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Verizon all clear to become the nation's largest carrier

Brad Sams — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:18:36 +0000

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.... Read more...

Nehalem to become Core i7 processor

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:06:16 +0000

Intel's Nehalem processor architecture will still hold to the Core naming scheme when it appears late this year, if an apparent leak of company logos proves authentic. Although the platform will make fundamental changes, Nehalem... Read more...

Foxconn Electronics May Become World's Largest Mobo Maker

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:11:58 +0000

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... Read more...

US Has Become "Endemic Surveillance Society"

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:48:22 +0000

In a report released by Privacy International, a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations, the United States has dropped from an "extensive surveillance... Read more...

.LAT to become the new Internet Domain Extension for Latinos

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:14:43 +0000

It is official! eCOM-LAC and NIC Mexico, the organizations in charge of pursuing the Internet domain name for Latinos, announced that .LAT as the extension to identify this new domain. The decision for the extension... Read more...

When does DPI become Irrelevant?

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:32:45 +0000

Just when we thought the world wasn't big enough for another gaming mouse, Razer unveils the Lachesis—a 4000 dpi behemoth. Not sure how fast that is? Take your average mouse and multiply its speed and... Read more...

Mobiles to become digital wallets

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:53:10 +0000

The UK's big five mobile phone firms have switched on a payment system that turns handsets into digital wallets. Called PayForIt, the scheme is designed for those buying goods and services with a value of... Read more...

TorrentSpy Ordered by Federal Judge to Become MPAA Spy

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:26:24 +0000

TorrentSpy, one of the largest and most popular torrent dump sites, may soon become another piece of bait in the MPAA's ongoing efforts to track down and prosecute copyright infringers. The site has already been... Read more...

DirectX 10 Support to Become Compulsory for "Vista Premium"

Tue, 29 May 2007 21:55:48 +0000

In June 2008, Microsoft Corporation plans to make DirectX 10-compliant graphics cores compulsory for personal computers carrying the "Windows Vista Premium" logo. The software giant hopes to boost popularity of its new operating system among... Read more...

Become Pac-Man world champ

Marcel Klum — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:35:03 +0000

Microsoft, Namco Bandai and Quiznos have teamed together to bring us the first Pac-Man World Championship in history. The winner will be crowned world champion by game creator Toru Iwatani, receive 26 years of free... Read more...

20x DVD burners may become mainstream in 4Q 2007

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:04:42 +0000

With Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell evaluating the feasibility of adopting half-height 20x DVD burners, and other PC brands already having decided to adopt such burners for market segmentation and the promotion of sales of desktop... Read more...

Confirmed: iPod will become touchscreen

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:59:23 +0000

One of TrustedReviews' news writers has confirmed that the highly anticipated, and long awaited widescreen touchscreen for the iPod mp3 player, will be released in December. TrustedReviews claims that they have spoken to a well... Read more...

Widescreen Notebooks To Become Standard By 2008

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:00:05 +0000

Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens... Read more...

Hybrid Drives to Become Vista Premium Logo Requirement

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:12:02 +0000

At a discussion of flash memory technologies to be included in Windows Vista and "Longhorn" here at TechEd 2006 this morning, Microsoft's program manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayres confirmed that inclusion of hybrid... Read more...

Apple's MacBook Could Become Best Selling Mac This Year

Sat, 20 May 2006 16:28:47 +0000

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu thinks there's plenty of pent-up demand for the new MacBook, but warns that the high-end black configuration may be too highly priced. "Apple appears to be confident that... Read more...

Reservoir Dogs to become a game

Todd Tanner — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:51:57 +0000

Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (SEG), today announces further details for Reservoir Dogs™ on the Xbox™ video game and entertainment system... Read more...

UK Tech Store 'Dixons' to become 'Currys.digital'

Howard Thomson — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:43:37 +0000

One of the UK's largest technology retailers, Dixons, is to rebrand it's stores as Currys.digital in the coming months. With both stores owned by DSG International, all 190 Dixons outlets in the UK will become... Read more...

