2008 Feb 04
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Google's new Powered by Postini services filter out spam, protect against viruses and data leaks and archive data for even non-Gma read more »
Google's new Powered by Postini services filter out spam, protect against viruses and data leaks and archive data for even non-Gma read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
For one month, eager code monkeys will be able to fool around with the News Corp.-owned social-networking site's developer platfor read more »
For one month, eager code monkeys will be able to fool around with the News Corp.-owned social-networking site's developer platfor read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Zimbra releases an update to its collaboration suite that pushes the limits of Web applications for consumers and businesses. read more »
Zimbra releases an update to its collaboration suite that pushes the limits of Web applications for consumers and businesses. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Zimbra releases an update to its collaboration suite that pushes the limits of Web applications for consumers and businesses. read more »
Zimbra releases an update to its collaboration suite that pushes the limits of Web applications for consumers and businesses. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids writes "A new study by Dafna Lemish from the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University h read more »
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids writes "A new study by Dafna Lemish from the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University h read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Lest there be anyone left who believes the RIAA's propaganda that its litigation campaign is intended read more »
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Lest there be anyone left who believes the RIAA's propaganda that its litigation campaign is intended read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
Software giant says it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a portion of its unsolicited offer for Yahoo. read more »
Software giant says it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a portion of its unsolicited offer for Yahoo. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Computer scientists David Dill and Barbara Simons caution that the risks of Internet voting may outweigh any perceived benefits. read more »
Computer scientists David Dill and Barbara Simons caution that the risks of Internet voting may outweigh any perceived benefits. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
The phrase "drowning puppies" applies to Yahoo's inability to focus its business. Will this change if Microsoft acquires it? read more »
The phrase "drowning puppies" applies to Yahoo's inability to focus its business. Will this change if Microsoft acquires it? read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
Adobe Creative Suite users will soon have to turn to other Web based or local stock photography services to get their stock photo read more »
Adobe Creative Suite users will soon have to turn to other Web based or local stock photography services to get their stock photo read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "As the battle rages over a Canadian DMCA, Microsoft Canada has published an op-ed in a political newsp read more »
An anonymous reader writes "As the battle rages over a Canadian DMCA, Microsoft Canada has published an op-ed in a political newsp read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
As industry works on blending PC and graphics chips, Nvidia plans to beef up its graphics technology by integrating powerful PhysX read more »
As industry works on blending PC and graphics chips, Nvidia plans to beef up its graphics technology by integrating powerful PhysX read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
The two companies announced today that NVIDIA will acquire PhysX maker AGEIA; terms were not disclosed. The Daily Tech is one of t read more »
The two companies announced today that NVIDIA will acquire PhysX maker AGEIA; terms were not disclosed. The Daily Tech is one of t read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft bid may be catalyst for needed change at Yahoo, but Yang and company are expected to fight it, insiders say. read more »
Microsoft bid may be catalyst for needed change at Yahoo, but Yang and company are expected to fight it, insiders say. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Tech.Luver sends in word of Yahoo's decision to exit the subscription music business. Yahoo's current subscribers — the comp read more »
Tech.Luver sends in word of Yahoo's decision to exit the subscription music business. Yahoo's current subscribers — the comp read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation's first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech. read more »
Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation's first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
Got a song stuck in your head? Get a quick fix with Songerize, a super simple Google-esque search engine for popular audio tracks. read more »
Got a song stuck in your head? Get a quick fix with Songerize, a super simple Google-esque search engine for popular audio tracks. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Misanthrope writes to tell us that Swiss scientists are claiming that with proper treatment HIV patients can be made non-infectiou read more »
Misanthrope writes to tell us that Swiss scientists are claiming that with proper treatment HIV patients can be made non-infectiou read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Jeanette Symons, founder of tween social network Imbee.com, went down in her own jet while flying home from a ski trip with her yo read more »
Jeanette Symons, founder of tween social network Imbee.com, went down in her own jet while flying home from a ski trip with her yo read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
One of my favorite document sharing services is Scribd. However, there's another document sharing service that has been around si read more »
One of my favorite document sharing services is Scribd. However, there's another document sharing service that has been around si read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
The Association for Computing Machinery has announced the 2008 Turing Award Winners. Edmund M. Clarke, Allen Emerson, and Joseph S read more »
The Association for Computing Machinery has announced the 2008 Turing Award Winners. Edmund M. Clarke, Allen Emerson, and Joseph S read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
Get to work, iPhone. As far as HyperOffice president Farzin Arsanjani is concerned, you've spent too much time avoiding real wor read more »
