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RSS huNew life for Microsoft's enterprise IM
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com Microsoft on Tuesday announced enhancements to its corporate instant-messaging service that will weave in features commonly found in the company's Outlook email software. [20 Oct 2004]
AOL to launch stand-alone web browser
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com AOL is planning to release its own stand-alone web browser based on Microsoft's Internet Explorer technology, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. AOL Browser, as it's... [11 Oct 2004]
'Enjoy it while it lasts' says Yahoo founder to Google
News Jerry Yang has some advice to the two Stanford graduates now running archrival Google -- enjoy it while it lasts. Speaking during the Web 2.0 conference, the Yahoo co-founder said he told Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to... [08 Oct 2004]
Netscape founder: Microsoft is looking at browser war
News Jim Hu wriets for CNET News.com The web browser wars may have been reignited, according to browser pioneer Marc Andreessen. This time, it's not Andreessen's former company Netscape that's taking on Microsoft's Internet... [07 Oct 2004]
IM the way to beat Apple in online music?
Comment and Microsoft are using instant messaging to boost their chances of beating Apple, says Jim Hu. Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com But it may not be that easy, as the record labels are wary of the... [23 Sep 2004]
Are you addicted to the internet?
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com Tobacco companies, drug cartels and Starbucks beware - the internet may be giving you a run for the money in the addiction department. According to a study sponsored by Yahoo! [23 Sep 2004]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Hu Jintao
Comment While Hu Jintao has yet to be seen tweaking the Linux kernel, there's no doubt the Chinese premier has wielded his fair share of clout in the worldwide tech industry. If you want to pass on your comments for our experts,... [13 Sep 2004]
Cisco shells out $128.7m for system monitoring firm
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com Cisco Systems has signed an agreement to acquire IT system monitoring firm NetSolve for $128.7m. The networking giant will pay $11 a share in cash for NetSolve's 11.7 million outstanding... [10 Sep 2004]
Spammers get the boot from web host
News Jim Hu writes for News.com Web hosting and connectivity company Savvis Communications has cancelled about 40 accounts, at a cost of as much as $2m per month, from businesses that were earmarked as spammers and believed... [09 Sep 2004]
Microsoft quietly opens song shop
News Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta version of its highly expected online music download service, in hopes of unseating Apple's dominance in the hot market. The software giant quietly raised the curtain for its MSN Music Web site,... [02 Sep 2004]
Nazi memorabilia fight sees Yahoo! pitted against the French
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com Yahoo! s face-off with France over Nazi paraphernalia has taken its latest twist, with a federal appeals court reversing an earlier decision that found that the First Amendment protected... [24 Aug 2004]
Yahoo! IM security hole gets patch after website warning
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com Yahoo! issued a security patch to fix a potential vulnerability in its latest instant messaging software, the company has announced. The patch repairs a security hole stemming from Yahoo! [16 Aug 2004]
Hotmail boosts users' storage by 1,000 per cent
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com What a difference a few zeroes make. Some new users of Microsoft's Hotmail on Wednesday got a pleasant surprise when they received two GB of storage upon registering for the popular free... [23 Jul 2004]
Bitter rival IM giants get lovey-dovey
News Jim Hu writes for News.com After years of mudslinging, AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo! on Thursday will make a surprising overture toward peace in the instant-messaging wars. The companies will announce that later this year... [15 Jul 2004]
IE market share drops - a bit
News Jim Hu writes for CNET News.com. Microsoft has long held the title of undisputed champion of Web browsers but recent research shows the software giant's Internet Explorer slipping in popularity for the first time in... [14 Jul 2004]
