Discussion threads on 2005-12

Bloated Patriot Act a political Christmas tree?
Microsoft happy to kill off other ISVs' code businesses, but not it's own
$299 PCs and other holiday bargains
'High' risk in Symantec antivirus software flaw
'Reassurance' a key word as Google grows
'Star Trek' enters G4 galaxy
0.1ò0downtime is more than 8 hours a year
130 mln Americans own cameraphones
18% of companies archive instant messaging traffic, 48% archive e-mails
180solutions rebuttal
180solutions scrambles to right the sinking ship
22ò0of consumers are interested in an MP3 player, 22ò0- in digital cameras
28ò0of US employees see themselves as one setback away from financial disaster
3 men charged in Xbox tampering
35% of software is pirated
43ò0of online shoppers have paid with PayPal
5% of Americans do not speak any English
62% of PC users run antispyware, only 44% have updated antivirus
9/11 panel faults government on cybersecurity
>Captain Cyborg and the Problem of Evil
A better way to count clicks?
A certifiable way for older workers to (re)enter IT
A Firefox for music?
A la carte TV
A novel idea: SOA teams talking to each other
A novelist turned gaming innovator
A rootkit you can't uninstall
A subtle big brother
Active CD protection and spyware
Adobe to put patches on a schedule
Advertisers see static in radio's future
Adware maker sues over 'high risk' designation
Aging computers hobble Homeland Security
AIX beats Solaris!
AJAX spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps
Alexa turned into web service - Amazon back to its innovative best
Alexa turning its Internet index inside out
Alexa-driven search sites will test Google's Web 3.0 mettle
AMD Japan to get ammunition for Intel court battle?
AMD scores huge 7-round TKO over Intel in dual-core benchmarks
AMD winning the 64-bit marketing race
An open source Christmas present
Andy Grove: Engage and then plan
Another jab from JibJab: Bush's '2-0-5'
Another view: Binary XML rocks!
Anti-DRM zealots
AOL to stick with Google
AOL: Trump, 'penis patch' dominate 2005 spam
Apache's Tuscany on tap
Apple rumours and realities
Apple settles with third alleged Tiger leaker
Apple: it's never too late
Archive the year
Artists revolt against DRM
As legal woes loom, RIM co-CEO still talks up innovation
AT&T backs a la carte TV channels
AT&T launches security Webcast network
AT&T doubles up on DSL speed
Attack code out for old Firefox bug
Bad guy detectors and ID
Ballmer 'keen' on Web advertising, mum on AOL
BBC star's podcast tops charts
Beatles group sues Apple over trademark
BellSouth, 8x8 launch VoIP service
Bidding adieu to Pentium M
Bloated Patriot Act a politcal Christmas tree?
Bluetooth, wireless groups synch up
Brain scan technology could save babies' lives
British 'rogue dialers' face heftier fines
Broadband bill hews to laissez-faire line
Broadcast giants join forces on HD radio
Browsers to get sturdier padlocks
Bruce Perens' crystal ball looks clear
Bug-hunting tool aimed at Vista developers
Bursting iBonds
C'mon Jerem...
Cable beats DSL in speed race
Calif: Diebold must submit source code to feds
California forced to defend 'junk fax' law
California releases a telecom Bill of Rights
California scrutinizes Diebold e-voting
Calling 911 over your Vonage Wi-Fi handset? Better know your exact location
Can anti-offshoring legislation really help?
Can there be another Google?
Can you make Linux easy?
Can you trust your service provider?
CBS goes mad: free college hoops online
Cell phone concierge, now at your service
Cell phones to tell Koreans: You're indicted
China cracking down on cell phone fraud, spam
China to register all mobile users
Cingular customers latest in line to annoy strangers in public by shouting at their phones
Cingular launches 3G network
Cingular sings 'Sopranos' in mobile-TV chorus
CIO jury: IT's role in the bottom line
CIOs: Christmas is no holiday
Clock's ticking on new Sober onslaught
Clogger of P2P networks to shut down
Commentary: iTunes gets more TV
Connotate looks beyond traditional search
Consumers snap up LCD monitors
Cote de Silicon?
