Beta News [Archive]

Warner Bros. Holds Fast on Blu-ray / HD DVD Dual Commitment
FCC Adopts Compromise on 'Must-Carry' Provisions for Cable TV
EU Proposes Bailout of Galileo Sat Nav Project
Apple Defends iTunes Pricing in Europe
SCO Warns SEC It Might Not Survive Novell Payoff
US Antitrust Chief, EU Competition Chief Spar Over Microsoft
Firefox Update Addresses QuickTime-triggered Vulnerability
Steve Jobs Subpoenaed in Apple Options Case
Orange Selected as iPhone Supplier in France
NBCU to Test Its Own 'Direct' Download Service
The Tech Industry Gears Up for the Holidays
HDi Logo to Appear on Toshiba HD DVD Players
PS3 'Home' Calls in Late: Sony Delays Virtual World Until Spring
Profile: HP's Blackbird 002 and the Ideal of the PC
Nokia Announces New UMA Phone
Google Leads August Search Rankings
Ex-Ramone Wants to Sedate Digital Sales
Aussie Parliament Wants To Tighten Net Censorship
First Test of GPL in US as BusyBox Developers Sue Monsoon
Thailand Looking to Block More YouTube Videos
EarthLink Takes a Step Back From Helio
Windows Server 2008 RC0, Viridian CTP Released Tomorrow
WSJ: Microsoft, Google Considering Facebook Stake
Commercial Price of '$100 Laptop' Rises, But For a Good Cause
Dueling Think Tanks Debate Fate of Windows on European PCs
Eager Fans Await Halo 3 Release
Starbucks to Give Away 50 Million iTunes Tracks
Virgin Ends Digital Music Venture
Could Google's and DoubleClick's Merger Plans End in Europe?
FBI: Unisys Covered Up Gov't Computer Break-in
Dell to Expand Retail Presence in China
Windows Vista SP1 Beta Released to Private Testers
NVidia Breaks Into Integrated GPU Market with New GeForce 7 Chips
Amazon MP3 Music Store Opens Today
EchoStar Acquires Sling Media for $380 Million
EC: Certain US Companies Can't Merge Without EU Approval
Apple Warns of Dangers of iPhone Unlocking
Vonage Loses Patent Case to Sprint, Injunction May Be Next
Core Security CTO Finds Major Vulnerability in AIM, IE7
Sony to Debut More Affordable VAIO NR Notebooks
Lenovo Not Giving Up on Packard Bell Yet
Halo 3: Not Game Over, But Awful Close
Steve Case Looks to Revolutionize Money
Microsoft Owns Up To Halo 3 Disc Scratching
Sony's New PSP a Hit in Japan
Microsoft Acknowledges Floating Point Bug in Excel 2007
Microsoft Details Office 2008 Mac Versions
Two New Sidekicks for T-Mobile
Virgin Concentrates on Mobile Service
Core CTO: Highly Exploitable AIM Bug Could Lead to System Hijack
Dell's 'Beast' Remains Leashed: Another XPS Delayed
Slight Bright Spot for Vonage: Partial Remand in Verizon Case
HD DVD and Blu-ray: Toward an Endgame
Apple Could Be Planning Return to PDA Market
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Patent Case on Use of Intel Chips
DigitalLife 2007: Friendster Announces Fan Profiles
DigitalLife 2007: Gateway One Unveiled Today
Frontline Wireless Claims 700 MHz Auction 'in Jeopardy,' May Not Bid
DigitalLife 2007: Fresh Images from the Show Floor
DigitalLife 2007: iRobot Unveils New Robots
DigitalLife 2007: Improved Nokia N95 Ships Today
iPhone Update Delivers Unnerving Message
Yahoo to Stop Podcasts, Unlimited Music's Future in Doubt
Single-chip 802.11n Provides 200 Mbps
3Com Sold for $2.2 Billion Cash
XM-Sirius Deal Approval Still Not a Sure Thing
No Vote On Internet Tax Ban Yet
Microsoft Offers Manual Fix to 'Stealth' Windows Update Bug
Minnesota Stands Up for Overcharged Customers
Five More Months Tacked Onto XP Availability Roadmap
Disney Shutting Down Phone Service
iPhone Is Making Some Legit Phones iBricks
DigitalLife 2007: Photos from Day 2
Microsoft and the EU's Experiment in Socialism
Adobe Builds Support for its Media Player
Nokia Acquires Navteq for $8.1 Billion
Microsoft Offers 'Office Live' Storage to Office Users
Microsoft to Debut Zune 2 on Tuesday
Skype Founder Zennstrom Out As CEO
EU Launches Qualcomm Investigation Without Objections Statement
Toshiba Adds HD DVD to 'Satellite' Line
There's Still No Next-Gen DVD Winner Yet
Opera Updates Mobile Browser with Flash
Innovative Buzzword Word Processor to Come Under Adobe's Wing
OLED Screen TVs Enter the Market
AT&T Will Suspend Accounts of Detractors
WindowBlinds 6 Alters Vista Interface
Supreme Court Declines to Hear DRAM Price Fixing Case
Apple's Web User Market Share Increases
Sony Updates Electronic Book Reader
Sony, Qimonda to Jointly Produce DRAM for Specific Products
HTC Touch Dual: iClone or Genius?
