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1. Is Microsoft set up for failure with Windows 7 and Office 2010?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Monday, 13 July 2009

   ... its core Office. It is necessary for Microsoft to follow Google into the cloud, but I wonder if that will be enough. Sure, Microsoft may not have said much about Office 2010 yet, but looking at Microsoft’s ...

2. Wii gets PhysX SDK: Nvidia licensed as third party tool provider

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 March 2009

   ... other GPUs in general, to augment computations necessary to provide more realistic game motions. According to Nvidia, "The NVIDIA PhysX software development kit (SDK) consists of a full-featured API and ...

3. Blu-ray gets simplified licensing

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 27 February 2009

   ... have to wait until summer of this year until Blu-ray media and devices can be built without running to different companies to acquire portions of the entire technology license tree necessary to build Blu-ray ...

4. Facebook reverts its Terms of Use under pressure

   (Security/Security Features)

   Wednesday, 18 February 2009

   ... such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of the User Content on the Site. By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you ...

5. UPDATED: Facebook changes policy, now owns rights to your content forever

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 17 February 2009

   ... reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate ...

6. Up next for Apple TV: Networked cable television

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 05 February 2009

   ... this. "We expect Apple to design a connected television over the next two years with DVR functionality built-in," wrote the analyst Gene Munster wrote in today's report to his clients. The analyst also ...

7. Macworld 2009: Apple unleashes iWork '09 and cloud-based iWork.com beta

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 06 January 2009

   ... including stone and wood charts in 3D, further tweaks an already strong visualization feature of the software. The new Keynote remote application for iPhone or iPod touch connects wirelessly with a ...

8. Microsoft’s Zune phone rumor back again, this time with Tegra

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 24 November 2008

   ... Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg thinks it is a bad idea since the risky move would unnecessarily impact traction of the Windows Mobile platform. "Microsoft now has traction with more than 20 ...

9. Lala's music service tries one more time

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 21 October 2008

   ... store on their home PC to any other device they own, as long as it is connected to the Internet.   Palo Alto (CA) - Tonight, LaLa will go live offering individuals a fresh new way to not ...

10. Microsoft tweaks licensing policy to promote virtualization

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 19 August 2008

    ... is trying to eliminate one of these concerns with a new licensing policy that enables customers to move applications within a server farm as often as necessary without paying additional licensing fees. ...

11. Microsoft upset about ‘schizophrenic’ Vista research report

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 July 2008

    ... Microsoft is unhappy. According to Microsoft’s Chris Flores, who not necessarily disagrees with the claim that the adoption rate of Windows Vista is low, claims that Forrester’s Thomas Mendel lacks common ...

12. AMD: To merge or not to merge?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 14 February 2008

    ... Hector Ruiz made as CEO of AMD. He did not voice out clearly what would happen with ATI and why the acquisition was necessary. When we heard stories that involved various people from AMD’s Human Resource ...

13. Analysis: Nvidia’s Ageia purchase – a brilliant move?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 05 February 2008

    ... chosen by Epic, while Meqon was the  brainchild of Swedish developers, then selected for the never ending story of Duke Nuk'em Forever and TimeShift. With both Havok and PhysX being tied neck-to-neck, ...

14. Microsoft steps up support for HD DVD format

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 04 October 2007

    ... to essential patents.” The initial group consists of LG Electronics, Microsoft, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Samsung, Sanyo, Sonic Solutions, TDK, Thomson, Toshiba, JVC and Warner Bros.  ...

15. Tilera announces 64-core processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 19 August 2007

    ... scaling and opens the door to hundreds or even thousands of cores using this new architecture. Other than for example Intel's Core architecture, which is expected to soon be running into a bottleneck ...

16. TG Daily Special: Virtualization Explored: Installing VMware

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 13 August 2007

    ... Of course, adjust up or down as necessary for your needs.   VMware for both Windows and Linux is free, and it comes in two forms. VMware Server is the version you'll likely want to install ...

17. MusicNet gets DRM-free licenses for over a million songs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 24 July 2007

    ...  MusicNet did not comment on the price for its DRM-free tracks.  It is a big move from a service that has gained little success in the field of giants like iTunes and Connect.   ...

