Microsoft Now Decides to Accept Outside Security for Vista
Microsoft Corp. did an about-face yesterday, agreeing to make it easier for customers of its forthcoming Vista operating system to use outside security vendors, such as those who make popular antiviru...
What comes after Who Knew What When
Jeff Jarvis is at a conference at Harvard today about the future of news. — The LA Times sent its reporters out to find out what its future is. — Dan Gillmor says his readers know more than he doe...
Wii preorders incredibly popular: we strike out
So it'll be hard to get the PS3 and easy to get the Wii, right? Yeah, conventional wisdom rocks. I roll at about 9:00 a.m. since I figure each store will get a decent amount of preorder slots and ve...
Blue Screen of Death Top 10
The now infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) has been around since Windows 3.1. However, by chance, this screen made an appearance back in Windows 1.0! Have we finally discovered the original origin...
Airport to tag passengers
Airport security chiefs and efficiency geeks will be able to keep close tabs on airport passengers by tagging them with a high powered radio chip developed at the University of Central London. — The...
Anti-piracy system could hurt YouTube
LOS ANGELES - A technology designed to detect copyright material could give YouTube a needed dose of legal legitimacy and calm any concerns Google Inc. has about spending $1.65 billion on the Internet...
Skype services back on track - Jordan
AMMAN — The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has decided to allow Skype services to resume a month after they were blocked. — Director of the commission's regulatory department, Al Ansari Al...
YouTube will stay independent, really!
The video site will keep its identity after its $1.65 billion sale to Google is complete, its CEO insists, but 'a lot [needs] to be figured out.' — (Fortune) — One gets the feeling that Chad Hurley ...
Top Web Apps in Austria
Written by Sebastian Moser from Austria and edited by Richard MacManus — With 4.6 million internet users (a penetration rate of 56.8%) and a broadband penetration rate of 61.8%, Austria is a little ...
How to Get the Most Out of Technorati's RSS Feeds
As I mentioned in a prior post, Technorati has integrated RSS feeds throughout the system. I can't underscore how invaluable this is. It's making me smarter about the topics I care about. Here's a ...
Update: MSN is latest target of Belgian copyright complaint
After Google win, Belgian publishers pursue MSN over the rights to publish content — Looking to avoid the kind of legal tangle that Google has found itself in, Microsoft's MSN division in Belgium is...
STAReBOOK e-book reader to hit China, US next month
We're still not sure exactly how successful this whole eBook thing will be. That said, if you believe Sony, "overwhelming demand" delayed the release of the PRS-500 until November, meaning that surel...