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Reviews & Articles :: Software Magazine :: April, 2006

April, 2006 Issue


Business Windows without media player is sales bust, Microsoft says Windows without media player is sales bust, Microsoft says

April 28, 2006 | Author: AOIFE WHITE.
LUXEMBOURG — The European Commission forced the world's largest software maker to offer a product no one wanted and virtually no one bought, Microsoft told the European Union's second-highest court Monday as it began trying to overturn a landmark antitrust ruling against it.

Business Microsoft Makes Using Pirated Office Software More Difficult Microsoft Makes Using Pirated Office Software More Difficult

April 26, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Software giant starts Microsoft Office pilot verification program.

Internet & Networks Firefox Backers Create 'Destroy IE' Campaign Firefox Backers Create 'Destroy IE' Campaign

April 26, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
'Explorer Destroyer' movement takes aim at Microsoft's browser.

Business Microsoft said to be buying Massive Microsoft said to be buying Massive

April 26, 2006 | Author: Daniel Terdiman.
Microsoft is said to be planning to buy in-game advertising heavyweight Massive in a deal worth $200 million to $400 million, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

Internet & Networks Opera Releases Public Beta of New Browser Opera Releases Public Beta of New Browser

April 25, 2006 | Author: James Niccolai.
Version 9 includes built-in widgets and the BitTorrent file-swapping app.

System & Utilities Why You Want Vista Now! Why You Want Vista Now!

April 24, 2006 | Author: John Clyman.
Microsoft Windows Vista, the long-awaited and long-delayed successor to Windows XP, is still in the beta-testing stages. Until recently, Microsoft held firm to a release date in the second half of this year. (And let's be candid: When Microsoft uses a vague term like "second half," that sure doesn't mean July). But then, on March 21, the company announced that though Vista would be available to businesses in November, consumers would have to wait until January 2007. So why would you want Vista now, when the product is likely six to nine months away from shipping?

Internet & Networks Google Tests New Search Results Page Google Tests New Search Results Page

April 22, 2006 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
Technology would significantly increase the amount of Web site information available.

System & Utilities Microsoft's Security Disclosures Come Under Fire Microsoft's Security Disclosures Come Under Fire

April 16, 2006 | Author: Ryan Naraine.
Is Microsoft silently fixing security vulnerabilities and deliberately obfuscating details about patches in its monthly security bulletins?

Internet & Networks Microsoft fixes bugs when you are not looking Microsoft fixes bugs when you are not looking

April 16, 2006 | Author: Nick Farrell.
Vole accused of misleading customers

Internet & Networks Is Your OS a Pre-XP Version? Kiss Tech Support Good-Bye Is Your OS a Pre-XP Version? Kiss Tech Support Good-Bye

April 14, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Microsoft will discontinue support for Windows 98 and Me in July.

Internet & Networks Google unveils Web-based calendar app Google unveils Web-based calendar app

April 13, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Google on Thursday plans to unveil a much-anticipated, free Web-based calendar application that is expected to heat up the race with Yahoo and Microsoft.

Internet & Networks Critics Hit San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan on Privacy, Interference Critics Hit San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan on Privacy, Interference

April 13, 2006 | Author: Stephen Lawson.
Proposal by Google and EarthLink draws fire.

System & Utilities Vista To Feature Tighter Parental Controls Vista To Feature Tighter Parental Controls

April 12, 2006 | Author: Jason Lee Miller.
The long awaited (and waited, and waited) Microsoft operating system, Vista, will include heightened parental controls that allow parents to grant permission before unauthorized users try to view websites not on a pre-approved list.

Internet & Networks Firefox 3.0 leaked? Not exactly Firefox 3.0 leaked? Not exactly

April 12, 2006 | Author: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier.
Is Firefox 3.0 really out? An anonymous reader wrote in to let us know that Firefox 3.0 builds have been sighted in the wild, but don't get your hopes up.

Business What Google should do with its $10 billion war chest What Google should do with its $10 billion war chest

April 12, 2006 | Author: Paul R. La Monica.
The search engine is mum about how it plans to use its cash, but analysts have some ideas for how Google could spend it.

System & Utilities Microsoft Releases Long-Awaited Internet Explorer Patch Microsoft Releases Long-Awaited Internet Explorer Patch

April 12, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
April security patches address serious vulnerabilities in IE and Windows.

Internet & Networks McAfee Unveils Threat Center Portal McAfee Unveils Threat Center Portal

April 11, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Security software maker offers free information on security topics.

Internet & Networks Virus Targets Linux or Windows Virus Targets Linux or Windows

April 11, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Hackers have released code for a virus that could threaten both Linux and Windows PCs.

Internet & Networks Wi-Fi plan stirs Big Brother concerns Log-on rule would allow Google to track users' whereabouts in S.F. Wi-Fi plan stirs Big Brother concerns Log-on rule would allow Google to track users' whereabouts in S.F.

April 10, 2006 | Author: Verne Kopytoff.
Privacy advocates are raising concerns about Google Inc.'s plans to cover San Francisco with free wireless Internet access, calling the company's proposal to track users' locations a potential gold mine of information for law enforcement and private litigators.

Internet & Networks April Microsoft Patch Preview Includes IE Fix April Microsoft Patch Preview Includes IE Fix

April 10, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
Microsoft set to patch browser, Windows, and Office on April 11.

System & Utilities Microsoft to slap patch on risky IE hole Microsoft to slap patch on risky IE hole

April 7, 2006 | Author: Joris Evers.
As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans on Tuesday to release five security bulletins with fixes for flaws in Windows and Office.

Internet & Networks Microsoft Launches Linux Site Microsoft Launches Linux Site

April 7, 2006 | Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
Web site will offer info about the company's open-source interoperability efforts.

Business MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database

April 7, 2006 | Author: Martin LaMonica.
Employees and customers of MySQL got a jolt of concern in October, when Oracle bought Innobase, a small company supplying an important component of the MySQL open-source database.

Business Microsoft Set to Attack Linux with Patents? Microsoft Set to Attack Linux with Patents?

April 3, 2006 | Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Is Microsoft getting ready to attack Linux and open-source software with its patents? Florian Mueller, spokesperson for the European NoSoftwarePatents.com and a leading anti-patent activist, thinks that may be the case.

Business How Common Is Identity Theft? How Common Is Identity Theft?

April 3, 2006 | Author: Robert McMillan.
ID theft affects millions of households and costs billions of dollars, government says.

Internet & Networks Google Faces Rivals for San Francisco Wi-Fi Project Google Faces Rivals for San Francisco Wi-Fi Project

April 3, 2006 | Author: Stephen Lawson.
Municipal wireless vendor and a Cisco-backed nonprofit also are vying for the project.

Internet & Networks Memory-shared supercomputer lands in Spain Memory-shared supercomputer lands in Spain

April 1, 2006 | Author: Candace Lombardi.
Hewlett-Packard, Intel and the Supercomputing Center of Galicia (CESGA) announced this week that they will collaborate to install Europe's highest-capacity memory-shared HPC supercomputer in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Called Finis Terrae, the high performance computing machine will be dedicated to international collaborative research projects that require large computing and storage capacity, CESGA said in a statement, Tuesday.

Internet & Networks Google hiring TV product manager Google hiring TV product manager

April 1, 2006 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Google is looking to hire an interactive-TV product manager, according to this job posting.

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