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Microsoft is (by far) the dominant player in the computer operating systems market, but it's always been a laggard in the computer security and antivirus arena. The company's most recent foray into computer security—Windows Live OneCare—was greeted with little enthusiasm by the Windows security community—in fact, one antivirus evaluator decided to stop evaluating it altogether because it lagged so far behind… Read More

The youth-oriented mobile phone operator Helio, run by Earthlink founder Sky Dayton, has launched Helio Music, a new music download service which lets Helio users buy tunes from major labels using their mobile phones for $1.99 each. But that's not all: Helio promises its catalot and interface will put other over-the-air music download services to shame, and, soon, users will be able to buy tunes via Helio for just $.99 apiece using… Read More