18. Microsoft Surface: What Media Center should have been - analyst opinion

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 30 May 2007

    ... one of these things at some point). Picture a table that is a PC with a protected high resolution screen and virtual objects you can touch.  Also imagine no connection to the traditional Windows. ...

19. Now playing on your PC: Netflix movies

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 16 January 2007

    ... the launch of a videostream within 10 - 15 seconds. The quality of the video depends on the bandwidth available: Minimum requirement is a 1 Mb/s connection, while 3 Mb/s will deliver "DVD quality," ...

20. CES 2007: Keep the bad guys away with full disk encryption

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 07 January 2007

    ... said Kreft. Of course trusted storage goes both ways, it can keep the bad guys out, but it can also lock you out if you lose your encryption keys. But Kreft didn't see this as a necessarily bad thing, ...

21. DRM-free MP3s starting to attract major players

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 07 December 2006

    ... new initiative to offer files that are stripped of all digital restrictions. Currently, the most popular places for buying digital music, like iTunes and Sony Connect, encode all purchased songs such that ...

22. Windows Vista RC1 now available for public download

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 07 September 2006

    ... release notes to cover all other upgrades that are necessary to run the new operating system without hiccups. Redmond (WA) - Microsoft released a public download of Windows Vista RC1 through its customer ...

23. AOL's new Music Now service gears up for the Zune era

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 August 2006

    ... at a breakneck pace today, as the company deploys more services to generate revenue to replace the diminishing amount it was receiving from its ISP business - which it is essentially jettisoning. Today, ...

24. D-Link releases Securespot all-in-one security appliance

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 24 July 2006

    ... your network. Parents can even control their children's Internet access times through a web-based control panel. While Securespot usually sits between the router and modem, the unit can be directly connected ...

25. No net neutrality in Internet franchise bill passing Stevens' committee

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 29 June 2006

    ... and will continue to oppose unnecessary government regulation of the pricing and packaging of video services, which most studies show will diminish diversity in programming and result in higher prices ...

26. Sony's LocationFree software coming to MacOS X

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 25 April 2006

    ... LocationFree software, which allows users to stream TV or DVD content via the "LocationFree Base Station" to devices connected to the Internet (such as the PSP) - even if they are located on the other ...

27. Could new broadband reforms lead to a "fast lane" for Google and Yahoo?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 06 April 2006

    ... whether they accept the notion of broadband service providers necessarily being "cable operators." Satellite and DSL providers would certainly disagree. But the notion of federalizing the franchising system ...

28. Network Magic moves to subscription service, adds free wireless intruder detection

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 04 April 2006

    ... "core functions" for securing and managing home networks including: a network map, connection repair, wireless connection management and wireless protection. Network Magic Basic can be downloaded free ...

29. Movielink, CinemaNow bring legal video downloads to the US

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 03 April 2006

    ... Center PC connected to a TV) and streamed within a house to devices such as a PSP or an Xbox. Users can also burn the movie on a DVD in the same format as the movie was downloaded in, which happens to ...

30. Access licenses Sony's LocationFree software

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 03 April 2006

    ... Internet connection. Access is the first company to license LocationFree for use on cellphones. It was unclear whether Access would only use the technology for Windows Mobile Devices or also for its upcoming ...

31. US House debates bill to allow nationally franchised ISPs, VoIP providers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 30 March 2006

    ... the "right of way" of cable lines in municipal areas. Whether all municipalities would necessarily appreciate this effort to preserve their rights isn't clear, especially because they may find themselves ...

32. High-def discs will never require dedicated Internet connection, says AACS rep

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 22 March 2006

    According to Microsoft's key representative with the licensing body responsible for AACS copy protection, high-definition disc players will never require an exclusive, wired connection to the Internet. ...

33. Microsoft's Origami UMPC: What were they thinking?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 14 March 2006

    ... Okay, then, so it's a portable media device, that enables users to play all kinds of content from local storage and the Internet. So there has to be connectivity. A-a-ah, not exactly. There could be connectivity, ...

