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Like numerous other large Internet, technology and media players, Google is getting more into video, now testing a free video offering supported by advertising that accompanies sports, animated, amateur and other videos ...

It has worked for geeks, but can the popularDigg technology news site -- an enormous online water cooler that attracts masses of readers who determine the top and most-viewed article rankings -- surface with success in mainstream news? ...

Longtime Linux distribution vendorXandros is not touting the latest Linux kernel functionality,KDE 3.42 user interface, or other cutting edgeopen source gems of the new version of its desktop operating system ...

Software and search heavyweightsAdobe andGoogle joined forces this week, announcing a multi-year distribution deal that pairs the Google Toolbar with Adobe's downloadable Macromedia Shockwave Player ...

Microsoft made a major move into robotics this week as the software giant previewed its Windows-based Robotics Studio robot software development platform ...

Sun Microsystems is touting the growth of its one-year-old open source project OpenSolaris, indicating the open code effort for its formerly closed Solaris operating system has drawn thousands of developers, hundreds of contributions, and millions in revenue ...

Researchers from IBM and Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a silicon-germanium (SiGe) processor that, when cryogenically frozen, can operate at frequencies higher than 500 gigahertz (GHz), some 250 times faster than the chips of today's mobile phones ...

Wikipedia's wild popularity has been matched recently by the amount of controversy surrounding the site, a Web-based encyclopedia that is open to anyone who wants to contribute and add to any of the information ...

Japanese Linux vendor Turbolinux last week announced a couple of big deals in China, as the company looks to take advantage of China's pro-open source government backing and the replacement of SCO-Unix servers in a Turbolinux bid for market expansion ...

The fight for DVD viewer hearts and minds is officially getting under way as Samsung readies the first high-definition Blu-ray DVD player, the BD-P1000, to go on sale in the U.S. next week ...

Computing heavyweight Hewlett-Packard is touting new blade server technology that it hopes will serve to ease management of more modular blades, which are also more energy-efficient and cooler thanks to new technology ...

Microsoft made the most of this month's regular Patch Tuesday, putting out a dozen patches highlighted by a fix for the serious, zero-day Word vulnerability that has been the basis for targeted attacks since it was uncovered last month ...

Novell this week unveiled an open source identity management project called "Bandit," aimed at interoperability among disparate identity systems and consistency in securing and managing identities, which can number in the thousands for enterprises ...

AOL bolstered its Open AIM initiative by adding new features and functionality to the instant message (IM) technology, and supporting new platforms Mac OS X, Linux, Pocket PC and Java ...

Intel this week signaled research advancements for its tri-gate transistor technology, indicating that along with other emerging methods and manufacturing, it has a technology trifecta lined up for tomorrow's energy efficient chips ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported on Friday that a settlement has been reached with the companies behind the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," Take-Two Interactive (NYSE: TTWO) and subsidiary Rockstar Games, which were sued for deceptive practices over hidden sexual content in the game ...

A new device called the Pepper Pad 3 is aimed at the convergence of digital media and the Internet, offering Web browsing, media playing, photo and other capabilities in a two-pound device that runs on an AMD Geode processor and Linux operating system ...

Internet search giant Google revealed this week its progress and plans for 802.11 WiFi wireless service in its home town of Mountain View, Calif., as well as San Francisco, where the company won a contract to provide city-wide wireless service with EarthLink earlier this year ...

The best software developers in the world know you can't create code without bugs -- it's just not possible. However, new open source software being put to use by open source projects including Evolution, Gaim, theGimp, Gnome, Rhythmbox and others can more quickly find the worst bugs, including those that are causing hangups for most users. In turn, users can automatically report back on software quality with a program known as the Cooperative Bug Isolation Project...

A big new wave of Microsoft security products began rolling in this week as the software giant announced the Antigen security line for e-mail and messaging servers ...