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Microsoft's Patch Tuesday issued a slew of fixes in its April release, most of which focused on browser flaws. The software giant's monthly security update issued five patches in all, including three "critical," one "moderate" and one "important" patch. Ten vulnerabilities in all were addressed in t...
CyberLink may not be a household name among PC users, but the feisty company makes some robust entertainment software for producing and watching DVDs as well as editing video. Certainly, the Taiwanese enterprise has a tough row to hoe, pitted as it is against the likes of Sonic/Roxio, Pinnacle and U...
Sprint Nextel, the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S., plans to begin testing in its joint venture experiment to offer an integrated bundle of cable and mobile phone services in a single package. The company will offer the services in a small number of pilot markets as early as late summer, ...
Last week, Apple became a tentative Windows platform OEM with its announcement of Boot Camp, which allows new Mac hardware to run Windows XP and, eventually, Vista. Apple had said it wasn't planning to support Windows -- just like it said it didn't plan to support Intel or bring out flash-based medi...
So you say you want to share slideshows and videos on the Internet without a lot of rigmarole. Problem is, there's just so much noise in the media sharing space, you just don't know where to turn. Well, two well-known Net players have an end-to-end solution for you -- if you're willing to pay a heft...
I spent a lot of time last week reading the Microsoft employee blogs and apparently there is some reasonably strong feeling among many folks who work there that the wrong "Steve" is running the company. This is, in my view, a "grass is greener on the other side of the fence" type of perception -- s...
At the risk of revealing my age, I can remember when a 10 gigabyte hard drive seemed enormous. Of course those were the days before PCs became vaults for music collections, family photo albums and home video libraries. Now, it seems, no matter how much hard disk space we have, we always need more, w...
Microsoft may have missed the Web 2.0 bandwagon's first go-round, but the software giant is emerging with a set of new tools designed to deliver better customer experiences online. The company also released a test version of the new Internet Explorer browser. The announcements came during MIX06, a c...
A coalition of some 600 organizations opposed to a scheme by America Online and Goodmail Systems to "tax" e-mail claimed on Monday that supporters of the plan have a long-term agenda to make everyone pay for exchanging electronic missives over the Net. Under the proposed plan, bulk senders of e-mail...
Looking to expand its enterprise reach, Microsoft laid out its latest software and marketing drive late last week, trumpeting its "People-Ready" strategy of software-driven efficiency and collaboration for workers. In announcing details of the plan, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer also jabbed at softwar...
Blogs are providing an unprecedented look inside organizations in the Internet age. Via blogs run by current and former employees and associates we can now see aspects of major technology companies that otherwise would only be visible to a few insiders. While it is fun to position these companies...
Microsoft is introducing an entertainment franchise including games and television programming featuring characters that appeal to young consumers. The software giant on Wednesday revealed plans for a new entertainment franchise called "Viva Pinata." More than just a video game title, Microsoft plan...
Microsoft on Tuesday issued a series of security patches to fix multiple problems in its Windows operating system and Microsoft Office productivity suite. This is one of the more significant "patch Tuesdays" in terms of number and severity of included fixes, according to Ed Moyle, a manager in CTG's...
Google has gobbled up yet another Web 2.0 startup. The search giant has acquired Upstartle, maker of Writely, software that allows you to edit documents online, then publish them online via blogs and other Web sites. Writely users can upload Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text documents, o...
Last week, Intel held its Developer Conference, an annual event where the company showcases the changes it plans to make in its next-gen products. With Microsoft's new operating system due to hit the market in a few short months, Intel planned more dramatic changes this year than would typically be ...
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