media PC yet, do you actually want one? Now would be a good time for anyone who makes media PCs to step up to the plate and deliver an updated value proposition...Any volunteers? -
Samsung boosts its own 4G wireless chip development
Publié: décembre 30, 2008, 8:03pm CET
While other manufacturers are pulling back on chip development because of the bleak economy, Samsung is now stepping up its work on WiMAX and LTE so as to bring down its royalty payments -- and quite possibly, its financial risk. -
Blinkx debuts its 'least annoying' ad platform
Publié: décembre 30, 2008, 6:36pm CET
Video search engine Blinkx has taken a new approach to video advertising with its "un-roll" format, in a move which leverages its technology for sorting videos for a project with a potentially much higher rate of return. -
Microsoft denies the severity of a Media Player exploit
Publié: décembre 30, 2008, 5:45pm CET
The proof of concept for a Windows Media Player exploit does exist, and it has been shared. But it's not a vulnerability, Microsoft said, because it would need to trigger remote code execution...and this one doesn't. -
Sling widens Windows Mobile support for remote TV viewing
Publié: décembre 30, 2008, 5:18pm CET
The numbers of mobile users who can watch their TVs remotely has just grown larger, with an expansion by Sling Media in Motorola, Samsung, and other Windows Mobile devices supported by SlingPlayer Mobile. -
AMD to terminate 100 more than planned
Publié: décembre 30, 2008, 4:20pm CET
In an SEC filing yesterday, the CPU maker disclosed that it will incur a slightly larger restructuring charge than earlier estimates, due to its need to trim about 600 employees from its roster starting this quarter, rather than 500. -
LG further diversifies its Blu-ray players with online content
Publié: décembre 30, 2008, 4:13pm CET
During the summer, South Korean CE maker LG debuted the first streaming Netflix-enabled Blu-ray player. Today, the company announced its Blu-ray players will receive content from more streaming partners. -
Virtual worlds firm files IP suit on Christmas Eve
Publié: décembre 30, 2008, 1:00am CET
Worlds.com, which launched its first 3D avatar environment back in the mid-90s, has retained an intellectual property law firm and has filed patent infringement suits. Its first, against game developer NCsoft, was filed on Christmas Eve. -
CES Countdown #9: Will the smartphone become the 'new PC?'
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 11:55pm CET
Despite the G1, iPhone, and upcoming announcements such as LG's GD910 smartphone wristwatch, smartphones won't outshine PCs at CES 2009. For starters, Sony will reportedly launch a netbook PC with a choice of hard or solid state drive. -
AnyDVD claims it defeats protection on latest BD+ discs
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 10:24pm CET
UPDATED With its usual ostentatiousness, the makers of the media disc backup program AnyDVD HD released a new version that it claims decrypts "all commercial Blu-ray releases," including those featuring the latest BD+. -
Wal-Mart's iPhone launch meets widespread outage
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 9:53pm CET
Yesterday, discount retailer Wal-Mart began selling the iPhone 3G, and as if to welcome customers to their new devices, AT&T suffered a substantial network outage. -
DHS R&D arm gets new privacy guidelines
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 9:22pm CET
The primary research and development arm of the Department of Homeland Security will operate under a fresh set of privacy principles for research projects, as per a report delivered to Congress this month. -
HP premieres its $600 home server before CES
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 8:33pm CET
Rather than wait a week, Hewlett-Packard is hoping the post-Christmas bargain hunters are out an about this week, as it unveils its latest MediaSmart home server at a potentially attractive price. -
Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' makes a video appearance
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 7:34pm CET
Screenshots and user-uploaded videos of the next version of the Mac operating system have been popping up as the first quarter of 2009 inches ever closer. -
Verizon wins $33M in no-show cybersquatting case
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 5:42pm CET
Although it might have a tough time locating the perpetrators and collecting the loot, Verizon has been awarded $33.15 million in a court judgment touted as the biggest in cybersquatting history. -
Mozilla updates its Fennec mobile browser alpha
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 5:27pm CET
Apple's Safari for iPhone truly did raise the bar for the Web browsing experience for mobile devices, though it may not have redefined the way browsing should work there. Mozilla Fennec continues its work on that goal. -
RIM sues Motorola for curbing job hiring
Publié: décembre 29, 2008, 5:07pm CET
In a departure from some other recent activities around tech exec job flight, RIM is suing Motorola for allegedly impeding its plans to hire current and laid off Motorola staffers. -
Happy Holidays 2008 from BetaNews
Publié: décembre 25, 2008, 6:00am CET
As 2008 winds down, we at BetaNews would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for all of the support we have received from our devoted readers, software authors and downloaders over the past twelve months. -
Google Earth delivers miracle on 34th Street, and 65th Street, and...
