Today we take emoticons for granted, they are embedded in most chat programs as images too; But thirty years ago today, the sideways smiley face was born to remove confusion for the context of a post. More...
Facebook never ceases to make headlines, but this time it's not rolling out any new features or security updates. According to TechCrunch, Facebook has been granted the rights to trademark the word "Face." Within three months,... More...
ThePirateBay owners, Hans Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundströmare set to appear in court on Monday and could face two years in prison and a fine as high as $180,000 each.... More...
Yet another lawsuit is filed against Apple and AT&T claiming that the iPhone fails to live up to 3G speeds, and claims that the AT&T's infrastructure cannot handle the overwhelming 3G signal in comparison to... More...
Two of anonymous Belkin employees have come back with replies to the statement released by Belkin's president Mark Reynoso about faked product reviews. Belkin has supposedly paid for positive reviews, gave products with custom firmware... More...
Apple could be sued for misleading the investors about Steve Jobs' medical status and for being slow to form a succession plan after his 2004 cancer treatment. Rick Hanna, an analyst, figures that Apple was... More...
Swedish start-up Polar Rose plans to make its face recognition service publicly available on the Web in the second quarter of 2008 as it tries to become a must-have tool for sorting visual content. The... More...
The online advertising market will face increased opposition in 2008, according to a report from Deloitte. Users will treat web ads with growing antipathy throughout the year, while tracking technologies will attract the attention of... More...
In the most serious cases, British motorists caught talking on a hand-held mobile phone or sending a text while driving could be charged with dangerous driving, which carries a two-year maximum sentence and an unlimited... More...
As part of its war on pirated music and videos, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is opening up a new front at the resident halls of the University of California-Berkeley's campus. Starting this... More...
Amnesty International has warned that the internet "could change beyond all recognition" unless action is taken against the erosion of online freedoms. The warning comes ahead of a conference organised by Amnesty, where victims of... More...
On November 9, Google will face trial over its AdWords programme, following allegations by American Blind & Wallpaper Factory that the system represents an abuse of US trademark law. Under the pay-per-click AdWords system, related... More...
Microsoft Corp. has begun reminding millions of testers of Windows Vista's beta and release candidate (RC) previews that their trial runs end on June 1. Cori Hartje, director of Microsoft's antipiracy efforts, became the first... More...
Bioscrypt, a Toronto-based company, has claimed an industry first with its VisionAccess 3D DeskCam – a 3D camera that scans the users face using infrared and visible light for authentication purposes. The security scanning works... More...
The European Commission claims Microsoft has not changed its behaviour since it was fined 497m euros (£331m) in 2004 and has warned the software giant that it could face further fines for failing to comply... More...
Researchers at the University of Indiana and Symantec are warning that about half of internet users with a home router are vulnerable to having the hardware hijacked. The researchers found that home router users are... 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...
The high definition battle is starting to heat up. Completely ignoring the hybrid disc and player alternatives, Sony and Toshiba are stepping up their fire power with more high definition players (Toshiba just released a... More...
The movie industry just doesn't get it. This is a new century and the times, they are a-changing. But the studio bosses just keep on ignoring technology like they are on rails, kicking the consumer... More...
By a 410-15 vote on Thursday, politicians approved a bill that would effectively require that "chat rooms" and "social networking sites" be rendered inaccessible to minors, an age group that includes some of the Internet's... More...
The European Union's top antitrust regulator is set to issue a formal ruling finding software giant Microsoft Corp. guilty of breaking EU competition rules, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The paper said Microsoft could... More...
Beginning next month, Washington residents who play poker or make other types of wagers on the Internet will be committing a Class C felony, equivalent under the law to possessing child pornography, threatening the governor... More...
Many companies may face public humiliation by the United States Federal Trade Commission if they continue to serve ads through adware, according to reports. FTC Commissioner John Leibowitz said Thursday at an event hosted... More...
Thanks DCrad for this submission. The music industry is to extend its copyright war by taking legal action against websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics. The Music Publishers' Association (MPA), which represents US sheet... More...
Samsung and Apple may be investigated by South Korean anti-trust authorities, a report claims. If it happens, the investigation will focus on the deal reached between the two companies under which Samsung reportedly sold Apple... More...
