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The man who helped safeguard e-mail with his Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) desktop encryption program is now at work on ensuring no one can eavesdrop on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) conversations. Phil Zimmermann was scheduled to demonstrate his VoIP security program at Black Hat Briefings, an In...

In a move to compete against search rivals in the mobile phone market, AOL yesterday said it is testing a suite of new services in the United States that will allow cell phone users to scour the Web. The new beta services include AOL Search Service, Pinpoint Shopping Search and AOL Yellow Pages. The...

In a move to compete against search rivals in the mobile phone market, AOL today said it is testing a suite of new services in the United States that will allow cell phone users to scour the Web. The new beta services include AOL Search Service, Pinpoint Shopping Search and AOL Yellow Pages. The fea...

The vulnerabilities reported by security institute SANS included operating system, browser, backup and security software holes, as well as several issues with Microsoft products, but also included media software such as RealNetworks' RealPlayer and a problem with Apple's iTunes MPEG4 file processing...

Microsoft, following in Google's footsteps, is now offering a bird's-eye view of the United States with MSN Virtual Earth. Virtual Earth marries mapping and online local searches, showing results in an aerial view using satellite images. Users can find a specific address or search for business categ...

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Big Champagne CEO Talks Up the Digital Revolution

Long after Napster, mainstream software giants like Microsoft are beginning to get into the online music fray with file-sharing applications, and Internet giants like Yahoo are moving to subscription models for digital downloads. While we've not quite seen a digital revolution yet, file-sharing pund...

Search upstart Blinkx has introduced a new service designed to allow Internet users to receive personalized audio and video content via Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds. SmartFeed draws from news and entertainment sources to offer automatic rich media updates. Blinkx founder Suranga Chandratillak...

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RSS News Feeders Come in Many Flavors

Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, is a convenient way to funnel news to your desktop -- if you have an "always on" connection. With RSS, not only can you receive up-to-the-minute feeds from heavyweight news sources, but you can plug into the blogosphere without blog-hopping on the Net. Whatever you...

Search upstart Blinkx today introduced a new service designed to allow Internet users to receive personalized audio and video content via Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds. SmartFeed draws from news and entertainment sources to offer automatic rich media updates. Blinkx founder Suranga Chandratill...

"Speed of Sound" from Coldplay's X&Y album is currently Number 7 in the Modern Rock section of p2pnet's unique Top Ten Music Download chart. And Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." is at Number 8. Cool. And meanwhile, at EMI Music, "New album releases from Coldplay and Gorillaz have both enjoyed conside...

The federal government is moving forward with a proposal to tap -- and track -- in-flight Internet communications, experts tell TechNewsWorld. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, teaming with the Department of Homeland Security, is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission, an independent a...

Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype and wireless hot spot operator Boingo Wireless have announced a new service that combines each company's technologies. Currently a beta service, Skype Zones is a custom version of Boingo software that will allow Skype's 45 million-plus users to access Inte...

Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype and wireless hotspot operator Boingo Wireless today announced a new service that combines each company's technologies. Currently a beta service, Skype Zones is a custom version of Boingo software that will allow Skype's 45 million-plus users to access Int...

Action yesterday by the body that governs the Internet to create a .mobi domain is being touted as a major advance toward making the Web more hospitable to mobile phone users, but according to one analyst the move might be more redundant than revolutionary. "The answer isn't having another extension...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

IP Attorney Bruce Sunstein Discusses RSS Copyright

Microsoft recently announced it would enable RSS feeds in the next version of its operating system -- Longhorn, due out in beta next month. While use of RSS feeds is only at about 5-10 percent of Internet surfers, according to Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio, their endorsement by Microsoft is likel...

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