Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has released technology that helps websites detect the physical location of computers. The system will allow users, for instance, to find local restaurants when they travel to a... More...
Square Enix Co., creator of the "Final Fantasy'' series of role-playing games, rose the most in more than a month after Microsoft Corp. said the developer will offer a new installment of the video game... More...
Yahoo Inc. is introducing new features Monday for its popular Web-based e-mail program, including software that allows computer users to type text messages on a keyboard and send them directly to someone's cell phone. The... More...
When Microsoft unveiled Silverlight at the MIX07 conference in Las Vegas last week, the new cross-platform browser plug-in for rich media content lacked support for the popular Opera Web browser. Instead, Redmond announced that Silverlight... More...
Microsoft claims it has not gained anything from the recent spate of security flaws that have been discovered in Firefox, even though the open-source browser is a rising rival to the software giant's Internet Explorer.... More...
Intel's desktop Celeron D chips are to be the latest processors to get the chip giant's NetBurst core update, The Register has learned. According to Intel documentation, Celeron model numbers 326, 331, 336, 341, 346... More...
The overall market grew 4.1 percent to $12.3 billion compared with the year-earlier quarter, a rate that was slower than that of each quarter since the second of 2003, according to figures Gartner released Wednesday.... More...
Over half of all computer viruses, trojans and malicious code are created to steal sensitive information and make money, according to research released today. A report by IT security firm Symantec shows that 54 per... More...
For a product that can count a double-digit market share only through the generous rounding of numbers, the release of Version 1.0 of the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser was met with great enthusiasm and... More...
The version of Apple's iChat messaging software that will ship with Mac OS X Tiger will likely offer tabbed messaging in addition to iTunes tie-ins. The next major reversion of Apple Computer's... More...
Some 16.9 per cent of PCs sold by European resellers during the three months to 30 September contained AMD processors, UK-based market watcher Context has calculated. The figure marks a significantly bigger bite for the... More...
Online advertising was up for the fourth quarter in a row, with the third quarter showing 20 percent growth compared to the same period last year. Sales from online advertising hit an estimated $1.75bn (£1bn)... More...
Cisco Systems will buy conferencing software maker Latitude Communications in an effort to beef up its voice technology group. The company, which makes equipment that directs Internet traffic, will pay $3.95 in cash for each... More...
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices gained a pinch of market share year over year against rival Intel in a market that seems to be improving. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD saw its market share in the... More...
In its latest act in the 'war on terror', the US government has ordered officials to check that any information held about "weapons of mass destruction" is stored securely. The government fears that hackers... More...