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YouTube, eBay win 'Oscars of the Internet' par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 23:49

Video sharing website YouTube, the eBay online auction community and rock icon David Bowie were among the winners of this year's Webby Awards, the so-called "Oscars of the Internet." The winners of the almost 70 categories in the 11th annual awards, who are selected by the 550-member...

Kutaragi Has Plans for PlayStation 4, 5 and 6 par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 23:43

PlayStation father has plans for his next three children

Microsoft puts some iron into Ruby par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 23:41

Scripts .NET open source supportMIX07 Microsoft has released IronRuby, an implementation, an implementation of the fast-growing scripting language Ruby, on the .NET Framework. IronRuby follows Microsoft's implementation of Python, called IronPython, released last year on .NET.…

Sony Leaks New Santa Rosa Notebooks par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 23:35

Sony leaks info on new Santa Rosa notebooks which will come packed with 2GB of memory

Disappointed Glastonbury fans spammed by rival festival par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 23:25

Muddy feet all roundGlastonbury festival organisers have a substantial amount of egg on their faces today after El Reg learned of a data protection cock-up with the live music firm's registration system.…

Can Yahoo + Right Media Lead to a Viable Web Business Model? par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 23:24

Yesterday's announcement of Yahoo's intent to acquire open advertising exchange Right Media could be more than a play to regain par status against Google. As Yahoo executives stated yesterday, it could be part of a move to reform the corporation's entire business model around an...

Photos: Stormy views from Jupiter par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 23:21

Active volcanos, monster storms and captured debris from Jupiter and its moons were captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.

Vonage hopes recent Supreme Court decision can save it par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 23:10

Blog: A recent Supreme Court decision that threw out a patent infringement case becaus the patent covered technology that was too obvious, could help save the day for the struggling VoIP provider.

ClearSpeed Announces New e620 Math Processor par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 23:09

The new ClearSpeed math processor now comes in PCI Express

Apple plugs QuickTime zero-day flaw par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 23:08

Patch comes just over a week after the vulnerability was used to grab a $10,000 prize and a MacBook Pro in a hack-a-Mac contest.

International Space Updates, May 2007 par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 22:45

DailyTech's first International Space Update for the month of May

New Telescope Looks to the 'Violent' Universe par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 22:42

Scientists have turned on a new telescope in Arizona that they hope will help them find so-called 'dark matter.'

VeriSign will ship two-factor authentication for debit cards par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 22:40

What took so long?VeriSign has announced plans to integrate two-factor authentication technology into ATM and credit cards, a move that would give customers significantly more protection against scammers without requiring them to go through the hassle or expense of using a...

ClearSpeed expands math accelerator line par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 22:37

The company's new math accelerator cards can plug into a wider range of servers for high-performance computing.

News Corp. sets sights on Dow Jones par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 22:35

The media giant and MySpace parent has launched a high-value takeover bid for The Wall Street Journal publisher.

Dutch internet TV company 'Joost' to show CNN par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 22:19

Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the entrepreneurs who developed both Kazaa and Skype, are now using p2p technology to broadcast television via the Internet. Joost announced that it had signed several new content distribution agreements: it will air episodes of "Aqua Teen Hunger...

Microsoft piles on tools for Silverlight in Adobe rivalry par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 22:10

Blog: At Mix '07 conference, Microsoft lays out its tooling strategy for rich Internet applications.

Webby Award winners: Mentos, ninjas, and 'The Office' par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 21:49

Blog: The winners of the 11th annual awards dedicated to 'honoring excellence on the Internet' are announced.

Of mice and megabytes par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 21:44

Blog: Bloggers respond to the BBC's report on a supercomputer that simulates half a mouse brain.

Virus spreads across Google Earth, virtually par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 21:40

Blog: Biomedical researchers map the course of avian flu virus using Google Earth.

'It'll be ugly when half the software industry goes away' - pundit par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 21:36

If by 'ugly,' you mean greatAnalysis An imploding software industry could be just what customers need. You're going to end up with cheap, specialized software and all kinds of wonderful services to support the code.…

TurboExcel shifts to new name par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 21:30

Blog: Savvysoft changes the name of its Excel add-on to end a trademark dispute with Microsoft

New standard to curb data corruption on drives par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 21:22

Blog: By storing data in larger blocks, the bad ones are easier to find.

