Yahoo Inc. and Six Apart Ltd., creator of Movable Type -- the most popular software used to create professional blogs -- said on Sunday Yahoo will be the preferred supplier of Movable Type for small businesses.
 
The partnership is the latest in a string of deals by the world's largest

Applications designed to protect you from outside threats, such as adware and spyware, are becoming so rigid in their default settings that they can block you from accessing useful content online.
 
Most security software with built-in spyware protection identifies tracking cookies as problematic. While in most cases the security software

America Online has begun testing a new service that lets users access their PC remotely from any computer that has a browser and is connected to the Internet.
 
The new service, called LinktoPC, became available on Friday to AOL subscribers interested in trying it out, an AOL spokesperson said Monday.

Open-source vendor SugarCRM announced the beta release of Sugar Suite 4.0, an application the company claims has enough functionality to attract enterprises of every size.
 
Sugar Suite 4.0 has been developed with many more features than its predecessors. It has advanced-reporting capabilities and customizable dashboards, including campaign management, workflow management,

Creative Technology, Ltd., a company geared toward digital entertainment via PC platform, announced Thursday the most recent addition to its line of Zen Vision PMPs (portable media players).

The 30GB Zen Vision: M, which the company said it designed to give Apple's iPod some creative competition, offers a number of features including

Voice-over-IP vendor Vonage Tuesday officially started shipping its F1000 Wi-Fi phone for voice-over-IP after having first shown the device almost a year ago.

The phone, which the company says will enable users to make calls from public wireless hotspots, retails for $129.99 with a $50 instant rebate bringing the price down to

Microsoft on Tuesday released two security bulletins that patched four vulnerabilities its Internet Explorer browser and one in its Windows 2000 operating system. Two of the vulnerabilities were tagged by Microsoft as "critical."

As expected, one of the four fixes for IE is a patch for the zero-day vulnerability acknowledged by Microsoft

Mobile devices, Cisco routers, Oracle software, VoIP: businesses can expect all these and more to become hacker targets in the next year and beyond, according to Symantec. Oh, and don't forget Windows Vista, Microsoft's next-generation operating system. They're all places that the financially-motivated new generation of hackers might look to exploit.

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Microsoft Corp. and MCI Inc. yesterday announced a multiyear partnership to offer software and services that will allow users to call from a PC to almost any phone in the world.
The move pits the two companies against Skype Technologies SA, which offers the SkypeOut service.

The Microsoft-MCI voice-over-IP service,

Sprint Nextel was set to launch a service Monday that would deliver full-length films to cell phones, the Reuters news service has reported.
The service will offer television shows and movies for $6.95 a month in addition to regular voice and data charges, Reuters reported. Initial films will include older releases, Reuters