If Windows Vista is so terrible, how come there's someone in the open-source community who wants to copy it? That's the case with the latest Linux distro, a Vista look-alike called Vixta. The project is...
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The NeuroArm, a surgical robot that provides magnetic resonance images of the brain was unveiled in Calgary, where researchers called it a "milestone in medical technology." The technology works in conjunction with real-time MRI to...
Two consumer advocacy groups have filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, saying Microsoft and other Web-based companies are using "unfair and deceptive" business practices to collect data about their customers. The complaint...
The Inquirer got a few extra details about ATI's secret SLI programme. The Canadian based company chose Multi Rendering as the brand name for its marchitecture, to be introduced next year. We are unsure whether...
There was another election season, back in 1952, when a presidential contest seemed too close to call, America worried it was vulnerable to attack, and a single company dominated computing. Those circumstances set...
Devin Theriot-Orr, a member a feisty group of reporter-activists called Indymedia, was surprised when two FBI agents showed up at his Seattle law office, saying the visit was a "courtesy call" on behalf of Swiss...
Get Ready to Rock-n-Roll with aacPlus! Apple director of QuickTime product marketing, Frank Casanova, will deliver a keynote speech at the Cellular Telephone and Internet Association (CTIA's) Wireless IT and Entertainment 2004 tomorrow in San...
The owner of Sharman Networks can't hide forever. Today lawyers were asked to reveal the identity of the owner of Sharman Networks. If the identity is reveled more we'll be seeing more lawsuits....
Intel will assign its 90nm desktop and mobile Pentium and Celeron processors to 300, 500 and 700 series under its anticipated new naming scheme, according to Taiwanese reports. Unnamed PC makers cited by DigiTimes say...
ONE OF OUR WISE WHISPERERS has suggested that the next implementation of DirectX 9 won't be labelled 9.1 at all. As many readers will be aware, the most recent revision of DX is 9.0b. And...
Open-source advocates are crying foul over a new ad campaign from Microsoft that claims that Windows-based systems cost less in the long run than Linux-based systems. Ads for the campaign, which were unveiled...
Top developers at Microsoft are working on a new graphics and animation toolset for Longhorn (the next generation of Windows) that could spell trouble for Macromedia's popular Flash MX and Director MX animation tools, sources...
