The Blue-ray high definition DVD standard has received an endorsement from the co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, who said that the Sony-led consortium is receiving widespread support from Hollywood interests.

The Blue-ray group is locked in a standards struggle with the competing HD DVD format, which is led by Toshiba.
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Microsoft Corp. is testing internally an online classifieds service that would enable people to sell personal items over the company's instant messaging, social networking or local search services, a company official said Wednesday.
 
Code-named "Fremont," a test version of the service launched a week and a half ago for Microsoft

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) plans to revise the license that regulates the use of open-source software. A draft version of the GNU General Public License will be released in January.
 
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Logitech and Creative, which together own about three-quarters of the Webcam market, joined Skype on Thursday to co-market the Luxembourg-based VoIP developer's newest software with their cameras and headsets.

On Thursday, Skype released the beta version of Skype 2.0, which features integrated video calling.

Skype worked with Logitech and Creative

Bowing to the open source mantra, Sun Microsystems officials on Wednesday said the company is packaging multiple software products from its catalog as the Solaris Enterprise System, anchored by the Solaris OS, and offering it all for free.

The intention is to increase volume through the free distribution of these products and

The fate of the proposed .xxx Internet domain for sex sites, which has drawn fire from U.S. conservative groups, remains in limbo, according to the head of the group that oversees the Web domain system.
 
Paul Twomey, president of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers said on Thursday

Dedicated IP virtual private network (VPN) revenues will total $34.6 billion in the United States between 2004 and 2009, according to a new study from Vertical Systems Group.

According to Vertical Systems, network-based services delivered over a carrier-based Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) or IP infrastructure will account for almost half of the

AOL Thursday launched its AOL Mobile Search Services, which it said will provide both search capabilities and local information to mobile users.
The service includes broad search capabilities as well as shopping information and local Yellow Pages information, the company said in a statement.

"AOL Mobile Search services give consumers

There's a lot more video heading to Apple's new video iPods - from vintage shows to video-flavored podcasts.
 
On Wednesday, San Diego-based start-up Veoh will announce plans to offer 3,000 different video shows for download for free. Mostly in the public domain, they include shorts of The Three Stooges and Superman

Firefox 1.5 is available now at getfirefox.com and mozilla.com. The Mozilla site is the "new home" of Firefox and Thunderbird, replacing Mozilla.org as the download address for Mozilla's browser and open-source e-mail application.

A Mozilla spokesperson said Mozilla.com is now home to Mozilla, a taxable corporation spun out from the Mozilla Foundation