Microsoft is beginning to set its sights on the next horizon, Vienna. Once labeled Blackcomb, Vieanna is the new code name for the successor to Vista.
It is not clear when Vienna might ship or what features it might contain. Microsoft confirmed the name change on Friday, but declined to comment on Vienna's stage of development.
Adobe has released an update for Dreamweaver 8. Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 (8.0.1) fixes known problems in Dreamweaver 8.
The 8.0.1 update fixes bugs in Dreamweaver 8 on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
An investigative report into the Linux lab at Microsoft has revealed some interesting twists to Microsoft's often stormy relation ship with the world of Open Source Software (OSS).
Originally, the lab was set up to "help Microsoft understand the phenomenon of open source software and improve our products because of that." But over time, the role of the lab has changed, from merely wanting to understand the "enemy" towards a tentative effort to working with them.
Google Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire dMarc Broadcasting, Inc., a digital solutions provider for the radio broadcast industry.
dMarc connects advertisers directly to radio stations through its automated advertising platform. The platform simplifies the sales process, scheduling, delivery and reporting of radio advertising, enabling advertisers to more efficiently purchase and track their campaigns. For broadcasters, dMarc's technology automatically schedules and places advertising, helping to increase revenue and decrease the costs associated with processing advertisements.
In the future, Google plans to integrate dMarc technology into the Google AdWords platform, creating a new radio ad distribution channel for Google advertisers.
Microsoft is now targeting 2007 for its next Windows XP service pack update so it can keep its focus on Windows Vista.
Microsoft set a preliminary date of the second half of next year for the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 for both home and professional editions.
Users are able to determine if they like a website or not in the first twentieth of a second. A study by researchers in Canada has shown that the ultra fast decisions Internet users make about the quality of a web page have a lasting impact on their opinions.
The US Government has started testing the use of e-Passports at San Francisco Airport. E-Passports contain a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which can be used to store personal data and biometric information. This data can be read by customs personnel equipped with RFID readers. However this new innovation came with a lot of controversy.
The State Department says it received a total of 2,335 comments regarding its proposal to introduce e-passports. The department categorized 98.5 percent of the comments as negative, 1 percent as positive and 0.5 percent as neutral.
The Mozilla Foundation is currently developing a version of its Firefox Web browser that will run on Apple Computer's Intel version of Mac OS X. The foundation has set March for its launch date.
"We are targeting the official release of Firefox for Intel Mac OS X in late March with the Firefox 1.5.0.2 update," Mozilla software engineer Josh Aas told.
Apple has fixed eight critical security vulnerabilities for its QuickTime media player. The bugs in QuickTime, are in how the player parses a number of image file formats, including .gif, .tif, and .tga, as well as in other media file formats.
Hodges, an 11-year McAfee veteran who was responsible for the company's strategy and technology development has resigned.
The departure comes just days after McAfee was ordered to pay $50 million to settle long-running securities fraud charges.
