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Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: 'Nobody's going to be 100% open'
The mobile apps ecosystems of the world may converge over time, led by apps being ported over across platforms, according to the Chief Software Architect.
Will Firefox beat IE9 to Direct2D rendering?
Just days after Microsoft executives gave conference attendees a peek at a new rendering technology, a Mozilla contributor revealed he's working on the same thing.
Where there's smoke: Apple warranty stance raises troubling questions
Carmi Levy | Wide Angle Zoom: Smoking can be dangerous not only for your lungs, it appears, but for your Apple hardware warranty.
The fallacy of Facebook privacy
Carmi Levy | Wide Angle Zoom: If an insurance company learns something interesting about its client through the Internet, is that snooping?
Microsoft 'worked with Apple' for Silverlight on iPhone, says Goldfarb
By not making such a big deal out of trying to stream video to the iPhone, Microsoft got a big deal out of it, revealed the Silverlight product manager.
Clicker.com cuts through the Web video chaos
In a world where homemade video and Hollywood movies travel the same pipeline, it's good to have a real search engine to cut through the clutter.
A case study in improving software: What Office 2010 can learn from Notion 3
A music composition product gambles with a complete overhaul, in an effort to make headway against two well-known competitors in a tough market.
Kindle 2 update adds battery life, native PDF reader
Amazon has pushed out an update to the Kindle 2 e-reader that lengthens battery life and adds a native PDF viewer.
Safari on iPhone gets competition from a $1 browser app
Apple likes to say it gives iPhone users a full browsing experience, but a new competitor tries to incorporate more desktop browser features.
Action Replay maker sues Microsoft for Xbox 360 'predatory technological barriers'
Third-party video game accessory maker Datel has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft over the Xbox 360's recent Dashboard update.
Napster Filter Bypassed
By Aaron Dobbins on March 8, 2001, 3:22 PM
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As of this week Napster was ordered to begin filtering all copyrighted music out of the downloads on the network. Today the popular AOL Instant Messenger add-on Aimster, which allows users to share files via the Napster network directly through AIM, released the Pig Encoder. This software allows users to bypass said filters on Napster, and continue business as usual file sharing.
BetaNews would love to tell you how the encoder works, but it is top secret. If you want to read about it on the Aimster site, you can visit it here. Remember, the more people who find out how it works, the more likely the wrong people will catch wind and new filters will be created to block the pig encoder.
OfficeXP Released to Manufacturers
By Aaron Dobbins on March 5, 2001, 5:34 PM
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Microsoft announced today that the next version of its popular office suite, officially named OfficeXP, has been released to manufacturers. A slew of new features has been adding, including the new SharePoint system which allows users to share information on private Web pages built directly through Office.
A new "Smart Tag" system enhances Office by recognizing when users enter certain keywords that will trigger events in the software. For example, if the user types a name that is in their Outlook address book Word might prompt them to see if they would like to grab the person's address.
GeForce3 Chipset Unveiled
By Aaron Dobbins on February 27, 2001, 5:44 PM
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Graphics card king NVidia today unveiled its latest and greatest creation, the GeForce3 chipset. Coinciding with that news was the release of the NfiniteFX programmable engine to step up the pressure on ATI's Radeon cards. Last year NVidia knocked out its competitor 3dfx by purchasing the company. The new cards will be expensive however, with Mac versions weighing in at $600, while its PC counterpart comes in just under that at $500.
It is the specs of the new card that make it seem worthwhile, according to the PCWorld report. The new card, while keeping the same 200MHz core clock speed and memory speed, features a newer and slimmer 0.15 micron design. It also comes with better graphics handling and a whopping 57 million transistors, more than doubling its predecessor. It is because of this that the card will be faster and better.
Judges Continue to Break Down Governments Case Against MS
By Aaron Dobbins on February 27, 2001, 5:31 PM
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