Mac OS X Will Become a Target, Symantec Warns

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:57:43 +0000

It's only a matter of time before Apple's newly redesigned Mac operating system becomes a happy hunting ground for malicious hackers, according to a research report from security vendor Symantec. The Symantec Internet Security Threat... Read more...

MSNBC to become NBC once again?

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 22:13:52 +0000

According to reports from news.com today, Microsoft is considering pulling out of a partnership on MSNBC. Microsoft and NBC, joint owners of the network are currently in "advanced discussions" about the sale of... Read more...

Jade Empire to become a franchise; PC version possible

Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:32:08 +0000

Speaking during the recent European Games Network trade show in London, Bioware joint CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka revealed that forthcoming Xbox title Jade Empire is intended as the first game in a new franchise. ... Read more...

MSI to Become ATI's Retail Partner?

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:31:18 +0000

Micro Star International, a company from the Big Four mainboards manufacturers, may become a yet another partner for ATI Technologies, who has already won numerous contracts with leading graphics cards makers this year. ... Read more...

Will Segways become battlefield bots?

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 03:13:25 +0000

It's called the Segway Human Transporter, but the Pentagon is drafting the two-wheeled scooter as part of a plan to develop battlefield robots that think on their own and communicate with troops. The... Read more...

Howard Schmidt will become VP of security for the ebay

Sun, 04 May 2003 15:16:14 +0000

Former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt will join eBay as VP of security, eBay spokesman Chris Donlay confirmed. Schmidt officially left his White House post on Thursday after announcing his resignation on April 21.... Read more...

Firewalls set to become illegal in many American states

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:09:05 +0000

AN INTERESTING PIECE of news has surfaced that will have sys admins fainting in disbelief. Eight states have put forward bills that would have a devastating effect on network security and even networks themselves if... Read more...

IBM HDs to become Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Sat, 04 Jan 2003 06:40:17 +0000

Thanks xStainDx for posting this in BPN IBM announced it has completed an agreement to combine its hard disk drive operations with Hitachi's, forming a new company called Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.... Read more...

AMD will become the world's "number 1" chip-making company

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:27:15 +0000

AMD BOSS HECTOR RUIZ says AMD is "dead serious" about ousting Intel to become the number one player in the "computational processor market". "We're not just trying to be a good number two," he said.... Read more...

Two big players in copy-protection become one

Wed, 06 Nov 2002 13:18:42 +0000

Two of the biggest names in copy-protection have now been merged. Macrovision has acquired the technologies developed by Midbar Tech and it intends to use these to help mature its own copy-protection system. ... Read more...

Become a game character in Ubisofts XIII

Marcel Klum — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 08:09:25 +0000

Ubi Soft Germany and NBC GIGA today announced that the people who will attend the upcoming Games Convention in Messe Leipzig, Germany, (August 29th – September 1st) will "get the chance to have their faces... Read more...

Oracle database code will not become open source

Sun, 07 Jul 2002 13:44:52 +0000

While Oracle Corp. is committed to the open source movement and its standards, database code will remain proprietary because there will be difficulties in providing services if customers make alterations to the source code. ... Read more...

Become a McAfee Beta Tester

Steven Parker — Thu, 30 May 2002 16:09:01 +0000

Thanks vla for telling me that Network Associates (NAI) have updated their beta program a few days ago. There are a few betas available to subscribe too if you wish. Beta Programs Internet SecurityFirewallQuickCleanVirusScan HomeVirusScan... Read more...

Become an Xbox Live Beta Tester

Marcel Klum — Wed, 22 May 2002 08:16:55 +0000

Xbox Live will launch in Fall of 2002, but a few lucky gamers will get into the Beta-testing program that launches this summer. You can try out the service and games in their pre-release forms,... Read more...