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Gates Bids Teary Farewell to Microsoft
REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home. He leaves Microsoft, which he co-founded with childhood friend Paul Allen in 1975, ...
Myspace 'Data Availability' Open to Developers
MySpace on Thursday will open up its “Data Availability" information-sharing initiative to the public so that any third-party Web site can allow MySpace users to put their profile information on their sites. MySpace launched Data Availability in early May with Yahoo, eBay, Twitter , and Photobucket as initial partners. All developers will now have access to ...
MTV Urges Fans to Remix Music Videos
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seeking new ways to entertain audiences, music television network MTV has recently begun allowing fans of new and upcoming shows to discuss and post their own versions of music videos on the Web. This month the network launched “FNMTV", which airs new videos every Friday night and invites viewers to go online ...
'Internet for Everyone' Group Launches
Are you reading this via a broadband connection? Well, congratulations. Half of your fellow Americans are not so lucky, according to a new initiative aimed at connecting all citizens to high-speed Internet. The Internet for Everyone effort, spearheaded by Free Press, kicked off Tuesday with a variety of Internet luminaries singing its praises. The group will ...
Adobe Releases Acrobat 9 with Portfolios, Sharing, Flash
Adobe Acrobat 9, of which the company released a beta preview version this past spring, comes a few days earlier than Adobe had originally told PC Magazine: It was originally planned for a June 30 release. The most significant new features are the ability to create Portfolios, or compound documents, to incorporate Flash content, including videos ...
George Lucas Calls for 'Third Internet'
George Lucas , creator of the Star Wars franchise and head of a non-profit group designed to encourage innovation in schools, called on lawmakers Tuesday to create a free, “third Internet" that would be used solely for educational use. “As we move into the future, most everything's going to end up wireless and as it ends ...
Nokia Buys Location-Aware Social 'Net Firm
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it has agreed to buy social networking start-up Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet services. Plazes (http://www.plazes.com/) provides location-aware services that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities. Nokia did not disclose the value of the ...
Over 1 Billion Computers Are Being Used Today
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The number of personal computers in use around the world has surpassed 1 billion, with strong growth in emerging markets set to double the number of PCs by early 2014, research firm Gartner said on Monday. Mature markets accounted for 58 percent of the first billion installed PCs, but would only account for ...
Netflix Ends 'Profiles' Feature, Irks Customers
Online movie rental company Netflix has decided to do away with its “profiles" feature, which lets people set up separate movie queues within a single account. “Too many members found the feature difficult to understand and cumbersome, having to consistently log in and out of the Web site," according to a post on the Netflix blog. ...
Big Screen Giant Imax Eyes Digital Future
Imax Corp. is going digital. The giant of the large-screen format is beginning one of the biggest initiatives in its 40-year history: switching from 70mm film to a digital system of projection. Next month, the company will roll out the first three digital Imax installations with exhibitor AMC Entertainmenttwo in Washington and one in Baltimore. Three ...
