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Apple Considers Using Cell Chip

Apple's stock price shot up recently at rumors that it is considering using the Cell chip in future products. Add comment

Microsoft’s Publish Guide To Computer Slang

In an effort to help protect children online and guide parents in how to protect them, Microsoft have recently put up a "parent's primer to computer slang". Add comment

Windows AntiSpyware Beta v1.0.509

A new version of Microsoft's new Windows AntiSpyware software is available for download. Add comment

iMesh Almost Ready To Become Paid File-Swap Network

For more than six months, Israel's iMesh has been the strangest of beasts in the file-swapping world: a fully functioning peer-to-peer network operating with the blessing, albeit temporary, of the recording industry. Add comment

World’s Fastest Oscillating Nanomachine Developed

Nanotechnology leapt into the realm of quantum mechanics this past winter when an antenna-like sliver of silicon one-tenth the width of a human hair oscillated in a lab in a Boston University basement. With two sets of protrusions, much like the teeth from a two-sided comb or the paddles from a rowing shell, the antenna not only exhibits the first quantum nanomechanical motion but is also the world's fastest moving nanostructure. Add comment

Microsoft Recalls Power Cord For Xbox

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced a voluntary recall of the power cords on more than 14 million Xbox consoles, due to an apparent defect that could pose a fire hazard and has reportedly caused minor injuries in at least seven cases. Add comment

Defendant In Major ID-Theft Case Found Guilty

A Nigerian national charged in a California identity-theft case involving at least 145,000 personal and financial records of consumers was found guilty Thursday and sentenced to 16 months in state prison. Add comment

Samsung Claims DDR3 First

Samsung has claimed a memory world first - the first DDR3 chip. Add comment

New MyDoom Spreads Through Search Engines

Another MyDoom worm variant threatens to wreck havoc on networks that a new tacked-on technique of using search engines to locate e-mail addresses. Add comment

Consumer Ultrawideband: Coming Soon

A white paper published by the research firm Parks Associates takes an optimistic view of the prospects for successful deployment of ultrawideband (UWB) technology in the coming year, despite the inability of the IEEE (define) to get the consensus needed to set a single standard. Add comment

Chinese Researchers Compromise SHA-1 Hashing Algorithm

A team of three Chinese researchers have compromised the SHA-1 hashing algorithm at the core of many of today's mainstream security products. Add comment

Next MySQL Database Coming Up In 2Q

MySQL is on track to deliver version 5 of its database in the second quarter, according to CEO Marten Mickos. Add comment

New Steps To Protect DVDs In Piracy War

Macrovision Corp. today plans to unveil technology that it claims can block 97% of the DVD-copying software that pirates use without interfering with a DVD's playability or picture quality. Add comment

Grand Theft Auto Sparks Another Lawsuit

Rockstar parent Take-Two Interactive, Sony, Wal-Mart, and GameStop are blamed for the murder of three policemen by a teenage car thief. Add comment

Startup Extends Active Directory To Linux Systems

Centrify Corp. has released DirectControl, a Microsoft Active Directory-based program that enables network administrators to use AD's identity, access and policy management for not only Windows, but also Unix and Linux systems. Add comment

Intel Claims Silicon Laser Breakthrough

Researchers from Intel Corp. have created the first continuous laser beam using silicon components, a development the chip maker called a major scientific breakthrough that could herald significant advances in communications and medicine. Add comment

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Heatsink

It takes just one look at the Arctic Cooling Freezer64 to realize it is not a standard heatsink. Add comment

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Heatsink

It takes just one look at the Arctic Cooling 64 to realize it is not a standard heatsink. Add comment

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition RC2 Build 1433

Release Candidate 2 Build 1433 of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition has been made available for free download from Microsoft. Add comment

Windows anti-spyware to come free of charge

Ending speculation about whether it was shifting to a paid model, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will provide customers with its new anti-spyware software for free. Add comment

NEW Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3802

Microsoft have released a new version of their Windows Media Player 10 software. Add comment