Get to work, iPhone. As far as HyperOffice president Farzin Arsanjani is concerned, you've spent too much time avoiding real wor read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Following Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo, Google's stock price drops below $500 for the first time in about six and a half months. read more »
Following Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo, Google's stock price drops below $500 for the first time in about six and a half months. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
The researcher, who disappeared at sea a year ago, will be honored by colleagues at a daylong event in May. read more »
The researcher, who disappeared at sea a year ago, will be honored by colleagues at a daylong event in May. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Three different ActiveX vulnerabilities affect Yahoo Instant Messenger version 3.5, and Yahoo Messenger versions 4.0, 5.0, and 5. read more »
Three different ActiveX vulnerabilities affect Yahoo Instant Messenger version 3.5, and Yahoo Messenger versions 4.0, 5.0, and 5. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Security restrictions could be compromised in earlier versions of JDK and JRE 6, says vendor Sun. read more »
Security restrictions could be compromised in earlier versions of JDK and JRE 6, says vendor Sun. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
A Danish court orders an Internet service provider to block access to one of the world's largest BitTorrent search engines. read more »
A Danish court orders an Internet service provider to block access to one of the world's largest BitTorrent search engines. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Reverend Ninja writes "According to the Windows Vista team blog, Windows Vista SP1 has been released to manufacturing. It appears read more »
Reverend Ninja writes "According to the Windows Vista team blog, Windows Vista SP1 has been released to manufacturing. It appears read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Portable machines that found lead in jewelry and children's toys also detect toxic chemicals in electronics and a broad array of c read more »
Portable machines that found lead in jewelry and children's toys also detect toxic chemicals in electronics and a broad array of c read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
jadavis writes "The release of the long-awaited PostgreSQL version 8.3 has been announced. The new feature list includes HOT, whic read more »
jadavis writes "The release of the long-awaited PostgreSQL version 8.3 has been announced. The new feature list includes HOT, whic read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
New questions emerge over the use of Internet balloting; a digital photo breakthrough from Kodak; rumors around upcoming Apple not read more »
New questions emerge over the use of Internet balloting; a digital photo breakthrough from Kodak; rumors around upcoming Apple not read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Eastman Kodak has new image sensor technology it says will make 5-megapixel cameras worthwhile even on mainstream phones. read more »
Eastman Kodak has new image sensor technology it says will make 5-megapixel cameras worthwhile even on mainstream phones. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
It's a big year for tabletop gamers. In just a few months the first books for the Fourth Edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) read more »
It's a big year for tabletop gamers. In just a few months the first books for the Fourth Edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
TankPitstop robot carefully opens car's flap, unscrews gas tank cap, picks up fuel nozzle, and directs it toward tank opening. M read more »
TankPitstop robot carefully opens car's flap, unscrews gas tank cap, picks up fuel nozzle, and directs it toward tank opening. M read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
Microsoft is planning a new release this spring of its Live search product, code-named Rome. That tidbit was mentioned Friday as read more »
Microsoft is planning a new release this spring of its Live search product, code-named Rome. That tidbit was mentioned Friday as read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
With Vista now into its second year, CEO Steve Ballmer says Microsoft is "turning the corner" in its enterprise efforts. read more »
With Vista now into its second year, CEO Steve Ballmer says Microsoft is "turning the corner" in its enterprise efforts. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
jammag writes "If the marriage of Microsoft and Yahoo were to be consummated, GNU/Linux would be hindered, argues Roy Schestowitz. read more »
jammag writes "If the marriage of Microsoft and Yahoo were to be consummated, GNU/Linux would be hindered, argues Roy Schestowitz. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
The company tracks the most popular and TiVo'd ads during the biggest sporting event of the year and concludes the ads surpassed t read more »
The company tracks the most popular and TiVo'd ads during the biggest sporting event of the year and concludes the ads surpassed t read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
After some delay, the first commercial version of the all-electric sports car is finally unveiled. See who got the first one. read more »
After some delay, the first commercial version of the all-electric sports car is finally unveiled. See who got the first one. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
If we look at the investment in enterprise IT security infrastructure over the past decade, companies have invested heavily in the read more »
If we look at the investment in enterprise IT security infrastructure over the past decade, companies have invested heavily in the read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier will help share with Novell the thoughts and concerns of OpenSuse Linux users and programmers. read more »
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier will help share with Novell the thoughts and concerns of OpenSuse Linux users and programmers. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
If you've ever wanted to run a bunch of video widgets on your desktop, there's a new service for you called uvLayer. It's a tiny A read more »
If you've ever wanted to run a bunch of video widgets on your desktop, there's a new service for you called uvLayer. It's a tiny A read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
A MacBook Pro with the same multitouch trackpad found on the just-released MacBook Air could arrive within a couple of weeks, acco read more »
