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Online computer and peripheral retailer TigerDirect has filed suit against Apple claiming Mac OS X 10.4, known as “Tiger,” infringes on its trademarked name. According to court filings, TigerDirect is seeking an injunction to stop Apples from using the word “tiger” online or in printed materials. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court […]

BetaNews has learned that America Online has begun beta testing the next generation of its AOL Instant Messaging software called “Triton,” which will replace the existing AIM client. Triton addresses user grievances while adding highly anticipated bells and whistles including tabbed messaging and chat logging. As the first major overhaul to AIM since its inception, […]

In a major initiative to combat the growing threat of identity theft scams, AOL announced it will begin to work internally and with partners to identify and block member access to phishing sites. AOL says the blocks affect only dangerous sites, and will not be extended to censor questionable content. The move will be the […]

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a landmark case on Tuesday that could have far-reaching consequences for both copyright holders and the technology industry. At issue is whether two peer-to-peer network operators, Grokster and StreamCast, are liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users. Both file-sharing companies contend that P2P (peer-to-peer) networks can be […]

The U.S. government will join select partners of Microsoft in receiving security patches as early as a month before they become generally available. The early-access program, already available to some customers, provides beta test versions of patches so customers can be prepared when vulnerabilities are publicly disclosed. Microsoft signed a $500 million software deal with […]

America Onlines Netscape team has opened its doors to the public, releasing the first beta of the revived Netscape Web browser. Based upon Firefox, Netscape version 8 focuses on security and user privacy, and supports rendering with both Mozillas Gecko and Microsofts Internet Explorer browser engines. As reported by BetaNews, AOL originally planned for a […]

Opera Software has called on its fellow browser makers and the Internet community as a whole to band together in an effort to fix the security issues related to Internationalized Domain Names. The IDN standard was called into question earlier this month following news that it could lead to domain spoofing and phishing attacks. The […]

From Internet domains to Web browsers, Google seems to have its hands all over the Web these days. But the search giant shows no signs of slowing its reach, and has offered to host the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Wiki Media Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, says Google has volunteered to supply servers and bandwidth to the […]

Microsoft Research is testing a search toolbar that utilizes an experimental search result clustering (SRC) technique to automatically categorize search results into groups by topic. But Microsoft isnt the only one who sees potential in the feature; America Online this week implemented clustering into its revamped AOL Search. Clustering brings a semblance of order to […]

Two days after eBays decision to drop support for two key .NET applications, Microsoft continues to stand behind its single sign-on Passport service in comments to the media. But BetaNews has learned Microsoft has no plans to renew contracts for Passport with third-party sites. Microsofts initial comments Wednesday evening to BetaNews were quite vague as […]