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- Photos: Apple's new iPod Touch--and more
- Steve Jobs unveils the new iPod Touch that's basically the iPhone but without the contract and hefty price tag. Plus, Apple updates more music players. by Andy Smith 4:12 AM on Sep 05
- Build a $2,500 supercomputer
- Supercomputing Costco-style In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov. Today you can build a more powerful machine for less than $2,500 in an 11" x ... 1:59 PM on Sep 04
- Week in video: New iPods and a 21st century bike
- Apple's new iPod Touch, revisiting the iPhone and a bike you can race at home. Apple topped off the news this week with its announcements of new iPods and a ... 10:48 AM on Sep 07
- What Jobs' iApology reveals about the iPhone
- Steve Jobs open letter to iPhone customers--and $100 credit--is revealing on multiple fronts. Jobs moved to soothe the concerns of iPhone customers that forked over $599 for the device only ... 11:33 AM on Sep 06
- Why Microsoft deserved to lose the OOXML standards vote
- Microsoft lost its bid to fast track its Office Open XML (OOXML) file-format specification. (It's next-to-impossible to tell from Microsoft's press release announcing "Strong Global Support for Open XML as ... 1:41 AM on Sep 04
- Apple iPod Touch will cannibalize iPhone
- Updated: Apple rolled out its much-anticipated iPod lineup Wednesday and an updated iTunes. A big part of that lineup is the iPod Touch, which is a nice end run around ... 10:52 PM on Sep 05
- Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton
- [UPDATE 9/10/2007 - My leaked extrapolated scores below are now officially confirmed on SPEC.org for Integer and Floating Point. Since I only had two significant figures on percentage gain to work off of from the ... 7:02 PM on Sep 10
- The quad-core project - Building the PC walkthrough
- Last weekend we built two new quad-core PCs over at the PC Doc HQ. I promised that you'd be first to see the results of our hard work (buildig these ... 1:18 AM on Sep 10
- A Blu-ray / HD DVD update
- Last week I listed the six essential hardware and software pieces you need to successfully play back a commercially produced high-definition disk in either the Blu-ray or HD DVD format. Over ... 1:01 AM on Sep 07
- China rejects U.S. charge it hacked Pentagon
- Spokeswoman calls charges a "groundless" revival of Cold War thinking, but a U.S. official says the claims are true. China on Tuesday rejected a report that hackers controlled by its ... 1:00 AM on Sep 04
- The $150 laptop saga: Where's this mystery laptop?
- In July I ordered a $150 Linux-powered laptop in what appeared to be the deal of the century. I'm still waiting. And waiting. But my order is coming--really. As background ... 10:04 PM on Sep 10
- House OKs revamp of patent system
- Congress takes major step toward changes long sought by big tech companies. But there's no guarantee that proposal will become law. WASHINGTON--In a move long sought by large technology companies ... 6:24 AM on Sep 07
- Are Mac users smug and arrogant?
- One recurring meme that frequently gets trotted out on Digg.com and other forums is that Mac users are smug and arrogant. Many Windows users claim also that Apple users love ... 5:30 AM on Sep 12
- Storm Worm botnet could be world's most powerful supercomputer
- Nearly nine months after it was first discovered, the Storm Worm Trojan continues to surge, building what experts believe could be the world's most powerful supercomputer. The Trojan, which uses ... 1:54 AM on Sep 06
- Apple's iPhone price cuts leave mixed feelings
- Some iPhone fans are delighted that it now costs $200 less, but others wonder if Apple needed to stimulate demand for the closely-watched device. Apple's decision to slash the price ... 12:05 PM on Sep 05
- How Facebook's "public search listing" could empower users
- With news that Facebook is adding a public-facing (i.e. no need to log-in) "people search" function, that -- in approximately one month's time -- will be "spidered" by public search ... 1:13 AM on Sep 06
- Will AMD Barcelona kill off high-margin AMD CPUs?
- AMD was riding high a year ago dominating sales in the dual-processor Server market and virtually owned the multi-processor (4+) Server market. Then Intel launched the Core Micro-architecture on the ... 8:58 AM on Sep 08
- Running the numbers on Vista
- Over its first six months, the latest Windows version can't hold a candle to XP. But, Office sales rock, according to NPD report. Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista ... 5:25 AM on Sep 11
- NTP: We sue the (wireless) world
- NTP is back for more patent goodies. And this time the patent-holding company is suing a lot more than just RIM. NTP is suing AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel. ... 10:37 AM on Sep 11
- IBM to give OpenOffice the Outlook e-mail killer it needs?
