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Microsoft Forced to Offer Users a Choice of Web Browsers
A new era in web browsing was kicked off by the European Commission on Monday, as Microsoft was forced to allow users of its Windows operating system to choose different programs to surf the internet. The effect will certainly be to broaden competition in the market which should boost innovation, says Opera, the Norwegian company ...
Virtual Musicians, Real Performances: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Music
Ever wonder how Jimi Hendrix would cover Lady Gaga? The day is approaching when you should be able to find out. Musicians opportunities to sell their recordings may be drying up due to cultural shifts brought on by changing technology, but other aspects of technology are creating a promising new market for music: the licensing of ...
Microsoft to Double Down on HTML5 with Internet Explorer 9
With the latest releases of Opera, Google Chrome and Firefox continuing to push the boundaries of the web, the once-dominant Internet Explorer is looking less and less relevant every day. But we should expect Microsoft to go on the offensive at its upcoming MIX 2010 developer conference in Las Vegas, where, it has been speculated, the ...
Authorities Bust 3 in Infection of 13m Computers
Authorities have smashed one of the world's biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs. The “botnet" of infected computers included PCs inside more than half of the Fortune 1,000 companies and more than 40 major banks, according to investigators. ...
Survey: Quarter of Americans Read News on Cell Phones
3G Technology Shifting How People Consume Information; Most Popular News Function - Checking the Weather. The survey results being released by the group Monday offer another sign of how people are changing the way they get information. Technology has been reshaping the news business and the way consumers relate to it for more than a decade. ...
Thumplay Adds Apple Exec, to Launch Mobile Music Streaming on Thursday
Pablo Calamera, who oversaw technology development for MobileMe at Apple has joined Thumbplay as their Chief Technological Officer. In this newly-created position, Calamera, will have oversight of all technology initiatives for the company including Thumbplay Music, a cloud-based service that provides unlimited, on-demand access to millions of songs. Thursday Launch Thumbplay Music, which has been in ...
Skype Gives Up on Windows Mobile App
Making free Skype calls on a cell phone without using up minutes is certainly appealing. But the reality hasn't always lived up to the promise. Nowhere has this been more true than with the Windows Mobile version of Skype--which we found in two separate reviews to be, shall we say, less than desirable. It turns out ...
Survey Finds: Slack Editing on Magazine Web Sites
The only thing standard about magazines Web sites is that there are no standards. That is the chief finding of a research project conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review, which surveyed 665 consumer magazines on the practices and profitability of their Web sites. There isn't yet a generally accepted set of norms for this new medium, ...
Music Mastermind Raises $5 Million for Technology That Helps Anyone Make Music
But Is Everyone Making Music A Good Thing? Two year old startup Music Mastermind has raised $4.85 million in Series A funding. Music Mastermind empowers anyone to create music and collaborate with known artists on a variety of platforms including web portals, mobile devices and gaming consoles. The company was co-founded by former Virgin Records America ...
Jazz History Websites
With the passing of February 2010, another Black History Month is on the books. The one true American art form is Jazz music, an indelible mark made by American Black artists which is celebrated continuously throughout the world by jazz musicians and fans. Ever wonder how this art form got its start? Or what it entails? ...
