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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is now accepting submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge, aiming to counter the misuse of AI tools able to generate synthetic voices of real persons.

Microsoft has disclosed details of three cases where it fought secrecy orders issued by the U.S. government accessing customer data. The orders came from federal courts in Maryland and New York.

A new event for PlayStation 4 owners has been announced called PS4 Tournaments: Challenger Series. The seasonal tournament starts August 6 where participants stand a chance to win prizes in real life.

Warr University has set a new record with its Hyperloop pod, managing to reach speeds of 467km/h, up from the previous record of 323km/h, which it also set. Musk envisaged pods travelling 1,200km/h.

Students from anywhere in the world can sign up for the Google Online Marketing Challenge, a hands-on competition which will give undergraduate and post-graduate students direct experience with online advertising and marketing. Student groups will...

Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland. U.S. cities and companies are eyeing an emerging technology known as WiMax as a way to make high-speed wireless...

Intel Corp.'s decision to move to a multicore architecture for its next-generation CPUs is a recognition that the computer industry is facing an increasing power-management challenge in its chip designs, Intel CEO Craig Barrett said...

Back in June, a court ruled that a ISP who read users emails (without consent) had not acted illegally. Essentially, a Bookstore owner who offered free email accounts via his website monitored emails from competitors,...

Ever wondered what perks there are to being a Microsoft beta tester? In the latest communication with its beta testers on the Live Communications Server program tests have (like on most beta's) been given the...

Microsoft is offering Rallisport Challenge 2 fans the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the LG super racing weekend in Belgium at the end of July - as part of its latest Xbox Live...

Thank you Toxikk :) Microsoft Corp. is taking its videogame battle with Sony Corp. to a new low in the U.S. The American company is laying plans to drop the price...

Symbian shareholders are considering blocking a move by mobile handset manufacturer Nokia to take a majority stake in the UK-based mobile phone software company. Psion has agreed to sell its 31.1pc stake in Symbian to...

SENIOR MEMORY analyst Nam Hyung Kim at iSuppli said in a weekly report that in his view it's unlikely Intel will succeed in shifting the market to DDR-2 during 2004. According to Kim, the major...

Lawyers representing Sharman Networks on Tuesday informed the Federal Court of Australia they intend to challenge the validity of the court order that resulted in raids at several locations across Australia last week. ...

Are you an Information Technology professional or a service partner with customers using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server System integrated server software? If so, enter the Microsoft sponsored "Windows Server 2003 Challenge" and...

Microsoft Game Studios today announced that "RalliSport Challenge 2," the highly anticipated second installment in the internationally acclaimed "RalliSport Challenge" franchise, will be the first Xbox® racing title in the new XSN Sports brand. The...

Security woes threaten innovation in the computer industry, but they also offer an opportunity to innovate that the industry should seize, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Monday. "Today we're faced with another new and...

One day after news broke about an online contest for malicious hackers, the Web site set up for the contest is offline and security experts are casting doubt on the severity of the threat posed...

Novell, the second of in the chain of four companies to own rights to the Unix operating system, is expected to challenge rights infringement claims that the current owner of those rights, SCO Group, is...

In a report from Reuters today, The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) stated that it would challenge the bill signed yesterday by Washington State Gov. Gary Locke, in court. The bill makes it...

As the deadline approaches for public comment on the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the US, experts are offering advice on how to persuade the feds to allow exemptions that change access controls on...

Sun Microsystems Corp has floated a series of XML-based specifications designed to crack-open Microsoft Corp's Office monopoly and improve interoperability with StarOffice. Sun has lined-up partners to form a technical committee at...

Get behind the wheel of 4 cars from the game's 29 machines on 4 very different tracks. Test your skill against 3 AI cars in each contest and fight through nasty weather conditions. Glare, ice,...

ATI Technologies Inc. today announced that the grand-prize winner of the upcoming ATI - VE3D Unreal Tournament 2003 Deathmatch Challenge - sponsored by ATI and VE3D.com - will receive the award-winning RADEON 9700 PRO (valued...

In a tech industry equivalent to guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar, the development group behind the Mozilla browser is challenging geeks to guess the exact date and time when the project's...

Thanks code_red ELIGIBILITY No purchase necessary. The Challenge is open to all beta testers who are registered to participate in the Free Microsoft Visual Studio "Everett" beta test program. You...

Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) and S3 Graphics Inc. are preparing to face off against PC graphics leaders as they strive to maintain share in value and mainstream applications with newly launched discrete graphics controllers....

or rather, let Paul Thurrott do that :) This is a follow-up to an earlier posting of Paul's, "Windows More Secure Than Linux? Yep!" Heres what Paul says in his follow-up: When...

I thought this might interest you although it's not tech related :P The Court of Appeal has allowed a government challenge to a High Court decision that wrecked legislation designed to regulate cloning....

Thanks Shaun Williams for sending this in. The director of open source consultancy NetProject, Eddie Bleasdale, has reiterated his pledge to give £10,000 to the first person who can infect his Linux computer with a...