Friday, June 6, 2008
Time Warner Cable sued for causing 'major distress'
Time Warner Cable sued for causing 'major distress'
Time Warner Cable is being hauled into court by a Los Angeles city attorney over complaints of Internet and e-mail outages, TV line-up changes, and service delays. This while the head of TWC's regional office was given the heave-ho.CBS announces Web video sharing deal with Yahoo
CBS announces Web video sharing deal with Yahoo
Yahoo said it will join CBS' Audience Network on Wednesday, continuing the close relationship of the two companies.Wal-Mart endeavors to lure customers to Blu-ray
Wal-Mart endeavors to lure customers to Blu-ray
While Wal-Mart seemed to be firmly in the HD DVD camp early in the format war, it's now gearing up for a nationwide promotion to drum up interest in the format war's survivor.Study: Mobility of workers tracked via their cell phone usage
Study: Mobility of workers tracked via their cell phone usage
An academic study charting the daily mobility of people based upon their mobile phone data has raised ethical concerns regarding privacy and nondisclosure.IBM's Lotus Symphony 1.0 emerges from beta
IBM's Lotus Symphony 1.0 emerges from beta
Emerging from a public beta process which began last September, the Lotus brand once again represents a suite of general purpose applications...and it doesn't look to make much money from that just yet.South Korea fines Intel for anti-competitive behavior
South Korea fines Intel for anti-competitive behavior
Korea's fine against Intel ends a two-year-long investigation by the Korean Fair Trade Commission into allegations of abuse of Intel's dominant position in the CPU market.Yahoo launches beta of Search Gallery
Yahoo launches beta of Search Gallery
Based upon the SearchMonkey platform, Yahoo users can now enhance their searches with developer-created apps.Icahn's war of words forebodes an ugly August for Yahoo
Icahn's war of words forebodes an ugly August for Yahoo
Last month's shareholders lawsuit filed against Yahoo has revealed the existence of a poison pill to defend the company against hostile takeover -- one which investor Carl Icahn is now publicly working to have extricated.Mozilla provides more details on Firefox 3.0 RC2
Mozilla provides more details on Firefox 3.0 RC2
The official release notes are now live on Mozilla's servers, along with Release Candidate 2 of the organization's next Web browser, which was published yesterday.WWDC may see beta debut of Mac OS X 10.6
WWDC may see beta debut of Mac OS X 10.6
While much of the buzz surrounding Apple's annual developer event has been about the iPhone, news reports indicate the company may also debut the newest release of its operating system at WWDC.Verizon FiOS TV to expand in July
Verizon FiOS TV to expand in July
Verizon has announced it will be rolling out 60 new channels to the FiOS TV lineup region-by-region beginning in July, at least 25 of these will be HD.Verizon Wireless, Alltel sign $28.1 billion deal
Verizon Wireless, Alltel sign $28.1 billion deal
Confirming market speculation, the two companies released a joint statement Thursday that said Verizon Wireless would acquire the equity of Alltel as well as assume its debt.In-game advertisements coming to Sony PS3
In-game advertisements coming to Sony PS3
Sony has selected IGA Worldwide as its first partner to provide dynamic in-game advertisements for PlayStation 3 games, with an initial focus on the frequently delayed MMO undertaking called Home.Wikia search engine now lets users add their own results
Wikia search engine now lets users add their own results
The Wikia search engine, controversial brainchild of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, this week added groundbreaking social networking-oriented features that give Web users the ability to make adjustments to the search results others see.Thursday, June 5, 2008
Comcast, TWC test curbs on heavy Internet use
Time Warner Cable and Comcast are launching tests this week of new management controls for bandwidth consumption -- alternatives to the approach of throttling packets outright, though they may not prove to be any more popular.
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Microsoft's Search 4.0 for desktops emerges from beta
No, it's not WinFS, the file system that was supposed to revolutionize the way files and documents are stored in Windows. But if it gives users tools that accomplish the same things WinFS was supposed to provide, does Search 4.0 come close?
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Fanning's payday: $30 million from Electronic Arts
Computer programmer Shawn Fanning, known for having created the original Napster, has sold his latest company ThreeSF to game maker EA.
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Craiglist's newest competition in the online classified space: Wal-Mart
Although some may question how this latest move fits into the strategy of the retailer, the retailer has launched a test of a free classified ads service.
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Is Google living up to privacy legislation?
Google is coming under fire from members of 14 advocacy groups, who want the search engine giant to post a link to its privacy policy directly from its home page so as to assure compliance with a California privacy law.
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Windows XP lives on in the next embedded OS upgrade
The versatility of Microsoft's previous generation of operating system is about to be shown off some more, with a new edition that will be customizable for various embedded devices, using a special version of Visual Studio.
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SpiralFrog signs on EMI for free music downloads
The ad-supported music service said today it had struck an agreement with major record label EMI, meaning it will now carry content from two of the four majors.
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Mozilla issues Release Candidate 2 of Firefox 3.0
While Web users everywhere have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the final edition of Firefox 3.0 -- an event which some thought could happen this very week -- late yesterday, Release Candidate 2 of the browser appeared on Mozilla's FTP site.
