Office Live To Feature Web Mail Client

1. Office Live To Feature Web Mail Client

Microsoft's Office Live service will likely include a Web-based e-mail client dubbed "Office Live Mail," a Web site run by several Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals said Thursday.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Jan 19 2006


2. Google Opens IM, VoIP Services

Google Inc. has opened it instant messaging and Internet telephony services to any company willing to support the XMPP protocol, a standard under the control of an open-source foundation.

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- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Jan 18 2006


3. Tesco launches net call service

Tesco launches net call service Supermarket giant Tesco is launching an internet phone service to attract the growing number of consumers choosing to switch from landline services.

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- read full story from BBC News, Jan 19 2006


4. Source: MSN, Yahoo Turn Over Search Terms to Feds

Yahoo Inc. said that it recently turned over information about its users searching habits to federal investigators, a startling admission that has touched off a new round of privacy concerns.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 19 2006


5. This Jingle Brought to You by Google

Google is expanding again. The company announced yesterday that it is acquiring yet another advertising company. Shocking. (Not really.) But what is surprising is that this acquisition, dMarc, is radio-based. It’s offline. Again, still not all that shocking: Google has been making strides into traditional advertising, with print advertising already being tested.

For more on this:
- read full story from fastcompany. Jan 18 2006


6. Microsoft ready to pull Office Live beta trigger

Microsoft Corp. is readying a beta of its Office Live hosted service as new details emerged about an e-mail service the company plans to release as part of the offering.

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- read full story from infoworld.com, Jan 19 2006


7. Cisco plugs IP telephony and router security holes

Cisco has fixed updates to address flaws in its IP telephony software and router hardware that create a means to conduct denial of service attacks against vulnerable systems. Neither flaw is particularly easy to exploit but both merit attention.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 19 2006


8. PhoneDrive combines VoIP, Flash in USB key

South Korea's Iocell has integrated Internet telephony into a compact USB Flash drive all in the name of conversational convenience. "The PhoneDrive can fit inside your pants pocket and be carried anywhere," says the company.

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- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 19 2006

Gordano Teams With Notify Technology For Push E-mail and PIM Features

1. Gordano Teams With Notify Technology For Push E-mail and PIM Features

Enterprise messaging developer Gordano Ltd.today unveiled new push e-mail and PIM functionality for its Gordano Messaging Suite (GMS), the result of a joint development effort with Notify Technology Corp.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Jan 18 2006


2. Defendant in spam case pleads guilty

Daniel Lin, the first person prosecuted under the 2004 federal antispam law, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felony charges, federal prosecutors announced.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Jan 18 2006


3. Google opens up instant messaging

Google Talk users can now talk to people using other instant messaging systems that support the XMPP open communications protocol. Those systems include Jabber.org, Earthlink, Sipphone's Gizmo Project, Chikka in the Philippines, MediaRing in Singapore, Tiscali in Italy and China's Netease, Google said in a statement.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Jan 18 2006


4. Google Talk Opens Up

Google Talk is now speaking to other Jabber servers, nearly six months after the company released the instant messaging application. Open federation is now part of Google Talk, meaning the software can communicate eith other Jabber-based instant messaging clients, according to Google's developer FAQ.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Jan 18 2006


5. Cisco squashes VoIP, router bugs

Flaws in Cisco Systems software for routers and IP telephony could be a conduit for attacks on enterprise networks, the company has warned. On Wednesday, it released two security alerts along with fixes for Cisco CallManager, which runs Internet-based phone calling.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Jan 18 2006


6. New open-source license targets DRM, Hollywood

The new version of the most widely used open-source license takes a "highly aggressive" stance against the digital rights management software that's widely favored in the entertainment industry, said Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation. .

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Jan 18 2006


7. Google Gains Ground on Baidu in China

U.S. Internet search giant Google is gaining on local rival Baidu in the race to dominate the fast-growing Chinese search engine market, according to a research firm's survey. The study, conducted by Internet performance research firm Keynote Systems, bodes well for Google, which has made major moves to set up in China, the world's second-biggest online market with 120 million users.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 18 2006


8. EBay plans instant-buying service

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc. on Wednesday said it planned to offer an instant-purchase service to supplement its bid-and-wait online auctions, pitting the company directly against conventional e-commerce retailers.

