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Microsoft, Google duke it out for China
Insight China is quickly proving to be the next great Internet marketplace, and both Microsoft and Google are prepared to fight for it, starting in American courtrooms.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Personal applications
Sharp looks to retain lead in Japanese handheld market
News Sharp, the world's biggest liquid crystal display maker, introduced an upgraded version of its handheld Zaurus personal computer in a bid to keep its leading position in Japan's handheld market.
Former Netscape VP has plans for Mambo
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IDG reinvents print media with online ad network
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news analysis Publisher breaks fresh ground by selling ads for other new media properties.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Online Advertising, Survey, International Data Group, ad network, Web Site, Web
Next up for Pirate Bay defendants: Italian trial?
News Having been found guilty of making copyright-protected files accessible for illegal file sharing, the four Pirate Bay men could face prosecution in Italy, lawyers in that country say.
Tags: Piracy, Lawsuits, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, prosecutor, International Data Group, Internet Service, copyright law, Sweden, File-sharing
Report: Italian regulators expand Google probe
News A week after investigating complaints about Google News, antitrust regulators in Italy have reportedly expanded that investigation to include Google search.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Regulator, Google News, Eric Schmidt, Italy, online advertising, board of directors, Search Result, Search Engine
Microsoft investigating newly reported IIS flaw
News Software maker says it is looking into a potential vulnerability that could allow attackers to take over machines running older versions of Microsoft's Web server.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, International Data Group, Flaw, information service, IT administrator
China Mobile plans its own app store
News The upcoming Mobile Market of the world's largest wireless carrier is set to go live later this year, indicating that Apple and China Mobile are done with any iPhone talks.
Tags: Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., International Data Group, China Unicom, operating system, mobile operating system, handset company, Apple iPhone
Jobs to skip Macworld keynote as Apple backs out
News CEO Steve Jobs planning to skip his annual January keynote address, and the Mac maker is ending its relationship with IDG's Macworld Expo.
Tags: Digital media, Apple Inc., Event, International Data Group, Framingham, Massachusetts, Boston, San Francisco, job, marketing
Mozilla's crowdsourcing mystique
News For-profit companies such as Google and LinkedIn, strain to copy the Firefox Web browser maker's model of relying on volunteer developers.
Tags: Linux, Directory services, Web browsers, Employee communications, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Web services, Analyst reports, Outsourcing, Google Inc., Web Browser
MySpace's slow start in China
News The social-networking site's new Chinese version faces tough challenges trying to appeal to local tastes and grab market share from many rivals.
Tags: Web sites, Personal applications, Web 2.0
Reports predict IT security spending will skyrocket
Insight Recent reports indicate that the IT security market is making huge gains in spending. Another study suggests that open source has no economic advantages over proprietary software in terms of security. See what all of this could mean for IT pros.
Intel CEO wants China to speed up Web initiatives
News Intel Corp chief executive Craig Barrett, speaking to more than 1,000 executives at a forum in Shanghai, urged China to speed up its Internet and electronic- commerce initiatives.
Internet to have 1b users by 2005
News Almost one billion people, or about 15 percent of the world's population, will be using the Internet by 2005, growth that may generate more than US$5 trillion in online commerce by the end of that year, a new study suggests.
Companies banking on online bill payment
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