Time Warner Cable tests something like 'Powerboost'
Unconfirmed reports have surfaced that Time Warner Cable has begun testing technologies providing a Comcast-like "powerboost" to the beginning portions of file transfers.
Comcast's Powerboost is an initial burst of bandwidth for large uploads and downloads, offering as much as double the regular connection speed.
Windows opens beta of Live Mobile portal
Google sued for $1B on IP theft allegations
In a nearly $1 billion lawsuit, Google is being charged by Chicago start-up LimitNone with misappropriating trade secrets in developing "Google Email Uploader."
The suit alleges that Google copied LimitNone's "gMove" e-mail and calendar migration tool and then used the design to augment Google Apps.
FT: Virgin Mobile close to deal with SK over Helio
Apparently confirming earlier reports that the two sides were at the bargaining table, the Financial Times reports that the two companies are very close to a deal.
According to a Financial Times update this afternoon, a deal has been agreed to "in principle" for Virgin Mobile to acquire the Helio-branded operations of Korea-based SK Telecom. An announcement could come as early as the end of this week.
Better late than never: Open XML converter comes to Mac
Almost two years after it was originally promised, Microsoft has finally delivered the Open XML converter plug-in for Mac OS X.
While the new version of Office for Mac reads and writes to Open XML natively, users of previous versions of the productivity suite were effectively locked out until Tuesday. The 45 MB plug-in enables users of both Office v.X and 2004 to read and write to Open XML.
Adobe issues final release of Acrobat 9 series
It's a more aggressive marketing stance for Adobe as Acrobat branches out into online applications, more and better document collaboration, and Flash animation embedding.
The functionality gap is narrowing between Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat, at least in the category of document production. Granted, Acrobat has no counterpart to Excel. But Office has no counterpart to Flash either, and its integration into the creation of both PDF documents and PDF-based presentations -- a feature greatly expanded in Adobe's Acrobat 9 series, officially released today -- is likely to give customers reason to compare the two suites side-by-side.
Microsoft gets more pro-active against SQL injection attacks
Turning up the volume on its vigilance against perhaps the easiest exploit in the world, Microsoft yesterday unveiled a new beta of an overdue security tool for IIS 7, bolstered by two new SQL injection vulnerability seeker tools.
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Charter chucks its spyware-like ad plans
Perhaps in response to consumer uproar, and perhaps responding to Congress, Charter Communications has suspended plans to test ads generated by its users' Web browsing habits.
Charter Communications has reportedly shelved plans to test market NebuAd's services following some bad press late last week that exposed the company's employees as veterans of spyware company Claria Corp.
T-Mobile 'Landline' rolls out nationwide
The US' fourth-largest cellular carrier will be rolling out its T-Mobile @Home service on July 2, the final version of the Talk Forever Home Phone plan that has been in tests since February.
The roots of this plan go back almost one year exactly, when the company deployed its Hostpot @Home Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) plan. Utilizing handsets with 802.11 connectivity, a T-Mobile branded Linksys router and an additional bill on the user's account, T-Mobile subscribers could receive calls over IP while at home. It can be thought of it as a less-sophisticated femtocell.
Is it time for technology to 'reboot' society?
Technology doesn't exist in a vacuum. The quickening pace of innovation can make big changes to human activities that extend to socializing, learning, earning a living, and catching law-breakers, said industry leaders at a Tuesday conference.
NEW YORK CITY (BetaNews) - In the United Kingdom, law enforcement officials are now looking at installing "cameras that can detect blood" to ferret out drivers who are trying to cheat on car pooling laws, according to Jonathan Zittrain of Harvard's Berkman Center for Society.
Nokia's new N-series phone comes to US
On Tuesday, Nokia made its new N78 handset available in North America both in flagship stores and online.
The device made its debut along with Nokia's N96 at 3GSM in Barcelona this year, and was expected to be launched simultaneously in Europe and North America compatible with their respective networks. Reports of the device going on sale in Finland in mid May showed the European market getting just a little head start.
Apple set to profit from 3G iPhone due to cheaper parts, memory
Despite its new capabilities, the new 8 GB 3G iPhone will cost Apple $100 less than its predecessor a year ago, indicating the company is set to drastically increase its profit margin on the device thanks to its new arrangement with AT&T.
In a preliminary teardown by hardware analysis firm iSuppli of the 8 GB iPhone 3G -- Apple's less expensive model, at $199 retail through AT&T when it launches July 11 -- iSuppli estimated Apple's bill of materials (BOM) per unit totaled $173.00.
Sony Pictures and DivX strike a distribution deal
Video technology provider DivX and Sony Pictures Television International are working together so consumers will be able to download the content provider's movies in DivX format, to be played on Sony products and other certified devices.
The agreement announced today will enable Sony to sell DivX-encoded content on an international level, although Sony did not say which titles it will roll out first.
Google's Cerf advocates regulatory approach to opening broadband access
The official position of Google remains that the Internet's infrastructure should be open and accessible, stated Google's Vint Cerf in a statement to BetaNews this afternoon.
NEW YORK CITY (BetaNews) - Following a gathering of industry luminaries and regulators that included FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Google's Chief Technology Evangelist Vint Cerf spoke with BetaNews on his views about how broadband Internet service may be made more accessible, and more equitably available.
Google restricts Gmail access in Germany
A 2007 court ruling has resulted in some changes to the way the search company provides its services in Germany, and Google's users were unceremoniously treated to some of those changes beginning late last week.
Google was barred from using the name "Gmail" in Germany as a result of a July 2007 court ruling. That decision found that German businessman Daniel Giersch owned the trademark within that country.
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