Court blocks Illinois video game laws
Creative to make Apple pay
Creative unveils video and MP3 player
CRM 3.0, stuck in the morass of SoSaaS
Dasher worm gallops onto the Net
Death of the RSS reader
December doldrums, and ad-supported software
Deep discounts on IP telephony
Dell recalls 35,000 notebook batteries
Dell: No plans for Firefox in Australia
Dems blast National Disaster Medical System
Desktop Linux versus Windows XP shootout
Digging for dollars in TV-on-demand
Digital TV switch set for early 2009
DirecTV settles inquiry into marketing practices
Diskless PowerBooks on the horizon
Disney site lets customers design products
Do it for Leo
Do you trust Google?
Does the market really want an open source stack from Sun?
Dr. Tiki clears the air
DVR technology comes to video iPods
E-mail 'crucial' to future of desktop Linux
E-tracking may change the way your drive
EA: Holiday sales disappointing
eBay halts auction of Excel flaw
eBay Sellers Alliance not high on Skype as sales tool
eBay shelves plans for live pet listings
EFF moves to block certification of e-voting systems
Embedded development testing benefit moves to Linux
Erasing the digital signature law
ESPN looks to score iTunes deal
Esther Dyson on the rise of the user class
EU threatens Microsoft with daily fines
European satellite launch challenges GPS
Eventful's 'event' services platform
Ex-Qwest CEO indicted by grand jury
Ex-Sun worker files discrimination suit
Exchanging faces in images
Explaining AJAX to your CIO
Fans complain about spyware on wrestling sites
Faux Hulks can keep fighting evil online
FBI/FCC collaborating to create software 'police state?'
FBI: We're not worried about terrorist cyberattack
FCC chief backs Net phone taxes
Feds crawling ahead on e-government
Feds side with Microsoft in Korea flap
FIFA: Adidas 'smart ball' not ready for World Cup
File-swapping fine upheld by appeals court
Film documents software creation, the fun way
Finding the right wiki software
Fiorina unveils HP's consumer goods for 2005
FireWire not dead, but it's on life support
Fixes coming for Windows flaws
Flaws found in RealNetworks media player
For all the good it does, technology often fails us in big ways
For Pete's sake, stop the patent madness now! The NTP vs. RIM case MUST wait.
Former software chief admits stealing trade secrets
Four Skype 1.4 Beta for Mac OS X screenshots here
France may sanction unfettered P2P downloads
Free speech under Net attack, study says
FTC says federal spam law has worked
Full-length movies on cell phones? Seven reasons why it won't work
Gaming Digg: the KoolAidGuy saga
Garages hold mythic power in Silicon Valley
Gartner sees RFID as $3 billion business by 2010
Gartner's advice: Halt BlackBerry deployments
Gartner: Halt Blackberry deployments
Gartner: Camera phone sales on upswing
Gates visits Bangladesh NGO projects
Gates, Jobs top leadership list
Gateway wins patent appeal in HP suit
GestureBank
Glaser turns wrath on Apple, Jobs
Gmail gets security upgrade
GMail virus scanning on the way
Gonzales urges speedy vote on Patriot Act
Google Base and Fremont--signs of the Web 2.0 plateau
Google Desktop tweaked to block attackers
Google Earth for OS X in the wild
Google gets into the holiday spirit
Google home pages get even more personal
Google in the garden of good and evil
Google plugs 'obscure' phishing holes
Google strikes a chord with Opera
Google takes the bus
Google to start renting videos?
Google tops list of most-prominent tech firms
Google touts enterprise search products
Google Transit Agency
Google Transit Debuts-maybe with Google Talk on way?
Google whistles a new tune
Google, Time Warner strike $1 billion deal on AOL
Google: We're not in the portal business; Earth to Google: Oh yes you are!
Government IT boring? Not!
Grateful Dead backtracks on download ban
Greenpeace: HP stands for 'harmful products'
Group claims Linux advance on Xbox
Growing pains for Wikipedia
Hackers find first Xbox 360 cracks
Hackers grab donor info from U.K. charity
Hello, Mr. Chips
Here are pix of first MAC and PC-compatible Skype phone releasing today
Hollywood asks China to cut piracy before Olympics
Home Depot buys into LCD TVs
Honda to mass-produce solar cells
Honda's robot ready for office chores
Honk Kong march bloggers leverage Net's democratizing force
Hoser filter or tech/Q test?
