McAfee, one of the worlds leading technology security companies, recently carried out a report on the attack-state of critical infrastructure systems, such as gas, power and water and found surprising results. The firm sent a... More...
Over the last few years, Microsoft Internet Explorer has seen huge loses in market share. In the final month of 2008, the trend continued. Internet Explorer has dropped 16% in market share since May of... More...
The money crisis has not only rippled through the offline lives of millions, but those who felt they were safe from losing their homes or retirement funds are now facing new risks each time they... More...
Microsoft is expected to report a sharp rise in quarterly profit this week, boosted by surging revenue as strong computer sales drive demand for its Windows operating system and Office software. Investors will also look... More...
U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 28 percent in December from a year earlier as holiday shoppers snapped up new consoles like Nintendo Co Ltd's top-selling Wii, market research firm NPD said... More...
The market share of notebook PCs with Blu-ray drives is expected to increase from 1% this year to 10% in 2008 due to notebook makers more willing to adopt cheaper Blu-ray combo optical disc drives... More...
Leading publisher Lighthouse Interactive and developer ClockStone Software are happy to announce that their fantasy-based Action RPG, AVENCAST: Rise of the Mage is now available in major retail stores across North America and Europe. To... More...
After falling over the last six months, the average selling price for LCD-TVs rose significantly in July and remained at the higher level in August, according to iSuppli, which blames the introduction of more expensive... More...
Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. are climbing on rumours that the BlackBerry maker may be bought by software giant Microsoft Corp. RIM shares set a new trading record by rising as high as $89.68... More...
A price cut in early June seems to have boosted sales of Sony's PlayStation 3, but the floundering console is still trailing its rivals from Microsoft and Nintendo. After dropping the console's 60GB SKU price... More...
SuprNova.org, a well-known BitTorrent hub before being forced to shut down three years ago, is apparently making a comeback. An agreement was reached that allows the operators of The Pirate Bay to use the domain... More...
Illegal music downloading is at an all-time high and set to rise further, according to a report out today that urges the record industry to make legal buying easier and cheaper. Although social networking sites... More...
For those of you who played (or still play) the original Everquest, Kunark was one of the expansions for that game, and from what I understand it was a mess - literally. Well now Everquest... More...
French publisher Ubisoft today reported its full-year and fourth-quarter sales for the period ended March 31, revealing results that easily outstripped targets. Total sales during Q4 were up 37.4 percent to 197 million euros ($268... More...
Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder and head of anti-virus research at Kaspersky Labs, claims that because Vista hasn't entered the market with a bang, some customers will start moving towards both the Mac and open-source platforms, making... More...
Yet another awesome sounding game from Codemasters! Codemasters added a further property to its 2008 portfolio today with the announcement that Rise of the Argonauts™ , an epic scale action-RPG, is now in development at... More...
Security threats paint a constantly evolving landscape, and there is no end in sight in terms of threats that keep appearing. Enterprises have survived through extraordinary cycles of security threats, including the 2003 "summer of... More...
Last month the amount of spam that was send across the world increased by a whopping 35%, given that more than 90% of e-mail send is spam this is causing serious trouble for regular users... More...
Electronic Art's The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II, The Rise of the Witch-king™ is officially gold and shipping to retailers Nationwide November 28. As the expansion pack to... More...
Some of Taiwan's DRAM makers have reported record monthly sales for August, highlighting an increase in DRAM prices that could continue in the months ahead. The higher prices are unlikely to affect PC prices thanks... More...
So-called "image spam" is on the rise once again -- as clever hackers try to sneak by spam screening software that tests messages for spam based on keywords. After declining steadily throughout 2005 -- from... More...
Apple continues to excel in the UK and Europe, growing sales at a significantly faster rate than the industry average. New data from the analysts at IDC shows the company continues to make gains.... More...
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is a detailed real-time strategy game that lets players completely command one of the four mightiest empires of the ancient world: Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Persia. Rise & Fall... More...
In 2003, Rise of Nations was released, which allowed gamers to build a civilization based on real history. The game quickly became a success. The lead designer Brian Reynolds has now been inspired to make... More...
Security firm Symantec have released a bi-annual report claiming two of the web's most illicit activities are on the increase. Phishing attacks, where scammers send fake emails in a... More...
