A Sun Microsystems bejelentette a világ legnépszerűbb nyílt forrású adatbáziskezelőjének, a MySQL-nek legújabb 5.1-es verzióját. A legfrissebb verzió számos, a nagyvállalati környezetben hasznosítható új funkciókkal bővült. A szoftver három különböző változatban lesz elérhető, az előzetes a http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ címről tölthető le. Az adatbáziskezelő új verziója mellett a múlt hét újdonságának számít, a MySQL Workbench vizuális adatbázis tervező eszköz, illetve az adatbázis-motor program további bővülése.

For the third year in a row, Google Inc. topped the list of the 100 most powerful brands in the world, beating out Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc., according to a report (download PDF) released Monday by market research firm Millward Brown Optimor.

The European Commission ended its antitrust investigation into Apple after the company agreed to reduce the price of music downloads from its iTunes Web site in the U.K., the European Union's antitrust regulator said Wednesday.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment will crack open the door to its music vaults on Jan. 15, taking the DRM copy-prevention wrapper off a limited selection of downloadable tracks.

Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that it would post the release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to its download site this evening at approximately 6 p.m. Eastern time.

Az AVG Antivírus Ingyenes változata minden más alkalmazást megelőzve az első, a kereskedelmi változat pedig az antivírus letöltések között harmadik leggyakoribb letöltés a download.com oldalon.

Mozilla Corp. is considering adding a tool to Firefox 3.0 that would automatically block Web sites thought to harbor malicious downloads, but the company's security chief refused to spell out details, saying Mozilla is "not ready to talk about the feature."

If you receive an e-mail offering a download of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2, delete it. A new virus is making the rounds that comes disguised as a test version of Microsoft Corp.'s current Web browser.

Microsoft Corp. released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2005 on Tuesday, a free upgrade available for download, in addition to new virtualization licensing for the database.

Sony Corp. plans to launch an online video download service next year, according to reports in both the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal newspapers.

Samsung Telecommunications America LLP has malicious code on its Web site which disables anti-virus programs, modifies registry keys and logs keystrokes when users attempt to download information from the site.

In an unprecedented move, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday will allow users to test the next version of Office online without having to download software.

Windows Live Messenger, the next-generation version of Microsoft Corp.'s instant messaging service for consumers, will be available for download in final form right after midnight Tuesday, U.S. Eastern Time.

Microsoft Corp. is set to release a fully supported version of its Windows Live OneCare software, marking its entry into the security software market. OneCare will be available for download Wednesday on Microsoft's Web site, a day earlier than expected. By Thursday, the software is expected to be widely available in U.S. retail stores, said Microsoft's Samantha McManus, a business strategy manager with Windows Live OneCare.

Search engines deliver links to dangerous Web sites that download spyware and adware to visitors' PCs, exploit security vulnerabilities and attempt to scam users and include them in spam lists, a new study has found.

As expected, Google Inc. launched a new video download service during a keynote by co-founder and President Larry Page at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Friday.