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Ohio Law Would Regulate eBay Sellers

Ohio residents selling goods on eBay would have to get a license and be bonded under a law set to go into effect May 2, although authors of the legislation vow to make changes before that date to exempt individuals. Add comment

Apple seeks royalties, for “Made for iPod” campaign

Industry insiders say the world-wide MP3 accessory market is destined to become a half billion dollar business by the close of 2005. Apple, whose iPod digital music player dominates the MP3 player market, is looking to reap some of the benefits of this capitalization. Add comment

Cloaking Device Planned by Engineers

In popular science fiction, the power of invisibility is readily apparent. Star Trek fans, for example, know that Romulan and Klingon spaceships have the ability so suddenly vanish. According to engineers at the University of Pennsylvania, that idea isn't as implausible as people might initially think. Add comment

Google moves beyond beta with desktop search

Google has introduced a full version of its desktop-search software, with a developer's kit and support for the Firefox and Netscape browsers. Add comment

NEW MSN Messenger 7.0.632 Beta

Microsoft has released an updated version of MSN Messenger 7.0 Beta. This time the build number is 7.0.632. Add comment

WinFS To Be Available on Windows XP

According to company officials, Microsoft is working to back-port its future file-system technology to Windows XP. Add comment

ASUS to offer Pentium M -> P4 adapter

The world’s largest maker of mainboards ASUS announced on Thursday its plans to release an adapter that allows installation of Intel Pentium M and Intel Celeron M processors, originally developed for mobile computers, into desktops. Add comment

Microsoft: No Security Updates For March

It looks like the security sweepstakes for February have reaped benefits for Microsoft in March, at least, with an announcement for no new security bulletins scheduled for March 8th. Add comment

NEW Realtek ALC AC97 Audio Driver v3.70 WHQL

Realtek has released a new ALC AC97 audio driver for Windows. Add comment

Kazaa Assets Frozen in Australia

The assets of Sharman Networks, the maker of the Kazaa peer-to-peer software, have been frozen pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought against the software-maker by the recording industry. Add comment

Domain Owners Lose Privacy

The U.S. Commerce Department has ordered companies that administer internet addresses to stop allowing customers to register .us domain names anonymously using proxy services. Add comment

New Technique Allows Remote Fingerprinting Of Computers Regardless Of IP Address

Anonymous Internet access is now a thing of the past. A doctoral student at the University of California has conclusively fingerprinted computer hardware remotely, allowing it to be tracked wherever it is on the Internet. Add comment

Music Industry Starts Campaign Against UK Pirates

The UK music industry has claimed victory in its first battle with illegal file-sharers after 23 people paid £50,000 to settle out of court. Add comment

Windows For Supercomputers Likely Out By Fall

Microsoft is aiming to have its first cluster version of Windows ready in time for a supercomputing conference this fall. Add comment

AOL Releases Delayed Netscape Beta

America Online this week released the first public test version of Netscape 8, a new Web browser with features designed to protect users against online scams and malicious code. Add comment

FEI Shows Off New Nano-Microscope

FEI Company, a nanotechnology tools developer, recently introduced the new Nova NanoSEM, a scanning electron microscope. The NanoSEM and its new Helix detector technology (which "combines magnetic immersion lens and low-vacuum SEM technologies for the first time in the history of field emission scanning electron microscopy") is designed to enable non-conductive materials researchers and nano-particle manufacturers to view high resolution images of various nanoscale materials, such as diamond film, polymers, substrates, and other substances needing major visual magnification for observation. Add comment

Intel Unveils 802.11s

Intel has unveiled plans to release a new wireless networking standard called 802.11s. It is touting the new standard as easily configurable, high bandwidth, and flexible enough to cater to the home and small office user. Add comment

Fujitsu Says Carbon Nanotubes Will Replace Copper In Chips

Fujitsu says that by the turn of the decade copper wires in semiconductors will be too thin to efficiently transmit electrons, making their usage unfeasible in high performance chips beyond the next 5 years. The Japanese semiconductor maker says it believes that carbon nanotubes offer a compelling alternative to copper wires in chips, citing their 1000-fold improvement in current density and overwhelming advantage in electron mobility. Add comment

Call Of Duty Returning To Consoles This Fall

This morning, Atari announced that it had struck a deal with Call of Duty: Finest Hour developer Spark Unlimited to develop a next-generation console game. In a case of not-so-coincidental timing, Activision announced that it is also planning a new Call of Duty console game, due "this fall." Add comment

News Roundup! (part 2)

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News Roundup! (part 1)

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