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Microsoft is poised to offer a lower-priced, scaled-down version of its Windows XP and Office XP software to compete more effectively in Thailand -- and similar developing markets -- against the threat of open-source software. The Redmond, Washington-based company is hoping that by lowering prices a...
The seemingly unstoppable tide of junk e-mail known as spam has resulted in several different technologies and approaches to combat inbox clutter, but one tactic has recently gained the attention of major ISPs such as Yahoo and MSN: e-mail postage. Goodmail, a startup with the motto "restoring trust...
Computing is moving out of the office and heading for the living room, the coat pocket and the car. In a convergence with traditional home entertainment, computing and telecommunications technologies are starting to weave together a pervasive mix of "lifestyle" products and services. In the near fut...
RealNetworks has released several updates to close security gaps in its media players, including RealPlayer Enterprise and the beta version of RealPlayer 10. The vulnerabilities, if exploited, could give attackers control over victims' computers. The Seattle-based company said it has received no rep...
In a move reminiscent of government tactics used against drug dealers and organized crime, an Australian group working on behalf of the recording industry there raided offices and homes belonging to executives of the Kazaa peer-to-peer (P2P) network operator, Sharman Networks. Using a search order s...
The new offering by Sun Microsystems -- StarOffice 7 for the Solaris x86 desktop platform -- might be embraced by some corporate users as a way to provide leverage in future negotiations with Microsoft, computer industry analysts said. The move also could pave the way for Sun's planned Java-based de...
Imagine a war in which the combatants are invisible and the weapons they bear are hidden in trickery and stealth. Now picture that war being waged on a battlefield consisting not of desert fields but of thousands of ragtag computers in bedrooms, dens and corporate cubicles across America. These batt...
Diverging from its usual dedication to Intel-based machines, Microsoft has made public a beta version of Windows XP for use on 64-bit computers running the AMD Athlon 64 and Opteron processors. Microsoft said its Windows XP 64-Bit Edition is designed for technical workstation users who require large...
As the entertainment industry attempted this week to overturn a court ruling protecting the operation of file-sharing services on the Internet, peer-to-peer outfits rolled out new products that could cause more hand-wringing among movie and music execs. StreamCast Networks released a new version of ...
In stark contrast to statistics released by Netcraft, a survey conducted by San Diego-based Port80 Software indicates that Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) server is used by more high-traffic Web sites than the rival Apache server. Port80 Software polled the 1,000 most-visited Web sit...
It may already be the de facto voice platform for the Internet, but this week the Voice XML 2.0 specification has moved closer to becoming an official World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard. The W3C, the body responsible for maintaining many of the core standards and protocols at the heart of the ...
Spammers are now targeting mobile phone subscribers throughout Asia, sending text messages through the popular short message service (SMS) system. The practice is generating concern at major technology companies like Microsoft and NTT DoCoMo about a potential emerging tsunami of unwanted e-solicitat...
Major ISPs -- including Microsoft and Yahoo -- have indicated interest in an e-mail "stamp" approach that would charge bulk e-mailers 1 U.S. cent for each piece of e-mail in an effort to differentiate legitimate e-mail marketing from spam. However, critics of the stamp approach -- which, in theory, ...
Big Music and Big Movies will square off once again with Internet file-sharing services Grokster and Morpheus today in a California courtroom over what the "bigs" say is rampant copyright infringement taking place on those networks. A lower court dismissed contentions that the owners of the services...
Laying the groundwork for the next generation of computer microprocessors that will push clock speeds higher, Intel has released new Pentium 4 desktop chips -- code-named "Prescott" -- that promise improved performance for both consumer and business users. Intel said the desktop processors are the r...
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