34. Microsoft accuses EC of conspiracy, secret negotiations in antitrust affair

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 02 March 2006

    ... his request for a holiday, is quoted as saying that company [1] "has made a large investment in this, so I need to do what is necessary to ensure that you can effectively use the results of our efforts." ...

35. Dueling DRM frameworks prolong high-def confusion

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 23 February 2006

    ... the term differently from one another. As the studios see it, MMC would enable AACS-endowed devices, through their connection to the Internet, to determine the full extent of provisions concerning how ...

36. UPDATE: EC indicates Microsoft's source code licensing may not be enough

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 25 January 2006

    ... bold move as a face-saving stunt. What the Commission is looking for, today's main paragraph appears to say, is the documentation for the source code, implying that source code does not necessarily document ...

37. US government prepares to spend $936 million on VHF TV spectrum reclamation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 28 December 2005

    ... isn't necessary to actually read the entire report for details. But inside, the report does reveal that Congress was particularly interested in the possibility of loosening the FCC's authority over how ...

38. Attempts fail to alter Senate DTV transition plan with budget bill amendments

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 03 November 2005

    ... The purpose of a budget reconciliation bill is to enact all changes to budgetary language necessary to balance the federal budget - or, in the real world, to make it more balanced than it actually was. ...

39. Senate committee to debate $463 million set-top-box subsidy, new DTV transition date

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 18 October 2005

    ... connected to cable systems, or to set-top converter boxes available through retail channels. Ensign referred to the PC industry - which recovered in the US after the rapid growth of the Internet - as proof ...

40. Microsoft licenses tech IP to startups

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 11 April 2005

    ... Windows Connect Now. Microsoft said on Monday it has signed intellectual property licensing agreements with a number of companies that will use technology developed by Microsoft Research, as well as ...

41. Fujitsu licenses Transmeta's LongRun tech

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 02 December 2004

    ... the companies said today. NEC agreed to license the technology last year, and Transmeta has begun to see licensing revenues from the technology this year. Read the complete story. (Electronic News)  ...

42. BlackBerry maker licenses technology to Motorola

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 21 April 2004

      Research In Motion maker of the popular BlackBerry wireless device, said on Wednesday that it will license technology to Motorola allowing some of the mobile maker's phones to connect with BlackBerry ...

43. KPN rolls out Ethernet VPN service

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 07 July 2003

      Dutch telecom provider Koninklijke KPN has rolled out a new Ethernet VPN (virtual private network) service for businesses, allowing them to integrate LANs using high-speed Internet connections. ...

44. U.S. Supreme Court to decide DVD Copyright Issues

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 03 January 2003

    ... and (ii) the U.S. Supreme Court stay was necessary to keep Pavlovich from reposting the decryption program codes on the Internet. Pavlovich's lawyer countered that an industry group should not have the ...

45. Rambus Licenses RaSer Comm Chip Design to Intel

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 23 October 2001

    ... applications. The RaSer cell supports a narrow, high-bandwidth connection of up to 30 inches in PCB length between chips and boards. It's available in single, dual and quad-channel configurations, where ...

46. TI Licenses mp3PRO

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 20 September 2001

    ... backward compatible with the older format. DQ Technology is now putting forth the VisionNet 707EU modem and 707ER modem router. The 707EU modem combines a DQ ADSL modem with both a USB and Ethernet connection. ...

47. NEC Launches 32-Bit RISC Microcontroller for Mobile Applications

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 September 2001

      Here's a chip that may hold some interest even for those of you who aren't involved in embedded systems programming. Cypress Semiconductor and MorethanIP just declared a partnership to create ...

48. Samsung Licenses Imagination Tuner Patents

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 June 2001

    ... human facial animations regardless of the speed of your Internet connection. The chip can also drive two fully independent digital flat panels, integrates dual CRTC's, dual UltraSharp RAMDAC's, and a TV ...

49. NEC joins quad-data-rate SRAM team

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 30 January 2001

      NEC is joining with three US-based memory firms, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., Integrated Device Technology Inc., and Micron Technology Inc., to develop and then make quad-data-rate (QDR) static ...