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- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 18 2006

Google buys radio adverts firm

1. Google buys radio adverts firm

Google is buying US radio advertising firm dMarc Broadcasting for an upfront payment of $102m (£58m), rising to a possible $1.14bn by 2009.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 17 2006


2. Cuban All For Multi-Tiered Internet

Internet pioneer and entrepreneur Mark Cuban wants a multi-tiered Internet where bandwidth-intensive applications, such as video, cost a premium, echoing recent comments of the Baby Bells and cable companies that dominate the U.S. broadband market.

For more on this:
- read full story from internews.com, Jan 17 2006


3. Yahoo! lowers! outlook!

Despite posting a record fourth quarter, Wall Street punished Yahoo! for lowering its outlook today. The figures were solid. Revenues excluding distribution costs (traffic acquisition costs, or TAC) topped a billion dollars for the first time with income recorded at $1.06bn, up from $785m quarter-on-quarter, and $932.1m in Q3.

For more on this:
- read full story from channelregister.co.uk, Jan 18 2006


4. Cingular accuses two firms of stealing customer records

Cingular Wireless won a temporary restraining order on Friday against two companies which it accuses of selling illegally-obtained customer records over the web. The two companies, DataFind Solutions and 1st Source Information Solutions, are already the subject of a civil suit from Cingular.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 17 2006


5. BT boss bigs up broadband for SMEs

Ben Verwaayen, BT chief executive, wants to reassure the UK's small businesses they can rely on the giant telco for their broadband services. In an interview on BT's Broadband Office website, Verwaayen is quizzed on a number of issues that face SMEs.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 17 2006

6. Japan Internet pioneer Livedoor hit by fresh fraud claims

Japanese Internet firm Livedoor has been rocked by fresh allegations it cooked the books to hide losses, prompting the stock exchange to suspend trading in its shares amid a growing scandal.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 17 2006


7. MySpace intent on staying user-friendly

If MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe has his way, the quirky social networking site he co-founded two years ago will hold tight to its homegrown roots, even though it now boasts more unique users than Google or America Online and has a new owner at its helm.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 18 2006


8. 'You've Got Flaw' AOL

A critical security flaw in America Online Inc.'s "You've Got Pictures" service could put millions of users at risk of PC takeover attacks, according to a warning from the US-CERT (U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team).

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 17 2006

Broadband coverage 'now NI wide'

1. Broadband coverage 'now NI wide'

Northern Ireland has become the first region in Europe to have 100% access to high speed internet, according to the government.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 16 2006


2. NTL ups offer for Virgin Mobile

NTL has raised its takeover offer for Virgin Mobile to £961m ($1.7bn) in an effort to break the impasse over the proposed deal.
The two companies are in talks about the improved offer after Virgin Mobile rejected NTL's original £871m bid.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 16 2006


3. Law Firm Locks Down E-Mail Storage

With Microsoft Corp. Exchange mailboxes growing to criminally high levels, IT staffers at law firm Perkins Coie LLP had to overhaul their storage infrastructure to keep lawyers productive. Perkins Coie is the largest law firm in the Northwest and counts heavy hitters such as Microsoft, Adobe Systems Inc. and The Boeing Co. among its clientele.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 16 2006


4. BT hangs up on internet payphone

BT has pulled the plug in an ambitious scheme to replace 28,000 red phone boxes with all-singing, all-dancing Internet-enabled payphones. The Sunday Times reported that just 1,300 of the Marconi-built e-payphones - which offer Net access, email and text messaging, along with traditional voice services - have been installed over the last four years.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 16 2006


5. Microsoft Launches Advertising-Technology Research Center

Microsoft has brought together researchers from MSN and Microsoft Research, and tasked them with creating technology to refine the world of online advertising.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 16 2006


6. IPWireless CEO's Skype Client

Review on Skype.

For more on this:
- read full review on forbes.com, Jan 16 2006


7. FSF Explains GPL 3.0 Vision

The Free Software Foundation on Monday released a 21-page document that explains the rationale for the changes it has proposed to the GNU General Public License in the first draft discussion document of GPL 3.0.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 16 2006


8. Qualcomm, Flarion pass antitrust review

Qualcomm Inc., a supplier of wireless chips and technology licenses, said on Monday that its proposed purchase of wireless broadband technology firm Flarion Technologies passed an antitrust review and the deal was expected to close in the 'next few days'.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 16 2006