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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has weighed in publicly in the dispute between the Fox broadcasting empire and cable provider Cablevision over payments for broadcasting Fox programming. The scuffle could wind up giving the agency greater power to regulate such standoffs. Genachowski’s agency released a letter to Fox and Cablevision executives on Tuesday in which he expressed dismay over “petty gamesmanship.”
Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will combine its Office productivity Web apps suite and integrated Shareport, Exchange and Lync services into a monthly package service beginning next year. The service, called “Office 365,” is a significant step-up from the Web-based productivity apps Microsoft previously offered under the Windows Live banner.
Ray Ozzie is out as chief software architect at Microsoft, opening a big void through which analysts are tossing innumerable opinions regarding what the departure means for the company. Ozzie’s role was frequently seen as being Bill Gates’ successor as the company’s visionary technologist, a foil to CEO Steve Ballmer’s purely business-minded approach.
A week after Logitech rolled out the first standalone box running Google TV, Sony has revealed four new HDTVs and a Blu-ray player powered by the system. The TVs range from 24 to 46 inches and include a RF-based QWERTY keypad remote with a mouse built in, as does the Blu-ray player, a $400 device.
It comes as no surprise that venerable Microsoft’s Web browser, Internet Explorer, has been on the decline in recent years, bowing under pressure from rivals like Firefox and Google Chrome. However, Web analytics firm StatCounter says while it’s still the most-used browser family on Earth, fewer than half of Web users are now on it.