Samsung have come under fire for allegedly lying about the containment of a gas leak in one of their semiconductor plants. Korean Police are conducting an investigation as the spotlight is on Samsung. More...

Microsoft has posted up a statement on its IE blog that goes into detail about the mouse tracking exploit and also paints a bigger picture about Spider.io's motive. More...

A post on the popular website Pastebin sheds new light on the recent Comodo SSL certificate attacks. A 21 year old Iranian hacker who goes by the name of ComodoHacker, claims full responsibility for the... More...

Microsoft certainly is one company not feeling the economic downturn at the moment. During the biggest shopping weekend of the year, they pulled out a huge victory in the shops, and over Sony's rival PlayStation... More...

Intel is claiming that its Core line of processors has allowed for $2bn in savings since release. First introduced two years ago, the Core chips were touted by Intel in part for their low power... More...

Google has tried to dismiss fears it is becoming the "Big Brother of the internet" by storing details of people's personal searches. The founders of the world's largest search engine said that those who were... More...

Update: A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed the video is fake. Thanks TechMedik for posting this in our forums, Ars Technica have posted what could be a promo video for Windows 7. Read on ... Many... More...

The Windows expert who originally speculated that Microsoft deliberately included a 'trick' in Windows Vista that lets users install the OS from the upgrade version on Wednesday defended his position. Earlier this month, the Windows... More...

Bill Gates, the world's richest man, believes the US economy will not fall into a slump because technological progress will help it to grow, he said in an interview with a German newspaper on Thursday.... More...

The semi-anonymous blogger whose account earlier this week about getting a tech support callback from Microsoft Corp. a decade later generated heavy interest and conspiracy theories among techies posted a follow-up late Wednesday, in which... More...

Micron Technology, the largest U.S. maker of computer-memory chips, pressed claims of document destruction against semiconductor designer Rambus as a trial began in federal court. Micron sued Rambus in 2000, alleging it tried to control... More...

British gamer Shaun Clark has won the UK's first gaming gold at the World Cyber Games. Mr Clark, aka Apollooo, took the top medal in the Command & Conquer 3 tournament at the week-long festival... More...

A wave of attacks in the UK, Germany, and the United States from Chinese-based computers had the Chinese foreign ministry issuing an official denial that their government had been involved. Afterwards, officials from New Zealand... More...

Intel is confident, with a few benchmark exceptions, that it will still have the fastest x86 processor in the market following today's launch of AMD's Barcelona Opteron processor. "We feel quite good about our performance,"... More...

British director Sir Ridley Scott has claimed technology which allows people to watch films on mobile phones and computer screens is killing cinema. "We try to do films which are in support of cinema,... More...

If recent reports hold true, Sony PlayStation 3 users may be spending more than their friends for a "next generation console" to save on the hassle of returning damaged goods. Sure all new consoles come... More...

Data from two leading research firms has cast doubt on claims that Apple's retail market share has reached 21%, a claim originating from a 1394 Trade Association release praising Apple's use of Firewire 800 ports... More...

There is a huge gap between advertised broadband speeds and the actual speeds users can achieve, new research from consumer group Which? has shown. A survey by the organisation found that broadband packages promising speeds... More...

The latest development in a pending antitrust suit by CPU manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) against its cheif rival, Intel, comes in the form of a glimpse at the case AMD will present in a... More...

The lawyer who has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T said Wednesday the companies duped iPhone buyers by failing to disclose how expensive it would be to replace the battery. Larry Drury filed... More...

AMD has unveiled a new memory controller system which it claims will double the memory capacity on its high-end server and workstation systems. The G3MX technology will target memory intensive systems such as virtualisation servers... More...

Intel Corp. researchers are a step closer to creating chips that transmit data at high speeds using light instead of electrons, but products based on the technology appear to remain over the horizon. On Wednesday,... More...

As investigations continued into the June 19 death of Xiao Jinpeng whose cell phone battery exploded and killed the 22-year-old Chinese man, authorities have found batteries that may blow up when used in Motorola Incorporated... More...

Just hours after Apple Inc. released a Windows version of Safari on Monday, security researchers had uncovered more than half a dozen vulnerabilities in the browser beta, including at least three that could let attackers... More...

Free software is great, and corporate America loves it. It's often high-quality stuff that can be downloaded free off the Internet and then copied at will. It's versatile - it can be customized to perform... More...

This week, AMD announced its quad-core desktop CPU codenamed Agena FX in Sunnyvale, California. The processor was featured in single and dual-socket configurations – the dual-socket configurations mark AMD's first demonstration of an 8-core desktop.... More...