Yahoo Returns to its Roots with 'Search Assist'
Online Video May Be Virus Writers' Next Target
RIAA Piracy Trial Set to Begin Tuesday
Microsoft Acquires Shopping Site Jellyfish
More Zune 2 Details Surface Ahead of Launch
After Losing One Appeal, Can Vonage Catch a Break?
Microsoft Makes .NET Framework Source Code Visible Under License
Nintendo Offers Coats for Wiimotes
Universal's In-movie Shopping Tries to Tip the Scales for HD DVD
Verizon Claims to Have 'iPhone Killer'
Has Bungie Really Left Microsoft?
AOL Updates AIM, Adds Streaming Music
HTC Has Surprise Hit With Touch
Microsoft Plans New Xbox 360 Arcade Console
Apple Sued Over iPhone Price Cut
Making Sense of Microsoft's Office Live Strategy
Microsoft Debuts New Zunes for Holidays
Palm CEO: New OS Delayed Until End of '08
Gateway Unveils First 'Quad HD' Display
NBCU Chief: File-sharers "The New Face of Organized Crime"
News Corp: Google Needs to Protect Copyright
Halo 3 Rakes in $300 Million in First Week
Guilty: Duluth Woman Owes $222,000 for Pirating Songs
Internet Explorer 7 Now Available to Pirates
Toshiba Shows Prototype That Records High-Def to DVD
HD DVD Studios to Join Microsoft, Toshiba in Promoting HDi
Calif. Web Shutdown Could Have Been Avoided
AT&T Unveils 'Tilt' Smartphone
Apple Repairs QuickTime Glitch, Closes Browser Exploit
Microsoft Looks to Bring Health Records Online
New Blu-ray Features Freeze Older Players; Updates Coming
XP SP3 Beta Preview Out, Last Update to XP
Sony Sells 500,000 New PSPs
Apple Owns Up to iMac Freezing Issues
Sony Debuts Cheaper PS3 in Europe, Without Backwards Compatibility
Microsoft Names New Zune Chief
Corel's New 'Format-Neutral' WordPerfect Office X3 Update in Beta
Microsoft Confirms Split From Bungie
Report: iPhone Coming to Canada via Rogers
Microsoft Preps 7 Patches for Tuesday
Journalists' Protection Bill Passes Senate Judiciary: Are Bloggers Covered?
RIM Doubles Profits on Strong Results
iPod Nano Catches Man's Pants on Fire
Microsoft to Bundle Games with Xbox 360
Novell Asks Court to Lift Stay of SCO Trial, Urging Swifter Resolution
Trillian Set To Release Mac Client
UK McDonald's to Offer Free Wi-Fi
Key Thunderbird Devs Leave Mozilla
MSNBC.com Acquires Newsvine
Vonage to Pay Sprint $80 Million, Settling Patent Dispute
Sprint CEO Forsee Resigns, Company's Outlook Downgraded
No FCC Action on Allegations NSA Investigated Non-suspects
NAB to Congress: Aren't Record Labels Exploiting Artists?
Manhunt 2 to Remain Banned in UK
Sony Announces In-Game Ad Division
BitTorrent Morphing into Internet 'Broadcast TV' Service
AT&T Snaps Up Wireless Spectrum
Real's Rhapsody Now Available on TiVo
Google Acquires Social Addressing Service Jaiku
Novell: SCO Trial Should Continue to Resolve $26 Million Matter
Wal-Mart to Sell Broadband Access
Microsoft Preps Games for Windows Live Update
Adobe Acknowledges Flaw in PDF for Windows, Urges Registry Hacks
Sony Unveils 4X Blu-ray Disc Burner
Sony Cuts PS3 Price in Japan, to Debut 40GB Model
Search and Solution Giants Unite in Clouds
Microsoft Scrambling to Explain Ballmer Comment on Red Hat Linux
.Asia Domain Bidding Begins Today
Nintendo Launching 'Wii Fit' in Japan for Holidays
New Features Discovered in Windows XP SP3: Is It Better Than Vista?
eBay Joins the Social Networking Craze
Apple Finishing Leopard, Tiger Update
TiVo On Comcast Delayed Yet Again
Winamp Gets 10th Anniversary Update
Mozilla Plans Mobile Version of Firefox
Congress, President Debate Reforms to Electronic Surveillance Act
UWB Devices Take Step Closer to Reality
Adobe PDF Flaw Only Affects XP, IE7, Company Confirms
Vonage Files for Rehearing En Banc of Verizon Decision
Rights Group: Chinese Gov't. Suppressed iPod Foxconn Story
Windows Home Server OS Now on Sale
Was Wikipedia Just a Fad?