Publié: décembre 24, 2008, 1:00am CET
It may not cover all of the good boys and girls in Manhattan, but Google Earth's 3-D option has bulked up enough to make a virtual traveler feel a little like an airborne Santa. -
CES Countdown #10: Can technology keep television relevant in the digital era?
Publié: décembre 23, 2008, 10:31pm CET
Last year, one of the most stunning announcements to come out of CES was from, of all places, Comcast -- a CATV provider. One reason could be because technology is giving viewers clear alternatives to scheduled programming. -
Microsoft acknowledges a long-standing SQL Server flaw
Publié: décembre 23, 2008, 6:27pm CET
It wouldn't be the Christmas season without the tinsel, the holly, and the zero-days. Since early this month, an exploitable buffer overflow has been known to exist in SQL Server, and today Microsoft is acknowledging its existence. -
Psystar throws the 'kitchen sink' defense at Apple
Publié: décembre 23, 2008, 4:48pm CET
In its latest defense filed in US District Court in San Francisco last week, Mac clone-maker Psystar buffered its well-reasoned claim that it didn't violate the DMCA as Apple has charged, with no fewer than 41 other claims, some unexplained. -
CES Countdown #11: Are the desktop PC's days waning?
Publié: décembre 23, 2008, 12:25am CET
UPDATED Is there anyone you know whose holiday wish list includes a computer weighted down, by design, to his desk? Lack of portability may be becoming a real liability for the desktop PC. -
A buoyant Red Hat rides the economic waves
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 11:14pm CET
Linux anchor Red Hat spent the past quarter coping with currency discomfort and taking advantage of tough times -- buying back its bonds and stock, and eventually kicking up its total revenue 22% above its numbers a year ago. -
Windows XP pauses again in its shuffle out the door
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 10:47pm CET
Microsoft is making an accommodation through a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders by January 31, 2009 and take delivery against those orders through May 30, 2009. -
IBM: Web browsers to change over the next few years
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 10:35pm CET
With its new Chrome browser, Google is already doing "interesting things" around multiprocessing and multithreading support, according to the director of strategy at IBM Lotus -- a company that's taking more of an interest in Chrome. -
The Dark Knight may yet save Blu-ray from the lair of the PS3
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 8:30pm CET
Those bells you hear aren't all just about the holidays. They're signals that BetaNews is publishing a positive story about Blu-ray. Mark the date in your calendars. -
Project Playlist gets mixed reception from record labels
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 8:15pm CET
Social network MySpace pulled down all of the Project Playlist widgets reportedly at the behest of unspecified "major music companies." Meanwhile, major label Sony BMG gave the service its stamp of approval. -
Palm gets a $100M shot in the arm from none other than Bono
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 5:53pm CET
Just when mobile device maker Palm could really use a lift, Elevation Partners -- a VC firm that includes U2 singer Bono -- is coming through with a $100 million investment. -
Warner Music pulls its content from YouTube
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 5:30pm CET
After a two-year relationship, major label Warner Music Group has moved to temporarily terminate its partnership with video sharing site YouTube. -
In another tease, Sony promises to redefine the laptop
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 5:27pm CET
Let's make a list of the features we really need in a 2010-generation notebook. We'll start with solid-state storage at 500 GB. From there...You know, we might be satisfied with just that. -
Internet radio interoperability group to launch at CES
Publié: décembre 22, 2008, 3:37pm CET
At CES next month, a new organization formed to promote interoperability across media devices will get off the ground -- and by that, they mean a way to get podcasts and streaming content to work on multiple device platforms. -
'iTunes weTax,' says New York State
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 11:24pm CET
Seeking the means to shrink a nasty budget deficit, legislators in Albany have floated the idea of slapping a 4% tax on entertainment services delivered via the net, including streaming movies, e-books, and music downloads. -
CES Countdown #12: Has streaming media already rendered discs obsolete?
