Microsoft is continuing its ad campaign named "laptop hunters". Yesterday the company unveiled Sheila, hunting for a laptop that could cut video and has a big screen as Sheila is an artist. Microsoft decided to... More...
Microsoft has been releasing monthly updates to OEM's on their upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Techarp has posted their latest update where Microsoft notes that they are currently finishing product research based on... More...
Microsoft is warning Windows Live Hotmail users of a recent phishing scam that asks for the person's username, password, date of birth, and country or territory. It's not clear why the software giant has taken... More...
As soon as Youtube updated the look of their embedded player for all ( it was optional before ), it has added an amazing feature which screams "Youtube is the king of online video!". This... More...
Apple is expected to announce Thursday that it has struck a deal with a wide array of major and mini studios to offer many new releases for purchase at its iTunes Store. The move would... More...
The latest version of the firmware for Apple's iPhone has fallen to hackers less than a week after its release. Two hackers working separately have both succeeded in jailbreaking version 1.1.3 of the firmware, iPhone... More...
US-CERT is warning computer users of a possible problem with the latest version of RealPlayer after a Russian security company claimed to have found a way to exploit a critical flaw in the multimedia software.... More...
Opera Software, maker of the Opera browser, says it has filed a complaint against Microsoft, accusing the company of abusing the dominance of Windows to give Internet Explorer an unfair edge in the market. However... More...
Sony says the rootkit-like behavior of a device driver used to run its biometric Micro Vault USM-F thumb drive was unintentional. McAfee has joined F-Secure in criticising Sony for allowing such a mistake to happen.... More...
iPhone owners are reporting that the second update issued this month for their smart device has significantly boosted its wireless reception, even though Apple Incorporated only said 1.0.2 included unspecified "bug fixes." Owners on several... More...
Microsoft has put on-line a new viral marketing campaign related to Games for Windows. Once you get past the coded entrance door there is lots to explore and figure out. My guess is that Microsoft... More...
IBM has announced that its new virtual IBM business center is now available online, staffed by IBM sales representatives from around the globe, allowing IBM and its clients to interact, conduct business and form business... More...
Nokia chose Delhi, India, to launch seven GSM mobile phones for emerging markets, including two intended for shared use by families or entire villages. India had 166 million mobile subscribers at the end of March,... More...
Broadband Reports is running a story regarding the latest MS update to fix problems with animated cursors. "Users in our Security forum note that the latest critical Microsoft Windows update (KB925902) is causing all kinds... More...
Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled a lineup of AMD M690 core-logic sets which derive from the company's recently announced AMD 690-series chipsets. The world's second largest manufacturer of x86 central processing units (CPUs) promises that... More...
A vulnerability in the way Windows handles animated cursors puts users at risk of being pwnd, and several nefarious websites are already trying to exploit the flaw, according to the SANS Internet Storm Center. The... More...
By the second half of this year, Intel plans to launch "Weybridge", its new vPro platform, a business desktop platform which officially launched in April and began to ship to OEMs in September. This updated... More...
Microsoft said it is working overtime to fix a flaw in Windows that a security company noted on Monday could soon be used by as many as 600 malicious Web sites. Multiple versions of exploit... More...
When the Windows Vista client finally ships, VARs will have to make sure database customers are running the latest-and-greatest SQL Server bits as well. Though it's not widely known, Vista and the even more... More...
Microsoft's latest security patch is causing issues for users of several HP products including cameras, scanners and printers. Problems include blocked access to special folders like My Documents and My Pictures, and Office applications that... More...
Microsoft Corp. will demonstrate how it continues to raise the standard for computer gaming next week as Games for Windows® offers even more ways to play at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2005, the interactive... More...
Software giant Microsoft has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2005, revealing that while the company overall saw solid profit growth, the Xbox division slipped back into the red with a $164... More...
Surfers were yesterday urged to be wary of unsolicited emails offering training and well paid jobs in the financial sector. Rather than offering a route into a lucrative job such emails are likely part of... More...
A series of recently announced security flaws open Linux and related technologies to attacks ranging from denials of service and local exploits to the potential for remote system compromise. Senior Linux developer Alan Cox announced... More...
After Red Hat announced that it was acquiring security and authentication tools from Netscape Security Solutions to bolster its software arsenal (see story), Red Hat Inc. CEO and Chairman Matthew Szulik spoke with Computerworld senior... More...