Gateway ships quad-core desktop into US stores par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 21:00

Retail propositionGateway let slip a quad core desktop into some major US retail outlets today. It's called the Gateway FX, it costs from $2099.99 and - as you will guess from the price tag, it is aimed at the PC enthusiast and "digital creation" markets.…

Bright ideas for energy efficiency par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 20:55

Calif. politician Lloyd Levine launched a bill that would ban incandescent bulbs. But that hardly means a return to the Dark Ages.

Podcast: Dell gives open-source another go par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 20:51

The No. 2 PC maker in the world is going with Ubuntu this time around, Google responds to Viacom's lawsuit, and how dirty is your PC?

Privacy concerns over Google-DoubleClick deal par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 20:48

Blog: Proposed acquisition prompts this writer to imagine a few scary scenarios. Paranoid? Maybe, but there is a solution.

Velocity Micro buys Overdrive PC par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 20:20

Overclocking in the USAVelocity Micro, the US PC maker, has acquired Overdrive PC, a small Georgia-based rival which specialises in highly overclocked PCs for the gaming market. Terms are undisclosed.…

Harman Kardon enters GPS traffic jam with the Guide + Play GPS-500 par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 19:39

If you thought that LG's move into portable GPS devices was as much as the saturated market could take, think again. From Crave, CNET's new gadgets blog.

Harman Kardon enters GPS traffic jam with the Guide + Play GPS-500 par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 19:39

If you thought that LG's move into portable GPS devices was as much as the saturated market could take, think again. From Crave, CNET's new gadgets blog.

An electric guitar that can do yoga par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 19:26

The 'Centerfold' by DeVillain is an electric guitar that can do Cirque du Soleil contortions, folding in half for storage in a sack that can be slung over the shoulder. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.

Condemned to Google hell par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 19:25

IBM CEO: Client server computing is dead. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.

NY Post: Microsoft Eyeing 24/7 Real Media par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 19:21

With Google scooping up DoubleClick, and Yahoo's acquisition Monday of the remaining stake of Right Media, Microsoft is apparently eyeing 24/7 Real Media, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

In answer to Google & Yahoo, MS to acquire 24/7 Real Media? par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 19:17

If your complaining doesn't work, try doing the same as what you were complaining about. Google buys DoubleClick, Yahoo! is already planning to buy the rest of Right Media, and it appears that Microsoft has emerged as a contender, along with ad giant WPP Group, to buy Internet ad...

Apple Issues Software Fix for Bad Batteries par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 19:03

Is your MacBook battery feeling rundown and bloated? Apple says it has the remedy

Organic-plastic company gets $15 million par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 18:49

Blog: Organic plastic? Fantastic, say investors in Minneapolis-based Segeits.

Chipmaker displays the promise of 80-core chip technology par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 18:31

Video: Chipmaker displays the promise of 80-core chip technology. At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in San Francisco, Jerry Bautista, Intel's director of technology management, demonstrates how, in the future, Intel will power virtual environments using its multicore chiptechnology.

Corsair Unveils World's Most Rugged USB Flash Drives par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 18:25

Corsair has introduced the Flash Survivor family - USB 2.0 flash drives that feature 256-bit encryption and can withstand the elements. The Flash Survivor series has Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer seals which allow the drives to be waterproof for up to 200 meters and Computer...

XM, Sirius Progress Towards Profitability par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 18:23

As the companies continue to work towards getting their proposed merger approved, both show progress in improving their balance sheets. Sirius shows the most improvement, capturing a 66 percent subscriber share.

Google Pleads DMCA Defense in Viacom Dispute over YouTube par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 18:18

In its response filed Monday to a complaint against it by Viacom in New York District court, claiming its YouTube division is guilty of copyright infringement against Viacom properties, Google formally invoked the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, effectively claiming...

E-Gold founder fires back at indictments par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 18:04

Executive "vigorously denies the charges" of money laundering, other offenses handed down by a federal grand jury.

Gateway to Bring Quad-Core to Retail par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 17:54

Saying it was the first major manufacturer to do so, Gateway announced Tuesday that it will offer at retail a quad-core system through both select online and brick-and-mortar retailers.