House approves new digital-TV deadline
How can Desktop Linux be so slow?
How much oil is IT saving?
Howard Stern's brave new world
HP backs both rivals in DVD horse race
HP creates Halo effect for videoconferencing
HP defends environmental record ahead of protest
HP discloses strategy for recovery
HP software head resigns
I live in Los Angeles
I want my BlackBerry
IBM cites local employee base in appeal to Massachusetts Governor
IBM opens Unix software lab
IBM sits out Office document standards effort
IBM to support OpenDocument early next year
IBM touts next-gen self-billing data center software: "Sucks up customer's money twice as fast"
IBM wins 7-year Unilever outsourcing deal
IBM woos start-ups
IBM, AMD further cut chip power consumption
Icahn seeks to derail Google as AOL partner
Icahn warns Time Warner about 'errors in judgment'
ICANN punts on .xxx
ICANN told to clamp down on dodgy domain names
ID theft fears overblown, study says
Idaho first, La. last in patent-population ratio
IE flaw lets intruders grope Google Desktop Users
Image: A JibJab look at Bush's '2-0-5'
Images: Streaking home with piece of comet's tail
Images: Streaking home with piece of comet's tail
India faces offshore IT skills crisis by 2010
Industry groups seek dominance in high dev standards
Inside a quantum dot
Insiders: Digital living room still just a dream
Intel 'Core' moving to 45 nanometer
Intel aims for faster, cooler transistors
Intel battles rootkits with hardware
Intel calls MIT's $100 laptop a 'gadget'
Intel cuts back options for stock
Intel getting some flak for criticizing $100 laptop
Intel likes a touch of suede
Intel names new CTO
Intel narrows its forecast
Intel outlook not so rosey for 2006
Intel PowerBook may get cellular radio
Intel PowerBooks in January too?
Intel to build $3.5 billion chip plant in Israel
Intel to invest $1 billion in Indian operations
Intel to kick off new year with Yonah and Viiv
Intel's Otellini fields softballs at the Churchill Club
iPod accessory maker sues rival in patent spat
iPod ads cost Apple a bundle
iPod debuts on NRF top "toys" list
Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?
Is Commodore poised for a comeback?
Is eBay assimilating Skype Borg-style?
Is Java cooling down?
Is Jobs the new Gates?
Is Qatar blocking VoIP calls? Vonage users may complain to American Embassy
Is Sun's UltraSparc T1 the ' Terminator'?
Is Wikipedia a threat or a menace?
Is Wikipedia safe from libel liability?
It's not always about open source
Itanium: A cautionary tale
iTunes and QuickTime flaw detailed
iTunes lyrics fight ends in apology
Japan may create its own search engine
Judge blocks California video game law
Kazaa owners may face time in jail
Keyboard carpal culprit? Not so, study says
Lately it occurs to me: Grateful Dead tapes will drive broadband subs
Latest insights into evolution explain why RSS helps humanize the Web
Lawsuit against 180solutions, Direct Revenue and eXact Advertising
LED tubes show promise for PowerBooks
Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate France
Linux Journal features Skype Server build tutorial
Looking back and peering into the future
Looks like Google checkmates Microsoft's AdCenter?
Lots of bad advice for critical WMF vulnerability!
MacOS X on Linux?
Madison Avenue faces Google fears
Major player wants to partner with Microsoft to take Google down a peg
Man pleads guilty to eBay Internet attack
Man sues Microsoft over alleged Xbox 360 glitch
Mashup Camp: the unconference about the uncomputer
Massachusetts CIO quits amid OpenDocument debate
Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formats
Massachusetts' Quinn, who brought OpenDoc to the state, steps down.
Men want facts, women seek relations on Web
Microsoft begins testing Exchange 12
Microsoft drops Mac Internet Explorer
Microsoft eyes services for business
Microsoft getting serious about BI
Microsoft hires user interface guru
Microsoft looks beyond AOL
Microsoft offers a new angle on maps
Microsoft patch jams up IE
Microsoft releases FAQ on Ecma submission
Microsoft security zaps laptop tracer
Microsoft settles with Google over executive hire
Microsoft sheds control of its cable network
Microsoft standard proposal turns spotlight to Ecma's process
Microsoft sues nine MAPS partners
Microsoft to buy UMT's portfolio software
Microsoft to invest $1.7 billion in India
Microsoft to outbid Google for AOL's affections?
