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Opera Software has called on its fellow browser makers and the Internet community as a whole to band together in an effort to fix the security issues related to Internationalized Domain Names. The IDN standard was called into question earlier this month following news that it could lead to domain spoofing and phishing attacks. The […]

From Internet domains to Web browsers, Google seems to have its hands all over the Web these days. But the search giant shows no signs of slowing its reach, and has offered to host the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Wiki Media Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, says Google has volunteered to supply servers and bandwidth to the […]

Microsoft Research is testing a search toolbar that utilizes an experimental search result clustering (SRC) technique to automatically categorize search results into groups by topic. But Microsoft isnt the only one who sees potential in the feature; America Online this week implemented clustering into its revamped AOL Search. Clustering brings a semblance of order to […]

Two days after eBays decision to drop support for two key .NET applications, Microsoft continues to stand behind its single sign-on Passport service in comments to the media. But BetaNews has learned Microsoft has no plans to renew contracts for Passport with third-party sites. Microsofts initial comments Wednesday evening to BetaNews were quite vague as […]

WASHINGTON—Time Warner Inc. moved Dec. 15 to resolve two federal investigations into its America Online unit, agreeing to pay $210 million to settle criminal securities fraud charges and disclosing it would pay $300 million to end an accounting probe. The settlements will free the media giant to proceed with proposed acquisitions in 2005—possibly including Adelphia […]

With MSN Desktop Search out the door, Microsoft is expected to continue ratcheting up its beta MSN offerings with “MOOL.” As first reported by BetaNews, MOOL, or Microsoft Office Outlook Live, extends MSN Outlook Connector and Hotmail integration beyond MSNs Premium service. Microsoft will also unveil its long-awaited Desktop Search as part of the new […]

AOL has unveiled a prototype of its revived Netscape Browser, which serves as a test bed for several new features. The new Netscape is based on Firefox, but with a twist—it includes support for switching to Microsofts IE engine. BetaNews has also learned that Netscapes development was not done in-house by AOL, but rather outsourced […]

Seven years have passed since the Israeli firm ICQ first invented instant messaging, and now, as our cell phones turn into our handheld computers, the software has arrived at a new turning point. Yosi Vardi, among the founders of ICQ and today a special adviser to America Online, addressed a panel Nov. 9 on the […]

Despite media reports and industry pundits over the years relegating Netscape to Internet history books, AOL has restarted the browsers development. The company plans to bring back a refreshed Netscape browser based on the Mozilla Foundations Firefox, which will incorporate an enhanced user interface and several new features. A prototype of the new Netscape will […]

The last members of the original Winamp team have said goodbye to AOL and the door has all but shut on the Nullsoft era, BetaNews has learned. Only a few employees remain to prop up the once-ubiquitous digital audio player with minor updates, but no further improvements to Winamp are expected. Winamps abandonment comes as […]

TORONTO (AP)—The operator of an automated marketplace for telecommunications services is paying Nortel Networks Corp. an undisclosed amount to settle a technology-infringement suit. The settlement with Arbinet-thexchange Inc. was announced Tuesday by Nortel. The lawsuit, filed in July in Alexandria, Va., claimed that Arbinet violated copyrights and misappropriated trade secrets by using Nortel software without […]

BetaNews has learned that originated not from Microsoft, but from long-time Redmond partner Mainsoft. The leaked code includes 30,915 files and was apparently removed from a Linux computer used by Mainsoft for development purposes. Dated July 25, 2000, the source code represents Windows 2000 Service Pack 1. Analysis indicates files within the leaked archive are […]