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Pandora launches a new beta of its desktop music app
The Music Genome Project has released a beta of its music-recommending internet radio service Pandora as a gadget that works independently of browsers, based upon Adobe AIR.
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Graphic overlays soon to be added to YouTube videos
YouTube has been given a feature upgrade which allows for annotations to be added to a user's already uploaded videos.
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Microsoft will fix its 'Live' branding problem, says exec
With Google entrenched at the top of the search industry, and a deal with Yahoo looking less likely, a Microsoft division president said yesterday it's time for his company to deal with the confusion spawned by its own multiple online brands.
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Music recommendation site listens to what you're listening to
Created by music artist Peter Gabriel, TheFilter.com looks to recommend music, movies, and Web video based on the individual users tastes and mood.
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Toshiba looking to get high-def out of standard DVDs
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.
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Newest Windows Installer will enable multiple package installs
Newest Windows Installer will enable multiple package installs
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.Rapidshare Increases Download Limit For Premium Users
Rapidshare yesterday changed their website design and along with that they also increased the download limit for premium users which earlier was 25 GB per five day and has been now updated to 50 GB per five days which comes as good news for many premium account holders after their account were limited to counter website which used to offer free users to download like premium users giving them direct links to the download created using premium accounts.
In my opinion if they want to limit the accounts then rthey should introduce data based packages instead of the current time based packages which will be much more convenient for the customers as in the current scenario even if one doesn’t downloads from rapidshare his account gets expired in the given time, and when the amount of download is already limited it wont be a problem for the customers, as theoretically in a month account one can only download 50*6=300 GB of data per month so they should offer 300 GB of downloads for the same price as the 1 month account and let users download to their own convenience.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Intel unveils new 4 series chipset at Computex
Intel unveils new 4 series chipset at Computex
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.In-game advertising 'enhances realism,' says focus group
In-game advertising 'enhances realism,' says focus group
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.Google refutes Android device delay, cites T-Mobile plans
Google refutes Android device delay, cites T-Mobile plans
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.New Google Site Search lets Web sites shape search results
New Google Site Search lets Web sites shape search results
Tuesday, Google launched Site Search, a rebranded overhaul of "Google Custom Search Business Edition" that gives Web site owners tools to influence the search results that appear on their sites' custom search pages.Microsoft reports security problem with Apple's Safari
Microsoft reports security problem with Apple's Safari
Microsoft, of all companies, has issued a security advisory warning users about a possible security exploit involving Apple's Safari for Windows browser.Unsealed documents add to Yahoo-Microsoft drama
Unsealed documents add to Yahoo-Microsoft drama
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.Live Search to become the latest to try 404 redirects
Live Search to become the latest to try 404 redirects
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.Facebook releases its open source platform
Facebook releases its open source platform
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.AT&T settles suit over third-party ringtone downloads
AT&T settles suit over third-party ringtone downloads
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.Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 now slated for August
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 now slated for August
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.Next Silverlight 2.0 beta to appear this week
Next Silverlight 2.0 beta to appear this week
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
Acer launches new netbook, promises WiMAX
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."Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Yahoo's latest Messenger beta goes its own way
Yahoo's latest Messenger beta goes its own way
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.Microsoft releases its latest Dynamics for CRM
Microsoft releases its latest Dynamics for CRM
Today, Microsoft released Dynamics AX 9000, a major update that adds Role Centers, increased business intelligence, and myriad other new features to what many consider to be the best of Microsoft's four products in the CRM space.IDC: Despite the iPhone, RIM's smartphone share still rises
IDC: Despite the iPhone, RIM's smartphone share still rises
While many have said Apple's iPhone would immediately spell trouble for RIM's BlackBerry, it's not happening yet according to the latest research.Minnesota private community says no to Google Street View
Minnesota private community says no to Google Street View
In the latest example of "opt-out" in action, an entire Minnesota town demanded that Google take down Street View imagery of its municipality, and the search giant duly complied.Adobe launches its latest test of Buzzword online WP
Adobe launches its latest test of Buzzword online WP
The viability of AIR as an application platform is only becoming more clear with today's revamp of Buzzword, Adobe's online word processor, now part of Acrobat.com. BetaNews spent some more time with Buzzword this morning and afternoon.Adobe Web Services test run: ConnectNow and Create PDF
Adobe Web Services test run: ConnectNow and Create PDF
Part of Adobe's beta of Acrobat.com, ConnectNow is a Web Conferencing tool, and Create PDF gives you a way to build PDF files from anyplace, whether or not you have access to Acrobat software.FTC approves Icahn's Yahoo stock purchase