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 11:19pm CET
This just in, the format war is over. The 18-month honeymoon analysts had given Blu-ray has prematurely ended, and while sales have risen from nothing to something barely eclipsing okay, its successor may already be over the horizon. -
What's the Dell 'Adamo?' Inadvertent catalog entries give clues
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 10:20pm CET
Gee, what do you suppose Dell's super-secret new Adamo brand, due to premiere at the next CES, could be? We could ask a slew of analysts for their best advance speculation...Or we could just Google it. -
Android 'Cupcake' roadmap promises much
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 8:04pm CET
Pending updates to the Android mobile operating system were made public this week as a part of the Google's "Cupcake" roadmap, revealing new functionality that will endow future Android devices with abilities beyond those in the G1 now. -
Snip, snip, snip: Three undersea cables cut
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 8:01pm CET
Internet and voice traffic to much of the Middle East and south Asia has been disrupted by the overnight loss of three major cables spanning the Mediterranean. -
Positivo: Lenovo buyout bid 'not in our best interest'
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 7:54pm CET
Brazilian PC maker Positivo has confirmed in a regulatory filing that it has rejected a buyout offer from Lenovo, estimated in the Brazilian press as worth up to $800 million. -
Invitation to final beta test of Ad-Aware 2009 edition
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 7:47pm CET
The makers of one of the Internet's first and most respected anti-adware products are on schedule to release their 2009 edition next month, though they need some help from registered testers to make it happen. -
YouTube offers videos in HD
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 5:53pm CET
Google's popular video site YouTube yesterday unveiled a dedicated HD section for US users to watch videos in 720p high definition. -
Oracle earns, though flat year-to-year
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 4:31pm CET
Second quarter 2009 looked much like second quarter 2008 for Oracle's per-share earnings, announced Thursday in its quarterly call. It would have been better if the dollar hadn't muscled up. -
RIAA to discontinue litigation strategy, coordinate more with ISPs
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 4:14pm CET
Rather than pursue suspected file-sharers in court, the recording industry will take a more technological approach to finding, penalizing, and then potentially suing individuals when it has more evidence against them, BetaNews has learned. -
OpenSUSE 11.1 Linux OS leaves beta
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 2:59am CET
The newest edition of the Novell-sponsored OpenSUSE Project's Linux OS, contains a number of new enhancements built both internally and through the open source community. -
RIM reports a season of good cheer
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 2:54am CET
Research in Motion's Q3 2009 report confirmed that the company met its revised projection from earlier in the month, and indicated that perhaps things aren't so bad in the "land-grab" wireless-handset market. -
Palm CEO: Linux smartphone to ship in H1 2009
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 2:50am CET
Palm plans to ship a consumer-oriented smartphone -- based on its upcoming Nova OS -- in the first half of next year, while continuing to focus its Windows Mobile-based Treo on the enterprise, Palm's CEO said today. -
Congressmen accuse FCC of violating law in delaying AWS-3 vote
Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 1:34am CET
Chairman Kevin Martin can't win for losing. Taking the President's and a powerful senator's advice yesterday in delaying a critical vote on nationwide free broadband...again, two more congressmen are sounding legal alarms. -
A big week for the iPhone-as-game-console
Publié: décembre 18, 2008, 11:35pm CET
Last week, Apple evangelist John Geleynse reportedly called the iPhone a gaming console in various capacities. With a deluge of top-tier licenses coming to the iPhone this week, we have begun to see what Geleynse was presaging. -
CES Countdown #13: Can automotive electronics maintain forward momentum?