Microsoft to phase out toxic plastics
Microsoft to reorganize entertainment division
Microsoft to start testing new Messenger
Microsoft tweaks browser to avoid liability
Microsoft ups quarterly dividend 12.5 percent
Microsoft's top 10 hurdles for 2006
Misinformation as reality
Missouri: 0, Toronto 1
Mobile WiMax gets green light
Money for digital divide programs attracts scammers
More exploits out for Windows flaws
More new Gmail features
More proof VoIP marketing is confusing consumers
Most popular searches on DogPile: lyrics, Paris Hilton, Google, eBay
Motorola's pugnacious Ed Zander chosen to lead US high-tech industry in important policy battles
Mozilla issues Firefox alert
MTV, Microsoft band together for music service
Music CD sales down 7% in 2005
My "Web 2.0 doesn't exist" post kicks up a ruckus
My Christmas List: iPod Communicator
My take on Jeff Pulver's predictions
My Ten "Converging World" Predictions for 2006
National ID - meeting the agenda through other means
National ID - tokens and processes
Nature says Wikipedia is not that bad
NBA to create huge digital archive
NBC teams up with Apple iTunes
NBC-iPod deal further proof of TiVo's legal risk
NEC reportedly develops 55-nano technology
Net outage hits Brits
Net puts 'word of mouth' on display
Net2Phone belongs with MySpace- but IDT may go to the mat
Netflix wins round in online DVD-rental fight
Netgear guilty of 'misleading' Wi-Fi claims
New biometrics software looks for sweat
New IM worm chats with its intended victims
New Orleans is up and running with muni Wi-Fi
New Sony CD security risk found
New spyware claim against Sony BMG
New Web 2.0 services of note
New Yorkers cope with transit strike
New zero day exploit seen in the wild
Nielsen's mobile-TV challenge
Nintendo DS sales hit 5 million in Japan
No CD-ROM residuals for National Geographic artists
North Carolina defends e-voting certifications
Novell swings from quarterly profit to loss
NTP says payment would end RIM dispute
Number of music file-swappers falls, study says
NYC moves closer to broadband plan
NYC city council wants to study broadband options
ODF subpar for the disabled? Not so fast says Google researcher.
Office standards battle grinds on
Oh car driver, where art thou? (actually Big Brother knows)
Old worms learn new tricks
Once an Altoids tin, now a pinhole camera
One city's move to open source
One more time
Online retailers report record holiday sales
Open source is real Alchemy
Open source SPARC likely to use GPL license
Open-source antivirus tech may get commercial help
Opera denies Microsoft takeover
Oracle changes prices to reflect multicore chips
Oracle flexes muscles with Indian buy
Oracle to 'Fortify' its source code
Oracle to give away Sun Servers
Our first goal for '06, out with the lawyers
Palamida laying the Groundwork for software transparency
Parsing Sun's rhetoric
PartyGaming looks to fuel poker explosion
Patches out for IE holes, Sony-related issue
Patient smart cards get boost at N.Y. hospitals
Patriot Act critics propose temporary extension
Patriot Act fight moves to Senate
Patriot Act may be renewed without reforms
Patriot Act renewal draws filibuster threat
PC or people--who's the boss?
PC sales expected to slow in 2006
Philips bringing cell phone TV to states
Phishers use IRS tax refund as bait
Photo: Itanium's 'big iron' push
Photos: Curiously creative mint tins
Photos: High-stylin' Flybook laptop
Photos: Low-cost laptops with style
Photos: Low-cost laptops with style
Photos: Low-cost laptops with style
Photos: Low-cost laptops with style
Photos: Mars rovers still churning
Photos: Touchy-feely laptops
Pioneer to sell Blu-ray drive in early '06
Pirates stunting software growth
Podcasts: A guy thing?
