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Cablevision Rolls out Free Wi-Fi in NY
operator Cablevision Systems Corp has started rolling out a free Wi-Fi network for subscribers who want to access the Web via laptops and other wireless devices. Cablevision on Thursday said the Optimum Wi-Fi is free for existing subscribers to its Optimum home Internet service. It said the service is already activated in commercial and high-traffic areas ...
Google's Chrome Tops Opera in Market Share
You work a decade to build a trendsetting browser, even the first with tabs, and what happens? In two days you're kicked aside for a Johnny-come-lately that doesn't even have a sidebar, let alone one with more options than any other browser. I'm talking about the much-loved but little-used Opera, which already has taken a backseat ...
Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari Shared Vulnerability
Google's new browser, Chrome, has quite a few security-related features: Site blacklists to protect against malware and phishing A privacy mode (Incognito) to erase tracks of user activity. A thorough Clear Browsing Data dialog box. But the really innovative feature in Chrome is the way Google has built the browser's rendering engine to run in a ...
Google, Criticized for Harsh Chrome EULA, Backs Down
They've already issued an “Our Bad" and retracted the offending language, but Google's initial EULA (End User License Agreement) for their Chrome browser was seriously offensive. The original language went like so: 11. Content licence from you 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that you submit, post ...
Google Chrome's the Internet
Review Google's Chrome browser: This baby flies! The new rival to Explorer and Firefox, now available for testing in Windows, makes up in exceptional speed for any minor shortcomings. And it's got a nice array of features. Google's much-anticipated Web browser, Chrome, arrived Tuesday like a shiny new sports car: It's streamlined, ...
Mozilla Chief Welcomes Google Chrome to Market
Will Google Chrome sink Firefox? Not exactly, according to Mozilla chief executive John Lilly. “More smart people thinking about ways to make the Web good for normal human beings is good, absolutely," Lilly wrote in a blog post. “Competition often results in innovation I'd expect that to continue now that Google has thrown their hat in ...
MySpace to Launch 'Musical' School Spirit Contest
MySpace plans to launch a contest on Tuesday to market the latest in Walt Disney Co's blockbuster franchise “High School Musical 3" in what the News Corp Internet social network called its biggest film campaign to date. Disney is hoping to build interest in the third movie in its hit television films series, and the first ...
Google to Release Open-Source 'Chrome' Browser
Are Internet Explorer and Firefox ready to do battle with Chrome? Google announced Monday that it has been hard at work on an open-source browser known as Chrome, a beta version of which will be released in 100 countries on Tuesday. New features will included “isolated" tabs designed to prevent browser crashes and a more powerful ...
Death Taxes and Bandwidth Caps
Comcast's disclosure of usage caps yesterday points to what may become inevitable across the industry -- restricted, metered broadband services. Demand [for broadband] is rising at a time when relevant supply is actually shrinking ... Elementary economics would suggest that greater pricing power is the inevitable outcome. Craig Moffett Bernstein Research cable and satellite ...
Code Making Music Listenable
T Bone Burnett may have Neil Young and Bob Dylan singing a new tune. The singers are among the artists critical of digital sound. But Burnett has been developing Code, a high-fidelity audio system that he says will improve sound quality. Artists including Neil Young and Bob Dylan have made no secret of their distaste for ...