Publié: décembre 18, 2008, 12:07am CET
As we approach a CES taking place in a business climate unlike anything the tech industry's ever known, consider if you will the automotive-electronics wares -- this year, practically an index of these strange days in our history. -
Motorola freezes salaries and benefits, but no layoffs announced
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 10:54pm CET
To cut costs, Motorola is reducing the salaries of its co-CEOs and freezing the pension plans of all employees, while avoiding job layoffs at the moment. -
Jobs to duck Macworld keynote, drawing concern
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 8:57pm CET
Apple CEO Steve Jobs won't be delivering the keynote at next month's Macworld, a revelation that's sounding off new alarm bells about Jobs' health and Apple's succession plans. -
Google tests ad placement in its Search Suggest
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 8:41pm CET
Google Search Suggest, the predictive text dropdown gadget that suggests search terms, will soon provide direct links, information, and sponsored links. -
Firefox patches address three critical vulnerabilities
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 7:59pm CET
Internet Explorer is apparently not the only browser this week that's the subject of preventative measures, as Mozilla revealed this morning that the real reason for issuing Firefox 3.0.5 was to prevent a possible wave of page hijacks. -
Intel readies touch Classmate PC netbook for CES
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 7:06pm CET
At CES 2009, Intel reportedly plans to release its second lunchbox-style Classmate PC for kids. Meanwhile, the Classmate's chief architect at Intel has jumped ship for competing NComputing. -
Yahoo raises the bet, may anonymize search data after three months
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 6:02pm CET
Early this morning, Yahoo announced that it will be reducing its data retention period to 90 days, a dramatic drop from its prior 13-month limit on keeping user search data. -
Microsoft: The IE threat is real, and so is the fix
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 5:30pm CET
UPDATED Though it remains uncertain if anyone has been affected by an IE browser flaw that has made national news headlines, Microsoft's tactic today is to treat it as though it's real, and respond the same way. -
Western Digital to lay off 2,500, close plants
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 3:55pm CET
Storage company Western Digital today joined the ranks of companies scaling back their workforces, announcing a cost restructuring that will involve a worldwide headcount reduction and closure of manufacturing facilities. -
ASA: EA can't pass off 360 graphics as Wii
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 3:14pm CET
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has asked EA to cease broadcasting its commercial for Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09 for Wii. Although Woods himself "plays" the Wii, the graphics shown were from the Xbox 360. -
Adobe really reports record revenue
Publié: décembre 17, 2008, 12:13am CET
The software manufacturer reported record revenue for Q4 2008 and a sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth, making Tuesday's earnings call much more cheerful than the announcement earlier this month of layoffs. -
Palm denies its online store is new, stays quiet on Linux rumors
Publié: décembre 16, 2008, 11:54pm CET
A Palm spokesperson today disputed published reports that the company is launching a brand new online software store. Less vigor, however, was devoted to rumors that Palm will introduce its long-planned Linux-based Foleo OS at CES. -
Apple to pull out of Macworld 2010, if there is one
Publié: décembre 16, 2008, 11:37pm CET
In a completely unexpected announcement today, Apple Inc. stated that next month's appearance at IDG's Macworld Expo will be the company's last, as it scales back its appearances at other presenters' trade shows worldwide. -
Scrabulous case D-I-S-M-I-S-S-E-D
Publié: décembre 16, 2008, 11:17pm CET
UPDATED Hasbro on Friday dropped its lawsuit against Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, creators of the wildly popular Scrabulous game. Now, please stop saying "Scrabulous." -
Can XStreamHD pull off its 1080p on-demand service this year?
Publié: décembre 16, 2008, 11:07pm CET
At CES 2009, a startup company called XStreamHD plans to demonstrate an innovative new satellite delivery system for on-demand, high-definition video...wait a minute, haven't we done this one? -
Group seeks kids' online safety in the White House
Publié: décembre 13, 2008, 2:33am CET
Everybody wants something from the next administration, and a group called the Family Online Safety Institute is no exception, asking that increased effort be put toward kids' online safety. -
Alcatel-Lucent wants to get webby with you
Publié: décembre 13, 2008, 1:32am CET
A serious corporate realignment re-focusing the business on three markets (and four investment areas) puts a Web 2.0 glamour -- it's still glamorous, Web 2.0, right? no? how about Web 3.0? -- on telco manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent. -
Home opens its doors for the PS3
Publié: décembre 13, 2008, 12:15am CET
Sony's PlayStation 3 sales dropped 19% in November, but with the public availability of Home, the console has increased in value. -
Analysts: Wireless HDTV slated for CES 2009 still 'incipient'