Police Blotter: Best Buy 'hacker' loses in court
Police blotter: Nude 'profile' yields Yahoo suit
Portable video to create chip boom, Broadcom says
Power could cost more than servers, Google warns
PowerBook nano one step closer to reality?
President defends secret wiretapping
Pro-Hollywood bill aims to restrict digital tuners
Prodigy up for sale
Protection from critical WMF vulnerability
Public beta of IE 7 nears
Putting a stop to patent exploitation of traditional knowledge
Quanta to build the $100 dollar laptop
RealNetworks moves Rhapsody to the Web
Red Hat edges into higher-level software
Red Hat gains full control of Indian unit
Red Hat opens directory server code
ReplayTV to launch TV recording software for PCs
Reprogramming Microsoft and the GoogleNet PC
RFID goes to college
RIM speaking to NTP through mediator
RIP, iPod Mini? No way, say fans
Robots with square wheels?
Rootkit author says antivirus makes him do it
Rootkits part II: what does a rootkit look like?
Rootkits rising
Roundup at the 180 corral
Salesforce outage angers customers
Salesforce to offer testing service
Salesforce.com outage --the mea culpa
Salesforce.com: Blame the database vendor
SANS Institute embarrasses FBI
Santa IM worm hits AOL, MSN and Yahoo
Santa is bringing coal for Google--shoveling up a ton of it
Scaling your Web 2.0 app with caching
Screenshots: Padlocking IE 7
Semanticons reveal the meaning of files
Senate panel approves more Net-policing powers
Senators propose taxing Internet shopping
Setting the record straight on the WMF vulnerability
Sharman cuts off Kazaa downloads in Australia
Should Google and other online sites share some of the gold with users?
Should patents be device or task specific?
Six atoms in quantum 'cat' state
Skype debuts video chat- and it's cool
Skype offers Web video phone-calling feature
Skype to announce Mandriva Linux calling today
Skype to announce several new headsets today
SMBs should consider managed services as challenges mount, says Gartner
Snap Quiz
SNARFing your way through e-mail
So, where are the telecommuters?
Sober worm stalls MSN, Hotmail
Some PowerBook customers unhappy with new screen
Sony fixes security hole in CDs, again
Sony Internet arm sets $286.4 million IPO
Sony says PS3 still on track for spring launch
Sony settles 'rootkit' class action lawsuit
Sony's robot finds focus with third eye
South African plays online cupid for HIV patients
South Korea didn't go far enough
South Korea fines Microsoft $32 million
Sprint to offer full-length movie downloads
SpyAxe anti-spyware installed by trojan
Spyware pushers cashing in on zero day exploit
Stackable smart robotic cars
Standards needed for media watermarks
Start-up merges cell phone and PC into a handheld
States waking up to e-voting machines
Still in the red, Novell gives new CTO $1.875M comp package
Stolen from Apple easter egg in original ROM
Structured blogging initiative taking off
Structured blogging--what's in it for users?
Study: IT outsourcing services multiply
Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica
Study: Xbox 360 sales start slow in Japan
Summarize a year in open source
Sun aims to bolster disaster warning systems
Sun begins Sparc phase of server overhaul
Sun makes Java free
Sun makes Niagara an open-source chip
Sun's Schwartz@Syndicate: Intranets are gonna die
Sun: 'These systems are like a rack on a chip'
Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'
SunRocket's discount price: clever marketing or desperate move?
Survey: CFOs bogged down in compliance
Survey: Most home PC users lack security
Symantec hopes to deliver antivirus online
Taking on QWERTY's illogic
Tapping into 'unpaid media'
Tech companies gear up for seniors
Tech executives: Time is of the essence
Tens of thousands mistakenly placed on terrorist watch lists
Texas to get broadband over its power lines
Thane of Cawdor: A mantle not gilded enough for Google
That Google feeling, but on the cheap
The academy vs. open source
The Christmas before the storm
The early bird gets the $149 Toshiba laptop
The first question for 2006: Tenable tenable?
The glitch that stole salesforce.com
The heart of the open source contract
The missing feature at the heart of Web 3.0
The next SCO suit
The open source battleship game
The open source story of the year
The QWERTY syndrome
The rise of search . . . and the decline in journalism
The top 10 reasons to work in IT
The Tortoise or the Hare for Wi-Fi?
