Verizon has finally been cleared to acquire regional carrier Alltel. The Department of Justice, FCC and FTC have all given the appropriate thumbs up to allow the mega carrier to acquire the regional carrier.... More...

Federal prosecutors are gearing up for what they believe will be the biggest identity theft prosecution in U.S. history, after investigators broke up a major hacking ring allegedly responsible for stealing and selling more than... More...

If you believe Microsoft... Prior to Microsoft's "Big Picture" gaming showcase held today in San Francisco, corporate vice president John Schappert reminded us that, despite what you may have heard, the Windows PC is... More...

First it won the heart of hardware enthusiasts with the Core 2 Duo, and now it is targeting environmentalists. Intel Corporation plans to purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy... More...

After Asustek Computer, the world's largest maker of computer mainboards, was split into three companies on the 1st of January, 2008, Foxconn Electronics, a major contract manufacturer of electronics, has a lot of chances to... More...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the government more ways to identify people at home and... More...

Hewlett-Packard maintained its lead over Dell as the world's largest PC supplier in the third quarter of 2007, extending a slim margin it established last year, market researcher IDC said Wednesday. HP's PC market share... More...

Toshiba Corporation has announced two new lineups (MK-GSX and MK-GSY) of hard disk drives for mobile or portable applications that offer either increased capacities or leading performance. Both families of HDDs support an optional Free... More...

On July 3, in U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, LG Electronics Incorporated filed a lawsuit against the world's largest contract manufacturer of laptop PCs over the infringement of four patents related to DVD... More...

HP recently introduced nine new digital cameras to its product line, including one with the largest touchscreen LCD display of any compact digital camera in the industry. The HP Photosmart R937 Digital Camera has a... More...

After coming close to getting into the top-10 listings for global semiconductor rankings, AMD has finally breached the list, according to preliminary rankings by iSuppli Corp. AMD's semiconductor revenue is expected to explode by a... More...

Apple reopened the boarded up sections of the London Regent Street store today, proudly reclaiming the accolade of largest Apple Store from the recently opened Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York. Apple's senior... More...

The world's largest consumer electronics trade fair, the IFA, will open tomorrow in Berlin with over 1,202 exhibitors from 40 countries spilling out over a massive 160,000 sqm floorspace. It will run from the 1st... More...

Thanks to Radish™ for the heads up 12. That's the number of updates to be released with the June security patches. Of the twelve, nine are specific to the Windows operating system... More...

In an instant message chat, Microsoft has told the Windows Featured Communities that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming. It is, in fact, the largest downloaded software in history. ... More...

In its efforts to fight illegal file sharing, the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry, the global version of the RIAA, announced on Tuesday that they have launched the largest wave of action to date... More...

The country's largest e-mail account providers called yesterday for a worldwide industry assault on "zombies," personal computers that have been unwittingly commandeered by spammers and used to send out unwanted e-mail and malicious programs. ... More...

According to Big-Boards.com Neowin's Forum is the biggest, most active, online forum in the Invision Board section. On behalf of all our staff we'd like to thank all members for their support in our down... More...

Thanks xStainDx for posting this in our Back Page News Maxtor has begun to sell its world's largest MaXLine II HDDs in Japan and possibly some other countries. The devices boast... More...

Steve Jobs announced today that "In less than one week we've broken every record and become the largest online music company in the world." With this announcement, Apple says that its revolutionary iTunes... More...

Thanks to nathanintu for his post in BPN POLICE are investigating two fraudulent spam attacks in the same day, as both the country's largest bank and domain name registrar were targeted by... More...

The company that provides Internet service for the state's largest online charter school is pulling the plug because the school is two months behind in its payments. The Einstein Academy Charter School, a... More...