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Jeff Taylor is at it again The Monster.com founder raised US$10 million in venture capital from General Catalyst Partners and Sequoia Capital to launch Eons, a 50-plus-targeted media company that he hopes will inspire a generation of Baby Boomers and seniors to live the biggest life possible....
The rise of digital marketing has opened up a world of opportunity to win customers that goes well beyond search engine optimization, banner ads and link exchanges This is due in part to the evolution of the Internet, which is sparking creative ideas that leverage new online platforms for guerilla marketing at its best. Apparel companies, musical a...
As Firefox lovers await version 2.0 of the open source browser, Mozilla is already moving ahead with plans to develop the next version -- and it wants your help Mozilla issued Release Candidate 3 (RC3) of Firefox 2.0 on Monday. It is expected to be the final version of the browser before its official launch. At the same time, Mozilla announced a wi...
U.S. and Russian scientists on Monday announced they have created the newest super-heavy element, element 118 Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from Dubna, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Russia, discovered the element during experiments last year....
A circuit court judge in Florida's Miami-Dade County has decided not to ban the sale of a controversial video game to minors Judge Ronald Friedman previewed "Bully," a game scheduled to be released for Sony's PlayStation 2 on Tuesday. After watching a live demonstration of the game, he decided that it is not violent enough to justify taking action ...
Microsoft on Friday changed its stance on a Vista security feature that has ruffled the feathers of antivirus vendor powerhouses in recent weeks Symantec and McAfee cried foul when they learned that the software giant was planning to block security software vendors' access to Vista's kernel, which developers need in order to build effective, compat...
Palm took the wraps off its first entry-level smartphone at the DigitalLife trade show in New York on Thursday The Treo 680's design aims to broaden the appeal of feature-rich smartphones beyond business clients to attract everyday users who like to listen to music, take pictures and surf the Web. The new Treo is Palm's fourth new product launch th...
Firefox continued to gain ground on Internet Explorer in September, according to the latest browser usage statistics from Net Applications. What's more, the firm reports increasing browser fragmentation among users Internet Explorer has been the dominant Web browser for many years -- and remains king of the hill. However, Microsoft's browser has be...
NEC on Tuesday added an interesting twist to the high-definition format battle: a semiconductor that crosses the boundaries between the competing standards NEC's new chipset will be compatible with both the Blu-ray (BD) disc, which is backed by Sony and Matsushita Electric, and the HD DVD disc developed by rival Toshiba, which has the support of Mi...
Michael Yang and Yeogirl Yun are hardly strangers to the realm of comparison shopping sites. The dynamic duo founded mySimon.com, which became the largest price comparison shopping site on the Internet, with over 10 million users in 2000. After raising US$30 million in investment capital, mySimon was acquired by CNET for $700 million in 2000 The pa...
In yet another step into Microsoft territory, Google on Wednesday released a package of applications that directly compete with the software giant's Office suite Google is using its popularity in the search engine realm to garner attention for its Web 2.0 applications, Writely and Google Spreadsheets. Writely is a Web-based word processing program ...
Microsoft on Tuesday addressed 26 vulnerabilities in its monthly cycle of security patch releases, marking the software giant's largest Patch Tuesday this year Microsoft issued 10 security bulletins to patch vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and .Net. Six of the bulletins were rated "critical," a record number since the company implemented its Pat...
Microsoft on Monday announced a new beta version of Windows Live OneCare. Version 1.5 of the security software is compatible with Vista and available as a free download OneCare is the company's all-in-one, automatic and self-updating PC care service designed to help consumers protect and maintain their PCs. It is another part of Microsoft's attempt...
In a growing digital media market that has witnessed YouTube carve out a niche for viral video, Blinkx is looking to make those videos easier to find online The firm, which has indexed more than 6 million hours of audio, video and TV programming to make them searchable, announced this week that Microsoft has agreed to use Blinkx technology to power...
When consumers buy a top-rated software product, are they really getting what they pay for? That's what Sunbelt Software's Chief Scientist Joe Wells is addressing in the wake of anti-spyware and antivirus testing methodologies that appeared in Consumer Reports, the magazine published by the non-profit Consumers Union The independent testing organiz...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Tuesday will ship a 50 GB Blu-ray disc, making it the first company to release a film using a high-definition format that can store twice as much data as traditional, standard definition media Sony Pictures will release the hit comedy motion picture "Click" on Tuesday. Action-drama "Black Hawk Down" will be avail...
Microsoft on Friday rolled out Windows Vista Release Candidate 2 (RC2), the new version of the Windows operating system, to technical testers with a pledge to make the final Vista version publicly available soon Vista Build 5744 is expected to be the last interim release before the software is approved for manufacturing. However, the same was said ...
In a move to compete with rival Dell, HP on Thursday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VoodooPC, a manufacturer of high-performance gaming computer systems Following the close of the transaction, HP will form a separate business unit within its personal systems group focused on the gaming industry. HP plans to maintain Voodo...
Microsoft has confirmed pricing and delivery details for its upcoming Zune MP3 music player. The software giant on Thursday revealed its 30 GB Zune digital media player will cost US$249.99. The so-called iPod killer will be available to U.S. customers on Nov. 14, just in time for the holidays Microsoft will launch the Zune Marketplace -- which comp...
Time-shifting device maker Sling Media on Thursday launched three new versions of its Slingbox remote TV appliances. The new models boast speeds up to 400 percent faster than earlier versions, with support for high-definition TV as well as a variety of other TV setups Sling Media peddles consumer electronics that allow consumers to watch television...
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