Joost on brink of adding commercial breaks par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 17:41

Beta testers dole out invites as official launch nearsJoost, the telly-over-the-internet service set up by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, is soon to launch commercially.…

BlackBerry finds Outlook 2007 an upgrade too many par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 17:35

But RIM denies any problemSome early adopters who've jumped to Outlook 2007 are finding that Research in Motion's (RIM) desktop software, for synchronisation with BlackBerry devices, won't support the latest version of Microsoft's PIM (Personal Information Manager).…

Ozzie: Silverlight Supports AJAX...To a Point par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 17:31

UPDATED - Comments made yesterday by Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie made it appear that Silverlight, Microsoft's new cross-platform runtime environment for Web applications, would at some point be competing with AJAX as though that technology were exclusively Google's. ...

Ozzie: Silverlight Supports AJAX...To a Point par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 17:31

UPDATED - Comments made yesterday by Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie made it appear that Silverlight, Microsoft's new cross-platform runtime environment for Web applications, would at some point be competing with AJAX as though that technology were exclusively Google's. ...

Velocity Micro acquires Overdrive PC par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 17:30

Blog: PC vendor acquisition train keeps chugging as Velocity Micro picks up Overdrive PC.

Jobs to Keynote Apple WWDC 2007 par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 17:26

Apple confirmed the appearance of Steve Jobs at the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11, Tuesday, saying he will be the keynote speaker at the event.

Malaysian astronauts told: Space is no bar to prayers par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 17:16

Guidelines issuedAs Malaysia prepares to send its first astronaut to space, the country's space agency planners find themselves facing an unusual problem: when your religious observances are dictated in large part by the sun, how can you keep the faith while orbiting the Earth?…

Joost Allowing Unlimited Beta Invites par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 17:12

Internet television service Joost moved into public beta on Tuesday, as the company announced that it is allowing its existing beta testers to invite an unlimited number of friends and family to sign up for the service.

Joost goes one beta better par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 17:12

Commercial launch of on-demand Web program to feature Anderson Cooper, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," ads, new partnerships.

RFID-tracking Segways unleashed on hoi polloi par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 17:11

'Mobility platforms' to menace mankindCome the Rise of The Machines, our mechanised overlords are going to need ways to track their subjected population, and what better way than using RFID-reader-equipped Segways to roam city streets logging the chips embedded in every slave human.…

Oracle launches financial-services unit par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 17:09

Company uses its investment in banking-application company I-flex to consolidate current and future holdings in the industry.

Yahoo! to Acquire Right Media for $680 Million USD par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 17:03

Yahoo! ups the stakes in online advertising

BEA issues profit warning par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 16:59

BEAten up in licensing marketMiddleware developer BEA Systems revealed a Q1 misfire today, warning investors it would miss its targets because of falling license sales.…

China's largest ecommerce site set to float par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 16:55

Record breakerAlibaba.com, China's largest ecommerce site, is to float on the stock market in what is likely to be the largest ever initial public offering by a Chinese internet firm.…

Orange doles out an IOU to Christian pareidolians par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 16:53

While monitored by EU policeLetters Iran, the US of A, and WMDs. If there are any subjects guaranteed to garner a response from you lot, they'd be up there. This time, it was the flame of the week that got you fired up:…

IT firms band together to shrink carbon footprint par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 16:27

How green is your bandwagon?A group of UK IT firms has banded together to form The Green Initiative, a forum dedicated to helping companies learn more about how they can reduce their environmental impact.…

Google denies Viacom copyright charges par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 16:11

Google has responded to Viacom's $1 billion March copyright lawsuit, arguing that it is protected by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act and has not infringed on the rights of the media company. Google believes that the lawsuit threatens the viability of its popular YouTube...

Nokia N95 multimedia slider phone par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 16:08

Yes, it does everything - but is it any good?Review It's the Swiss Army Knife of mobile phones: a compact handset that does everything. Music, video, mobile and wireless broadand, photography, satnav, email, blogging, office work, web surfing, messaging - heck, it'll even help you...

Computers as environment-unfriendly as planes? par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 16:04

IT cumulatively produces as much carbon dioxide as the world's commercial aircraft, research firm Gartner asserts.