Could this be the best console WWII-'em-up yet? Wartastic new screens within... It's all-too-easy to feel jaded by the seemingly endless barrage of war games these days but, based on what we've... More...
Here's an updated look at the latest in the hardcore frag-fest series. We have a new gameplay movie of Tribes: Vengeance, which combines the multiplay experience that the action-shooter series is known... More...
BenQ's latest product can burn DVDs at 16x, which means you can burn a DVD in less than eight minutes. Best part is that this burner only costs $149. Compared to the price... More...
The horror-shooter is looking as gruesome as ever. Here's the chilling evidence... Activision have released a pair of new shots of the Xbox version of Doom 3 - the game that promises... More...
Your chance to see the brand new Halo 2 US cinema promo. Bet you didn't expect this when you bought your popcorn: a Halo 2 cinema trailer lighting up the screen before... More...
Playing the bad guy is looking sweeter by the day as EA's shooter comes under scrutiny. EA's GoldenEye: Rogue Agent continues to impress and build on its early promise and we have... More...
Welcome to the world of the weird in the gore-fest that hasn't seen a duster in years Some games are designed to thrill, others to kill and then there's Silent Hill 4:... More...
Nintendo's new Memory Card (1019) is having some problems. This new card holds four times the amount the original card did. Because of this some older games may encounter problems with this card.... More...
Four new holes have been discovered in the Internet Explorer Web browser that could allow malicious hackers to run attack code on Windows systems, even if those systems have installed the latest software patches from... More...
MSN Messenger and Xbox Live Alerts are now integrated in Xbox Live! Details inside... The largest online gaming community is getting even more features added to the already super functional Xbox Live... More...
Wireless local area network (LAN) products from Cisco Systems are under fire again after the release of a software tool exploiting an old vulnerability, but the company says it has a new protocol that fixes... More...
RealNetworks on Monday released an update to its digital audio and video software that promises support for every major content format and online music download service. The latest version of the RealPlayer... More...
Apple UK's wave of iPod advertising may be making the product a 'must-have' accessory for street criminals. It's also possible that UK journalists, disappointed at Apple's recent news that its much-anticipated iPod mini won't ship... More...
Microsoft has filed legal papers in the Netherlands requesting fines of 100,000 euros (US$122,230) per day against Lindows for allowing users within that country to access its Internet site. Lindows says Microsoft's demand that Lindows... More...
VIA today launched a pair of integrated chipsets for the Pentium 4, touting the parts' graphics performance delivered courtesy of an S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro core. The chipsets, the PM800 and PM880, offer single- and... More...
Microsoft has announced the availability of four new solutions to help customers migrate from UNIX and Linux to Windows and improve integration with existing legacy UNIX infrastructures. Each guide walks through the full lifecycle of... More...
The latest variant of the Mydoom virus, discovered Friday, is still spreading and actively deleting files from victims' computers, security researchers warned Wednesday. The variant, dubbed Mydoom.F, not only tries to perform a distributed denial-of-service... More...
Computer code that exploits a critical new software vulnerability in the Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems is circulating on the Internet, according to security experts. Two examples of "exploit" code for a buffer... More...
Aradoth has posted part two of their Horizons Herald. This Q&A goes into some hard details about the game mechanics. Here is a snip: Q:What XML feeds will be available? Just stuff... More...
MS Watch is covering the PDC as we speak, here are some highlights; Group VP Jim Allchin is up [PDC]. He's providing info on the Avalon/Indigo/WinFS code that will make Longhorn tick. ... More...
Current round of legal wrangling between Ubisoft and EA decided in Ubi's favor. Quebec court upholds restraining order preventing former staff from working at EA. According to the Quebecois newspaper Le Devoir,... More...
Plextor Corp. is a leading developer and manufacture of high performance CD related equipment and software. Plextor America sells its products through retail, leading distributors and world class OEMs throughout North and South America. ... More...
Today subscribers of Microsoft's official security mailing list received what seems like the beginning of the next script kiddies golden age. Microsoft have discovered a critical (Aye, brothers, indeed!) buffer overflow in the Remote Procedure... More...
Thanks Kombatant 3DMark®03 incorporates many ground breaking new features and technologies and sets the standard for easily and objectively measuring and comparing modern PCs' 3D graphics performance. Recently, there have been... More...
Well, what can I say, it's looking amazingly impressive and pushing the PlayStation 2 a lot further then I thought possible. UK car magazine Evo had an 8 page spread on the driving... More...