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Microsoft is calling "Shotgun!" as the software giant teams with automaker Fiat to feature its telematics applications designed for information and entertainment aboard new vehicles. The companies' "Blue&Me" plans, to be detailed at the 2006 Geneva Motorshow later this month, provide drivers of ...
Here's the scenario. Something ugly has happened to your computer. Irreplaceable files have been clobbered. You seek assistance from a PC pundit, but you know your files are fly food as soon as you hear, "You're supposed to back up your files, you know." Let's face it. We all have good excuses for f...
In a move to keep up with the competition, IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database product. Big Blue hopes to win the favor of more software developers in smaller companies and projects. The "express" version provides the same core data server features as DB2 Universal Database E...
Don't count America Online out of the broadband Internet access business just yet. Despite its focus on new offerings, the media giant on Friday announced plans to expand its broadband network coast-to-coast. AOL will partner with BellSouth, Time Warner Cable and Verizon, as well as other major DSL ...
EMC on Thursday introduced a new suite of storage and virtualization solutions for the enterprise. EMC hopes its new product lineup will help customers bring more of their information together for improved economics and management. The new solutions are designed to extend the benefits of information...
Microsoft has formed Live Labs, a new research partnership meant to jump-start its Windows Live initiative by investigating new Internet-centric technologies and products that offer commercial possibilities. Windows Live is a free ad-supported service that helps users develop their own online deskto...
IBM introduced the next version of its corporate messaging software, Lotus Sametime 7.5, at the Lotusphere show in Orlando, Florida, along with several new partner-enabled applications for the Lotus platform -- such as video conferencing, VoIP and compliance technology. What is catching the eye of m...
Opera Software is going smaller in order to get bigger. The Norwegian browser maker on Tuesday announced the worldwide release of Opera Mini, a full Web browser that runs on a wide variety of mobile phones, including low- and mid-end handsets. "With Opera Mini most people can start surfing the Web w...
Times are changing. Microsoft's Windows operating system, which was originally designed for desktop PCs, is being retooled to support supercomputer applications. With the hope of becoming a key player in that space, Microsoft has poured millions of dollars into its Windows Super Computer Cluster, wh...
The last time Microsoft introduced a security service pack -- Windows Service Pack 2 in mid-2004 -- the market could hardly wait. Viruses, worms and other Internet malware were disrupting companies' and individuals' computer use on a regular basis. When Microsoft finally unveiled the long-awaited fi...
Symantec this week released an update to Norton SystemWorks to fix a security issue that could leave a back door open for hackers: a rootkit. A rootkit is a hacker security tool that captures passwords and message traffic to and from a computer. The tool may allow a hacker access to a so-called "bac...
Microsoft is downplaying newly reported bugs in its Windows' graphic rendering engine. The software giant late Monday said security vendor reports about additional Windows Metafile flaws are actually nothing more than "performance issues." Specifically, Symantec warned users on Monday that three new...
Amid growing consumer concern and increasing media attention, Microsoft yesterday did something rather rare: It released an out-of-cycle patch. The company issued the fix for the zero-day Metafile vulnerability five days ahead of schedule. The hole is related to Windows metafiles, which are image fi...
Sure, it will be great to have another alternative to iTunes. Urge -- Microsoft's answer to Apple's music store behemoth -- looks ready to go head-to-head with more than 2 million tracks for purchase and an all-you-can-download subscription option. The Xbox 360 also promises to entertain gadget junk...
After Intel announced its new "Leap Ahead" branding effort to go along with its Viiv technology, it was inevitable that chip contender AMD would soon parade its own digital entertainment initiative. AMD did so at this week's Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, touting its "Live" offering, which a...
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