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 7:35pm CET
At CES 2009, companies will talk up at least four different standards aimed at transmitting HDTV wirelessly over home networks. But a lot of this technology isn't yet ready for prime time, some analysts say. -
French embassy site faces denial of service attack
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 6:50pm CET
The Web site representing the French Embassy in China has reportedly been weathering a DDoS attack, not four days after Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister He Yafei said France "grossly interfere[d] in China's internal affairs." -
Yahoo weakens its anti-Microsoft 'poison pill'
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 6:00pm CET
Yahoo on Wednesday revised a controversial severance plan -- first adopted to defend against a Microsoft buyout bid -- to the point where the plan will no longer apply if a sale of Yahoo's search business does occur. -
Pre-activated iPhone 3Gs available online in the US
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 5:24pm CET
AT&T has simplified the 3G iPhone acquisition and activation process, allowing the iconic device to be purchased pre-activated online. -
What we suddenly don't know about the new IE exploit
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 4:49pm CET
One of the only sources of hard information yesterday about an IE remote code exploit that Microsoft only knew about circumstantially, now says not only is the Web full of misinformation about it, but it blames itself. -
Feds having fits over FISMA and cybersecurity
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 4:09pm CET
The Federal Information Security Act of 2002 caused concern over cybersecurity in government entities that hadn't shown much of it previously, lighting fires under folks who needed warming. So what's all this talk of burning FISMA down? -
IRS chided for not showing its work on a data-sharing initiative
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 4:04pm CET
On July 15, the IRS will launch a 45-state data-sharing initiative, but according to the GAO, there's almost no evaluation data indicating whether or not it works correctly. There's not even data on how to evaluate the data. -
Hey, Sony, leave those kids alone: Settlement in COPPA case
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 12:57am CET
The largest COPPA settlement to date was handed down Thursday when Sony BMG agreed to pay out $1 million for having collected and used without parental consent personal information on thousands of kids under 13. -
Psystar charges Apple with 'kernel panic'
Publié: décembre 12, 2008, 12:31am CET
Psystar can no longer accuse Apple of breaking the Clayton and Sherman antitrust acts. But the Mac clone maker continues to take the offense in its defense against Apple's charges of IP violations. -
No longer an oasis: Even Chinese search engine Baidu falters
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 10:40pm CET
Until this week, China was widely considered immune to the economic woes surrounding the rest of the globe. But now, the nation's Baidu search engine is experiencing some similar sounding financial strains. -
Google Chrome, now minus the 'beta' part
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 10:30pm CET
Perhaps in response to a wave of blog posts commenting about how many Google products have remained officially in "beta" for so long, its Chrome browser release no longer has that moniker attached. -
Sprint's debt rating drops to 'junk' status
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 9:22pm CET
The nation's third largest mobile provider took a hit on its stock price Thursday after Moody's Investors Service downgraded Sprint Nextel's senior unsecured debt rating to Ba2, known more commonly as the "junk" rating. -
Bush administration urges FCC to vote against free broadband mandate
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 8:32pm CET
Sure, the US government has been in favor of the notion of expanding access to free "broadband" service to the masses. But the current government is opposed to mandates, and there's still enough time for it to make that opposition stick. -
Foreign language hate group slides under Facebook's radar
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 8:31pm CET
Facebook has been translated into dozens of foreign languages, but a hate group on the site in Serbian was left completely unmoderated, despite a tremendous user outcry against it. -
Does the MPAA want net neutrality after all?
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 8:12pm CET
A memo submitted to the Obama-Biden transition team by the Motion Picture Association of America outlines the MPAA's hopes for the next administration's list of international trade priorities. -
Palm eyes a rebound at CES, maybe with Linux
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 8:08pm CET
Seeming to take a cue from Apple, Palm Inc. this week sent out vaguely phrased invitations promising "Palm New-Ness" to journalists at CES. Will Palm launch a new Linux OS at the show? Or will it even resurrect Foleo? -
Sony Ericsson, Samsung could be readying high-end Android phones
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 5:35pm CET
Could higher-end Android phones -- complete with 8 megapixel cameras -- finally be on their way to the US? Possibilities seem to be unfolding from manufacturers that include Sony Ericsson and Samsung. -
Is there a new remote data execution exploit for IE7?
