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Microsoft Gets on Its Soapbox to Go After YouTube

For all the well-known entertainment brands flocking to put video content online, there is still tremendous uncertainty about how video will shake out on the Internet, according to JupiterResearch analyst Joe Wilcox Indeed, only recently have broadcast networks such as ABC fou...

Intel Expected to Cut 10,000 Jobs in Restructuring Push

Intel's flash business may see targeted cuts aimed at trying to bring it into profitability, according to Merrill Lynch analyst Joe Osha. More speculative research projects -- what he termed "poorly focused science projects" -- may also be shelved, though it's unlikely Intel will cut deeply in research and development overall...

Amazon.com Lists Prices, Allows Pre-Orders for Windows Vista OS

JupiterResearch Analyst Joe Wilcox sees the Amazon listings as a sign that development is moving ahead and that Microsoft could indeed release the software in January as planned However, uncertainty will still surround the final release date until Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC...

Microsoft to Fix Security Hole in DRM Application

"By stripping away the DRM protection, FairUse4WM makes it possible for a user to sign up for a temporary account and keep all the music he is able todownload," Joe Wilcox, senior analyst with JupiterResearch told TechNewsWorld Rekindling an Uncomfortable Dialogue...

Microsoft Edges Closer to IE 7 Release With Final Beta

"This is a major update to Internet Explorer. There are many new and necessary security enhancements that should improve the safety of people's Web browsing. That's the upside," JupiterResearch Analyst Joe Wilcox told TechNewsWorld. "The downside is that a lot of the security enhancements are really in people's faces."

Microsoft Extends Olive Branch to Mozilla Developers

"I think it's commendable that Microsoft is outreaching to the Mozilla folks," JupiterResearch analyst Joe Wilcox told LinuxInsider. "On the other hand, this very public invitation is a little bit of a dig and smells of PR as well." That suspicion comes despite Ramji's suggest...

US Government Renews ICANN Contract

The relationship between ICANN and the U.S. government is complicated, according to JupiterResearch analyst Joe Laszlo, and it's not set in stone yet "People are reading a lot into the fact that the contract has been renewed, but the memorandum of understanding hasn't yet been...

Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer: What Bloggers See Is What They’ll Get

Earlier this month, Microsoft began rolling out its Windows Live Spaces service, which included new social networking features, a way to link to contacts and tools to customize user blogs. However, none of these tools are as advanced as those Live Writer offers, JupiterReasearch senior analyst Joe Wilcox noted...

Microsoft Builds on Social Networking With Windows Live Spaces

Microsoft is approaching the concept of social networks a little differently from other providers, explained Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst at JupiterResearch ...

Fee for Microsoft Office Beta Could Signal Strategy Shift

Charging developers a fee -- even a nominal one -- to test a beta product is highly unusual, JupiterResearch analyst Joe Wilcox told TechNewsWorld. The cost of delivering a beta is marginal. More importantly, Microsoft is the primary beneficiary of the arrangement, as the feedback it receives from developers allows it to ultimately deliver a better product...

AOL to Launch Free Video-Sharing Portal

"Yahoo and Google have taken various [steps] toward video search but I don't think anyone is the one-stop shop yet. There's still a big opportunity in the marketplace for AOL to become that," Joe Laszlo, senior analyst at JupiterResearch, told TechNewsWorld "There still needs ...

Electronics Firms Cautioned on Retail Strategy

Brand control spurred Apple to launch its storefront program in 2001, according to Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst with JupiterResearch "The stores allowed Apple to seize some control over the experience," he told the E-Commerce Times....

Time Warner Preparing to Set AOL Services Free

It's a "big shift" and a "very radical move" that can severely impact the company's future, as Time Warner is widely expected to announce in a news conference next Wednesday that it will drop charges for its AOL online service, a plan first disclosed in the Wall Street Journal early this month. While AOL would still charge for dial-up access, it will be free for those with broadband, Joe Laszlo, senior analyst with JupiterResearch, told the E-Commerce Times...

Microsoft to Distribute IE7 as Automatic Update

"A lot of businesses won't want to deploy Internet Explorer 7 right away. They will want to test it for a while before using it as their standard browser," JupiterResearch analyst Joe Wilcox told TechNewsWorld. "The ability to block the auto update is a move to cater to businesses."

Green Energy, Part 3: Fostering Change via the Internet

One of the best things about the Internet is that surprises and novel applications can be found on the Web in small packages. Ojai, California's Veg Powered Systems sells and installs its own vegetable oil fuel conversion system to owners of diesel vehicles -- be they boats, cars or trucks. Anyone in the Los Angeles area curious about the company's system need only take a look at founder Joel Woolf's converted 2003 Dodge 3500, which is currently on exhibit as part of the "Propulsion After Petroleum" exhibit at Petersen's Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard...

Samsung to Provide 4-GB Flash Memory for Vista

"The idea is you can have a USB device that can double as different things. It's essentially acting like additional system memory," Joe Wilcox, senior analyst at JupiterResearch, told TechNewsWorld. "[But] you don't always get that much more from having more memory. It depends on several factors."

JotSpot Takes ‘Nerd Factor’ Out of Wikis

"Traditional wikis are too nerdy and only offer one type of collaboration," said JotSpot co-founder and CEO Joe Kraus. "This has been a barrier to the mainstream adoption of wikis." Nixing the Nerd...

Some Plaintiffs Fight Google Click Fraud Settlement

The settlement, which was first announced in March and has been given preliminary approval, calls for Google to pay US$30 million in legal fees and set aside $60 million worth of credits that advertisers can use on Google's online ad network. Miller County Circuit Judge Joe Griffin must give final approval for the deal to take effect...

Microsoft Pulls Plug on Private Folder 1.0

JupiterResearch analyst Joe Wilcox is not too surprised that Microsoft is removing the software from public use. Like Google, Microsoft has a myriad of incubation projects underway. Features being tested for use with Office or Windows may never make it into the product for various reasons, he told TechNewsWorld...

Firefox Anti-Phishing Features Score Points

The severity of phishing is something that hit Joe Wilcox, senior analyst for JupiterResearch, on a personal level, he told LinuxInsider Wilcox received a message from a bank indicating that someone had accessed his account through an IP address that was not connected to his h...

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