A Hong-Kong based company wants 12 percent of all profits from iTunes and iPod sales, claiming it holds the patents to the DRM technology that governs the use of downloads through Apple Computer's online music service.
The advent of the US$50 OS could spell trouble for Microsoft, but it's a storm that Redmond will weather.
A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful. After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn't finished-off Apple after all these years (and I'm not saying that this was necessarily a Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell trouble for Apple?
The pressure on Redmond seems to be intensifying, following a week-long string of "Is-there-life-after-Microsoft?" headlines: Gartner declaring Windows' permanent beta status, Ballmer acknowledging StarOffice challenges in Europe, IE-only developers lamenting their futures, plus a lot of pro-Firefox coverage.
The company's implication - that an open-source licence subjects licensees to intolerable restrictions that a commercial licence does not - is an invitation to apply additional scrutiny. So we did.
The long, long road to installing Windows Vista ... from 3GB DVD.
The pressure on Redmond seems to be intensifying, following a week-long string of "Is-there-life-after-Microsoft?" headlines: Gartner declaring Windows' permanent beta status, Ballmer acknowledging StarOffice challenges in Europe, IE-only developers lamenting their futures, plus a lot of pro-Firefox coverage.
Marc Fleury wants Red Hat to change its ways.
Recently we asked the ZDNet audience to call in and respond to the question, 'Should hackers be hired by security companies?' An overwhelming majority of the audience said it was a bad idea. ZDNet's David Berlind shares a few of the best answers.
In response to a recommendation I made to cancel all non-AMD system buys, many people have been asking what changed recently that caused me to reach this conclusion.
ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind interviews Keith Coleman, Google's Gmail product manager, about the current status of Gmail and the future of this popular Google app. Coleman also covers other Gmail issues, including the rebuild of the Javascript engine and how strongly Google feels about users' data.
Five years ago, the e-mail technology providers were telling us it would take time before the spam situation improved. Yet, today, there's more spam than ever. In his latest Technology Shakedown, ZDNet's David Berlind blames AOL, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for the mess and demands they act now
At the Digital Life Show in New York City, ZDNet executive editor David Berlind gets a demonstration of an iPhone-like browsing feature that Opera will be introducing into Opera Mini, a browser designed specifically for mobile phones.
ZDNet executive editor David Berlind discovers a reboot feature in Microsoft's Vista operating system that he doesn't like. The feature forces users to reboot their PCs with only a short warning before it happens.
Choosing a portable computing device is getting trickier -- we take a variety of devices for a spin and weight up the pros and cons.
While XP SP2 is a huge step forward for Microsoft, there are important caveats. For example, don't expect the new Windows Firewall to prevent keystroke-logging Trojans from stealing your credit card info.
Some users shut out of key security upgrades
Conference vendors tout music, video gear for Macintosh fans.
Company updates productivity software's layout and organisation tools.
Microsoft Office 2010 beta
The beta for Microsoft Office 2010 is here and we've had a chance to check out the latest version. Though the … Watch it now
Ben Forta: All about Adobe
Take one ColdFusion veteran and mix in a healthy dose of prolific book writing, and chances are you will end u… Watch it now
Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Google's chief sits down for an extremely rare, wide-ranging interview and discusses Google's two operating sy… Watch it now
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NZ farmers: Bleating about broadband
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