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AOL Prepares Its Own Browser

America Online is planning to release its own stand-alone Web browser based on Microsoft's Internet Explorer technology, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. Add comment

Transmeta Demos 2 GHz Efficeon Processor

Transmeta announced that it will debut a new generation of its TM8800 Efficeon processor later this year. The processor will be clocked at 2 GHz and support Intel's SSE3 instruction set. Add comment

Supermicro Launches Pentium 4 EM64T Boards

Mainboard company Supermicro today announced two single processor products supporting Intel's Pentium 4 processors with 64-bit extensions. Add comment

New JibJab Film Roasts ‘DC’ Bedfellows

John Edwards in a bikini brief? Dick Cheney making an obscene gesture? The political satirists at JibJab are at it again. Add comment

Feds Target Alternative Media Web Site

An alternative media network called the Independent Media Center said Friday that federal law enforcement authorities confiscated several of its Web servers, shutting down many of its independently run sites. Add comment

Hollywood Takes P2P Case To Supreme Court

Hollywood studios and record companies on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn a controversial series of recent court decisions that have kept file-swapping software legal. Add comment

Millions Of Dell Power Adapters Recalled

About 4.4 million AC adapters sold worldwide with Dell notebooks between September 1998 and February 2002 were recalled Friday. Add comment

LIS 2 Indicator

The L.I.S. 2 Indicator is more than a pretty face. It's a fan controller too. Virtual Lab System took the LCD display device one step further by incorporating a 4-channel fan controller. The L.I.S. 2 Indicator surpasses other units in aesthetics, price and features but there are areas that didn't quite measure up. Add comment

Security Concerns Shelve MSN Messenger 7

Microsoft has suspended the beta testing of the next version of its MSN Messenger client because of a potential security problem, a company spokesperson says. Add comment

LIS 2 Indicator

The L.I.S. 2 Indicator is more than a pretty face. It\'s a fan controller too. Virtual Lab System took the LCD display device one step further by incorporating a 4-channel fan controller. The L.I.S. 2 Indicator surpasses other units in aesthetics, price and features but there are areas that didn\'t quite measure up. Add comment

Hitachi, Toshiba Show Portable Fuel Cells

Hitachi and Toshiba this week unveiled new fuel cell prototypes for a range of applications that could be commercialized as early as next year. Add comment

Novell Releases SUSE Linux 9.2

Novell today announced the November availability of SUSE® LINUX Professional 9.2. Add comment

Google Launches Google Print

Google is launching Google Print, which will show book excerpts next to regular Google search results. Add comment

Fluid Logic Chips

Researchers are working schemes to carry out logic operations with microfluidic chips, which push tiny amounts of fluid through channels and are usually used to perform biological and chemical testing. The ability to carry out logic operations using liquid could be a useful part of a lab-on-a-chip. Add comment

Designer Puts 96 Cores On Single Chip

Chip designer ClearSpeed has put 96 computing cores onto a single semiconductor, as the race to secure a niche in the emerging market for co-processors heats up. Add comment

Spyware bill passes US House

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would strangle spyware. They hope to have a Senate version presented today, and to have it signed into law by the end of the year. Add comment

Gainward Releases 6600 With 1.6 Nanosecond DDR3 Memory

Gainward squeezes even more from the 6600 by upping the speeds to 540/1200 MHz. Add comment

Doom 3 For Linux Released

Timothee Besset has announced the release of the Linux client/server binaries for Doom 3. A Linux Doom 3 page has been setup with installation instructions and a FAQ. Add comment

Sharp Displays 65-Inch LCD TV

Sharp unveiled a 65-inch LCD television at the opening of the Ceatec 2004 exhibition this week. The company also said it will sell Aquos-brand TVs with LCD panels in size of 50 inches and larger in 2005. Add comment

Adobe Does Document Security

Electronic document giant Adobe Systems says it will partner with digital certificate company GeoTrust to provide technology to allow documents that use Adobe's popular Portable Document Format to be digitally certified. Add comment

Transmeta’s M8800 Efficeon Processor Powers Down

Transmeta has cut the power consumed by the TM8800 90-nanometer Efficeon processor in half at 1 GHz, according to David Ditzel, Transmeta's vice chairman and chief technology officer. The first generation of the Efficeon processor consumed 7 watts of power at 1 GHz, but the new version of the processor uses only 3 watts of power at that speed, Ditzel said. Add comment