- IBM has finally taken the big leap to support rival Sun's OpenOffice.org project, a move that could have significant impact on the adoption of the open source Office suite. As ... 3:43 AM on Sep 10
- Say 'cheese': Sony technology focuses on smiles
- Using face detection technology, Cyber-shot cameras won't snap a high-definition picture until a selected subject smiles. If a picture's worth a thousand words, then how much is a smiling photo ... 3:07 PM on Sep 14
- YouTube conundrum for vintage acts
- The video site is proving a thorn in the side of older, well-known musical artists, from Prince to the Village People. The music industry typically sings YouTube's praises. Google's video-sharing ... 2:26 PM on Sep 14
- SEC filing: Icahn calls for a sale of BEA Systems
- Carl Icahn, who reports more than an 8 percent stake in the software maker, says BEA should consider being acquired. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Friday a sale of ... 1:56 PM on Sep 14
- Get ready for ads on your cell phone
- Advertisers say mobile technology will allow them to target ads much better than mass media. Your cell phone may be one of the last spots around that's relatively free of ... 1:45 PM on Sep 14
- New Net taxes could arrive in November
- Because Congress has yet to renew a moratorium on Net access taxes, users could pay more for DSL and cable modem bills. WASHINGTON -- Americans might pay more for DSL ... 1:44 PM on Sep 14
- Video games train new miners in Peru
- Simulations let companies train people without having to take costly equipment out of service, or risk expensive accidents. Giant video games with throaty diesel engines powering monster-size earth movers, excavators ... 1:41 PM on Sep 14
- Nokia denies infringing Qualcomm patents
- Cell phone maker says it uses chips made by Texas Instruments, which already pays licensing fees for Qualcomm patents. Nokia told a Dutch court on Friday it is not infringing ... 1:32 PM on Sep 14
- News Corp. expects tough Apple negotiations
- Analysts predict Apple will face more difficulty in filling its iTunes stores with video content. News Corp.'s president and chief operating officer said on Friday he expected to have contentious ... 1:27 PM on Sep 14
- Source: iPhone headed for Germany
- Exclusive deal with Deutsche Telekom, whose mobile communications unit is T-Mobile, expected to be announced next week. Deutsche Telekom has clinched an exclusive deal with Apple to sell the coveted ... 1:09 PM on Sep 14
- An anxious wait for EU court ruling on Microsoft
- Business leaders, lawyers, regulators will have plenty to discuss when the court rules next week on Europe's antitrust sanctions against Microsoft. After a three-year legal battle, the European Union's Court ... 10:49 AM on Sep 14
- How law enforcement uses Google Earth
- Service helps police see what pot growers and property tax cheats are doing, as well as provide public with important traffic data.Images: Google Earth eyes the law When a Wisconsin ... 9:38 AM on Sep 14
- Week in review: Vista, virtualization, vendettas
- Microsoft promises Vista changes in response to Google complaints. Also: Virtualization gets real, and iPhone reaches a milestone. Microsoft is making changes to Windows Vista in response to objections from ... 9:23 AM on Sep 14
- Matsushita to double plasma capacity at latest plant
- Company plans to boost its capacity to 360,000 42-inch panels a month from the current 180,000 panels, possibly by year's end. Panasonic parent company Matsushita said it will double output ... 6:18 AM on Sep 14
- Gartner: Antivirus is biggest security expense
- Customers are getting more demanding, while security market is seeing a gradual consolidation around fewer players. Spending on security software across Europe is expected to top 2.4 billion euros ($3.3 ... 6:11 AM on Sep 14
- Sanyo may be close to selling cell phone business
- Japan's Sanyo Electric is entering the final stage of talks with Kyocera to sell its mobile phone operations, sources close to the matter say. Japan's Sanyo Electric is entering the ... 6:06 AM on Sep 14
- Rivals say Microsoft has not changed its ways
- Upcoming antitrust ruling is a legacy of past behavior, but competitors say the company's current strategy shows not much has changed. Next week, Microsoft faces yet another European antitrust ruling. ... 5:49 AM on Sep 14
- Pentagon revs up drive for wearable power
- Public forum set for September 21 intended to answer questions about contest to build wearable battery-power system. The Defense Department said on Thursday it would field questions from the public ... 5:32 AM on Sep 14
- Sales of video games, hardware up 46 percent
- As game franchises such as Madden and Guitar Hero enjoy popularity, console makers see a significant sales rise. U.S. sales of video games and hardware jumped 46 percent in August ... 5:23 AM on Sep 14
- Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal
- As Web browser add-ons that let people erase ads proliferate, legal experts to wonder when the first lawsuit will be filed. Advertising-supported companies have long turned to the courts to ... 4:00 AM on Sep 14
- Hawaiian firm shrinks solar thermal power
- It's not as common as solar photovoltaic panels, but Hawaiian start-up Sopogy thinks small-scale solar thermal makes sense.Photos: Concentrating on solar power in Hawaii Perhaps it's not surprising that balmy ... 4:00 AM on Sep 14
- Microsoft preps customers early in hopes of avoiding DST fallout
- Mary Jo Foley: November 4 is just around the corner. Now’s the time to make sure any Microsoft products that store or use time are updated before Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the U.S. ends for the year. 1:45 PM on September 14