Dell picks Ubuntu for Linux PCs par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 15:07

Computer maker is trying a second time to sell Linux PCs and has chosen Canonical's Ubuntu to supply the operating system.

Home Office promises proactive powers for info commissioner par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 15:02

Surveillance to police the surveillance societyThe Home Office has promised to give the Information Commissioner powers to make spot inspections on people's databases to determine if they have complied with the Data Protection Act.…

Kutaragi to pilot PlayStation development? par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 14:44

Vision to vague to be sureWhether Ken 'Father of the PlayStation' Kutaragi will get to work on the PlayStation 4 remains to be seen, but he's certainly talking like he is. And the PS5. And the PS6.…

Virgin Media commences 20MB upgrade par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 13:49

Virgin Media has begun upgrading exchanges to 20MB today. According to several members at Cable Forum the upgrades have begun today and will continue throughout a range of areas until the end of summer. Virgin has provided a schedule which is fairly blank at the moment. Have...

Estonian/Russian statue riots spill online par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 13:36

Uncivil unrest hits govt websitesCivil unrest in Estonia over the removal of Soviet era memorials has been accompanied by attacks against the Baltic nation’s internet infrastructure.…

Institutional investors push Google on China par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 13:29

Vote to be held at AGMThe man who advises five New York public pension funds is calling on Google to stop caving in to Chinese censorship demands.…

Sling throws in Mac-friendly SlingPlayer par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 13:13

Apple TV... not on your TVSling Media has released the Mac version of its SlingPlayer viewing application. It's only nine months or so behind schedule, but better late than never we say. More to the point, the UK version is available from day one.…

Vote for sale on eBay par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 13:12

No ginger politicians need applyWe can't imagine this will be up for long, but for anyone who is disenchanted with this thing we call democracy, point your browse over here for a giggle.…

Dell Linux is go par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 13:08

Ubuntu named as distro for desktops and laptopsDell has finally chosen a Linux distribution to offer on its desktop and laptop machines. Following news that Michael Dell was running Ubuntu on his personal laptop, the company has followed suit and from late May Dell machines will ship...

Fifa's 'wranking cock' shown red card par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 13:05

Suspect file name trips net filtersWe're very much obliged to Jonathan Horner for alerting us to some suspect file naming down at footie governing body Fifa's homepage, which "keeps tripping our internet filter alerts", as he puts it:…

Bug brace menaces Adobe Photoshop par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 13:02

Unpatched graphics flaws menace mankindSecurity researchers are warning of a brace of unpatched flaws in Adobe Photoshop that allow hackers to gain control of vulnerable PCs.…

U.S. is ready to move to digital TV par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 13:00

Bumps in the road notwithstanding, the Consumer Electronics Association's Jason Oxman says transition from analog to digital TV is on schedule.

Video sharing for dummies par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 13:00

An inexpensive new digital video camera that uploads clips directly to YouTube and Grouper could make the average technophobe look computer-savvy. Photo: Flipping for video

Photo: Flipping for video par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 12:58

Flip Video makes it easy to share video with the world on YouTube or with select people on Grouper.

Scots stump up £3.5m for Highland broadband par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 12:53

Can you connect the unconnected?The Scottish Executive is to meet with companies interested in providing connectivity to the last remaining spots of the Highlands, and has £3.5m burning a hole in its sporran to pay for it.…

Living optical fibres found in the eye par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 12:47

Moving light past all those synapsesIt is an old question: how does light make its way through all the retinal layers to finally strike the light sensitive cells at the back of the eye?…

eBayer unleashes defecating dog to punt kayak par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 12:20

Crap selling technique?Regular readers will know that there are few holds barred down at eBay when it comes to attracting attention to some must-have item.…

Reuters snaps up search company par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 12:19

Findable financial infoNews provider Reuters is buying privately owned search company ClearForest to make its content more usable.…

'Rally my inflated ego', declares Nicolas Sarkozy par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 12:19

Sack for TV subtitle pranksterA French TV subtitler has been given the boot for translating presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy's call to arms as an appeal to voters to "rally my inflated ego", news agencies report.…

Second Life: the campaign for real life par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 12:13

