AOL Shuts Down AOL Research
Greg Linden reports that AOL has shut down their research department, following the big search privacy scandal that emanated from that department. Now, one commenter...
Windows Vista RC1 Is Complete!
RC1 is Now Available to TechBeta or TAP Participants Platforms and Services Co-President Jim Allchin has just now posted an announcement that RC1 is complete...
New Name and Strategy for Chip Division at Philips
The semiconductor unit of Philips Electronics is adopting a new name, NXP, as it becomes a stand-alone company and pursues a strategy that relies heavily...
Windows Media Player 11 in Second Beta
Microsoft has released beta 2 of the next version of Windows Media Player for Windows XP, adding more online stores for buying digital music and...
Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Released
Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 has now been released to the public. The Mozilla Foundation has been working to finish up its Firefox 2.0 web browser...
Canadians Believe That Music Creators Should be Compensated When Music is Copied for Private Use
A recent survey conducted in Canada by Environics Research Group found that 60% of Canadians aged 18 and older believe in the principle that music...
Skype for Windows 2.6 Beta Released
Skype released a new Beta version of the popular Voip software. The changes to the audio library are significant and may make the audio part...
Warner to Release Ten HD Films
Warner Home Video said on Wednesday it will release 10 high-definition titles on September 26, including six in the Blu-ray format and four in the...
Microsoft Patches DRM Hack
Microsoft has responed to an application that threaded to remove the DRM encoding from Windows Media Files, and released a security patch. Enthusiasts website Engadget.com...
Google CEO Joins Apple's Board
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is joining Apple's board of directors, the computer maker said on Tuesday, creating a close tie between two of Silicon Valley's...
