Chinese laws forcing real-name registration to use the internet have been passed, with further revisions likely to come. The legislation could allow removal of "illegal" posts within the country. More...
We’ve had Robin Williams call his child Zelda after Princess Zelda of the Legend of Zelda, Chris Martin of Coldplay named his kid Apple and now an Israeli couple have decided to name their baby... More...
PC World has put together a top 25 list of the most innovative products of the year 2007, noting the “Innovation”, the “Benefit” and a brief overview of each. All entries on the list are... More...
The Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. video game industry's trade association, has announced Michael Gallagher will take over presidential duties at the association later in May. Gallagher was the chief telecommunications and policy adviser to... More...
Attorneys general from eight states want MySpace to turn over the names of potentially thousands of registered sex offenders who may be members of its popular social networking site. In a May 14 letter to... More...
Developers have discovered that the name given to a Vista executable affects whether or not it will require admin rights to run. Security experts said the feature might seem odd, but helps to catch out... More...
The European Commission has announced that more than 2.5 million ".eu" Internet addresses have been registered since the European domain name launched just over a year ago. Many worldwide brands now have a web address... More...
Some of us are still trying to keep straight in our brains the difference between Windows Mobile Smartphone, Pocket PC, and Pocket PC Phone Edition devices, but with the impending arrival of Crossbow, that ship... More...
Under a new rule that will come into effect February 19, European registrars will have the option to deny the transfer of ownership of the ".eu" domain name if there is abuse suspected. Previously the... More...
IDG World Expo today announced the official name of its newest event: "Entertainment for All(™) Expo" (E for All(™) Expo), scheduled for October 18-20, 2007, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The name... More...
Apple's four-core Intel-based Mac Pro desktop has been named the UK's fastest PC after it was lined up against a top-of-the-line Windows machine by British magazine PC Pro. According to the publication's upcoming November issue,... More...
A month after accusing the Motion Picture Association of America of conspiring to commit data theft, the operators of a file search engine presented more details regarding the alleged relationship between the MPAA and a... More...
Symantec today announced that its upcoming consumer PC security service will be branded Norton 360. The security service will include online identity theft protection, backup and PC tune-up capabilities. Norton 360, previously codenamed Genesis,... More...
Windows PC Accelerators is the new term that encompasses Windows Vista's new performance-enhancing technologies. The Windows PC Accelerators are: Windows® SuperFetch™ Windows® ReadyBoost™ (formerly code-named "EMD") Windows® ReadyDrive™ (formerly code-named "Piton") Windows... More...
The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, were named Time magazine's "Persons of the Year" along with Irish rocker Bono for being "Good Samaritans" who made a difference in different... More...
Advanced Micro Devices announced yesterday that it has replaced CTO Fred Weber with Ex-IBM PC division CTO Phil Hester. Hester most recently worked with server computer manufacturer Newisys, which used AMD's Opteron server class... More...
GRAPHICS CARDS ARE STARTING to bother me. No, not because they are expensive, not because they are cheap, and not because I don't have a good one, it is a problem with names. There are... More...
Nintendo's been rather busy down at the patent office. Find out what they've been up to inside... FYI...It's been reported that Nintendo submitted nine (yes, nine) different trademark applications concerning the name... More...
What can you expect from Nintendo's next generation console dubbed Revolution? Satoru Iwata promises that it will deliver "new ideas" for entertainment and of course be more powerful than the GameCube. ... More...
Thanks TruBD. One more sign the technology sector is rebounding: An Internet domain name is again commanding seven figures. Last week, a Florida man sold men.com for $1.3 million, a healthy profit over... More...
A senior US government official has laid out detailed plans for the timing and form of US government issued biometric passports. Frank Moss, deputy assistant secretary for Passport Services, presented his organisation's plans to evolve... More...
Guess it's time-up for all those dodgy whitehouse sites ;) World Intellectual Property Organisation under fire over proposed changes to Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy A well-meaning proposal from... More...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - What do Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates and Ralph Lauren have in common? They are all heroes of hip-hop impresario Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, who announced on Thursday a new... More...
In what adult Internet search engine Sex.com is calling a partial victory in its case against registrar VeriSign Inc., a federal appeals court has asked the California Supreme Court to consider whether a domain name... More...
Intel on Tuesday announced a new brand name for its next-generation mobile processor technology: Centrino. The new chip family, which includes the processor formerly known by the code name Banias, was designed... More...
Microsoft will launch its Xbox Live online game-playing service on Nov. 15, a year after the video game console entered the market, the company plans to announce Tuesday. As previously reported, Microsoft... More...
Thanks neo1980 for sharing this with us. No. 1 independent video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday appointed Amazon.com Inc. former chief financial officer Warren Jenson as its own CFO, replacing long-time executive Stan... More...
In March 2000, Joseph P. Nacchio, the brash chief executive of Qwest Communications International Inc., predicted his company's $50 billion merger with US West would create a limber, high-growth global telecommunications powerhouse. ... More...
We know that ATI announced its chipset line for Pentium 4s and Athlons at CeBIT and boards should be appearing as early as May. But perhaps less well known is how ATI came... More...
OPERATORS of the new ".biz" internet suffix have placed more than 50,000 domain names on hold after a California court ruled they might be running an illegal lottery. More than 200,000 other names... More...
Microsoft said Friday it's developing seven video game titles for its upcoming Xbox console, the software giant's first titles for the machine as it gears up for entry into the $20 billion video game market... More...
AMD is taking its lead from the Beast of Redmond, and in a desperate bid to imply new, relevant and up-to-date technology, will name its next desktop processor the Athlon XP -after Microsoft's new version... More...