February, 2007 Issue
February 28, 2007 | Author: Fred O'Connor.
YouTube announced deals that will provide its users with more legitimate music video and professional basketball content.
February 27, 2007 | Author: Joris Evers.
Microsoft is investigating two recently disclosed security vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista, the company said on Monday.
February 27, 2007 | Author: Tom Espiner.
The European Union will officially launch a crackdown on cross-border scams, including internet fraud, this week.
February 25, 2007 | Author: Andrew Donoghue.
Telecoms operators that fail to take risks will be the first to fall in the wave of consolidation that is approaching the industry, according to Alireza Mahmoodshahi, chief technology officer of European telco Colt.
February 25, 2007 | Author: Colin Barker.
As businesses and consumers grapple with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, one question is increasingly being asked. Why is it so much more expensive to buy Vista in the UK than the US?
February 23, 2007 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
Company's major upgrade of Google Apps poses serious competition to Microsoft Office.
February 23, 2007 | Author: Marguerite Reardon.
Skype petitioned the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week to force U.S. mobile operators to loosen controls on what kinds of hardware and software can be connected to their networks.
February 21, 2007 | Author: Greg Sandoval.
One of the last places you might expect to find copyright violations is on a Web site backed by Time Warner and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
February 21, 2007 | Author: John Ribeiro.
Online abuses merely mirror its users' interests, says Net luminary and ICANN chief.
February 21, 2007 | Author: Stuart J. Johnston.
Plus: More Office holes, and a major Adobe problem that affects all browsers.
February 21, 2007 | Author: Nate Mook.
Microsoft is touting its free accounting application, which it debuted last October for small businesses, as a success, announcing that it has been downloaded by 1 million people in just 3 months. Office Accounting Express 2007 is Microsoft's first shot across Intuit's bow.
February 21, 2007 | Author: BetaNews.
An analyst with Merrill Lynch says that Adobe will likely introduce Creative Suite 3 around March 27, with a ship date that would follow shortly afterwards. Most important to this refresh would be native support for Intel processors on the Macintosh platform. Up until now, users must use CS2 in emulation mode, which results in slower performance. Adobe has long said that native Intel support on the platform was a priority.
February 20, 2007 | Author: Ed Oswald.
An IBM employee who was dismissed by the company for visiting an adult-themed chat room while at work has decided to sue the company for $5 million. He claims he has become addicted to the Internet.
February 20, 2007 | Author: BetaNews.
Microsoft on Monday released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005, a major upgrade that adds support for Windows Vista and Office 2007. In addition, Microsoft is now allowing unlimited virtual instances of SQL Server on severs licensed for the Enterprise Edition of the database software.
February 19, 2007 | Author: Joris Evers.
Microsoft and Mozilla are each working to tackle recently disclosed security flaws in the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers.
February 19, 2007 | Author: Andy McCue.
The Russian government has hit out at Microsoft, claiming the software giant's overly strict and costly licensing regime is to blame for the high rates of consumer piracy in the country.
February 19, 2007 | Author: Stefanie Olsen.
SAN FRANCISCO--Google co-founder Larry Page has a theory: your DNA is about 600 megabytes compressed, making it smaller than any modern operating system like Linux or Windows.
February 19, 2007 | Author: Joris Evers.
A new, yet-to-be-patched security hole in Word is being used in targeted cyberattacks, Microsoft has warned.
February 17, 2007 | Author: Juan Carlos Perez.
Google is finalizing the integration of Docs & Spreadsheets to enhance its free services and software offerings.
February 16, 2007 | Author: Ina Fried.
Microsoft plans to increase its operating expenses next year, but it won't reach the $2.7 billion increase inked in for 2007, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts on Thursday.
February 16, 2007 | Author: Joris Evers.
If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, let this recent threat serve as a reminder.
February 16, 2007 | Author: Colin Barker.