FTC approves Icahn's Yahoo stock purchase
The Federal Trade Commission has given activist investor Carl Icahn approval to purchase a large chunk of Yahoo stock, it said on Friday.HP to make Microsoft Live Search its system default
HP to make Microsoft Live Search its system default
UPDATED Today the world's largest computer maker, the company that now embodies two of Microsoft's most vocal opponents with regard to Web tactics (counting Compaq), no longer has any reservation about giving Microsoft prominent placement.Facebook's privacy policies investigated in Canada
Facebook's privacy policies investigated in Canada
The federal privacy commissioner in Canada is now investigating allegations that Facebook may be illegally collecting personal information such as telephone numbers, birthdays, and instant messaging addresses without authorization.Gigya launches beta of Socialize, more social sharing
Gigya launches beta of Socialize, more social sharing
Joining the ranks of heavyweights Google, Facebook, and MySpace, social widget startup Gigya has opened the beta of its social sharing platform Gigya Socialize.TWC's new wireless cable modem will send Web content to TV
TWC's new wireless cable modem will send Web content to TV
Time Warner Cable -- an entity now being completely spun off from Time Warner Inc. -- is readying a new wireless cable modem aimed at offering Internet-based video as one of its "channels."Chinese OpenOffice 4.0 beta takes design cues from Office 2007
Chinese OpenOffice 4.0 beta takes design cues from Office 2007
RedOffice, the suite of Office products based upon OpenOffice.org and optimized for Chinese users has received a new UI in its 4.0 beta.Dish, EchoStar sue TiVo to keep their DVR offerings afloat
Dish, EchoStar sue TiVo to keep their DVR offerings afloat
UPDATED Dish Network says their new software no longer infringes on TiVo's patents, but the DVR maker disagrees.Adobe extends Acrobat branding to Web services
Adobe extends Acrobat branding to Web services
For years, Microsoft hasn't really had serious competition in the general-purpose applications space. But if Adobe succeeds in transplanting its Acrobat brand into word processing and online services, Microsoft could have a fight on its hands.Monday, June 2, 2008
Five bucks for an office desk? Nassau County holds online auction
Five bucks for an office desk? Nassau County holds online auction
Are you in the market for a really good deal on a computer cart, a wooden office desk, or a living room couch? How about a 30-foot patrol boat, or your very own weather station? Nassau County, New York may have a deal for you..PRO on its way to becoming just another TLD
.PRO on its way to becoming just another TLD
Realizing there are more professional vocations in the world than just medicine, the law, and two others, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is easing its earlier restrictions on the .PRO top-level domain.Commerce Dept. data threat probe blames unattended laptop
Commerce Dept. data threat probe blames unattended laptop
After US Sec. of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez returned from a visit to China in December, his department's IT infrastructure suffered a rash of attempted break-ins. A probe is now under way to find out if the two events are related.OASIS approves a Web services standard that could ease 'mash-ups'
OASIS approves a Web services standard that could ease 'mash-ups'
Must every spreadsheet you ever use until the end of recorded time be an "Excel spreadsheet?" A protocol for making functional data more versatile for Web portals, so users can choose their own tools, is taking its next evolutionary step.The Dell comeback is under way with better sales, earnings
The Dell comeback is under way with better sales, earnings
Led by a 43 percent boom in PC notebooks, Dell's sales of products and services climbed to $16.08 billion over the company's most recent quarter.Online vendors provide aid to disaster victims
Online vendors provide aid to disaster victims
AuctionPAL.com, an online retail "middleman," has set up a program where users auction off their goods with the proceeds going to relief efforts in Myanmar and China.NBC Direct prepares for its next beta
NBC Direct prepares for its next beta
Since last November, NBC has been developing a service separate from its Hulu venture for downloading shows after they've aired, and watching them offline. But the initial beta suffered setbacks, so now it's gearing up for a second try.Novell credits Microsoft, SAP, and HP for Linux sales leap
Novell credits Microsoft, SAP, and HP for Linux sales leap
Giving credit to industry deals with Microsoft, SAP, and Hewlett-Packard, Novell reported a year-over-year sales jump of 31 percent for its Linux software in its quarterly financial results yesterday.MediaDefender attacks Revision3 site, FBI involved
MediaDefender attacks Revision3 site, FBI involved
During Memorial Day weekend, Internet TV network Revision3 was brought down by a denial-of-service attack traced back to anti-P2P company MediaDefender.Microsoft gives in, will share scanning service spec with working group
Microsoft gives in, will share scanning service spec with working group
In one more demonstration that it's taking a different stance with regard to the intellectual property it uses, Microsoft has dropped its objection to an IEEE working group making use of a Web services protocol it developed for Vista.India, Brazil next to take issue with Open XML
India, Brazil next to take issue with Open XML
After South Africa voiced its objections to how the Open XML standards ratification proceedings were conducted, the standards bodies of both India and Brazil are registering similar complaints.Twitter developer hints it may not be hot on Ruby on Rails after all
Twitter developer hints it may not be hot on Ruby on Rails after all
Can the recent plague of technical problems affecting text communications service Twitter be blamed on the language on which its platform was designed? Earlier, the company said no...but some within the company are hinting otherwise.Apple releases OS X 10.5.3, users report problems
Apple releases OS X 10.5.3, users report problems
The update to Apple's operating system fixes a multitude of its security vulnerabilities, but some users are reporting issues with graphics and Adobe CS3 after upgrading.
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