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Gates sees mobile phones overtaking iPods

Microsoft founder Bill Gates sees mobile phones overtaking MP3s as the top choice of portable music player, and views the raging popularity of Apple's iPod player as unsustainable, he told a German newspaper. Add comment

Open-source divorce for Apple’s Safari?

Two years after it selected open-source rendering engine KHTML as the basis of its Safari Web browser, Apple has proposed resolving compatibility conflicts by scrapping that code base in favor of its own. Add comment

RSOD: Red Screen Of Death

It has been reported that some beta testers have enountered a new 'Red Screen of Death' in early versions of Longhorn. Add comment

Microsoft Aims To Clarify Licensing Terms

Aiming to make its complex product-licensing terms a bit clearer, Microsoft said it will group its products into separate categories based on how the products are licensed and on what rights are offered. Add comment

Philips, Microsoft Seal Software Deal

Microsoft announced today that Philips Electronics has agreed to use its software for playing digital audio and video on its semiconductors and consumer electronics products. Add comment

Microsoft Unveils Windows Mobile 5.0

Microsoft today announced Windows Mobile 5.0 at the Microsoft & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas. This is a new major upgrade of Microsoft's operating system for mobile devices such as PDAs and smartphones. Add comment

NEW Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS Drivers

[url=http://www.creative.com]Creative[/url] has released an official driver update for its Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS sound cards. Add comment

Next Microsoft Office Coming in 2006

Microsoft plans to release a new version of its Office productivity software next year, company Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said this week. Add comment

Google Puts Brakes On Accelerator

Google has stopped allowing downloads of its Web Accelerator software, just days after it began offering the product. Add comment

8 GB DDR2 Memory Modules On The Way

Infineon recently announced that it was sampling 8 GB DDR2 memory modules, each running at a humble 400MHz. Add comment

AOL Jumps Into Free E-Mail Business

Its subscription business in decline, America Online Inc. is launching yet another product on the open Web: a free, ad-supported e-mail service tied to its instant-messaging platform. Add comment

Firefox suffers first ‘extremely critical’ security hole

Security researchers have warned that Firefox has unpatched "extremely critical" security holes and exploit code already circulating the Internet. Add comment

IE 7.0 Alpha Revealed?

[url=http://www.flexbeta.net]Flexbeta[/url] is reporting that according to some screenshots doing the rounds on some forums, Microsoft's answer to Mozilla's Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, might be in its alpha stage. Add comment

Gigabyte GeForce 6600

The Gigabyte nVIDIA GeForce 6600 rings in at just under $130 which is highly affordable for those wanting a budget conscious PCI-Express video card. Add comment

Gigabyte GeForce 6600

The Gigabyte nVIDIA GeForce 6600 rings in at just under $130 which is highly affordable for those wanting a budget conscious PCI-Express video card. Add comment

Kodak To Enter Inkjet Market In ’06

Photography company Eastman Kodak Co. is expected to introduce consumer inkjet printers next year and could challenge entrenched makers such as Lexmark International Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., industry analysts said on Tuesday. Add comment

Rise Of Nations: Rise Of Legends Revealed

Today, MGS and Big Huge Games announced Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, a new RTS that abandons history in favor of sci-fi/fantasy. Add comment

Revolution Said To Release In Mid-2006

Less than a week after an MTV listing revealed that the Xbox 360 will ship in November, another outside party has apparently pegged the release window of a rival next-generation console. Add comment

Toshiba Expands HD DVD Capacity To 45GB

Toshiba has developed a prototype HD DVD disc that increases the format's storage capacity by 50 percent and brings it much closer to that of the rival Blu-ray Disc, the company said Tuesday. Add comment

AMD And Crytek Release 64-Bit Update For Far Cry

AMD and Crytek today announced a 64-bit update to Crytek's and Ubisoft's PC game Far Cry. Add comment

New Moon Hides In Saturn Rings

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted a previously unseen moon hiding in a gap between Saturn's rings, the space agency said Tuesday. Add comment