A MacBook Pro with the same multitouch trackpad found on the just-released MacBook Air could arrive within a couple of weeks, acco read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Jonathan Wise writes to share with us an interesting bit of prose describing life as a software engineer. "I am, in the States, kn read more »
Jonathan Wise writes to share with us an interesting bit of prose describing life as a software engineer. "I am, in the States, kn read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Attackers could target Windows, launch a denial-of-service attack, or execute malicious code. read more »
Attackers could target Windows, launch a denial-of-service attack, or execute malicious code. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
Fundrace 2008(Credit: Huffington Post) The Huffington Post's new "Fundrace 2008" feature allows you to see who the big donors are read more »
Fundrace 2008(Credit: Huffington Post) The Huffington Post's new "Fundrace 2008" feature allows you to see who the big donors are read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Microsoft is "committed to openness," snickers its general counsel -- Microsoft is read more »
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Microsoft is "committed to openness," snickers its general counsel -- Microsoft is read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
New York-based cable provider unveils service that enables subscribers to watch new-release movies on demand with purchase of a DV read more »
New York-based cable provider unveils service that enables subscribers to watch new-release movies on demand with purchase of a DV read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Intel has announced a new technique that allows them to effectively double the storage capacity of a single phase-change memory ce read more »
Intel has announced a new technique that allows them to effectively double the storage capacity of a single phase-change memory ce read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
YouTube may be the best known mainstream video hosting sites on the Web, but it's certainly not winning any awards for the vis read more »
YouTube may be the best known mainstream video hosting sites on the Web, but it's certainly not winning any awards for the vis read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
The Fox primetime series Don't Forget the Lyrics will get some casting help from a new companion online game. The Fox primetime read more »
The Fox primetime series Don't Forget the Lyrics will get some casting help from a new companion online game. The Fox primetime read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Jamie found a story about a next gen input device that is functionally similiar to the Wii, but instead of using IR, it gets all l read more »
Jamie found a story about a next gen input device that is functionally similiar to the Wii, but instead of using IR, it gets all l read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
Selected Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks will include mobile broadband modules beginning this year. Sweden's Ericsson said on Monday i read more »
Selected Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks will include mobile broadband modules beginning this year. Sweden's Ericsson said on Monday i read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
The LiMo Foundation's mobile Linux platform will be released next month, but the API is available to developers immediately. read more »
The LiMo Foundation's mobile Linux platform will be released next month, but the API is available to developers immediately. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Pirate writes "A Danish court ruled in favor of the IFPI, and ordered the Danish ISP Tele2 to block all access to the popular BitT read more »
Pirate writes "A Danish court ruled in favor of the IFPI, and ordered the Danish ISP Tele2 to block all access to the popular BitT read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
Reworked architecture of traditional sensor pixels said to yield better images and reduce chip manufacturing costs. Photography read more »
Reworked architecture of traditional sensor pixels said to yield better images and reduce chip manufacturing costs. Photography read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Super Bowl ads will be a big talk of the day, and at $2.7 million a pop, companies are hoping that there will be a lot of talk tha read more »
Super Bowl ads will be a big talk of the day, and at $2.7 million a pop, companies are hoping that there will be a lot of talk tha read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
NewsCloud writes "Microsoft makes products in Washington but records software sales to PC makers and high-volume customers through read more »
NewsCloud writes "Microsoft makes products in Washington but records software sales to PC makers and high-volume customers through read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates read more »
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology ZDNet News
New risk-ranking system reaffirms smoking, alcohol, sunlight as leading risk factors, but allays concerns about others. Drinking read more »
New risk-ranking system reaffirms smoking, alcohol, sunlight as leading risk factors, but allays concerns about others. Drinking read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft's CEO tells financial analysts that the company has a plan to take on its major rival. Yahoo could speed up the plan, bu read more »
Microsoft's CEO tells financial analysts that the company has a plan to take on its major rival. Yahoo could speed up the plan, bu read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
If you don't mind a little paperwork, you can scoop up the three-user edition of Norton AntiVirus 2008 for free after a pair of ma read more »
If you don't mind a little paperwork, you can scoop up the three-user edition of Norton AntiVirus 2008 for free after a pair of ma read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
A few days ago we posted a story for you to discuss the best presidential candidates for Super Tuesday, but I figured it would be read more »
A few days ago we posted a story for you to discuss the best presidential candidates for Super Tuesday, but I figured it would be read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
This story is to discuss the remaining democratic candidates for president. Please keep discussions limited to talk about Hillary read more »
This story is to discuss the remaining democratic candidates for president. Please keep discussions limited to talk about Hillary read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
