SanDisk has acquired a patent license for the use of the MPEG Audio technology from SISVEL S.p.A and its U.S. subsidiary, Audio MPEG, Inc. Under...

Microsoft says it opposes "software pirates" who sell unauthorized copies of Windows. But the Redmond company has made things a lot easier for pirates by...

Skype today announced Skype 3.1 for Windows, introducing SkypeFind and Skype Prime (Beta), giving people new ways to share knowledge with one another. SkypeFind lets...

Google said on Wednesday it would begin routinely purging its data banks of information that identifies search engine users in order to better shield their...

MPEG LA today announced the availability of the VC-1 Patent Portfolio License. he VC-1 Patent Portfolio License offers access to essential VC-1 intellectual property owned...

Microsoft released SP2 for Windows Server 2003 today. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is a cumulative service pack that includes the latest...

US entertainment giant Viacom Tuesday launched a billion-dollar lawsuit against Google and its affiliate YouTube, accusing the video-sharing website of "massive" copyright infringement. Viacom, whose...

The world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, kicks off Thursday spotlighting a host of gadgets ready to change the world of work and play. The...

Cisco Systems and IBM said on Monday they will combine technical support services for mutual customers, highlighting increasingly close ties between the network equipment maker...

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced plans to launch an open source search engine, in an effort to challenge Google and Yahoo. The news was announced...