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Google said Wednesday that it has renewed its existing software bundling agreement with RealNetworks, in which Real will continue to offer the Google Toolbar with RealNetworks applications. The new, expanded deal also includes plans to distribute Mozilla's Firefox Web browser. The plan builds on wha...
For many people in the biofuels movement, it is inspiring to witness and play even a small part in the huge amount of grass roots-driven, Web-based activity the energy issue is presently generating in the U.S. All this concern and activity raises a crucial question: To what degree is all this activi...
Microsoft is steadily advancing its plan to make Windows Live an entertainment and communications hub with its rollout of Windows Live Spaces. The next generation of the company's blogging service, it now focuses heavily on social networking. Microsoft is approaching the concept of social networks a...
Microsoft on Wednesday announced its intent to distribute Internet Explorer 7 as a "high-priority" update through Automatic Updates for Windows XP. The software giant's goal is to help its customers browse the Web in more secure environments. "To ensure users are prepared to upgrade, AU will notify ...
Be it with ethanol, unused or recycled vegetable oil, biodiesel or carbon fixing, substantial efforts and progress are being made toward developing a biofuels-based energy infrastructure in the U.S. within the next decade or so. As the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative fuel source are...
Viacom is giving a new meaning to the adage, "I want my MTV." MTV Networks UK & Ireland -- which Viacom owns -- on Tuesday unveiled MTV Flux, an interactive online community that lets audience members control their own television channel. Flux members can upload their own content and be part of...
Napster. The brand name stirs memories of a Digital Rights Management frenzy that had copyright holders up in arms over the once-illegal file-sharing service. Of course, Napster has cleaned up its act and Apple's iTunes Music Store has helped transition digital music downloaders to the right side of...
Microsoft did it with the operating system, and now a newer company called JotSpot is trying to leverage ease-of-use and a friendly interface to popularize wikis, collaboration sites that allow for multiple editors and contributors. JotSpot said its JotSpot 2.0 wiki application platform takes wikis ...
Sony BMG and Yahoo are teaming up to provide online music downloads in the popular, flexible MP3 format without the usual digital rights management (DRM) controls, but for about twice the price of a typical title download. The Yahoo Music release is limited to a single song from Jessica Simpson that...
The United States' blogger population continues to explode, but who are the people behind the words? About 12 million American adults, or roughly 8 percent of adult Internet users blog, and 57 million American adults, or 39 percent of the online population, read blogs, according to surveys by the Pe...
As the country gears up for the November elections and online communities start to buzz, it's instructive to look back at the way image myths were created, even with the openness of the Internet. The Howard Dean campaign is one example. During the 2004 election, the Dean campaign was credited with ...
Microsoft on Wednesday released a set of guiding principles it drafted for itself that will allow computer manufacturers using Vista and any other future Microsoft operating system to remove Microsoft's MSN Search, Internet Explorer and Media Player as defaults and put competitive alternatives in th...
Fresh on the heels of rival Movielink's announcement of a licensing deal allowing DVDs to be burned from feature film Internet downloads, CinemaNow said its customers could immediately begin burning titles from a catalog of 100 movies with its own burning service. The beta service, "Burn to DVD," of...
The blogsphere is buzzing with a report made by a Skype competitor -- who also helpfully provided screenshots illustrating the event -- that Skype's protocol has been cracked by a Chinese engineering team. Charlie Paglee, head of VoIP provider Vozin Communications, claims in his blog, that a team at...
So-called "image spam" is on the rise once again -- as clever hackers try to sneak by spam screening software that tests messages for spam based on keywords. After declining steadily throughout 2005 -- from about 12 percent of all spam at the beginning of the year, down to about 5 percent in Novembe...
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