Sense and Sadville don't mixComment I received an email yesterday from the IBM analyst relations which read:…

Sony eyes add-on camera for PSP par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 12:04

Picture perfect?Sony is to offer a clip-on camera for PlayStation Portable punters this month, allowing them to get snapping months ahead of PS3 owners, whose Eye cam, announced last week, doesn't debut until the summer.…

MPs criticise combat ID systems par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 11:46

Troops can't tell who's friend or foeMPs have said poor progress in developing combat identification technology is compromising the safety of military personnel.…

Silverlight glow dimmed by cross-platform concerns par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 11:35

Bad for web healthMIX07 Microsoft has been taken to task for harming the web by going solo on technology and standards and not adopting a more open development approach.…

5/1/2007 Daily Hardware Reviews par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 11:31

DailyTech's roundup of reviews from around the web for Tuesday

MoD encourages SMEs par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 11:28

Easier bidding for defence contractsSmall IT suppliers could have a better chance of winning defence business under new advertising rules.…

Ann Summers love egg fails to crack Cyprus par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 11:08

Island deprived of 'serious clitoral lovin'Cypriot readers in search of some "serious clitoral lovin" in the form of a remote-controlled "deceptively powerful matt silver love egg" featuring "three speeds and four pulse settings", are advised not to bother looking for...

Why Last.fm isn't sweating the RIAA's royalty hike par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 11:05

The day the music survivedLast.fm, the popular custom radio and music network, will press on with expansion plans, despite the threat to internet radio from the record industry lobbyists in the US.…

DoubleClick redefines the rainbow paradigm par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 11:02

Invents new colour for 'exciting' rebrandLogoWatch Google's recently-acquired adserving tentacle DoubleClick has pulled off a bit of a rebranding coup in completely redefining the rainbow paradigm for its reworked logo.…

Corsair Unveils World's Most Rugged USB Flash Drives par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 11:00

Corsair's new Flash Survivor drives are shock-proof and water-proof up to 200 meters

Google expands personalization with iGoogle par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 10:54

Google Inc. is stepping up efforts to allow its users to personalize how they search the Web, moving beyond the one-size-fits-all approach to search it already offers. Officials told reporters at Google's Silicon Valley headquarters on Monday of moves to allow users to share their...

Dell Memo Hints at Layoffs, Acquisitions par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 10:14

Michael Dell also may change Dell's direct sales model, according to a corporate memo that was leaked to the press on Saturday. Michael Dell is considering layoffs and acquisitions at Dell Inc., according to a corporate memo that was leaked to the press on Saturday. Dell could...

Researcher to Demonstrate Vista Attacks par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 10:13

A security researcher will show hackers new ways to defeat Vista's BitLocker drive encryption. Joanna Rutkowska, a security researcher known for picking apart the security mechanisms built into Windows, is to demonstrate new ways for hackers to invade Windows Vista, including...

Google Denies Wrongdoings in Viacom Suit par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 09:49

Google says that Viacom's lawsuit threatens the way of Internet life

Orange becomes more like bank: launches overdraft facility par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 09:02

Pay £1 to get £2.50 into debtMobile phone customers signing up to Orange's new Speakeasy pre-pay tariff can get themselves £2.50 worth of overdraft facility to keep them connected when their credit runs out, though they'll have to pay £1 to sign up for it.…

Wikipedia co-founder wants open-source search engine par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 08:59

Does the world need open-source search tools? The people at Wikipedia think so. The folks behind the public encyclopedia have launched Wikia, a project to develop a search engine, crawlers and other indexing tools through a collaborative, open-source process. Contributors...

VeriSign to offer passwords on bank card par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 08:58

A leading provider of digital-security services wants to make disposable passwords easier for consumers to accept by squeezing the technology into the corner of a regular credit or ATM card. Fran Rosch, vice president for authentication services at VeriSign Inc., said the one-time...

Motion-sensitive laptop developed par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 08:37

A motion-sensitive laptop which can be controlled much like a Nintendo Wii remote is under development. The tablet PC laptop has been adapted to respond to a user when moving the machine up or down, side to side, or forwards and backwards. It is hoped the BT Balance system can...

