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DSL Outgrows Cable by 8 Percent

For the first time ever, the major providers of DSL broadband services garnered more new subscribers in a calendar quarter than their cable television competitors ...

Security Expert Warns Schools About Infected Laptops

The desire to learn won't be the only thing returning with students to their universities this fall College IT departments can expect a wave of viruses, worms and other computer nasties to accompany their charges as they connect their computers to their college's networks ...

MS Targets Linux, Pirates with New ‘XP Lite’

Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows XP designed for computers sold in emerging markets -- and analysts contend that is a sign that the Redmond, Washington-based software giant is worried about threats to its leading market position by Linux as well as to its bottom line by pirates ...

Linux Set To Unseat Apple as Number Two Desktop OS

It might be a dubious distinction at best, but it's one that Apple has had for a very long time: second most popular desktop operating system. Now that mantle appears destined to belong to Linux ...

Phishers Dangle More Hooks in June

Phishing attacks increased 19 percent in June over May, according to a report released by the Anti-Phishing Working Group ...

FCC Move Boosts Wireless Broadband

In a move expected to be a stimulant for the high-speed wireless market, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted an order to restructure frequencies within one of the several bands used for wireless broadband communication ...

Virus Attacks Climb 21 Percent in First Half of 2004

Virus writers busily scribbled code during the first half of 2004,introducing 4,677 new viruses into the wild, a 21 percent increase overthe same period last year, according to a report released by Sophos, aninternational maker of antivirus and antispam software ...

Mozilla Usage Flat in July Following June Surge

After a growth surge that contributed to the decline in market share ofMicrosoft Internet Explorer (IE) for the first time in six years, usageof the Mozilla browser flattened out during much of this month ...

HP Says Microsoft Open-Source Memo Now Irrelevant

Hewlett Packard has issued a statement calling a two-year-old internal memo that has been circulating on the Internet and raises fears that Microsoft would mount a litigation campaign to "shut down open-source software" now outdated and largely irrelevant ...

Microsoft Forms New Entertainment Convergence Group

Microsoft has formed a new Media/Entertainment & Technology Convergence Group, a move analysts say is calculated to build trust between the Redmond, Washington, technology giant and the media and entertainment industries. ...

Movie Makers, Tech Firms Ink DVD Copying Pact

In an apparent move to avoid the mistakes made by the recording industry in managing digital forms of its intellectual property, two movie studios have cut a deal with several major technology companies -- including Microsoft and IBM -- to develop a scheme that will allow limited copying ofnext-generation DVDs ...

IE Market Share Tumbles for First Time in Six Years

After more than 70 months without a significant drop in its share of the U.S. Web browser market, Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) saw its hold on the mouse clicks of Web surfers slip by one percent over the last month ...

Worldwide Software Piracy Losses: $29 Billion

More than a third of the software on the world's PCs has been pirated from its makers, according to a study released yesterday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), whose members include Adobe, Apple, Cisco Systems, IBM and Microsoft ...

Digital Television Liberation Project Launched

A move to help TV viewers avoid restrictions on digital broadcast signals scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2005 has been launched by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ...

Electronic Frontier Foundation Targets ‘Abusive’ Patents

As part of its "Patent Busting Project," the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) yesterday released its "Ten Most Wanted" patents -- patents it claims pose the greatest threat to the public domain ...

Eric S. Raymond: Sun ‘Thrashing’ for Direction

To kick off its big JavaOne party for its software developers in San Francisco this week, Sun Microsystems made a flurry of announcements aimed at rekindling enthusiasm for the once high-flying company's future prospects. But some critics of the Santa Clara, California enterprise remained unimpressed by the festivities ...

Survey Finds File-Sharing Networks Boost CD Buys

File-sharing appears to boost music CD buying, according to survey results released by Warez.com, a maker of file-sharing software ...

Experts Question WiFi Revenue Models

Hot spots for making wireless connections to the Internet are popping up in places like MacDonald's, Starbuck's and Panera's, but WiFi remains just a side dish for outfits trying to make a buck from the technology ...

Foes Clash over State Online Anonymity Law

The entertainment industry and civil liberties advocates have their dirks leveled at each other's throats again -- this time over a proposed California law aimed at protecting anonymous free speech on the Internet ...

File Sharers Deserting Kazaa’s FastTrack Protocol

FastTrack, once the darling of online file-sharers, appears to be losing its popularity ...

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