On the opening day of the VON conference, Bram Cohen (the founder of BitTorrent) was among several others who spoke out against digital rights management software and specifically the implementation of it in Microsoft Windows,... More...

China has launched a trial run of home-grown fourth-generation mobile technology in Shanghai. 4G technology provides wireless services at much faster speeds, sharply improving high-quality images and data services, and potentially allowing for such features... More...

When it comes to quad-core chips, good things come to those who wait, AMD believes. After years of being outplayed by AMD, Intel beat its rival to the punch by releasing its quad-core Xeon 5300... More...

VoIP provider Skype has rolled out a new pricing plan that eliminates per-minute charges in favour of a connection fee for certain calls. SkypePro subscribers will now be charged a connection fee of €0.039 to... More...

Running Windows Vista's new Aero graphical interface doesn't impact PC performance, a study sponsored by Microsoft claims. According to speed measurements of more than 60 common business chores, which were conducted by North Carolina-based Principled... More...

MICROSOFT'S shy and retiring boss Steve 'there's a kind of hush' Ballmer might be gearing up to take Linux distributors to the cleaners. According to Linux World, Ballmer is whispering to all who can hear... More...

The stock options scandal that has affected Apple, McAfee and CNet has claimed another victim, and this time it's one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley's chip business. The San Jose Mercury News reports: ... More...

Samsung is claiming to have cracked 4G, while most of the mobile industry couldn't tell you what it is yet. The electronics giant says it will demonstrate the high-speed technology at the Samsung 4G... More...

Security solution provider Agnitum claims that Microsoft's kernel patch protection will shut out competing products unless competitors resort to hacker tactics. In an article posted to the company's Web site, Agnitum said that because of... More...

Microsoft is leaving Java in the dust, but the company still has room to grow in the developer arena, a key executive said. Speaking at the Microsoft FAM (Financial Analyst Meeting) on July 27 in... More...

MICROSOFT CLAIMED a hacker trick that allows an executable file to be launched when a user types a Web address into Internet Explorer is a feature rather than any security vulnerability. But security boffins have... More...

During ATI's 2006 third quarter financial results conference call this morning, ATI CEO Dave Orton revealed to analysts that despite demonstrating physics processing earlier this year, actual retail availability will not be available for another... More...

Microsoft Corp., tentatively agreed to pay $70 million in vouchers to several California municipalities to settle an antitrust claim that it used its market dominance to overcharge government customers, plaintiff lawyers said on Tuesday. The... More...

Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against wireless content company MForma, charging the San Francisco-based company and a group of ex-Yahoo employees there with theft of trade secrets. According to the lawsuit, which... More...

As might be expected, Advanced Micro Devices doesn't think much of Intel's performance claims for its upcoming Conroe and Merom products. "It's driven by the fact that they can't talk about their... More...

After much speculation it seems Google were not responsible forwithholding a video of the Iraq conflict from US audiences, but theoriginal poster of the video. The rather boring 17-second... More...

US record-label body the RIAA and movie-industry moguls at the MPAA are attempting to argue that copying a CD to a computer for carrying on an iPod does not, and has never, constituted fair use.... More...

A Louisiana man has sued Apple claiming that iPods can produce sounds of more than 115 decibels, a volume that can damage the hearing of a person exposed to the sound for more than 28... More...

Photos that recently sprung up on the web claiming to be the first mod chip for the Xbox 360 have been proven to be no more than amateur fakes. The reports seemingly gained credibility... More...

Two popular iPod accessory makers are embroiled in a legal dispute that's caused one of them to sue the other, alleging patent infringement. Netalog, the parent company of iPod peripheral maker Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO),... More...

Microsoft today released the findings of an independent report claiming that the Windows platform is "more consistent, predictable and easier to manage than Linux". The study, commissioned by the software giant from Security Innovation, a... More...

Playstation 3 will be capable of running games at 120 frames per second claims president of Sony Computer Entertainment, Ken Kutaragi. According to Japanese news service Nikkei BP, Kutaragi's comments were made as part of... More...

Thanks Jugalator. Charlotte, N.C.-based Scientigop owns two patents (No. 5,842,213 and No. 6,393,426) covering the transfer of "data in neutral forms." These patents, one of which was applied for in 1997, are infringed upon by... More...

Microsoft's program to ensure that developers build secure code is showing early signs of success, according to a senior executive from the company. The Security Development Lifecycle program is one of the results of Microsoft's... More...