Mozilla Corp. has formally released a new version of its Thunderbird e-mail client, which promises improved security features and tools designed to make the open-source product more user-friendly.
 
Thunderbird 1.5 includes a new phishing detector that issues an alert to users when a suspicious link appears in an e-mail message.

WASHINGTON — A solar initiative approved Thursday (Jan. 12) by the California Public Utilities Commission could make the Golden State one of the world's largest producers of solar energy.

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The Microsoft Office Live beta is expected to go live any day now.
 
Office Live is not a hosted version of Microsoft Office. Instead, it is a set of software services Microsoft is developing as extensions to its shrink-wrapped Office product. Microsoft introduced the Office Live concept in November last

3Com has identified a vulnerability in a popular Linux anti-virus program, the fourth time bug bounty hunters have cashed in on the reward the company's TippingPoint division pays for digging up software flaws.

Since July 2005, TippingPoint has paid researchers for uncovering vulnerabilities. The program, dubbed "Zero Day Initiative," to make clear

A U.S. Congressman said on Friday that federal agencies were looking into whether telephone companies were sufficiently protecting consumers' records amid concerns that Internet sites were selling cellphone call information.

Rep. Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, said the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) told him the agency was investigating

MANHASSET, N.Y. — Motorola Inc. has made a strategic equity investment in Global Locate, a privately-held GPS semiconductor, software, and services provider.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Founded in 1999, Global Locate (San Jose) provides A-GPS technology to the mobile wireless industry. Their host-based semiconductor solutions bring IndoorGPS technology

From the outside, Apple’s new MacBook Pro looks suspiciously like a 15-inch aluminum PowerBook G4. Yes, the ports are slightly different, and it’s slightly wider and thinner. But inside, it’s a completely different machine.
 
Intel’s Core Duo processor gives Apple a combination of speed and energy efficiency that the company

Microsoft will stop developing a version of its Windows Media Player for Apple Computer's Macs, and will instead offer free technology that lets people play Windows Media files using Apple's own software.

The company decided to stop developing the Mac version so it could focus on efforts for Vista, the new version

Over the next few months, Symbol Technologies plans to roll out a flurry of new wireless products, including a handheld computer, a forklift scanner, a wireless switch for blade server racks and a miniature scan engine.

The MC9097 handheld computer, due to ship by the end of March, is a 23-ounce scanning

Microsoft will continue to develop its Office for Mac software for at least another five years, the company's Macintosh Business Unit has announced.
 
The popular software will be available for Macs running either PowerPC, its current chip configuration, or the Intel-based Macs recently unveiled at Apple's Macworld conference.
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