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This time around, media revolutionaries team with old guard
Time for an SOA-open source mashup
Time for Internet taxes?
Time names the Gates 'Persons of the Year'
Tipping point: The Web is easier to use than your hard drive
TiVo for your iPod
TiVo tunes into online services
Too many companies have it all wrong
Top 10 hurdles for Microsoft in '06
Top 10 rogue anti-spyware
Top 10 tips to keep that new computer spyware-free
Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemic
Top Google searches in 2005: Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, tsunami
Top online dating sites: Yahoo! Personals, Match.com, Spark
Top searches on Yahoo! Canada: American Idol, WWE, Canadian Idol, NHL
Top Ten Web 2.0 Moments of 2005
Toshiba to delay HD DVD player launch
Tracking down the Wikipedia prankster
Trend Micro bolsters anti-spyware lineup
Trojan delivers unwanted gift to Windows PCs
TypePad down: A reminder of why open standards matter
U.K. reviewing intellectual-property laws
U.S. government prices move to new airwaves
U.S. Navy orders Bill Gates to install SPARC/Solaris with Sun Rays
Unpatched Firefox 1.5 exploit made public
Update on WMF exploit
Upstart aims to bring HD camcorders to the masses
US cell phone retail shares: Wal-Mart - 32%, RadioShack - 28%, Best Buy- 12%
Users: Gizmo Project Linux version is buggy
Utah may erase early but unused e-commerce law
Verizon plans to offer mobile music downloads
Video: Google spotlights corporate search
Virtual autopsies
Virtual worlds for military simulation
Virus disguises itself as MSN Messenger beta
Visa deals with possible data breach
Visto sues Microsoft for patent infringement
Voice control coming to XM radio
VoIP hopeful Comcast and their customer 'service' problem
VoIP in cell stores- natural partnership or too competitive for comfort?
Vonage says it's E911 compliant
W3C gives Flash rival a boost
Want to buy a newfound Excel exploit?
Warranty expired? If you're a modder, you don't care
Web 2.0? It doesn't exist
Web 2.0? It's more like Computer 2.0.
Web 3.0: The API-driven application
Web word processor adds PDF conversion
Web-based Linux
WebEx plans to be the talk of Web 3.0
What creature will succeed the coach potato?
What does 180solutions have in common with racism, comedy and the long tail?
What good is a Linux study?
What is this ESB thing anyway?
What operating system has the most vulnerabilies?
What the Google-AOL deal means for users
What two XML founders think of Binary XML
When 2.0: Bring on calendar interoperability
When 2.0: Video chats on calendaring and events
When two standards are better than one
Where have we heard this before?
Where HP goes (into the 'live Web'), perhaps your business should follow
White knight rescues Kerio's free firewall
Why an open standard for DRM won't prevent the DRM trainwreck
Why DRM leads to spyware
Why Howard Stern will be good for broadband
Why Yahoo's marriage of RSS and e-mail could be an antispam breakthrough
Why your music collections will bite the DRM dust
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Cracked
WiBro to get a workout at Turin Olympics
Wikipedia alternative aims to be 'PBS of the Web'
Wikipedia defends itself with transparency
Wikipedia responds
Wikipedia's open-source label conundrum
Will a faster BEA JRockit expand J2EE's realtime appeal?
Will humans mine for gold on the sea floor?
Will the AOL-MSN talks outcome point to a new era in vendor-network synergy?
Will U.S. carriers switch mobile standards?
Win XP buyers face activation dance
Windows Server update ready to ship
Wireless MIMO shootout Round II
With new WiFi phone shipping, Vonage should become a Wi-Fi provider, too
Worm traps alleged child porn offender
Worth reading: Itanium--a cautionary tale
Xbox 360 and software
Xbox 360 takes aim at Sony in Japan
Xbox 360 to hit Korea in February
Xbox sold out on most major Web sites
XML file formats, AJAX, Sun's freeware, watermarks and more...(The Dan & David Show)
Yahoo gobbles up Del.icio.us
Yahoo using online behavior to target ads
Yes, Russell, There is a Web 2.0
ZDNet News: Top stories for 2005
ZFS vs. Apple X-RAID