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Mobile mania at IDF
Reviews Wireless handheld devices of many kinds are on show at the latest Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Here are some of the tastier prototypes.
New GNOME ups multimedia support
Insight GNOME 2.10, the latest version of the GNOME Linux desktop environment, has gained new multimedia applications including a video player and CD ripper.
Tags: Open source
Apple considering clamshell iPhone?
News Recently unearthed patent application suggests company may be considering different designs on future iPhones, without ditching any of the touch-screen capabilities.
Tags: Patents, Smart phones
Microsoft gives up YouTube chase
News The software maker plans to scale back Soapbox, its little-known site for user generated video content.
Tags: Web sites, Video, Copyright, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., personal finance, Microsoft Money, video strategy, MSN, video player
YouTube signs Sony, preps site for studio content
News Video site continues to strike important deals with major entertainment companies and plans a redesign of its site to showcase professional movies and TV shows.
Tags: Video, TV, Sony Pictures, Google Inc., Video Site, video player, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Eric Schmidt, Hollywood
Wikipedia's controversial video player coming soon
News According to its video guru, the Web encyclopedia's revamped player is coming very soon. But its format is causing a stir in the open source community.
Tags: Video, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Web Browser, video player, Wikipedia, codec
Pinnacle System Instant CD/DVD 8.0
Product Reviews Pinnacle System Instant CD/DVD 8.0
Tags: Instant, Pinnacle Systems Inc., desktop icon, Interface Improvement, software, Tool, Video, DVD, WAV, disc
The free video player that plays (almost) any video file
Blogs Digital video has become common in the workplace. At work, I often create promotional videos, training videos and videos...
Cybercriminals use fake search engines to spread malware
News Security researchers say fake search engines are showing up in Google search results and lead to Web sites hosting malware.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Search Engine, Video, antivirus, malicious code, Google Search, malicious web site, blog posting
Adobe open sources Flash platforms
News Company on Tuesday makes two of its Flash player platforms open source, but its core technologies remain proprietary.
Tags: Business applications, Multimedia, Open source, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Media, Akamai Technologies Inc., Web Application, Microsoft .NET, Mono
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
Paris turns 175,000 kids onto open-source key plan
News Aim is to give students easy access to "portable office" software suite designed to operate in Windows environment.
Tags: Open source, Linux
Yahoo rejiggers search engine for Olympics
News Searching for Olympics-related information at Yahoo will present results, schedules, and other information directly on the search results page.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Internet advertising, Microsoft Silverlight, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, software, Visa Inc.
New iPod Touch faster than iPhone 3G
News With an ARM-based processor running at 532MHz, Apple's newest iPod Touch uses a slightly faster processor than its updated iPhone sibling, which can improve the gaming experience.
Tags: PDA phones, MP3 players, ARM, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, performance, 3G, processor, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch
AMD debuts low-cost Net device
News Company's US$185 machine will debut in India, Mexico and Caribbean and feature browser, e-mail and word processor.
Tags: Personal Computers
