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What makes e-mail trustworthy? There are at least two factors at play here: e-mail authentication, as described in a recent article, ensures that outbound e-mail really comes from the purported sending domain. That doesn't tell you whether the sender is a highly-reputable institution or a spammer, ...

Warner Music Group on Monday inked a deal with online viral video community YouTube to distribute its library of music videos, which includes content from such acts as Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. YouTube will also distribute behind-the-scences footage, artist interviews, original programm...

AT&T and MobiTV are now offering a mobile television service to broadband users. Called AT&T Broadband TV, it is available to subscribers of any broadband service. AT&T and MobiTV have already partnered to offer MobiTV's content to users of AT&T's WiFi hot spots; this new offering is...

Surprised by a rapidly building revolt brewing among its normally loyal customers, social networking site Facebook has agreed to offer users privacy options with its news feed tool. Introduced just last week, Facebook's news feed provides updates to members every time a change is made to a friend's ...

AOL is embracing third-party developers who would like to extend its AIM Phoneline service or build new products on the platform. The Dulles, Va.-based ISP plans to introduce new APIs to facilitate the creation of higher-end offerings for the Voice over IP service of its AIM instant messaging produc...

It is difficult to imagine the users of social networking site Facebook becoming protective about content they post on the Internet. After all, its user base is mostly Gen Y consumers who have grown up surfing the Web and think little of posting pictures of themselves or keeping readers -- both frie...

White children are far more likely to use the Internet than Hispanic and black children, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics. The study, based on a national representative of households in 2003, reveals that 91 percent of students in nursery school through 12...

A deal announced Tuesday between social networking Goliath MySpace and digital content manager Snocap will have a marginal impact on Internet music sales, according to some observers of the market. Under the deal, Los Angeles-based MySpace and San Francisco-based Snocap will make tools available to ...

Google has announced that it will comply with a Brazilian court's order to turn over data that could identify users of its social networking site, Orkut, who are suspected of illegal activities such as child pornography. A Brazilian judge hearing the case had threatened to levy a US$23,000 fine for ...

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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...

There is a new browser available for Internet users seeking a more private way to surf the Web -- a group that has suddenly become much larger in the wake of AOL's accidental disclosure of some members' search terms. Called Browzar, it has been launched by Ajaz Ahmed, founder of the Freeserve ISP in...

Skype on Thursday announced cordless phones that do not require a running computer to use its Voice over Internet Protocol services. The new class of phones lets users make and receive Skype calls over both Internet and traditional landlines. Skype has partnered with Philips and NetGear to introduce...

Computer hackers stole the credit card information and some personal data of approximately 19,000 customers who purchased DSL equipment via AT&T's online store. Subscribers to its service, though, were not affected. The company is offering credit monitoring services to customers who were affect...

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...

Microsoft on Thursday took the cover off Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1, the last version of the popular browser it expects to release before going live with a final version later this year. RC1 may not look much different from the most recent IE 7 beta on the front end, but Microsoft said ...

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