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Troubled Roxio, owner of the equally troubled Napster 2, is deceased. Or, rather, it's dropping the Roxio part and is taking a second shot at using the Napster name to revive its failing fortunes The firm has been tottering along for months, issuing statements based more on hope than reality and clearly looking to Napster 2 -- which, truth be known...
RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits. The move is a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple Real said it would cut its prices in half, offering single-song downloads for 49 cents and full albums for US$4.99. Real said t...
RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits. The move is a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple Real said it would cut its prices in half, offering single-song downloads for 49 cents and full albums for US$4.99. Real said t...
Some people are anxious to download and install the Service Pack 2 (SP2) update to the Microsoft XP operating system, but just as many others seem wary of the 80-MB security-focused package and foresee possible problems with it For its part, after repeatedly warning of the potential for application conflicts, Microsoft this week published a list of...
Linux Networx has announced that two Department of Defense centers will be using Linux cluster supercomputers from the company to conduct battlefield simulations The clusters are part of an initiative to modernize the DOD's supercomputing capabilities, said Major Kevin Benedict, program manager at the U.S. Air Force's Maui High Performance Computin...
Companies have started to focus on women as key influencers in the consumer technology purchase cycle. Volvo has designed a car specifically with women in mind and employed an all female design team that focused on things like places to store a purse or notebook computer, ease of entry into the car and better visibility As I looked at the concept c...
In a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple, RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits Real said it would cut its prices in half, offering single-song downloads for 49 cents and full albums for US$4.99. Real said the promot...
The desire to learn won't be the only thing returning with students to their universities this fall College IT departments can expect a wave of viruses, worms and other computer nasties to accompany their charges as they connect their computers to their college's networks When many students return to school from summer vacation, they're returning w...
In court documents filed Friday, IBM has asked for dismissal of a second major component of the lawsuit filed against the company by SCO. IBM is arguing that SCO's breach of contract allegations should be removed from the lawsuit IBM has been accused of violating its contract with SCO by improperly using Unix system code that was provided and owned...
A consortium of companies collaborating under the moniker "WWiSE" today announced their intended submission of a complete joint proposal to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn), which is chartered with developing a next-generation WiFi standard capable of sustaining data throughput in excess of 100 Mbps The technology foundation is based on MIMO-OFDM...
Strategic Distribution, a provider of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supply chain management services, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, with revenues down 26.4 percent Revenues for the second quarter of 2004 were $27.4 million, compared to $37.4 million for the second quarter of 2003. The $10 million d...
American businesses are usually very price sensitive. Compared to firms elsewhere in the world, American companies tend to pay close attention to performance numbers. Valuing this kind of metric often comes as a surprise to offshore service providers, particularly in cultures where personal connections may be more important than consistently meeting performance goals...
Sometime around 5,000 years ago, Chinese merchants learned to spread their cargo over several ships so that if one were lost, they would not lose their entire shipment. It was the birth of what we now call the insurance industry Before too long, the concept spread. Phoenician ship owners on the hook for safe delivery agreed among themselves that if...
The Voice Over IP landscape has changed considerably in the last few years. The easy availability of broadband access to the Internet, coupled with Herculean leaps in technology, makes VoIP service a viable alternative to traditional telephone and PBX offerings Today's VoIP services offer several features and options not possible a few years ago. T...
While eager to take advantage of the enhanced security features of Microsoft's long-awaited SP2 update, many corporate users of Windows XP will be cautious in activating it Microsoft did extensive compatibility testing aimed at ensuring SP2 would work with as many third-party applications as possible, but many network administrators plan to run the...
Computer Associates today announced the acquisition of PestPatrol, a privately held provider of antispyware software, in an all-cash transaction. Financial details were not disclosed CA will market the PestPatrol technology as eTrust PestPatrol and will incorporate it into its eTrust Threat Management software portfolio, designed to protect organiz...
Expanding upon a long-term relationship, HP and Motorola today announced a multiyear agreement under which Motorola plans to incorporate HP technologies into its CDMA and iDEN network infrastructure offerings The resulting platforms in Motorola's Radio Access Network will provide mobile operators with telecom network infrastructure technologies. Gl...
McAfee, a provider of intrusion-prevention software, today announced an agreement to acquire Foundstone, a company that offers vulnerability-management applications, for $86 million in cash Together the companies will offer technologies to help protect IT infrastructure....
Coming off a rough week that saw it badly miss earnings goals and fire three top executives, Hewlett-Packard is trying to turn attention to the future, highlighting several new product releases at its HPWorld conference In the spotlight for the annual conference are products aimed at inducing new and existing customers to migrate to HP's 64-bit, It...
The European Commission said it has put back its decision on the joint acquisition by Microsoft and Time Warner of ContentGuard Holdings by two weeks The commission had been due to decide on the acquisition of ContentGuard, presently owned by Xerox, today, but will now announce its decision on or by August 25....
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