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Following Microsoft's Friday release of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1, the software giant on Tuesday announced plans to make the software available for broad customer and partner testing. Microsoft will reopen the Customer Preview Program, its pre-release testing program, to new enrollments thi...
So all this hype about podcasting has tickled your curiosity, but you haven't a clue where to start. Try WildVoice. Currently in beta, WildVoice is a Web site designed for creating and hosting podcasts. Not only can you create podcasts directly at the site, but WildVoice offers free audio mixing sof...
Touting support for both Intel and AMD virtualization technology, Microsoft released a second beta of its Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1 this week. The capabilities of the free Virtual Server 2005 update -- including Active Directory integration, improved backup and recovery and offlin...
Employees often consider their corporate desktops and laptops to be their own personal computers, and frequently treat them as such by downloading all kinds of unauthorized applications, such as MP3 players, games, VoIP products and unsupported instant messaging platforms. In the past this behavior ...
Electronic Arts on Thursday said it has inked a deal with video game advertising network Massive to push ads into its games. The agreement makes a way for Massive, a Microsoft subsidiary, to include a portfolio of Electronics Arts games developed for the Xbox 360 and PCs into Massive's advertising n...
Amazon.com has begun peddling Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system on its Web site. The Internet giant is displaying the Vista logo and has priced the software at US$100 to $399. Pricing is similar to what Microsoft currently charges for most versions of Windows XP. The software is not yet cu...
StopBadware.org on Monday put AOL's version 9.0 on its "Badware Watch List." The anti-spyware group cites, among other factors, the inclusion of bundled software applications and nondisclosure of additional installed components as reasons for its concern. The report is one in a recent series release...
Taking another step into Microsoft territory, Google on Monday launched Google Apps for Your Domain, a set of free hosted applications targeting small- to mid-sized businesses. The software allows users to send e-mail through Google's Web-based Gmail service that displays the company's domain name.
The confusion around Microsoft's plans to support high-definition protected content in its Windows Vista operating system continued on Friday as conflicting reports flood the news media. Microsoft Senior Program Manager Steve Riley told attendees at Tech2006 in Sydney that Microsoft would never supp...
There are two schools of thought when it comes to consumer video editing programs. One school believes that most videographers want to create their movies with as little human intervention as possible. The other school argues that consumers want as much control as they can get to put their stamp on ...
To-do lists have been a staple for software writers since the invention of the personal computer. Maybe that's because we all have things to do and never tire of finding better and faster ways to get them done. For many of us, a simple pad and paper, or the rudimentary to-do list in a personal dig...
Amid the chatter over fixes included in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release for this month, the software giant quietly announced that two patches in its Aug. 8 security bulletin also pertain to Windows Vista. A posting on the Windows Vista Security blog confirmed that MS06-042 and MS06-051 are also in...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the agency that supervises Internet domain names, has renewed its contract with the United States Department of Commerce to continue to perform the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority function. The IANA function includes Internet Protocol addr...
Enterprises have armed themselves with a bevy of management and monitoring tools. These products calculate bandwidth utilization, gauge system response time, and identify system and network bottlenecks. Yet amid all the information gleaned, for many firms a simple question often goes unanswered: How...
Is identity theft on the rise, or is it a problem that has been vastly overhyped? Recent incidents of lost or stolen laptops have focused public attention on the huge amount of personal information that can very easily make its way outside the control of corporate IT. However, in spite of so many in...