Costa Rica May Criminalize VoIP
The growing surge in international VoIP calls has caused the state-owned telecommunications monopoly in Costa Rica to propose legislation that could criminalize the use of Internet telephone calls. Add comment
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KDE 3.4 RC1 Released
The KDE project has announced the first release candidate of KDE 3.4 which brings many new features targeted for release March 16th. Add comment
Breakthrough In Solar Photovoltaics
The Holy Grail of researchers in the field of solar photovoltaic (SPV) electricity is to generate it at a lower cost than that of grid electricity. The goal now seems to be within reach. Add comment
Fujitsu Readies 120GB Notebook Hard Drive
Fujitsu has begun initial production of a hard drive for notebook computers that offers 120GB of storage capacity, the company says. Add comment
XM Satellite Radio To Raise Monthly Fee By 30%
XM Satellite Radio on Monday said it would raise the monthly fee for its nationwide radio services by about $3, or 30 percent, and would fold some premium features into its basic plan. Add comment
New Firefox Vulnerability Pushes Latest Update
If you're a Mozilla Firefox user, there's another reason for you to update to the latest version of the upstart browser released last week. Add comment
Feds Approve New Smart Card Standards
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez issued new standards Friday for government-issued smart cards specifying the technical and operational requirements to meet President Bush's mandate for standard federal ID credentials. Add comment
NV48 is NV45 with 512MB RAM
Nvidia will introduce a new graphics card codenamed NV48. It's hardly an exciting release, as the new card will simply use NV45 chips with 512MB of memory instead of the typical 256MB. Add comment
Intel misses Itanium sales mark by $26.6bn
Despite solid gains from 2003 to 2004, Intel has missed its Itanium sales mark by a staggering 95%. Add comment
ATI Expands Offerings for Upgrade Market
While PCI Express is rapidly replacing AGP, the majority of users still use older machines with previous-generation interconnection, and that user base still wants to be able to upgrade to more powerful graphics cards. Add comment
OS Setup Guide 2005
This guide takes the novice step by step through the process of setting up Windows XP and reminds veterans of a few good habits. Add comment
OS Setup Guide 2005
This guide takes the novice step by step through the process of setting up Windows XP and reminds veterans of a few good habits. Add comment
Tekken 5 Now Bruising PS2s
Namco's powerhouse fighter returns; game comes with playable versions of Tekken 1, 2, and 3. Add comment
Hollywood Studios File New Round Of Web Lawsuits
Hollywood's major movie studios filed a new round of lawsuits across the United States on Thursday against people who trade illegally copied films and TV shows on the Internet. Add comment
NTT Develops Mobile-Phone Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has developed a prototype fuel cell that it hopes to commercialize within three years at a size small enough to fit inside mobile phones and other portable consumer electronics devices, the company said Thursday. Add comment
Significant Advance in Quantum Computing Achieved
Two superconducting devices have been coaxed into a special, interdependent state that mimics the unusual interactions sometimes seen in pairs of atoms, according to a team of physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The experiments, performed at the NIST laboratory in Boulder, Colo., are an important step toward the possible use of “artificial atoms” made with superconducting materials for storing and processing data in an ultra-powerful quantum computer of the future. Add comment
Bank Of America Loses A Million Customer Records
A "small" number of backup tapes with records detailing the financial information of government employees were lost in shipment to a backup center, Bank of America said on Friday. Add comment
Newest Saturn Moons Given Names
Three new moons discovered around Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft have been given provisional names. Add comment
VIA Gears Up For AMD Turion 64 Launch With New Chipset
VIA Technologies unveiled Friday its new K8N800A core-logic that sports variety of mobile processors from Advanced Micro Devices, such as Athlon 64 and Sempron, as well as the forthcoming Turion 64 chips. Add comment
Trillian 3.1 Debuts
Cerulean Studios launches Trillian 3.1, the newest version of its all-in-one instant messaging client that works with the AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and ICQ public IM networks. Add comment
Microsoft says sorry for AntiSpyware error
Microsoft has publicly apologized and compensated Web directory Startpagina.nl, one of MSN's main competitors in Holland, after the software giant's anti-spyware product incorrectly flagged the site as malicious. Add comment
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