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 5:21pm CET
All that anyone knows for certain as of today is that there are some browsers that appear to be the victim of new attacks using a very old profile: embedded binary code for graphic objects appearing in IE7 Web pages. -
Yahoo's CEO: So sad to see you go, in all lower-case
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 4:06pm CET
Citing a need to "better align costs with revenues," the Chief Yahoo couldn't sound less cheerful, as he told 10% of his workforce that their exit would have a greater positive impact on the company than a negative impact on them. -
Google thumbs through a few magazines
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 3:00pm CET
The Book Search has gone softcover, and how -- Google Book Search has begun to roll out scanned and searchable magazine pages alongside more traditional print results. -
The great crimeware boom of 2008, plus happy blowback
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 3:37am CET
Looking for a recession-proof business that's booming? No one's recommending that you actually go into the malware line of work, of course, but the numbers for 2008 are perversely upbeat. There's even some genuinely good news for you. -
HP debuts a cheaper process for flexible displays
Publié: décembre 11, 2008, 12:02am CET
HP, in cooperation with the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University showed off a prototype display this week that is paper-thin, flexible, and extremely energy efficient. -
Titanium launched as 'open source alternative' to Adobe's AIR
Publié: décembre 9, 2008, 5:37pm CET
Titanium -- a desktop, mobile, and Web development environment which enters public preview today -- is designed as a open source alternative for Windows, Mac and Linux developers to Adobe's AIR. -
Now, it's Sony's turn to take the hit: What it means, and why
Publié: décembre 9, 2008, 5:26pm CET
Sony was already suffering from internal issues, but now the global economy is forcing the CE giant to consider not only scaling down, but scaling back its innovations for next year. -
Zoetrope promises a view of the Web over time
Publié: décembre 9, 2008, 11:59am CET
While it's just as easy to locate a 15-year-old page in HTML 1.0 as a blog post published this afternoon, the front page of last Friday's BetaNews is as gone as 49-cent gas. Enter Zoetrope, aiming to track Web information over time. -
Mr. Obama? Don't forget the cyberwar threat
Publié: décembre 9, 2008, 1:39am CET
A 96-page report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies paints a gloomy picture of where America stands in the matter of infowar. (Hint: "Stands" may be too optimistic a verb.) -
The other US mobile DTV alliance opens the door for a truce
Publié: décembre 9, 2008, 1:34am CET
The Mobile DTV Alliance is hoping to speed up the adoption of phone-based consumption of TV by lightening up on its support of struggling format DVB-H. -
Discounted iPhone looks likely for Wal-Mart, but for $197, not $99
Publié: décembre 9, 2008, 1:28am CET
An impending Wal-Mart ad leaked this week indicates that the iPhone will indeed go on sale at Wal-Mart -- except that it'll probably be the 8 GB version, and for $197. -
Leaks indicate Microsoft is un-rethinking the Win7 taskbar
Publié: décembre 9, 2008, 12:59am CET
During last week's touring WinHEC conference in Beijing, attendees were treated to the latest Windows 7 build running in a virtual machine. Trouble is, someone apparently pilfered a copy of the VHD, and now it's loose. -
BitTorrent begins its seismic shift away from TCP
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 11:20pm CET
In an effort to ease the burden its traffic puts on the Internet at large, BitTorrent has announced that it'll use uTP, not TCP, as the transport protocol in its next uTorrent client. -
Symbian backer AT&T isn't ruling out Android support
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 11:12pm CET
An AT&T spokesperson today denied widely published reports that AT&T plans to offer a single OS for smartphones. A founding member of the Symbian Foundation, AT&T will also keep supporting Mac, Windows, BlackBerry, and perhaps Android. -
The noise settles over Bose's noise-canceling headphones
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 11:09pm CET
In what appears to have been an amicable agreement for most involved, Bose Corp. announced today that its case over QuietComfort noise-canceling headphone patents has officially come to an end. -
CES to feature DLNA media streaming on CE devices
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 7:42pm CET
At CES next month, attendees will get a close look at interoperable media streaming across multiple DLNA-compliant devices from myriad vendors, across home networks enabled by WiFi, coax, and Ethernet. -
Mozilla makes Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 available
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 7:39pm CET
The public beta of Mozilla's first Web browser to incorporate a private browsing mode, is being made available to the general public today, although as before, the organization has yet to make it official. -
The silver lining shows up anyway, with good Cyber Monday news
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 6:10pm CET
Online metrics company comScore has released its updated set of holiday e-commercial sales figures, showing an increase in Cyber Monday spending over last year, with a notable lift in Consumer Electronics sales. -
Netflix service on TiVo Series3 goes live
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 6:01pm CET
This morning, the Netflix service was officially made available to users of TiVo Series3, and TiVo HD XL users with the updated software and an existing Netflix subscription. -
On fifth thought, maybe Microsoft is interested in Yahoo's search
Publié: décembre 8, 2008, 5:26pm CET
So which is it? Last week, the candle in Carl Icahn's window appeared lit, while Steve Ballmer's was snuffed out. This week, after Icahn put out his candle publicly on nationwide TV, Ballmer appears to have lit his again. -
Australia's Agora Android phone to ship worldwide in January
Publié: décembre 6, 2008, 2:24am CET
The world's second Android phone, the Agora, is on the way from Australian-based Kogan, and the device -- which features a full QWERTY keyboard -- will be available globally early next year. -
RealNetworks lets 130 go
Publié: décembre 6, 2008, 2:20am CET
As a company exec noted in a blog post this week, RealNetworks is on track for record revenue this year. In the same post, the company announced it's laying off around 130 employees, or 7.5% of staff. -