- Money mule recruiters get more brazen
- Ryan Naraine: The criminal gangs behind the phishing scourge are getting more and more brazen in their attempts to lure ‘money mules’ to launder money from stolen bank accounts. 1:44 PM on September 14
- Microsoft has changed (some of) its monopolistic ways
- Mary Jo Foley: I disagree with Microsoft competitors like Salesforce.com’s CEO Mark Benioff who claim little, if anything, has changed and that Microsoft would like to halt innovation, if it could. 8:17 AM on September 14
- New Net taxes could arrive in November
- Because Congress has yet to renew a moratorium on Net access taxes, users could pay more for DSL and cable modem bills. 1:44 PM on September 14
- Microsoft dodging the real stealth update issues
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What I'm reading from Microsoft is that we should all have Windows set to automatically retrieve and install updates automatically and that those of us that don’t are deviants from the norm. 12:53 PM on September 14
- Unpatched QuickTime-to-Firefox flaw dings IE too
- Ryan Naraine: Security researcher Aviv Raff has found a way to use the one-year-old (and still unpatched) QuickTime vulnerability to automate cross application scripting attacks against users of Internet Explorer. 12:36 PM on September 14
- Employers crack down on 'Facebook addicts'
- A majority of a silicon.com jury of CIOs say they have already banned or restricted employee access to Facebook and similar Web sites due to their addictive qualities 12:00 AM on September 14
- $100 iPhone rebate only for AT&T; customers
- Jason D. O'Grady: Sorry hackers, if you purchased an iPhone and have not activated it with AT&T; you won’t be eligible for Steve Jobs’ Mea Culpa US$100 rebate for early adopters. 9:08 AM on September 14
- Fun cars hit the road in Frankfurt
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Photos: The 62nd International Motor Show gets underway with the debut of many new models, both human and automotive.
11:55 AM on September 14
- How law enforcement uses Google Earth
- Service helps police see what pot growers and property tax cheats are doing, as well as provide public with important traffic data. 9:38 AM on September 14
- The most powerful microscope in the world
- Roland Piquepaille: A new microscope developed by the TEAM Project, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, has recorded the highest-resolution images ever seen. 12:37 PM on September 14
- Is Microsoft Office 2007 outselling Windows Vista?
- Mary Jo Foley: The most recent Vista sales pronouncement (released by the company at the end of July) was that Microsoft had sold 60 million copies of Vista. But evidence indicates that Office has sold more. 10:42 AM on September 14
- Verizon's risky lawsuit against open access
- Dana Blankenhorn: Verizon is in effect delaying the wireless spectrum auction and a decision in its favor is likely to be appealed, and Google or others could launch a counter-suit, citing different grounds. 10:48 AM on September 14
- Looking back at Microsoft Access easter eggs
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An Easter Egg is a small program that is hidden deep inside of an application and is designed by the application’s developers as a way of displaying their names. Here are the ones from Access 95/97/2000.
5:53 AM on August 16
- Money mules recruiters get more brazen
- Ryan Naraine: The criminal gangs behind the phishing scourge are getting more and more open in their attempts to lure 'money mules' to launder money from stolen bank accounts. 8:19 AM on September 14
- TD Ameritrade discovers database breach
- Larry Dignan: Online broker TD Ameritrade said Friday that it has discovered a database breach that compromised customer accounts. 9:22 AM on September 14
- Gartner: Antivirus is biggest security expense
- Spending on security software across Europe is expected to top 2.4 billion euros ($3.3 billion) this year, with antivirus software continuing to form the largest slice of the pie. 6:11 AM on September 14
- Salesforce.com: It's all about the UI
- Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com will unveil Force.com, an on-demand platform as a service. Force.com also includes Visualforce, which will allow developers to customize the user interface. 4:58 AM on September 14
- Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal
- Advertising-supported companies have long turned to the courts to squelch products that let consumers block or skip ads. 4:00 AM on September 14
- AMD’s Barcelona benchmarks: Omissions and disclosure matter
- George Ou: A lot of people in the press have been scratching their heads at some off the performance claims made by AMD at the Barcelona launch Monday night. 4:48 AM on September 14
- Nuclear power looks for comeback in U.S.
- A nuclear power plant hasn't been built in the U.S. in decades, but that appears to be changing, says the CEO of the nuclear industry's advocacy group. 5:43 PM on September 13
- Google proposes global privacy standard
- The search giant is recommending that rememies for violating on an individual's privacy focus on whether a person was actually harmed by having the information exposed. 6:45 PM on September 13
- Why Feds should ban RFID implants
- George Ou: The California legislature recently banned employers from mandating RFID implants for their employees. This should be a federal law. 4:52 AM on September 14
- VMware dangles next-gen virtualization goodies
- VMware has some new ideas for tackling an age-old problem for system administrators: how do you keep a computing service available when the server it's running on fails? 11:56 AM on September 13
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