Microsoft attempts to lock down Office par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 08:31

Microsoft is touting a new set of security features designed to lock down Word and Excel. The software giant said it hopes the move will end Office's run as a favourite target of malware authors and remote attackers. Josh Edwards, technical product manager for Microsoft Office,...

Observers forced to 'negotiate' for evote access par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 08:02

Electrical electoral injusticeIndependent observers are being blocked from properly observing the trials of electronic voting at the UK's forthcoming local elections.…

Users take sides in Flash-Silverlight clash par ActiveWin le 01-05-2007 à 07:33

Microsoft's Silverlight technology could give Adobe's rival Flash browser plug-in software a run for its money based on attendee feedback at the Microsoft MIX07 conference in Las Vegas on Monday.

Ozzie's quiet revolution at Microsoft par ActiveWin le 01-05-2007 à 07:33

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, is not one to take extreme views or make outlandish claims. But he is adamantly sure of one thing: a combination of software and online services is the future.

Windows Server 'Longhorn' Beta 3 Review par ActiveWin le 01-05-2007 à 07:33

Paul Thurrott: The next major version of Windows Server has been on a slow burn for years. The story of this product, which, like Windows Vista, is codenamed Longhorn, does indeed have its origins alongside Microsoft's recently released client operating system (see my Windows Vista...

EAPHost in Windows par ActiveWin le 01-05-2007 à 07:33

When an access client connects to a protected network, it must use a negotiated authentication method to verify itself to an authentication server. For example, the access client and authentication server may agree to use a specific password authentication protocol, such as Microsoft...

Longhorn Server - Terminal Services Easy Print par ActiveWin le 01-05-2007 à 07:33

Now that Longhorn Server Beta 3 is released, it's time to take the covers off a new feature in Longhorn Server - Terminal Services Easy Print. The folks over at the Terminal Services Team Blog just published their post on the topic - here's something to whet your appetite ...

Enabling the Next Generation of Networking with End-to-End IPv6 par ActiveWin le 01-05-2007 à 07:33

As connectivity converges and develops ubiquity many devices are added to the Internet. This trend has created projections of address shortages. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) has promised a solution to this issue. In this paper, Microsoft and Juniper combine their leading...

Sony Replaces "Father of PlayStation" par X-bit labs le 01-05-2007 à 06:26

Ken Kutaragi Retires from PlayStation Division

Jabber creator signs on to Wikia search project par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 06:00

Folks behind public encyclopedia Wikipedia enlist Jeremie Miller to help with Wikia project focused on open-source search tools.

Fiber Optic Cable Between U.S. and Asia Under Construction par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 05:59

A new pact formed last week between 17 major telecommunications companies hopes to avoid a repeat of what occurred last December. An undersea earthquake off the coast of Taiwan disrupted Internet cables, causing communications to be down for several days. The plan is to complete a...

Contest winner: Vista more secure than Mac OS par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 05:10

Dino Dai Zovi, the New York-based security researcher who took home $10,000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has been at the center of a week's worth of controversy about the security of Apple's operating system. In an e-mail interview with Computerworld, Dai...

Dell to preload Ubuntu, industry sources say par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 05:05

Officially, Dell Inc. hasn't said a word yet about which Linux it will be preloading on its desktops and laptops. Several sources within Dell, however, have told DesktopLinux.com that Dell's desktop Linux pick is going to be Ubuntu. While unable to confirm this through official...

Ozzie's quiet revolution at Microsoft par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 05:00

Chief software architect Ray Ozzie says everything Microsoft does will include an online services component.

Device Controls Laptop Without Keyboard, Mouse par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 04:41

BT researchers have produced the BT Balance device which makes it easier for disabled people or those working in cramped conditions to control laptop computers without the need of a mouse or keyboard. Employers may find it easier to meet the requirements of the Disability...

Hotmail's antispam measures snuff out legit emails, too par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 03:50

No warning, little recourseHotmail users and email server admins, beware: you may be unknowingly caught in the crossfire of Microsoft's war on spam. Unintended casualties include legitimate emails from domains with well-established reputations, which are systematically blocked with...