Digital music to make up 41 percent of sales by 2013
Publié: décembre 6, 2008, 12:37am CET
CDs are still selling, but a report out yesterday from Jupiter Research says that the long slow decline isn't as slow as previously thought. But what will make up for the drop in sales? -
Good OS founder: 'Cloud' on netbooks to be shown at CES
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 11:32pm CET
Although not divulging many specifics, David Liu, the founder of Good OS, said this evening that netbooks will, in fact, be demo'd at CES running the company's new Cloud OS. -
Phase II of Google and Facebook's OpenID arms race
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 9:59pm CET
Yesterday, both Facebook and Google took their respective OpenID systems out of beta, continuing their neck-and-neck move away from "walled garden" status. -
Wal-Mart waffles on reports of $99 iPhone 3G
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 9:56pm CET
Answering an inquiry from BetaNews about Wal-Mart's reputed plans to sell an iPhone 3G for $99, a spokesperson today issued a statement that neither confirms nor denies the rumors. -
Windows Vista SP2 beta, WS2K8 SP2 beta released
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 9:44pm CET
The first public tests of Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server Service Pack 2 (both have the same kernel) were released this morning, and you can download them for yourself now. -
Gizmine puts a little 'kawaii' in Christmas
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 8:52pm CET
The proprietors of Dynamism have spun off the Asian-pop-tech's lower-end gadgets and baubles into their own site, Gizmine. As the Japanese girls coo, cuuuuuuute! -
ZMP releases SDK for 'Music Roomba'
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 8:41pm CET
After being out in its homeland for nearly two years, Japanese company ZMP has released the SDK to US developers for its music robot called Miuro. -
Netbooks running new 'Cloud OS' rumored for CES
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 8:30pm CET
At CES next month, future netbooks are likely to be on hand running Cloud OS, newly introduced software from Good OS that lets users access lightweight applications like Google Apps in a browser. -
Microsoft acquires Yahoo from the inside out, appoints Qi Lu
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 5:42pm CET
The man who could very well have given Yahoo the keys to the kingdom of online advertising, is now a very senior executive at its arch-enemy and would-be suitor. But will Microsoft do more with Dr. Lu than it did with aQuantive? -
Shazam: eight million songs of the eternal Now
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 7:45am CET
It's a huge hit on the iPhone, and though we experienced a few quirks during testing, the Shazam music-ID service seems to have gained nothing but good things by adding 2 million tracks to its knowledge base. We do, however, wish it took a broader view of music history. -
Comcast to offer bandwidth consumption monitor
Publié: décembre 5, 2008, 1:30am CET
Comcast will reportedly be offering a Web-based bandwidth monitor beginning January 5 to accompany the usage limits made official last October. -
Counterfeiters sing the 'Blue' as Microsoft lawyers up
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 11:37pm CET
A 12-nation crackdown on software counterfeiters is keeping Microsoft's lawyers busy this week, with 63 legal actions under way against shady online auctioneers. -
Opera 10 alpha shows off new Presto rendering engine
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 10:40pm CET
The Opera team has unveiled an alpha version of its Opera 10 browser, intended to show off the speed and feature support of the new Presto 2.2 rendering engine. -
Apple: Psystar clone-maker is working with unnamed collaborators
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 8:29pm CET
Although Apple isn't clear on the identities of the accused perpetrators yet, the company went to court this week claiming that Mac clone-maker Psystar isn't working alone in its alleged violations of Apple's IP rights. -
Windows Live rollout sketchy, team apologizes
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 8:21pm CET
Microsoft's Live Team has apologized for the bumpy rollout of the new Windows Live services that began yesterday, and acknowledged a number of problems that need to be fixed. -
Stinging from a revenue shortfall, Adobe to shed workers
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 8:20pm CET
Today, Adobe is joining the passing parade of corporations everywhere -- not just in technology -- shedding headcount to save expenses. But a check of its numbers may make some ask why so drastic a move. -
The storm hits AT&T, with a five-digit headcount reduction
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 5:47pm CET
This morning, the newly-demoted second-largest US phone carrier announced it's getting smaller still, shedding four percent of its workforce in another cost-saving operation for the economic recession. -
TV sports adopts Web coverage, plays with iPhones
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 5:42pm CET
Will sports best suited for HDTV flat panel displays eventually become obsolete? Execs from NBC and other sports media discussed about how the Web and iPhones are coming into play for airing the Olympics, the Tour de France, and Wimbledon. -
Microsoft seeks 'community' help to make IE8 Standards Mode work out
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 5:24pm CET
If users install their first Internet Explorer 8 updates, and they notice their favorite Web pages look like scrambled egg soup, will they blame the browser? That's the dilemma Microsoft is facing as it cautiously embraces "Web standards." -
Hitachi GST and Intel make a solid-state deal
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 4:43pm CET
This week's agreement between Hitachi and Intel to jointly develop enterprise-class solid-state drives shows the industry's further movement to flash-type storage, but disk-based drives aren't dead tech yet. -
Yahoo cedes Internet radio operations to CBS
Publié: décembre 4, 2008, 5:36am CET
Struggling with rising music royalty costs, on Wednesday, Yahoo offloaded much of the responsibility for its Internet radio service to CBS, only a few months after Time Warner made a similar move with AOL Radio. -
Big BCS bowl game to land at CES 2009...in 3-D!
