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From the New York Times: Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, jolted the record industry on Tuesday by calling on its largest companies to allow online music sales unfettered by antipiracy software. The move is a gamble for Apple. Its iPod players and iTunes Store have defined the online music market, and they have much …
From NewsFactor: Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002. Experts said the unusually powerful attacks lasted as long as 12 hours but passed largely unnoticed by most computer users, a testament to the …
From the Washington Post: Can YouTube rise above cute kittens, bad singing and goofy stunts? Sure. But this evolving chaos needs some guiding principles. Here’s a Web-wandering critic’s call to arms. YouTube turns two this month, which presents a fitting opportunity to decry it. The video-sharing Web site — whose name has come to stand …
From BBC News: Security tools that work with Windows Vista have failed tests to see if they can detect viruses circulating online. Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare security tool was one of four products that failed independent tests carried out by the Virus Bulletin. The security testing group found that Live OneCare missed far more active …
I received this press release from AdRem Software a couple of weeks ago: Newest version of NetCrunch network monitoring solution optimizes event database access. With AdRem NetCrunch 4.3 network administrators can easily browse larger event log data sets generated by enterprise networks. NEW YORK, NY – January 23, 2007 – AdRem Software, provider of network …
I received this press release from 2X Software a few weeks ago: Upgrade to 2X ThinClientServer and send VISTA activation to the gallows 2X ThinClientServer 4.0 provides users with Windows applications without the need for VISTA or XP at the desktop. London, UK, 11 January 2007 – 2X ThinClientServer v.4 aims to rid besieged Network …
I received this press release from Acunetix a couple of weeks ago: Acunetix puts a stop to identity theft in Universities American Universities and Non-Profit-Organizations to benefit from a Free Website Security Audit offered by Acunetix Kirkland, Washington – January 10, 2007 – Institutions for higher education and Not-For-Profit Organizations are experiencing a surge in …
From BusinessWeek: Suranga Chandratillake’s inbox began showing the tell-tale signs of a slim down in the video sharing space last November. A few independently owned, semi-successful startups were e-mailing to ask if Blinkx, Chandratillake’s video-search company, was in the market for a video-sharing site or, at least, interested in buying traffic. Chandratillake declined. Blinkx wasn’t …
From BBC News: Tagging or labelling online content is becoming the new search tool of choice among web users, shows research. As more and more people put their own content online, they are also being invited to tag it with descriptive keywords to help organise their data. According to the Pew Internet and American Life …
From USA Today: Google, Dell and Advanced Micro Devices are discovering that building new facilities in the USA can generate almost as much controversy as sending jobs overseas. Google hopes to open a computer data center in Lenoir, N.C., in about a year. It will employ 75 to 125 people and could expand later. North …