Mozilla Reborn: SeaMonkey 1.0 Is Released
While Firefox and Thunderbird are the poster children of open-source Internet application success, the program suite they sprang from, Mozilla, was reborn Jan. 30 under a new name: SeaMonkey.
Like the now obsolete Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey 1.0 includes a Web browser and e-mail client, as well as a WYSIWYG Web page composer and a [...]
Warner Bros to sell movies on net
The firm will sell movies and TV shows over the internet in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from March.
Its In2Movies service will use the same file-sharing technology that has led to an increase in movie piracy.
Warner Bros did not reveal price details but said it planned to widen its international use of [...]
Zeropaid gets ‘MySpace’ update
The Zeropaid staff has been working on ways to bring social networking to the site and we are proud to release our latest additions. As we continue to grow as an online community, it is our job to maximize communication. If you have any ideas on how we can improve things, please post your thoughts [...]
UK court to unmask ‘file-sharers’
The High Court order follows a 12-month covert investigation by the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast).
Among the internet providers are BT, NTL, Telewest and Tiscali.
Over the next two weeks, they are expected to provide the names, addresses and other personal details of the alleged file-sharers.
Countdown for nasty Windows virus
On that date the Nyxem virus is set to delete Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Acrobat files on infected machines.
Nyxem is thought to have caught out many people by promising porn to those who open the attachments on e-mail messages carrying the virus.
Anti-virus companies have stopped lots of copies, suggesting it had [...]
Warner Bros. to Try File Sharing
In a move that shows Hollywood is examining the benefits of a technology it long reviled, Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. is expected to announce today that it will sell movies and television shows online in Germany using peer-to-peer technology.
Warner Bros. is working with Bertelsmann AG and its subsidiary Arvato to create a service [...]
Authorities search German anti-piracy group
But the group, a federation commissioned by the film and entertainment software industry, has rejected claims it is being investigated for bribing administrators of warez release groups to facilitate the raids.
Local and federal police, along with Interpol, raided over 300 homes and offices this week in Germany, Austria, Holland, Poland, Israel, the Czech Republic, [...]
Norway accuses iTunes of consumer-rights violations
It also asked the ombudsman to investigate three other download services. The CCN reckons ITMS and other such services fall foul of the law in a number of key areas.
For starters, it believes many of the terms and conditions the store imposes on buyers are unreasonable in that they strongly favour ITMS over [...]
Google challenges EU plan to regulate the internet
The company, which last week said it would self-censor its Chinese search engine to appease the country’s government, objects to the commission’s proposals to extend regulations in the Television Without Frontiers directive (TWFD) to cover video content shown on the internet.
James Purnell, the minister for creative industries, has backed Google’s stance. He [...]
Microsoft Considering Digital Player To Rival iPod
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday confirmed that it’s considering plans to build its own portable music player to rival Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod
BusinessWeek reported Thursday that the Redmond, Wash., software maker was working on plans to develop its own device, rather than just rely on partners to take on Apple, which is becoming a dominant [...]
