Microsoft denies Blu-ray Xbox 360s, again
Despite reports that a Blu-ray Xbox 360 is in the works from an ASUS subsidiary, Microsoft has once again moved to deny the rumors. Microsoft had no comment when the reports hit last week, but now an official has sent an email to the popular gaming website GamePro denying the... Read on »
Microsoft Acquires Travel Site Farecast
After having exited the travel business once before by spinning off Expedia, the Redmond company appears to stepping back in by scooping up a Washington-based startup called Farecast. However, this new website is not exactly like Expedia, or any other travel sites for that matter. Instead it essentially provides forecasts... Read on »
Google, Salesforce Tie Up With Apps
In a move seen as a “take that Microsoft” deal, Google and Salesforce padded out a current collaboration deal by integrating its Google Apps within Salesforce. Salesforce clients have a little something extra with their morning CRM. The addition of Google Apps to Salesforce neatly tucks in Gmail and the... Read on »
Over Half New Applications in ’07 Malicious Says Symantec
Email, once the cyber criminals' favourite method of delivering malware to your computer, has been replaced by the web as the primary... Read on »
HP Releases its First Linux-powered Laptop
At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at the University of Texas Supercomputing Center April 8, Hewlett-Packard announced the release of its first... Read on »
Flickr Launches Video Service
Yahoo’s Flickr has launched Flickr Video, which allows “pro” accounts to upload 90-second video clips. Flickr’s limit is much lower than Google’s YouTube and is designed to avoid copyright issues. Adobe rolled out Media Player 1.0, based on its Air platform. Adobe’s Media Player 1.0 makes online video available outside... Read on »
Customized Linux PC for MySpacers
PC vendor Everex and gOS (Good OS), the Linux distribution based around Google applications, is taking the next step in online-based computing by introducing a limited edition MySpace PC. The companies hope that the white-cased, two-pound MyMiniPC will attract what Everex officials claim is some of the more than 100... Read on »
French lawyer gets 6 month ban over P2P legal threats
A lawyer working with Swiss anti-piracy outfit Logistep has received a ban from practicing as a lawyer for six months. Elizabeth Martin sent inappropriately aggressive and deliberately false and misleading letters to thousands of alleged file sharers that had supposedly been infringing on the rights of Call of Juarez game... Read on »
Four People jailed in Lebanon for Facebook comments
A Lebanese Facebook group began as a collection of juvenile jokes revolving around a fellow student. After complaining to university authorities and being told that the matter was not a university concern, the woman took her case to the Zahle attorney general. When the attorney general advised her to come... Read on »
WTO Awards Caribbean Country Right to Ignore US Copyright
The WTO's recent ruling on Antigua's complaint against the US over the banning of online gambling resulted in a payment to the island nation much less than they asked for. It appears, though, that this payment was just part of the WTO's compensation package for Antigua/Barbuda. Via Kotaku, the Hollywood... Read on »
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