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News Burst: DSL to make movie downloads easy
News While downloads via narrowband are time-consuming, BT acknowledges that ADSL broadband access will make it easier and cheaper for users to transfer very large files, making movie downloads from sites like Scour a reality.
[July 25, 2000, 10:36]
Downloads soar despite crackdown
News Music downloads among US adults have risen sharply during the past several months, despite a crackdown by the music industry to curb such behaviour. Between February and March, the number of people who reported that they download music files...
[April 27, 2004, 12:05]
MS claims over 1m IE 3.0 downloads
News The firm said that English language downloads were already double the total of IE 2.0, released in December 1995, and that a frenzied total of 45 million hits struck Microsoft on the first day of availability.
[August 20, 1996, 12:44]
Spy software targets employee downloads
News A recent Personnel Today survey commissioned by Websense found that about 11 percent of Internet-related human resources complaints were related to music downloads. Technology companies Macrovision and Websense are teaming up to root out illegal...
[October 10, 2002, 9:06]
Mozilla pulls latest browser downloads
News Mozilla has pulled downloads of its open-source Web browser after discovering a bug that cripples dynamic HTML coding on some sites, according to the AOL Time Warner-backed group. The bug surfaced on Mozilla 1.2, the latest version of the AOL...
[December 3, 2002, 7:49]
Web giants launch trusted downloads
News A group of Internet companies on Wednesday plans to announce a new program to certify downloads so consumers can get friendly and non-invasive software. The "Trusted Download Program" is backed by America Online, Yahoo, CNET Networks, Verizon and CA.
[November 16, 2005, 10:50]
Firefox 3 downloads smash 5m mark
News Downloads of Mozilla's Firefox 3 web browser have already passed the five million mark, approximately halfway through its 24-hour world-record attempt period. The Mozilla team had aimed to exceed the 1.6 million downloads that Firefox 2 achieved in...
[June 18, 2008, 12:00]
Microsoft to step up SP2 downloads
News Microsoft is aggressively monitoring and managing the download of SP2, and the numbers of downloads will increase per day over time," a Microsoft spokesman said. Microsoft said it would speed up SP2 distribution to meet its self-imposed goals...
[September 22, 2004, 8:35]
SAP admits 'inappropriate' Oracle downloads
News Business applications software company SAP has admitted that its subsidiary TomorrowNow made some "inappropriate" downloads of Oracle software, but has denied it had access to Oracle intellectual property.
[July 3, 2007, 14:19]
Pressplay to offer unlimited downloads
News Along with the unlimited downloads and streams, consumers will be able to burn 120 songs a year to CDs after paying their annual fee. Sources familiar with the plans said other new features will be added or expanded, including the offer of...
[August 1, 2002, 7:41]
A Year Ago Today: MS claims over 1m IE 3.0 downloads
News The firm said that English language downloads were already double the total of IE 2.0, released in December 1995, and that a frenzied total of 45 million hits struck Microsoft on the first day of availability.
[August 20, 1997, 11:07]
Microsoft sued over European music downloads
News Those companies) are offering downloads of music over the Internet, which can be downloaded onto CDs for a fee," said E-Data spokesman Gerald Angowitz. A small New York company has sued Microsoft, charging that the software giant's new music...
[October 14, 2003, 16:20]
Hacker cracks Apple downloads
News According to hacker Russell Harding, who claims to have discovered the exploit, the Mac OS X SoftwareUpdate feature downloads these updates over the HTTP protocol with no authentication, and installs them as root on the system.
[July 8, 2002, 16:27]
Microsoft stands firm on SP2 downloads
News Despite allegations that downloads of the upgrade were way behind schedule at 20 million copies by mid-September, the company said on Monday that this meant it was on course for its distribution target.
[September 27, 2004, 17:30]
CNET launches free music downloads
Talkback The new CNET music site is interesting, but it leaves a *LOT* to be desired if they hope to actually help consumers find free downloads. And their "charts" are sorted based on "number of downloads. Since they just launched, all songs have zero...
[April 26, 2004, 17:46]
Apple fixes downloads vulnerability
News According to Harding, versions 1.4.5 and earlier of Software Update downloads updates over the HTTP protocol with no authentication, and installs them as root on the system. Apple has released a patch for a glaring security hole in its software...
[July 16, 2002, 10:23]
Firefox achieves 100 million downloads
News After a somewhat higher download rate immediately following its release, the browser has settled into between 200,000 and 300,000 downloads a day, said Asa Dotzler, the Mozilla liaison to the SpreadFirefox community.
[October 20, 2005, 9:45]
New.net downloads reignite Kazaa controversy
News Kazaa's file-swapping software downloads are again in the spotlight following complaints regarding New.net software, which comes bundled with the popular P2P download. However, Hernand took pains to point out that affilitate members were expected...
[April 10, 2002, 9:58]
Microsoft expands e-commerce downloads
News Microsoft plans to expand its e-commerce efforts and will offer downloads of its media software through more than 200 retailers. Microsoft has been selling downloads of Plus Digital Media Edition from its Web site since last year through a...
[September 1, 2004, 12:05]
BMG to sell digital downloads
News BMG Entertainment, which represents artists including Carly Simon and Christina Aguilera, will sell digital downloads of songs and albums from its catalogue through a number of online sites in the US, the company said Tuesday.
[October 10, 2000, 14:55]