Fischbach, Scoroposki, Cousens et al face allegations of corporate malpractice A year after publisher Acclaim declared itself bankrupt, the trustee appointed to wind up the firm has filed a complaint against several... More...
Microsoft Corp. now has only weeks left until the European Commission decides whether to take steps toward fining it up to $5 million a day, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. "Within a matter of... More...
VU Games' crime-movie adaptation will sport authentic Tony Montana mug, voice talent of original cast, Jay Mohr, Cheech Marin, James Woods, and more. While Hollywood actors lending their voices to games is... More...
Two industrial manufacturers, Guardian Industries Corp. and Honeywell International Inc., have sued dozens of companies in the global PC and video display businesses in a U.S. federal court to try to recoup royalties on liquid-crystal... More...
Now that IBM plans to sell its PC division to Beijing-based Lenovo, the big question is whether the companies can keep users from defecting to other vendors--which would put IBM's once standard-setting PCs even further... More...
Hundreds of IT departments are considering their options as Microsoft finally withdraws mainstream support from its NT4 server at the end of this month. Those still running NT4 face the choice of... More...
Leading publisher Electronic Arts may face a class action lawsuit from its own employees over unpaid overtime, it has emerged today, with a Californian law firm currently seeking certification for the class suit. Following on... More...
A new round of lawsuits aimed at prolific Internet song-swappers could be announced as early as Thursday as music executives meet in London to discuss the next step in their global war on Internet piracy.... More...
Pornographers beware - new legislation coming into law in the US will soon make the practise of covertly taping people "for lascivious purposes" illegal. Described as "video voyeurism", the practise has become the "new frontier... More...
Open Source Development Labs, which promotes adoption of Linux, said Monday it is putting in place a new system to better track and document changes to the operating system's kernel. The group,... More...
Microsoft and Lindows faced off in a Dutch court Tuesday over allegations the Linux operating system company infringed on the Windows trademark. Microsoft's lawsuit, which seeks a fine of more than $100,000... More...
Thanks crusher An Asian web-site OC.com.tw has published pictures from ATi Technology Days 2004 event hosted by ATI Technologies, including a photo of a graphics card that is believed to be the... More...
NGC voices its opinion on Nintendo's new handheld bombshell. Are two screens really better than one? Nintendo are masters of the unexpected, which makes our DS mock-up and childish attempts to think up... More...
A variant of the MyDoom virus has started spreading, albeit slowly, and security experts expect it to target the main Web site of the music industry. The variant, MyDoom.F, deletes several different types... More...
Safari developer David Hyatt has attacked Internet Explorer for letting website developers get away with writing 'malformed code' and consequently holding back the development of Apple's browser. In his weblog Hyatt explains that most of... More...
European firms are being urged to buy a licence for Linux to avoid legal action by SCO which claims the operating system unlawfully includes some of its computer code. Before now SCO... More...
New PayPal users in the UK will face fresh restrictions from next month, when the company launches its full European service. At the moment, the firm's non-US customer accounts are held with... More...
Chinese authorities said they will not formally indict a 23-year-old cyber-dissident who was recently released from a year in detention, a Hong Kong-based human rights group said. Liu Di, better known under... More...
Local Loop Unbundling back on the agenda The part that local loop unbundling (LLU) can play in rolling out broadband is back on the regulatory agenda. Speaking to the Trade... More...
As both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expect to add new platforms for their processors, Taiwanese motherboard makers expect to face a greater challenge in providing relevant products, sources said. According to... More...
Thailand is to impose a night curfew on online gaming to curb rising rates of addiction by young players, Information and Communications Technology Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said on Tuesday. Game servers, both local... More...
Microsoft will find itself in dock (again) today when the patent infringement case brought against it by little-known, privately owned technology developer Eolas comes to the US District Court for Eastern Illinois. At... More...
Watch the RIAA site get hacked again and cheer... In a victory for the record industry, an American internet provider has handed over the names of four customers accused of illegally... More...
Thanks Jared of The Idea Basket who writes: "I've written an article for my e-zine The Idea Basket that I think your readers might enjoy. It's called The New Face of Knowledge Management, and it's... More...
Face of Mankind is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) in a persistent world. Thousands of players throughout the world can compete in a realistic and futuristic world of the 24th century. It combines... More...