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Vonage is still smarting from that legal tete-a-tete with Verizon, but after throwing together a trio of patent workarounds, it's confident that a full recovery is on the way. Today, during an earnings call with...

VMware on Friday introduced Fusion Beta 4, a new version of its virtualization software for Intel-based Macs. VMware Fusion enables Intel-based Macs to run PC applications and operating system software, similar to Parallels Desktop for...

Rajesh Jha, who leads the team responsible for launching Microsoft Office Live later this month, tells how this set of Internet software and services can help small-business owners gain a competitive edge. When Rajesh...

Microsoft said Friday that somepeople who use its Hotmail and MSN e-mail services are not receivinge-mail sent from Comcast accounts and other Internet service providers. Brooke Richardson, a groupproduct manager with Microsoft's...

In a little-trafficked corner of the Web, a pair of classical music enthusiasts has spent half a decade obsessively re-creating hundreds of obscure pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven. Mark Zimmer, a tax...

Oracle and the Mozilla Foundation are keeping a joint venture under wraps, leading to speculation that the database giant may by planning to release an open-source product. The Mozilla Foundation revealed in...

Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce on Monday technology that will help its server processors run cooler when idle, a feature that could help customers grapple with electricity and air-conditioning costs. Processor...

Waiting for a Google browser is becoming more like "Waiting for Godot." Not only has Google's top executive denied that the company is developing a Web browser, but the Mozilla Foundation more recently has quashed...

A party at Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' waterfront mansion recently became the focus of unusual police attention. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a "temporary security zone" earlier this month around...

This download will remove error messages that might be received if you install Works 7.0 on a computer and Word 2002 is already installed on the same computer. Download: wks7dll.exe...

Thomson, an entertainment and integrated media solutions provider, has a new Memorandum of Understanding or MOU agreement with China. The purpose of which is to set licensing conditions for the use of patented Thomson technology...

The Senate began debating a corporate tax bill yesterday that affects The Boeing Co. and Microsoft Corp. The House simultaneously started reworking its corporate tax cut, significantly reducing its cost to the U.S. Treasury, and...

Microsoft is pushing back the delivery date for the next rev of its stripped-down Internet service, while it is simultaneously working on its 2006 MSN release. Microsoft's MSN division has a lot...

Microsoft is changing its search strategy, by improving its own algorithmic Web search service and pulling out of the directory search business. Microsoft is enhancing its Web crawler search service to compete with...

Microsoft Works, the company's suite of productivity and consumer software often found on bargain PCs, has been refreshed for 2004. Billed as an outstanding value by Microsoft, Works lashes together several popular products for $100...

Ubi Soft confirms that the same team that created the last game based on the hit TV series is working on a new project. Ubi Soft has confirmed early reports of a...

International Business Machines Corp. and German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said they have made an important step toward developing a new kind of memory that could enable computers to boot up instantaneously. ...

High-speed Internet access via power lines is as close as an electrical outlet in a house north of New York City, but bringing it to the rest of the world may be a long way...

A number of reports are claiming that Activision, in a recent Earnings Call conference, has announced that another title in the Jedi Knight first-person shooter series is in the pipeline. The as-yet-unnamed game is apparently...

Toolkit will 'guarantee' data confidentiality As the Home Office prepares to publish a draft code of practice for part three of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act due in June, a small band...

Shares of online payment system PayPal fell 2% Friday on news that MasterCard would no longer work with third-party credit card payment systems. PayPal is working hard to get an exemption from the...

Thanks Bob Dobbs, Hummer, and neo1980 for the heads up. Older versions of the Morpheus file sharing utility still work, The Register readers have discovered to their surprise. Earlier this...

Thanks neo1980 for posting this in our Back page News on the forums. Microsoft is putting the final touches on a patch to limit an MSN Messenger feature that allowed any Web site...

Thanks to our Affiliate AccessXP for the heads up. Six Integrated Applications Help Families Write Letters, Balance Budgets, Find Directions, Research Homework, Enhance Photos or Get Organized Quickly, Easily and Affordably. ...

Thanks to P5YCH0 for pointing this out. Excerpt from GBA-News.com's exclusive news: "Just as I was paying, the salesman looked at the worm-light with a little smile. Almost nostalgic, he said : "Hum......