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Twitter administrator account hacked, others compromised

Kevin Weiner — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:18:27 +0000

It seems Twitter is still having its share of security trouble, because according to Cnet, a person by the name of Hacker Croll was able to hack into a Twitter administrator account, by guessing the... Read more...

NORAD tracks Santa Claus thanks to Google, others

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:55:25 +0000

Starting on Monday, December 24th, at 1 am PST, you can watch Santa Claus fly making his yearly world round trip. Thanks to NORAD and partners Google, AGI, Verizon, Booz Allen Hamilton, Official Santa Mail,... Read more...

Toshiba to join IBM, others on 32nm Chip Development

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:32:50 +0000

Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it would join a group led by International Business Machines Corp to develop system chips using 32-nanometre circuitry, as chip makers increasingly team up to cut development costs. The alliance... Read more...

Review: Firefox 3 Beta Answers Some Questions, Raises Others

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:28:07 +0000

CRN Test Center downloaded Firefox 3 Beta 1 from Mozilla for a peek to get an idea of what users can expect when Firefox 3 is officially launched. Since this is a beta, the browser... Read more...

Amazon, Google, Yahoo, And Others Sued For Automating E-mail

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:47:44 +0000

Attorneys representing Polaris IP filed a claim of patent infringement in U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas against AOL, Amazon, Borders, Google, IAC, and Yahoo with regards to Texas-based Polaris IP and... Read more...

AMD chip socket makes room for others

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:26:31 +0000

AMD will let computer makers pop specialized coprocessors into sockets that otherwise would house an AMD primary processor such as Opteron or Athlon. It's an expansion of the Torrenza initiative which provides a way for... Read more...

Details emerge in Honeywell's suit against Apple & others

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:26:05 +0000

Honeywell on Wednesday announced that it has filed suit in federal court against Apple Computer Inc. and more than thirty other companies, alleging infringement over a 1994 patent that describes technology used to improve the... Read more...

Microsoft, others promote "personal firewall day"

Tom Warren — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:28:20 +0000

Microsoft Corp., Network Associates Inc. and other leading technology companies are promoting the Internet equivalent of a public health initiative: "Personal Firewall Day," to be held on Thursday, which will encourage Internet users to adopt... Read more...

HP beats out Apple, others for Michigan laptop program

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:43:22 +0000

The Associated Press reports that Michigan officials are recommending the state go with Hewlett-Packard Co. for a statewide laptop computer program. HP beat out four other computer companies including Apple to win the bid. The... Read more...

Week ahead: Dell, others to post earnings

Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:46:56 +0000

Following are some of the notable tech-related events scheduled for the week of Nov. 9. Dell will be among the tech titans reporting quarterly earnings in the coming week, with BEA Systems and... Read more...

Virus Sender Helped FBI Bust Others

Tom Warren — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:39:26 +0000

Federal prosecutors credited the man responsible for transmitting the Melissa virus—a computer bug that did more than $80 million in damage in 1999—with helping the FBI bring down several major international hackers. ... Read more...

Microsoft, AOL, Others Focus on Fixing Inboxes

Tom Warren — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:06:20 +0000

A gathering of ISPs, anti-spammers, and e-mail marketers gathered Tuesday to hammer out ways to fight the glut of spam while protecting the livelihood of direct online advertising. More than 40 companies... Read more...

Asian Linux: Some keen, others cool

Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:12:11 +0000

Asia could leapfrog Western countries in the development of Linux-based applications, but some governments are not latching on to this opportunity, says a senior IBM executive. "The open-source movement is moving faster here... Read more...