Madonna Leaves Record Industry in $120 Million Deal
Microsoft's Latest XP Vulnerability Resembles Adobe PDF 'Flaw'
iPhone Unlocked Once Again
Verizon Revises ISP Terms of Service
StopBadware Calls Malware Trends 'Worrisome'
FCC Chairman Slides 700 MHz Auction Date, Won't Budge on Rules
Australia May Restrict Plasma and LCD TVs
ITC Investigation Into Mfg. Processes Could Shut Down HDD Imports
Internet2 Backbone Reaches 100Gbps
Snocap Lays Off 60 Percent of Workforce
Grant of AT&T Request by FCC Could Set Back Net Neutrality
Comcast Rolls Out TiVo Service -- Sort Of
Microsoft Takes On Evite with Windows Live Events
Nintendo: Wii Price Staying at $249
Microsoft Goes to 1GB, Google Ups Gmail to 4GB
First Linux Patent Infringement Suit Comes from Familiar Plaintiff
Record Labels Planning Subscription Music Service?
App Server Vendor BEA Systems In Play, Rejects Oracle Offer
Word for Mac Exploit in the Wild
T-Mobile's First 3G Phone Goes on Sale
EA Buys Game Studios from Bono's Firm
Hitachi Scrambles to Prove It Can Beat Fujitsu to 1 Terabit HDDs
Alltel, T-Mobile, Palm Lose Most from iPhone
Broadcom Chipset Could Boost US 3G Adoption by 2009
California Governor Kills Data Protection Bill
Discovery Communications Acquires HowStuffWorks
Motorola, Sony Ericsson to Push Open Phone OS
Pirate Bay Takes Over Anti-Piracy Domain
DirecTV Expands HD Channel Lineup
AOL Lays Off 20% of Work Force
Supreme Court Rejects Microsoft-Best Buy Appeal
Nintendo Valued at $85 Billion USD
Is Microsoft Re-updating Auto Update, and Does It Need Updating Again?
Gateway Sheds Professional Computer Division
How Verizon Turned Over Surveillance Documents Without Court Order
40GB PlayStation 3 Coming to US?
iTunes Lowers Price of DRM-Free Tracks
Napster Refocuses on Web, Drops Software
Apple Set to Ship Leopard October 26
Microsoft Drops South Korea Antitrust Appeal
Switzerland: Superior Voting Security?
US Airways Taps Paypal for Airfare Purchases
First DVD to Ship with WMV File for PC, Portables
MySpace Gets Signed by Sony BMG
Google Launches New Copyright Protection on YouTube
Gates Promises 'Magic' Transformation of Telecommunications Through UC
Broadcasters Announce DTV Ad Campaign
High-Def TiVos Get External Storage
Microsoft Revamps Windows Live Maps
Apple to Sell Unlocked iPhone in France
Open Source Initiative Approves Microsoft's 'Public,' 'Reciprocal' License
Nokia Touch-screen, Tactile Response Interface Coming to Symbian S60
Retrial Sought for RIAA Defendant
House Passes Temporary Net Tax Ban
Western Search Engines Redirected in China
Microsoft Details Web 2.0 Progress
New Zealand Actor Wins Rejection of Amazon 'One-Click' Patent
Microsoft Joins Free 411 Scene
MySpace Opens Site Up to Developers
RIAA Finally Takes Aim at Newsgroups
Sony to Offload Cell PS3 Chip Plant to Toshiba
Yahoo Shedding Entertainment Baggage in Order to Gain Relevancy
Satellite Phones Descend Below $1000 Mark
Nokia Debuts Updated Internet Tablet
Two Spammers Face Over Five Years
Open XML Negatively Impacting ISO Standards Body
HTC Touch Comes to Sprint in US
Best Buy Sells Its Last Analog TV Set
Yahoo Senior Counsel to Be Grilled by Congress Over China Disclosure
Senate Accord with President Could Mean Immunity for Telcos
Social Sites May Find Monetization Difficult
Sony Drops Prices, Confirms 40GB PS3
New 'Daily Show' Site Launches with 13,000 Clips
Congressman: FTC May Have Inaccurate View of P2P Dangers
Cheap Wi-Fi for Nokia Handsets
RIAA Sends 411 Letters to 19 Universities