Gary McKinnon, the UK citizen accused of hacking Nasa's computers and causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage, was taken ill as his appeal against extradition continued.
February 16, 2007 | Author: Graeme Wearden.
The case against a Russian schoolteacher who was accused of using unlicensed software in the classroom has been thrown out, following international attention and an intervention from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
February 13, 2007 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Google has been accused of helping website operators who are being sued for helping people to find and download movies online, court documents show.
February 13, 2007 | Author: Tom Krazit.
Microsoft is opening up the second beta release of its Windows Home Server software to the public, the company announced Monday.
February 12, 2007 | Author: Staff.
The 3GSM World Congress began in Barcelona on Monday with Microsoft making an early bid for the limelight with its new PlayReady DRM system.
February 12, 2007 | Author: Preston Gralla.
If you're putting Vista on a PC yourself, you need to read this.
February 12, 2007 | Author: Martin LaMonica.
Zend Technologies on Monday is expected to release an updated version of Zend Platform, its server software for running corporate Web applications written in PHP language.
February 10, 2007 | Author: Ina Fried.
After months of planning to kill off the Hotmail name, Microsoft has decided to keep the venerable brand, as it works to overhaul its free web email service.
February 10, 2007 | Author: Joris Evers.
Globalisation and increased reliance on the internet raise the risk of cyberattacks, a top US government security official warned on Thursday.
February 8, 2007 | Author: Caroline McCarthy.
A security company has reported two new flaws in the Mozilla Firefox browser that may leave locally saved files vulnerable to outside attacks.
February 8, 2007 | Author: Joris Evers.
There are signs that hackers attacked key parts of the backbone of the internet on Tuesday, but no damage seems to have been done, experts said.
February 8, 2007 | Author: Richard Thurston.
Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to fully protect Vista users against viruses; and one of McAfee's antivirus software packages also fails to protect users, according to independent research released on Friday.
February 7, 2007 | Author: Graeme Wearden.
Online criminals are turning away from threatening companies with massive cyberattacks in favour of encrypting a victim's data and demanding money to release it, an antivirus expert claimed on Tuesday.
February 4, 2007 | Author: Ina Fried.
Microsoft said Friday that it is working to resolve a glitch that prevented some customers from taking advantage of the company's Vista family pack option.
February 4, 2007 | Author: Elinor Mills.
SAN JOSE, Calif.--A new scientific report on global warming should remove any doubts that the climate crisis is fact and that humans are largely to blame, former Vice President Al Gore said Friday, urging Silicon Valley to take the lead in solving the problem.
February 4, 2007 | Author: Michael Kanellos.
Google, whose informal motto is "Do No Evil" tried to browbeat lawmakers in North Carolina into silence while the company sought millions in tax breaks, according to a newspaper in that state.
February 2, 2007 | Author: Martin LaMonica.
A Microsoft-sponsored open-source project is expected on Friday to release a translator that will convert file formats between Microsoft Office and rival standard OpenDocument, or ODF.
February 2, 2007 | Author: David Meyer.
Early adopters of Windows Vista will be able to get three months' free Wi-Fi access with hotzone operator The Cloud.
February 1, 2007 | Author: Elinor Mills.
Google's fourth-quarter revenue rose 67 percent and profit nearly tripled on continued strength in its paid-search business.
February 1, 2007 | Author: Joris Evers.
Skype plans to announce a partnership next week with a security company to help organisations gain control over usage of the net telephony tool at work.
February 1, 2007 | Author: Paul Meller.
As Microsoft gears up for the consumer launch of Vista, rivals slammed the new product, claiming that it breaks the very same European antitrust laws that its operating-system predecessor, Windows XP, fell foul of in 2004, and that it will be riddled with bugs.
February 1, 2007 | Author: Richard Thurston.
The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into Torex Retail, the stock exchange-listed UK software provider.
February 1, 2007 | Author: Paul Meller.
Company says new OS was changed after discussion with the European Commission; more revisions to be released in the first service pack.
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