Matthew Hicks

Faced with another private antitrust lawsuit, this time from digital media competitor Real Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp. late Thursday defended its business practices in the multimedia market. “There is vibrant competition in this marketplace and Real Networks own reported growth shows that they have thrived on Windows and many other operating platforms,” Microsoft said in […]

Two providers of paid search took further steps this week to expand their offerings in the growing advertising space. Kanoodle.com Inc on Wednesday announced the hiring of three former executives from Sprinks, a sponsored links provider acquired by Google Inc. in October, to lead its expansion into content-specific sponsored links. Separately, LookSmart Ltd. on Tuesday […]

Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday released a new version of its QuickTime multimedia player and multimedia content creation software. The update extends support to more mobile devices and improves performance, officials said. With QuickTime 6.5, available now, Apple adds support for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2), the latest version of the wireless multimedia […]

Hoping to boost the use of PDFs in electronic publishing, Adobe Systems Inc. on Wednesday launched an online store for PDF eBooks and digital content that links directly into Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat applications. Called the Adobe Digital Media Store, the site includes downloads of between 15,000 and 20,000 documents that range from digital […]

Novell Inc. on Tuesday launched a set of software services to help enterprises make the switch to Linux from other server operating systems. The Novell Nterprise Linux Services 1.0, which will be available on Thursday, provides Linux support for a set of services and applications that have been available with Novells NetWare operating system. These […]

As Microsoft Corp. prepares to release a beta of the next update to Windows XP, enterprise users need to get ready for what could be one of the most complicated service packs to deploy, analysts said on Tuesday. Service Pack 2, expected in beta this week, will be packed with new security features—everything from an […]

WiredRed Software Corp. on Monday expanded into the Web-conferencing market by announcing the availability of a standalone application in the space and plans for integration of conferencing with its enterprise instant messaging platform. Called e/pop Web Conferencing, the new software offers the ability to share desktops, applications, documents and PowerPoint presentations as well as multipoint […]

Groxis Inc. on Monday will unveil an alternative way to search the Web and visualize the relationship of the query results. Called Grokker 2, the desktop software adds new twists to traditional Web search-engine results. Rather than returning a simple list of results, Grokker groups them into various categories that are displayed in a visual […]

Sonexis Inc. unveiled a pared-down version of its ConferenceManager conferencing system for use by small- and medium-sized enterprises. ConferenceManager for Web provides Web conferencing features such as application sharing, co-browsing of Web sites, polls and presentations and can be configured to run with as few as 15 simultaneous Web users or as many as hundreds. […]

LookSmart Ltd. is losing two more distribution partners and planning to slash half its work force as it struggles to regroup from the loss of Microsoft Corp.s MSN portal as its largest search customer. Neither Sprinks nor Inktomi Corp. is planning to renew their agreements with LookSmart to use its search listings, said Dakota Sullivan, […]

Microsoft Corp. this week won an injunction from a Swedish court in its ongoing international trademark battle with Lindows.com Inc. According to a ruling in the Stockholm City Court on Wednesday, Lindows.com must stop selling its products in Sweden that use the terms which Microsoft is alleging violates its Windows trademarks, pending the outcome of […]

A new vulnerability discovered this week in Internet Explorer could allow for the spoofing of URLs in the Web browsing, potentially putting users sensitive information at risk. Security researchers confirmed a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 that could let an attacker display a fake URL in the browsers address bar in an attempt to disguise […]