Owners of E-Gold indicted for money laundering par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 03:44

Service allegedly popular among child pornographers and other low-lifesUpdated [This story was updated on May 1 to include comments from E-Gold strenuously denying the charges.]…

Advanced Micro Devices Raises $2.2 Billion par X-bit labs le 01-05-2007 à 03:37

AMD Closes $2.2 Billion Offering of Convertible Senior Notes

Mozilla updates FF3 Alpha Scheduling and Planning Options par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 03:26

Mozilla is planning to release the next alpha versions of their open source web browser on a monthly basis. Firefox 3, the current alphas for which are codenamed Gran Paradiso, is Mozilla's next major version milestone of its most popular application that a growing number of users...

Google to Unveil 'iGoogle' Branding par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 02:55

Seemingly taking a page from Apple's naming playbook, Google on Tuesday will unwrap "iGoogle," a new brand for the search company's Personalized Homepage service. News features will arrive alongside the iGoogle site, including a "Gadget Maker" and location-based search results.

Xbox 360 Elite Launches in North America par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

Intel Chipset Software 8.3.0.1013 par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

Mozilla FireFox 3 PreAlpha 5 par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

Trillian Basic 3.1.5.1 par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

EPoX Optimus EP-AD580 XR Motherboard Review par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

Hiper Type-R 580w Power Supply Review @ HL par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

Antec Veris MX-1 Enclosure Review @ XSReviews par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

Noctua NC-U6 Chipset Cooler Review @ OCC par Warp2Search.Net le 01-05-2007 à 02:51

Gigabyte United Preps DDR3 Motherboards par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 02:49

Gigabyte United is set to introduce its "Bearlake" motherboards at Computex 2007, powered by Intel's P35 and G33 Express chipsets

Study: Idiots may cause data-center apocalypse par The Register le 01-05-2007 à 02:23

Ill-conceived moves to blade servers cause outage 'crisis'A new study warns that ignorant data center managers switching to high-density devices are facing a "capacity crisis" that may increase the number of costly server outages.…

Google denies Viacom copyright charges par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 02:00

Search giant says it is protected by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act and says Viacom suit threatens video-sharing sites.

400-year-old mystery solved: It was a tsunami, not a storm par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 01:55

Blog: New evidence reveals tsunami hit the west coast of England in 1607.

Putting WiFi into camera memory cards par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 01:51

Chip start-up Eye-Fi has created a memory card that includes a Wi-Fi chip. When a picture is taken, the photo is automatically sent to a photo site, according to Ken Elefant, a partner at Opus Capital, which has invested in the company. When you get the memory card, you set the...

Microsoft: Expression Not an Adobe Competitor par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 01:24

FROM MIX 07 Microsoft on Monday officially began shipping Expression Studio, the company's new product suite for building what it calls "next-generation user experiences" for Windows as well as the Web. Expression targets the new breed of designer that is also part developer.

BBC gets TV on-demand service OK par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 00:39

The BBC's iPlayer service has been given the green light by the BBC Trust after consultations with 10,500 individuals and organisations via a public value test. The service, which will launch later this year, allows viewers to watch programmes online for seven days after their first...

Michael Dell: Evolving Past the Direct Sales Model par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 00:26

In a memo to his employees leaked to the press like a sieve from multiple sources over the weekend, Dell Computer CEO Michael Dell advised his employees that in the company's coming reorganization, quite a few possibilities are on the table, including a move beyond the direct sales...

New Fiber Optic Cable Between U.S. and Asia Under Construction par DailyTech le 01-05-2007 à 00:22

New Internet cable between U.S. and Asia to be disaster-proof

Silverlight Extends .NET Platform to Web Applications par BetaNews le 01-05-2007 à 00:21

FROM MIX 07 The next round of relatively stable betas for Microsoft's Silverlight Web graphics platform were released today, along with the first of its alphas of a less stable version that tests the graphics-building capabilities of the Visual Studio "Orcas" and Expression Studio...

U.S. Puts 12 Nations on Watch for Piracy par Neowin.net le 01-05-2007 à 00:10

The Bush administration has placed China, Russia, Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India, Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela on a "priority watch list" for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread...

Revamped Google tools let you be you par CNET News.com le 01-05-2007 à 00:09

Further clarifying its customization strategy, search giant enhances personalized home page product, renaming it "iGoogle."