A report on Yahoo! states that Roxio is in final talks with PressPlay to buy the company. For those of you who have been following the latest online music information, you know that PressPlay is a service that is competitive with Rhapsody (the music service of Real Networks) and that …

In case anyone ever wonders why I keep this site mainly to news and opinion as opposed to personal information, here is an excellent reason why I will keep it that way (from the New York Times).

It appears from this article off of CNET, that T-Mobile is not going to support the Microsoft Smart Phone initiative after all. Not surprisingly, they are concerned about stability, but there are also the relationships with Nokia and Sony Ericsson to consider.

An article appearing on the New York Times web site, originating from the International Herald Tribune gives some insight into Microsoft's continuing tactics to try and beat out rivals that use the Linux operating system. Basically, the article states that internal memos from Microsoft executives have authorized discounting the operating …

In the quarter just reported, Yahoo! is stating that 19% of their earnings came from their deal with Overture to provide paid-for search results. An article on CNET provides some further analysis from industry experts.

SCO claims that SuSE isn't immune from prosecution on copyright violations. SuSE claims their existing license agreements with SCO make them immune. However, SCO has yet to make any moves against the German manufacturer of Linux variants. An article from CNET provides some further detail and quotes from both sides …

Technology review site ExtremeTech has an article in which they basically accuse nVidia of inflating their benchmark scores by cheating on the well-known benchmarks.

An article on MacCentral reports that programmers have "developed a way to let people copy" songs over the internet using iTunes. For those who have used the server inside of iTunes, you probably already know that this can only be used to serve up songs for which your computer already …

Fizzer, a mass mailing virus that allows control of the recipient's computer over IRC has annoyed IRC operators to the extent that they are creating a more-or-less permanent standby communication mechanism for fighting future threats. The use of IRC by the software has drown some IRC channels and servers in …

An article on CNET announces that Intuit, the makers of Quicken and TurboTax will be removing the activation mechanism from next year's version of the tax package. There is still a pending lawsuit and a lot of upset customers, but the decision seems like a good idea, all things considered …

A letter was sent to members of SCO's developer community indicating that they were suspending immediately their Linux efforts and were likely to go after the end users for copyright infringement. The letter asserts (without any proof other than citing some people who had access to the original AT …

For those watching for Apple and IBM's next moves in the small server, desktop, and laptop space, the 970 has been the great hope. Find out more about it in this in-depth technical review from ArsTechnica. Warning, it is very detailed.

A story on BBC News reports that the MPA is starting to go after sites that post song lyrics. So, if you have been trying to figure out what song that is that you keep hearing on your radio, better look soon or you will miss your opportunity to find …

As a followup to an earlier story this week, Verizon has turned up 150 of their planned network of 1000 payphone-WiFi devices in New York City. This according to an article on CNET.

CNet is reporting that AOL is creating an additional service that will cost $1.95/month for non-subscribers in order to get skins for the AIM client. It is unknown if AOL will ever move to a fee requirement for their popular instant messaging client, but since their acquisition of …

Taking advantage of the expectation that you are less likely to forget your cell phone than your credit cards, MasterCard and Nokia are teaming up for a pilot program that uses the PayPass system (similar to Mobil's SpeedPass) to pay for goods and services.

Hopefully it will end up better than the current DVD-/+R[W] format issues that we are having these days, but I wouldn't count on it. ZDNet is reporting that NEC and Toshiba are working together on a new blue laser DVD format to rival the work done by a …

Because of an update on Apple's site yesterday, I went to look at the new VNC Server. Not recognizing the name of the company that released it, Redstone Software, I decided to go and see what they do. It turns out that they have a product called Eggplant that …

In case you were wondering if today's cars are not just a bit too gadget happy, I'm sure that Thai Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha would definitely agree. On the way to a function earlier this week, his BMW 520 stalled and completely ceased to function. Unfortunately, this appears to have …

According to an article from CNET, Intel has revealed a new problem with their Itanium 2 processor. Under certain conditions, affected processors can act erratically. Intel claims to have a program that can be used to detect the defective chips. The "solution" proposed by Intel is to run the CPUs …