Publié: décembre 3, 2008, 11:54pm CET
Folks who are fans of both football and CE gadgets will get to watch the BCS title game while at CES -- and in 3-D, no less. Meanwhile, though, it's unclear whether 3-D will be available on home TVs any time soon. -
Songbird 1.0 music player makes a landing
Publié: décembre 3, 2008, 10:58pm CET
The first complete version of open source desktop media player Songbird was released yesterday, combining the best features of popular players with the best of Web 2.0 content. -
Ted Rogers (1933-2008), giant of Canadian tech and media
Publié: décembre 3, 2008, 9:41pm CET
Americans who think of the media mogul named "Ted," reference Mr. Turner. In Canada, they reference Mr. Rogers. The senior salesperson, founder and CEO of Rogers Communications, died Tuesday morning in his home in Toronto. He was 75. -
Analysts: PC growth will slow, while notebooks remain a bright spot
Publié: décembre 3, 2008, 8:27pm CET
Worldwide PC growth will slow to a veritable snail's pace in 2009, according to newly revised numbers from analyst group IDC. But still, the revamped forecast for notebook PCs isn't exactly (or entirely) bleak. -
Palm to restructure yet again, may cut more jobs
Publié: décembre 2, 2008, 12:59am CET
In what could be its last hope at survival, after the markets closed Monday evening, Palm announced it would implement a program to reduce its costs by another 20%, on top of a program that was already under way. -
Blockbuster downloads headed for more devices via Live Mesh
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 10:58pm CET
Blockbuster's MediaPoint set-top box sold for $99 last week, as a late and seemingly understocked competitor to Netflix's Roku set-top component. Now, Blockbuster's CEO suggests it will add downloadable content to more devices. -
AOL's PlaySavvy speaks to game-shy parental units
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 10:55pm CET
PlaySavvy attempts to talk to parents -- or is it grandparents? -- about smart videogame shopping. It's a nice effort with some nifty features, but it's hard to see the need for PlaySavvy from here. -
Less bad news than anticipated for the semiconductor industry in 2008
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 10:41pm CET
What's being absorbed as bad news -- a 2.0% overall decline in revenue for the entire semiconductor industry for 2008 -- could actually be blamed on just a few players, if you go behind iSuppli's recent numbers. -
'Xohm' makes way for 'Clear,' as Sprint/Clearwire merger moves ahead
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 9:51pm CET
Questions such as "What is 'Xohm?'" and "How is 'Xohm' pronounced?" will now slowly disappear into history, as Sprint Nextel's 4G WiMAX network comes to be known as "Clear." -
Chasing down the latest Cyber Monday tech deals
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 8:01pm CET
One-day (and sometimes more, in the case of Best Buy) online sales are the hallmark of "Cyber Monday," so BetaNews is keeping track of some sales most pertinent to our readers' interests. -
Will 'Cyber Monday' fare better than a weak 'Black Friday?'
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 6:50pm CET
Today could be the day for some of the best online deals to be found all year. But will consumers bite? Internet market research firm comScore released its early holiday figures, showing a drop in online sales by 4%. -
Microsoft Cashback goes offline to Black Friday shoppers
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 6:38pm CET
UPDATED Like Sears and several other major retail sites, Microsoft Cashback became a temporary technical casualty on Black Friday, a time when generally hesitant consumers were actually trying hard to buy holiday gifts. -
DTV broadcasters could make another transition to mobile next year
Publié: décembre 1, 2008, 5:19pm CET
With surprising speed, a coalition of US broadcasting interests and Korean manufacturers has completed a "release candidate" for a mobile digital TV standard that could displace everything else tried in America thus far.