Wonder what Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and the company's nonexecutive chairman, Roy Bostock, said to the troops on Friday, read more »
Wonder what Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and the company's nonexecutive chairman, Roy Bostock, said to the troops on Friday, read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Open Standard Lover writes "XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) has been getting a lot of attention during the last read more »
Open Standard Lover writes "XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) has been getting a lot of attention during the last read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
CEO Steve Ballmer says the company has gotten a lot of pressure to build a home version of its tabletop PC. read more »
CEO Steve Ballmer says the company has gotten a lot of pressure to build a home version of its tabletop PC. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
The Microsoft CEO said the company needs to spend more to attract consumers to Windows. He also alludes to work on Windows 7, but read more »
The Microsoft CEO said the company needs to spend more to attract consumers to Windows. He also alludes to work on Windows 7, but read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Both products have been "released to manufacturing," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces. Server 2008 will formally launch on Fe read more »
Both products have been "released to manufacturing," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces. Server 2008 will formally launch on Fe read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
watzinaneihm writes "In a blog post Google has called Yahoo/Microsoft merger bad for the future of the internet. It is worried abo read more »
watzinaneihm writes "In a blog post Google has called Yahoo/Microsoft merger bad for the future of the internet. It is worried abo read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Software company's sixth research facility will be first to be led by a woman. The Cambridge, Mass., lab is scheduled to open in J read more »
Software company's sixth research facility will be first to be led by a woman. The Cambridge, Mass., lab is scheduled to open in J read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Frito-Lay has been a vocal supporter of hosting fan contests to create advertisements, even for events as high-profile as the Supe read more »
Frito-Lay has been a vocal supporter of hosting fan contests to create advertisements, even for events as high-profile as the Supe read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Frito-Lay hosts fan contests to create advertisements, even for events as high-profile as the Super Bowl. This year, ad called "Mo read more »
Frito-Lay hosts fan contests to create advertisements, even for events as high-profile as the Super Bowl. This year, ad called "Mo read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
The acquisition is the next step in a partnership that has been going on for nearly a year now; AOL plans to use Goowy's technolog read more »
The acquisition is the next step in a partnership that has been going on for nearly a year now; AOL plans to use Goowy's technolog read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
AOL announced on Monday that it has purchased Goowy Media, a company that has created technology for widget creation and analyti read more »
AOL announced on Monday that it has purchased Goowy Media, a company that has created technology for widget creation and analyti read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Facing a takeover bid from Microsoft, Yahoo tries to keep business as usual by announcing a deal for subscription-based music and read more »
Facing a takeover bid from Microsoft, Yahoo tries to keep business as usual by announcing a deal for subscription-based music and read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Web
Webware.com
It's been a tumultuous few days for Yahoo--you know, with that takeover bid from Microsoft--but the company continues to shake th read more »
It's been a tumultuous few days for Yahoo--you know, with that takeover bid from Microsoft--but the company continues to shake th read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Big Blue scientists are aiming for breakthroughs to help computers sift through the exabytes of data that have become a fact of li read more »
Big Blue scientists are aiming for breakthroughs to help computers sift through the exabytes of data that have become a fact of li read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Scientists at Big Blue aim to leap years ahead with new types of hardware for storing data. read more »
Scientists at Big Blue aim to leap years ahead with new types of hardware for storing data. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Cereplast brews plant-based plastics that make up compostable tableware and eventually, perhaps, the case of your future cell phon read more »
Cereplast brews plant-based plastics that make up compostable tableware and eventually, perhaps, the case of your future cell phon read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
Federal regulations creating a uniform national ID card are looming. Read the the full text of the Real ID bill. read more »
Federal regulations creating a uniform national ID card are looming. Read the the full text of the Real ID bill. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
A May deadline is just one flash point in a political showdown between Homeland Security and states that oppose Real ID demands. read more »
A May deadline is just one flash point in a political showdown between Homeland Security and states that oppose Real ID demands. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "A New York Times article spells out what most of us probably already knew: real innovation takes lots read more »
An anonymous reader writes "A New York Times article spells out what most of us probably already knew: real innovation takes lots read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology CNET News.com
The standard disk-cleanup tools miss these unnecessary hot-fix uninstallers, so if your PC is running well, delete all but the mos read more »
The standard disk-cleanup tools miss these unnecessary hot-fix uninstallers, so if your PC is running well, delete all but the mos read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology Slashdot
Roland Piquepaille writes "Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a computer algorithm based on a mathematical model of the social i read more »
Roland Piquepaille writes "Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a computer algorithm based on a mathematical model of the social i read more »
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