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Skype has been making some new friends since it was acquired by eBay last month. The VoIP provider's latest announcement taps Cisco Systems' Linksys division. The companies announced an agreement this week to market a cordless phone designed to take free Skype Internet phone calling off the computer...

In an unprecedented move, service provider Level 3 Communications cut off Internet traffic flowing from rival Cogent Communications this week, following failed negotiations between the two companies embroiled in a bandwidth fight that has now reportedly affected thousands of Internet users. The conn...

AOL has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weblogs, Inc. AOL said the acquisition gives it a cadre of online content that ranges from music to movies, travel to tech, food to fashion, medicine to mortgages and offers online consumers new micro-communities where they can connect, debate, edito...

AOL today signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weblogs, Inc. AOL said the acquisition gives it a cadre of online content that ranges from music to movies, travel to tech, food to fashion, medicine to mortgages and offers online consumers new micro-communities where they can connect, debate, edi...

AOL's Netscape browser won a huge distribution deal with HP this week, putting the challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer on the PC giant's North American notebook and desktop computers beginning next year. Yes, Netscape has emerged renewed from the browser wars, riding a wave of security, stab...

AOL's Netscape browser won a huge distribution deal with HP this week, putting the challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer on the PC giant's North American notebook and desktop computers beginning next year. Yes, Netscape has emerged renewed from the browser wars, riding a wave of security, stab...

Further honing its focus on video search and making a play to become a hub of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), Blinkx has launched a service that lets users upload video blogs that can then be searched by the public and gives users the ability to control video they find through online searches. My Blink...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week dealt Microsoft a blow that may not be a knock-out punch, but comes pretty close to hobbling its argument that Internet Explorer does not infringe on a Web browser patent because prior art makes the patent invalid. The USPTO reviewed and reaffir...

In its first release since it was acquired by eBay earlier this month, VoIP provider Skype yesterday introduced a new version for Windows platform. The new Skype for Windows 1.4 includes more mobility options, new ways for callers to personalize Skype with ringtones, sounds and pictures. Skype recen...

In its first release since it was acquired by eBay earlier this month, VoIP provider Skype today introduced a new version for Windows platform. The new Skype for Windows 1.4 includes more mobility options, new ways for callers to personalize Skype with ringtones, sounds and pictures. Skype recently ...

SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

Give Me a Sidebar, Hold the Search

When Google recently released its re-vamped desktop search engine, a central element of the new offering was a sidebar. This clever device gives keyboard jocks quick access to a bundle of useful features. You can read e-mail as soon as it arrives without opening your e-mail program, for instance, or...

A Paris-based media watchdog has set its sights on helping anonymous bloggers avoid Internet censors in countries like Iran and China. Reporters Without Borders, an organization better known for tracking the abuse and murder of journalists, has turned its attention to online protesters with its "Han...

A Paris-based media watchdog has set its sights on helping anonymous bloggers avoid Internet censors in countries like Iran and China. Reporters Without Borders, an organization better known for tracking the abuse and murder of journalists, has turned its attention to online protesters with its "Han...

Opera Software yesterday permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download at no charge. Opera was previously available free of charge with an ad banner. Users had the option of paying a licensing fee to r...

In yet another sign that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is heading for widespread adoption, both AOL and Microsoft unveiled plans for new Internet telephone services today -- AOL with its announcement of TotalTalk, and Microsoft with news of a deal with Qwest Communications. While AOL is shooti...

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