France set to cut Web access for music, film pirates
PARIS (Reuters) - Internet users in France who frequently download music or films illegally risk losing Web access under a new anti-piracy system unveiled on Friday. — The three-way pact between Int...
DEVELOPMENT: Is Windows Vista SideShow finally coming to Windows Mobile?
It's been a while that we talked about Microsoft's Windows Vista SideShow feature and while SideShow is still not too popular, finally there are some good chances we might see it officially coming to ...
Windows XP SP3 Yields Performance Gains
After a disappointing showing by Windows Vista SP1 (see previous post), we were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v.3244) delivers a measurable performance boost to this...
Forget MTV - Apple's iPod ads are the new music-star makers
Nick Haley took just 30 minutes to pluck the Brazilian band CSS from obscurity and hurl it into the national spotlight. — In September, Haley paired the band's dance-pop song "Music is My Hot, Hot S...
Digg Refugees May Be Heading To Mixx
New startup Mixx, which went in to private beta just two months ago, may be finding itself with the right product at the right time. Digg users, including top contributors, are showing an increasing ...
Syria blocks Facebook in Internet crackdown
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian users of Facebook said on Friday the authorities had blocked access to the social network Web site as part of a crackdown on political activism on the Internet. — "Facebo...
Mobile Web: So Close Yet So Far
ON the surface, the mobile Web is a happening place. There's the iPhone in all its glory. More than 30 companies have signed up for the Open Handset Alliance from Google, which aims to bring the wid...
Despite filters, tidal wave of spam bears down on e-mailers
"Two years from now, spam will be solved." — SAN FRANCISCO — Why, in 2007, is spam worse than ever? Let exasperated consumers count the ways: PDF spam. MP3 spam. Pump-and-dump spam. E-card spam.
Opera Mini 4 surpasses one million downloads!
We at IntoMobile love Opera Mini. And no, we're not surprised to see other people loving it as well. — As of November 7, when Opera Software officially launched the final version of Opera Mini 4, m...
Targeted web advertising to come under EU scrutiny
Targeted online advertising is set to face increased scrutiny from European Union regulators concerned about invasion of privacy, threatening the growth of a potentially big online revenue-booster for...