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Last week Hewlett-Packard, which is expected to pass IBM as the largest high-tech company in the world this year, put its new CEO on stage, and much of the behind-the-scenes discussion was on why Mark Hurd has been successful while predecessor Carly Fiorina crashed and burned. Meanwhile, over at Mic...
Software and search heavyweights Adobe and Google joined forces this week, announcing a multi-year distribution deal that pairs the Google Toolbar with Adobe's downloadable Macromedia Shockwave Player. The Adobe deal is widely viewed as yet another weapon in Google's arsenal against its entrenched ...
Everywhere you turn these days in the digital world you'll run into touts about sharing. Share files. Share photos. Share video. That's fine, but someone forgot to tell the e-mail providers about this sharing craze. They're still putting limits on attachments to e-mail messages that put a grave crim...
Microsoft made a major move into robotics this week as the software giant previewed its Windows-based Robotics Studio robot software development platform. Along with a list of robotics partners including Lego, White Box Robotics, and universities around the globe, Microsoft said its robotics develop...
As the battle for Instant Messaging market share heats up, Microsoft and Yahoo are upping the ante with new and improved communications services. While Microsoft is touting its Windows Live service with the release of its glorified Messenger, Yahoo is pushing plug-ins with its new beta. Microsoft o...
Cell phones have been transformed into handheld computers capable of supporting e-mail, Web surfing, and video transmissions, which has necessitated the development of more sophisticated cell phone operating systems. After a number of failed attempts to emerge as a significant force in this market,...
Last week was a busy one for some big tech players. AOL is funding Netscape again, and strangely enough the company seems to have Slashdot on its mind as it moves to rebuild its portal business. Also, Creative Labs evidently didn't realize that Apple was going to fight back when it sued the firm, an...
While I must confess I've never been a fan of online backup solutions, there was something about Mozy that tempted me to use it. Mozy is one of those new breed applications mushrooming under the umbrella Web 2.0, or the New Web. What's Web 2.0? Best I can tell, it's, in part, about creating a deskto...
While I must confess I've never been a fan of online backup solutions, there was something about Mozy that tempted me to use it. Mozy is one of those new breed applications mushrooming under the umbrella Web 2.0, or the New Web. What's Web 2.0? Best I can tell, it's, in part, about creating a deskto...
Microsoft made the most of this month's regular Patch Tuesday, putting out a dozen patches highlighted by a fix for the serious, zero-day Word vulnerability that has been the basis for targeted attacks since it was uncovered last month. Microsoft also patched seven other "critical" vulnerabilities, ...
AOL bolstered its Open AIM initiative by adding new features and functionality to the instant message (IM) technology, and supporting new platforms Mac OS X, Linux, Pocket PC and Java. The Dulles, Va.-based company, which launched the Open AIM initiative last spring to spur development and use, said...
Microsoft's scheduled monthly Patch Tuesday is rolling around again on June 13. This round will include updates to the Windows operating system and the controversial ActiveX. The release will feature nine Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows, at least one of which is critical. An...
In an unfortunate turn of events, Adobe has threatened an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in Europe. That two American companies may have their fate decided by European bureaucrats is bad enough, but the underlying assumptions make it even worse. The dispute centers on two issues. First, Micros...
Debate is swirling around Google's soon-to-be-released spreadsheet program as consumers and industry analysts consider how it could impact allegiance to Microsoft Excel. Google Spreadsheet is a Web-based application that offers simple functionality in two common spreadsheet and data formats, Excel a...
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled Windows Vista Beta 2. The software giant is inviting comments in advance of Vista's scheduled launch date of January 2007. The new operating system comes with a plethora of new features, amid high expectations and plenty of skepticism. "Vista has undergone so many cha...
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