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Microsoft To Release Three Versions Of Xbox 2

A slide from a non disclosure agreement (NDA) presentation seen by the Inquirer points towards Microsoft launching three versions of the Xbox 2, one of which is a fully functioning PC. Add comment

Sharp Unveils First Blu-ray Disc Recorder

Sharp will put its first Blu-ray Disc recorder on sale in Japan in December, the company says. Add comment

Microsoft Rejects Itanium Chips From Operating Systems For Clusters

While the world’s most powerful supercomputers run Intel Itanium 2 multiprocessing units, Microsoft Corp. does not want to support Intel’s Itanium-series chips in its operating system designed for clusters, instead, the company qualifies its forthcoming product for x86-64 chips, namely AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon. Add comment

Death Knell Sounds for Nullsoft, Winamp

The last members of the original Winamp team have said goodbye to AOL and the door has all but shut on the Nullsoft era, BetaNews has learned. Add comment

Pioneer Ultraviolet Laser Promises 500GB Disks

Japanese hardware maker Pioneer has developed a technique which will allow optical drives to store 500GB of data. Add comment

POP Goes The Gmail

It looks like Gmail users will get POP support. This means you will be able to use mail clients like Outlook to download your messages. Add comment

FeRAM Is Now Here

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has released its first 1 Mbit FeRAM (FRAM) memory chip, the largest capacity FRAM chip available. Add comment

Gran Turismo 4 Goes Gold

The racing sim is ready for its December 3 release in Japan. Add comment

Motorola To Introduce 20 New Cell Phones

Motorola Inc., which is introducing 20 new cell phones as it tries to avoid slipping to No. 3 in the market, signaled its confidence Wednesday for strong holiday sales and said there are no further product delays in sight. Add comment

E-Power Warrior PC Case

The side panel glows with a spectrum of constantly changing colors and the light show can continue in the Warrior PC case even after the computer is shut down. Add comment

E-Power Warrior PC Case

The side panel glows with a spectrum of constantly changing colors and the light show can continue in the Warrior PC case even after the computer is shut down. Add comment

Double MyDoom For Internet Explorer Flaw

A second version of the MyDoom variant that uses a flaw in Internet Explorer has started to spread, antivirus researchers said on Tuesday. Add comment

Feds Charge Man With Selling Windows Code

A Connecticut man was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he illegally sold a secret source code used for Microsoft's Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 programs, federal prosecutors said. Add comment

MSN Search Beta Set To Launch

Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division on Thursday will launch a public beta of its Web search technology, according to sources familiar with the plans. Add comment

Mozilla Mulls Desktop Search Features for Firefox Browser

Having launched the much-awaited version 1.0 of the Firefox browser on Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation is busy planning future enhancements to the open-source product, including the possibility of integrating it with a variety of desktop search tools. Add comment

Bluetooth Boosts Its Transfer Rates

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate, which brings up transfer speed, lowers power consumption and increases durability of the technology with multiple connections. Add comment

NVIDIA Unveils GeForce Go 6800, The NV41M

NVIDIA Corp. unveiled Monday its latest mobile graphics chip GeForce Go 6800 that shares architecture with the company’s premier desktop graphics family and brings new performance heights to the segment of desktop replacement notebooks. Add comment

Firefox 1.0 Released

Finally some serious competition for Internet Explorer? Add comment

New MyDoom Draws On IE Flaw To Spread

A new version of MyDoom uses an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer to spread, antivirus companies warned on Monday. Add comment

Rules Set for $50 Million ‘America’s Space Prize’

The ground rules have been laid for the next iteration of 'America's Space Prize'. Add comment

EVERQUEST II Ships To North American Stores

Sony Online Entertainment Inc. today announced that EverQuest II has shipped to North American retail stores. Add comment