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Los Angeles Sues Rockstar

The city of Los Angeles has sued Rockstar Games, the Makers of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas". Add comment

Google Declines To Talk About China

Google apparently has decided not to provide members of the US Congress with any further information about its business engagement in China. Add comment

Official AMD Forums Compromised

AMD's customer support forums have been compromised and are being used in an attempt to infect visitors with malicious software. Add comment

Countdown For Nasty Windows Virus

PC users have been urged to scan their computers before February 3rd to avoid falling victim to a destructive virus named "Nyxem". Add comment

Apple Halts 17-inch iMac G5

Apple this week officially shifted its PowerPC based 17-inch iMac G5 offering to "End of Life" status. Add comment

Intel Announces Pentium 4 Stepping Changes

Intel has notified its OEM customers of stepping changes as well as the imminent release of their Pentium 805D processor. Add comment

Microsoft Driver Bug Saps Core Duo Power

According to tests by THG, connecting a USB 2.0 device to a Core-Duo notebook causes it to lose more than one hour of battery time. Add comment

DDR3 In 2007?

TG Daily reports on rumors that Intel may start to transition to DDR3 starting in 2007. Add comment

Sony Swaps IE for AOL Explorer on VAIO

Scoring a big win for its alternative browser, AOL has inked a deal with Sony to distribute AOL Explorer as the default Web browser on all new VAIO desktop and notebook computers. Add comment

Microsoft To Skip Vista Beta 2

Microsoft is planning to rely more on Community Technology Previews for development feedback on Windows Vista, and has two new test builds planned for the next two calendar quarters. Add comment

Microsoft Readies Anti-Spyware Beta 2

The new beta version of Windows Defender, formally known as Microsoft Antispyware, will add support for Outlook, a new interface, and automated updates to the spyware definitions and scanning engine. Add comment

Western Digital Ships 500GB Hard Drive

Western Digital has upped the capacity of its Caviar SATA desktop hard drive range to 500GB. Add comment

Rootkits Headed For BIOS

Insider attacks and industrial espionage could become more stealthy by hiding malicious code in the core system functions available in a motherboard's flash memory. Add comment

AMD Licenses Embedded Memory From ISi

Innovative Silicon (ISi), the developer of Z-RAM (Zero Capacitor DRAM) high density memory, has announced that AMD has contracted to purchase a Z-RAM embedded memory technology license for potential use in its future microprocessor products. Add comment

AMD to Demo Quad-Core CPU 2H 2006?

Xbitlabs reports that AMD will demo Quad-Core Server CPUs in the second half of 2006. Add comment

New Nvidia GPU in March

According to Xbitlabs, Nvidia will unveil a new GPU to combat ATI's X1900XT in March. Add comment

Gigabyte I-Ram Review

Techreport reviews I-Ram, the intriguing memory based Solid state hard drive from Gigabyte. Add comment

Intel and AMD after Conroe

[url=http://www.penstarsys.com]Pentarsys[/url] has posted an article looking at the upcoming CPU offerings from Intel and AMD. Add comment

Microsoft to Launch Internet Research Lab

Microsoft Corp. is creating a research lab devoted solely to developing Internet technology, as part of efforts to move products to market faster and better compete with rivals such as Google Inc. Add comment

Abit Merges With USI

Motherboard manufacturer Abit has merged with USI, a large manufacturer of computers for IBM. Add comment

Microsoft To License Windows Source code

The Associated Press is reporting, and Microsoft press sources are confirming, that Microsoft will license Windows operating system source code to outside parties, for the first time in the company's history. Add comment