Big Huge Games has released a new movie trailer for Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, showing more of their upcoming techno-fantasy 3D real-time strategy game. This extremely high resolution trailer sports another good half-minute... More...
A sizable set of new screenshots for Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, the techno-fantasy 3D real-time strategy game in the works at Big Huge Games, is now available for download in regular and high... More...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 20 - The epic battle to save humankind rages on with the release of X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, the sequel to the best selling X-Men title ever, X-Men Legends,... More...
The overdose of trailers for X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse rolls on relentlessly with another four clips of the imminent top-down 3D superheroic action sequel by Raven Software. One high-resolution movie demonstrates more special... More...
Activision has released a new movie trailer for X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse to show more of the top-down 3D superheroic action sequel in the works at Raven Software. This brief clip illustrates the... More...
A new set of screenshots for X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is now available for download along with another pair of movie trailers for the top-down 3D superheroic action sequel in production at Raven... More...
A round-up of the slow trickle of screenshots for Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends is now available for download in medium and high resolutions to illustrate the techno-fantasy 3D real-time strategy game under construction... More...
According to a new survey conducted by Entertainment Media Research, around 35% of music listeners now legally download their favorite songs from the internet; a percentage that is quickly catching up to those who pirate... More...
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends is the newly unveiled fantasy 3D real-time strategy game under construction at Big Huge Games. Our game section for this title is now online, serving up relevant information and... More...
Search giant Yahoo! has recorded a massive rise in profits over the past year. The company has announced a total profit of £1.2bn, a rise of 80% on the previous 12 months. Revenues also rose... More...
eBay plans to increase its listing fees have angered small business owners who use the site to reach many customers, reports AP. Fees for the eBay gallery are going up $0.10 to $0.35 on the... More...
Microsoft Game Studios has sent word that Rise of Nations Gold Edition is now in stores across North America. The compilation contains Rise of Nations and the Thrones & Patriots expansion pack. Players explore over... More...
Microsoft and Big Huge Games today announced Rise of Nations: Gold Edition, a one-box special packaging of RTS goodness set to hit this Fall. The Gold Edition features the original, acclaimed Rise of Nations as... More...
Inventories of Pentium 4 chipsets at some leading Taiwanese motherboard makers have recently swelled in excess of one-month levels, instead of normal two-week levels, according to sources at the makers. The rise in inventories is... More...
For years, video game companies have envied Hollywood moviemakers for their glamorous stars, gee-whiz special effects and mass-market appeal -- but now they are learning that these things can come at a high price. Behind... More...
Shifts in thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display production here may bring changes to the product mix offered by PC makers to customers in the U.S. and Europe. Analysts said recently that manufacturing transitions and market demands... More...
Three major optical storage disc makers in Taiwan – Ritek, CMC Magnetics (CMC) and Prodisc Technology – have all raised their CD-R disc prices starting in October, according to the companies. While CMC and Prodisc... More...
Oracle reported on-target quarterly earnings Friday that rose 28 percent over the same period last year, despite a downturn in new software license sales. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company reported net income... More...
Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc., which makes computers that run networks, rose more than 5 percent on Friday as takeover speculation emerged yet again, analysts said. "This sounds a lot more like takeover... More...
CHIP GIANT Intel confirmed today that it has introduced a Pentium M for the Centrino family which operates at 1.70GHz. We first revealed the launch of a 1.70GHz Pentium nearly a year ago, in July... More...
A playable demo for Rise of Nations has been released, offering the opportunity to try out the imminent real-time strategy game with 3D units by Big Huge Games. This demo contains four of the 18... More...
I just read a story over at the BBC News Technology section about how the floppy is long dead and how transporting files with a USB pocket drive is the way forward. I'd have to... More...
Pressed by increasingly effective anti-spam efforts, senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail are resorting to outright criminality in their efforts to conceal the source of their ill-sent missives, using Trojan horses to turn the computers of... More...
very interesting article... "Instead of feeling relieved, Napster Inc. chief executive officer Eileen Richardson was pacing the halls with worry. San Francisco's Hummer Winblad Venture Partners had committed to invest $13 million for... More...
The computer giant IBM has posted an increase in its first quarter profits, helped by revenue growth at its consulting business. IBM said earnings at its continuing operations - which excludes a... More...