Some people, like Chris ”Moot” Poole, take their online identities very seriously. The 4Chan founder is requesting a US start-up, moot.it, change its name to avoid confusion between the two. More...

Microsoft plans to make a key Internet Explorer default change to thwart attackers trying to hack into its Web browser. The software maker will enable DEP/NX (Data Execution Prevention/No Execute) by default in IE 8... More...

EBay Inc warned that 2008 results would fall below Wall Street expectations, sending its shares more than 5 percent, even as it confirmed long-serving Chief Executive Meg Whitman would step aside. The warning accompanied solid... More...

I caught this via Steve Clayton (who caught it via Jeff Sandquist showing off his home) - Stardock has a really neat application called LogonStudio that allows you to change the background of your logon... More...

Microsoft plans to cease the Xbox 360 "core" edition, but instead will offer an "arcade" version, which will feature five free arcade games along with a 256MB memory card and the Xbox Live Silver subscription,... More...

Unreal3.2.7 will be released on 14th July 2007 - marking 8 years since the first UnrealIRCd release. With this, we've decided to do a rather big change in strategy. Fact is, the Unreal3 code base... More...

The changes to be made to "Desktop Search" are in compliance with a complaint filed by Google earlier this year. In a filing made jointly with the Justice Department on Tuesday night, Microsoft said it... More...

Auction website eBay has apologised for not giving sellers enough notice about changing the default settings for the 'simple search' on ebay.com. Until recently, items put up for sale by eBay customers on the UK... More...

It was announced, yesterday, that the popular multi-headed instant messaging client, Gaim, has undergone a name change. The new name, Pidgin, comes after years of secret discussions and legal issues with internet giant, AOL. The... More...

Dear Mr. Early Adopter, start crying. The Blu-ray Disc Association has mandated that all players of the format released after October 31 must support BD Java which is currently not standard for today's hardware. All... More...

Scientists from Microsoft labs all around the world gathered at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington for Microsoft Research TechFest 2007, the company's annual showcase of research projects. The three-day TechFest event is aimed at sharing... More...

Norway has given a final date by which Apple must open up iTunes. If Apple does not make iTunes songs playable on music players other than the iPod, by October 1, the company will be... More...

With executives from Intel Corp. saying they're only five to eight years away from producing an 80-core chip, now may be the time for software developers to start working on applications that can take advantage... More...

Apple may be affected by AMD's decision to buy graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies. Since the deal was revealed, Intel has confirmed it won't renew ATI's chipset bus licence, according to The Inquirer. That is... More...

With yesterday's announcement that Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates plans to move away from his day-to-day duties by July 2008, analysts said change is in the air for the company. That's... More...

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday raised the stakes in a battle between high-definition DVD formats by urging a group led by Sony Corp. to include features important to PC makers and users. Palo Alto, Calif-based HP... More...

An Australian judge today ordered significant changes in the Kazaa network, ruling that its operators, Sharman Networks, authorized the widespread violation of copyrights. While the ruling did not entirely shut down Kazaa, its result... More...

Systems makers are embracing Intel Corp.'s plans to accelerate the delivery of dual-core Xeon processors, saying they will have servers ready to go when the chips are available. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday... More...

Got this in the mail last night from TweakTowns mailing list, enjoy. "Byron Johnstone, our new writer from South Africa, is a complete overclocking nut and he loves taking all manors of computer... More...

The top judge of the European Union's second-highest court has proposed changing judges in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case, according to a letter sent to all parties in the case. The move, shared with Reuters... More...

Best Buy has seen a spike in profits of 85 percent over the previous year, and analysts agree that video games have a very large part in the retail chain's recent success. The boost... More...

New version of WireChanger wallpaper manager become available. WireChanger begins as a desktop wallpaper changer but becomes much more with built-in utilities, templates, calendar, desktop notes and the option to add active clocks to your... More...

Thanks 8-n-1 for this submission. The Supreme Court handed Internet services providers and privacy advocates a crucial victory on Wednesday when it decided to pass on an important Internet piracy case. ... More...

Microsoft is releasing a configuration change for Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003, to address recent malicious attacks against Internet Explorer, also know as Download.Ject. Windows customers are encouraged to apply... More...

Going beyond Microsoft Corp.'s settlement of U.S. antitrust charges, the European Union wants to force the software giant to offer computer makers a version of Windows without any multimedia program to give rival companies a... More...

The SCO Group has thwarted the malicious intentions of the MyDoom virus by establishing an alternative Web site. The company is asking customers, resellers and developers to use www.thescogroup.com for the next twelve days. The... More...

Here's more of VeriSign to spice up your daily lives! VeriSign Inc. is planning a change to a Domain Name System component responsible for coordinating updates to the .com and .net domains... More...

IT'S ALL CHANGE on the PC front during 2004, and practically everything that defines a "new" computer is set to change over 12 months, with many happening during the next six months.A few things will... More...

A presentation from the SCEE Technology Group has revealed further details of how the PlayStation Portable will work, but developers claim that Sony is considering changing the spec of the device to add more memory.... More...

Thanks to our very own creamhackered for the heads up. Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine reports in its July 2001 issue that Microsoft is considering a world-wide revision of the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer... More...

WorldCom by any other name may still be bankrupt, but the company that's become synonymous with questionable accounting wants to dump its tarnished brand and will likely adopt the name of its MCI residential long-distance... More...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Tuesday expressed concerns regarding a service launched last Friday by VeriSign Inc. designed to handle internationalized domain names (IDNs). According to ICANN, "some... More...

Thanks SHoTTa35 who posted this in BPN. Microsoft later on Monday plans to issue the second Windows .Net Server 2003 release candidate and to announce changes to its software licensing policy for businesses. ... More...

Thanks Toxicfume...Windows XP has been on the market for a year now, so naturally everyone is clamoring for details on the next version of the world's most popular operating system -- or so Microsoft Corp.... More...

Amazon.com agreed this week to make changes to its privacy policy after coming under scrutiny from consumers and regulators who claimed that the e-commerce giant did not adequately protect customer data. In a... More...

Thanks Anonymous for sending us this article, It appears Microsoft have gone all soft and mushy and are telling pirates how they can change their Volume License Key after they spent a good deal of... More...

Thanks prasanth for this. Microsoft, long a proponent of keeping source code secret, plans to publish the source code to a critical part of its Palladium project to enhance security, a representative of the software... More...

The demise of free Internet continues. As an abuser of Geocities free service, it appears that i will have to go somewhere for my free FTP access, as they have decided from the second of... More...

Cheers Darren for sending this in.. Microsoft's latest security patch for Internet Explorer causes the Web browser to crash when viewing Web pages that contain a certain VBScript directive, several IE users have found. Microsoft... More...

Warp2search are reporting on what could turn out to be something of a trojan horse in the latest Product Use Rights (PUR) version (January). Lets see then.. In the new January... More...

Joseph of The Techguide sent me an email with a link to his detailed "how to" change your Boot screen in a few easy steps. This procedure is very similar to modifying the... More...

This may be old news, but I'll post anyway! A recent addition to America Online's privacy policy clears the way for the company to use online tracking tools, including cookies and Web... More...

Bowing to customer pressure, Microsoft has extended the deadline for business customers to sign up for a licensing program, just days after backing off a controversial provision that forced some to pay twice for software... More...