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Predictions for the future and realities of the past are being fused together via Internet technology. Increasingly, Web sites and services are popping up that save e-mails for a pre-determined amount of time that a user can send to him or herself in the near or distant future. While there are a num...
Is the United States government doing enough to secure the country against cyber-attacks? Not according to the Cyber-Security Industry Alliance (CSIA). The security trade organization issued a report yesterday calling on the federal government to assert greater leadership in the protection of the co...
Raising the possibility that it will change course once again on a hotly debated move meant to give adult content Web sites their own Internet realm, the net's governing body has decided to shelve a plan to discuss how to create a ".xxx" domain. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number...
Microsoft Research released today a program that can help sort through e-mail so that correspondence that you're most likely to want to see ends up where you're most likely to see it. SNARF (Social Network and Relationship Finder) is a free, add-on program that works with Outlook 2003 and up. It "kn...
Skype yesterday released the beta version of Skype 2.0 and announced new collaborations with hardware and software providers. "At Skype we want to make talking over the Internet the most natural, simple thing for people all over the world to do," said Niklas Zennstrom, CEO of Skype. "With the releas...
A former assistant to U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy joins the list of those who has a beef with the popular online, open-source encyclopedia known as Wikipedia. John Seigenthaler joins Google Watch protest site creator Daniel Brandt in his claims that their bios on Wikipedia are not accurate....
The Grateful Dead found out this week what happens when you give and then take away: consumer uproar. The Dead, a band who has always encouraged tape sharing of its multitude of live shows, a few weeks ago asked the non-profit Internet Archives to remove free downloads of their concerts from its sit...
Just as it helped spawn a movement toward its wireless technology with Centrino, Intel is looking to put the PC in the pole position for home entertainment with its Viiv platform that is now supported by more than 40 software, content and service companies, including TiVo. Intel said its Viiv techno...
Yahoo yesterday announced the extension of the company's Really Simple Syndication (RSS) platform. The company has added RSS feeds in the new version of Yahoo Mail, which is currently in beta testing. RSS is a technology that helps users keep track of their favorite syndicated content from across th...
The agency charged with Internet oversight may give its blessing to single-letter domain names, which have been reserved since 1993. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will decide this and other issues at a meeting in Vancouver, B.C., this weekend. Single-letter domains ...
One visit to the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Web site offers an eye-opening glimpse into the world of cybercrime. Case after case details how the Feds are cracking down on cyber-criminals, defendants are pleading guilty, and the judged are bei...
RadioShack may be more associated with remote controlled toy cars than cutting edge technology, but a deal with voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) provider Skype puts the retailer at the forefront of the Internet-based voice technology's move to mainstream. RadioShack said it will sell Skype hardwa...
The time American Internet users spend online increasingly involves searches for information, with the practice now trailing only e-mail as users' primary purpose of using the Web, according to the latest survey from the Pew Internet Project. The group said its survey indicated search engine users i...
Whether you call it "Voice over Internet Protocol," or a trendier "Voyp" you're joining a widening group of vendors, industry watchers and analysts who see VoIP as SMBs' telephony technology of the future. The key reason most businesses are so interested in VoIP is the cost savings that come from ...
Whether you call it "Voice over Internet Protocol," or a trendier "Voyp" you're joining a widening group of vendors, industry watchers and analysts who see VoIP as SMBs' telephony technology of the future. The key reason most businesses are so interested in VoIP is the cost savings that come from ...