One of the leading anti-virus assessment companies, AV-TEST couldn't stop the breach of its own Twitter account. The attack happened over a week ago and the account still remains hacked.
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Windows 11 has several new security-related features. One of these features called Smart App Control that intelligently blocks suspicious apps and files blocked one of Microsoft's own files.
Testing has revealed that Alder Lake P Core i5 parts are outperforming the corresponding higher Core i7 CPU variants. For consumers looking to buy some, this makes choosing much harder.
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AMD may be developing a 2GB desktop card in the form of the Radeon RX 6300 based on the company's Navi 24 chip. If true, the card may potentially be even worse as a product than the 6500 XT itself.
The $599.99 Maximus Hero Z690 motherboards could be going up in flames due to a silly error from ASUS' manufacturing. Analysis shows that the board's capacitor is placed incorrectly, causing failure.
Amazon's Alexa proposed to a 10-year-old child to perform a dangerous "outlet challenge" from TikTok. Thankfully for the kid, its mother was close by and shared this incident on Twitter.
A report claims that fewer than half a million Chromebooks have been sold in the 21 months since they first went on sale, with "compatibility and consumer usage habits" highlighted as factors.
The week of August 7th, 2008 the amount of malicious spam a single computer user received finally overtook health and product spam. Meant to exploit holes in your operating system, get credit card information...
Microsoft Corp. directors failed to decide on the next step in the pursuit of Yahoo! Inc. yesterday, leaving open the debate over whether to walk away from the $44.6 billion bid or fight to replace...
Apple Inc. shares continued to take a pounding for a second straight day Wednesday, with investors and some industry analysts expressing disappointment with Apple's latest announcements at the annual Macworld Expo. Apple's stock cut its...
The US Government has given a failing grade today to a prototype device that Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Dell Inc. and other technology companies said would beam high-speed Internet service over unused television airwaves. In...
All three of the anti-malware products submitted by Trend Micro for Virus Bulletin's independent tests failed because they produced false positives. Of the 20 products submitted for testing, six generated false positives when scanning a...
A federal judge in Texas has sanctioned the attorney of a defendant in one of the RIAA's countless file-sharing lawsuits after the attorney himself requested sanctions for the RIAA's counsel. Not long afterwards, the parties...
Is Microsoft Trying to Kill PC Gaming? When Microsoft started talking up Vista's gaming functionality, PC gamers got all hot and bothered. There it was, laid out in front of us, the holy land...
The first man to be arrested in China for virus-writing goes by the name of Li Jun, a 25 year-old man from Wuhan, who was arrested last month for allegedly selling copies of Panda. In...
While the U.S. courts recently reaffirmed Microsoft's FAT (File Allocation Table) patents, the German Patent Federal Court has just dismissed the patent for use in Germany. According to a report in the German news publication...
Despite Microsoft's virtual concert launch party for Windows Vista in Second Life, according to a recent post on Second Life's official blog, some Vista users cannot reliably connect to the virtual world. Second Life...
Nvidia is scrambling to improve the low performance of its graphic-card drivers on Windows Vista. The maker of the GeForce graphic processors and related daughterboard products has received lots of flack from gamers who say...
Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security suite has failed a test to detect or stop 37 malicious programs on Windows Vista. Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a...
A draft version of the 802.11n standard failed to pass a first ballot on May 2, leading existing 802.11n vendor Airgo to criticize existing "pre-802.11n" products that have already shipped. Although the 802.11n working group...
A near three-year-long attempt by Apple Computer to patent the menu-based software interface of its popular iPod digital music player has ultimately proved unsuccessful, AppleInsider has discovered. The company's patent application, which...
A problem has been identified in the MOM Administrator Console. After Microsoft Windows Server 2003 has been upgraded to Service Pack 1, the Administrator Console may fail when the Computer Groups node is selected. This...
Nearly two months after promising to update its media player software to block the threat of malware infection, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday admitted that users of its Windows Media Player 9 Series remain at risk....
Microsoft's Gaming page has always been somewhat of a joke. Now it looks like Microsoft is getting their act together by updating this page, and by recognizing new & better gamming hardware. Last...
Intel's Celeron D processors are reporting themselves as the older Celeron rather than the new ones. Intel made this announcement today to its OEM customers. Apparently when you boot up a computer with...
A REPORT on Mandrake's web site suggests that there are some unexpected problems occurring running the OS in connection with Lucky Goldstar (LG) CD-ROMs. But the real question is whether it's the software or the...
One of the world's largest chat service providers is not applying UK Government guidelines on how to protect children online. The voluntary code, drawn up by government, law enforcers, industry leaders and children's charities...
The Slammer worm fails to make it into the monthly charts of AV firms this month - despite becoming arguably the most damaging Internet worm ever. The Avril worm topped the list...
Microsoft's policy of relying on software patches to fix major security flaws was questioned Monday after a series of internal e-mails revealed that the software giant's own network wasn't immune from a worm that struck...
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), the government body responsible for administering and issuing driving licences in the UK, has been heavily censured in a rejection of its bid to acquire the domain DVLA.com....
Thanks use_imagination from our BPN Forum Anti-virus firm Network Associates has been forced to issue a hot-fix for its McAfee software after it became apparent that some versions were having trouble...
Thanks youm0nt...The Software giant offers its own enterprise-class security product, so why is it turning to another company for protection? NetScreen Technologies, a company that makes firewall and virtual private network hardware and software, announced...
A Senior Official at Microsoft has admitted that the introduction of its XP operating system has failed to push sales of the PC in Europe. Neil Holloway, CEO of Microsoft UK, said as...
An email-borne virus that tries to spread by tricking users into clicking an attachment that promises a picture of Britney Spears has found few takers. Britney-A, a Visual Basic Script (VBS) worm,...
UK firms are failing to exploit open source software as much as they might because of uncertainty about its business benefits. That's the key finding of a report prepared for the UK...
Many thanks to Pit of 3DWin for this scoop which is translated from German. WHOOOOO! /me drinks some more coffee 3DWin blurb: I discovered a problem with the product activation. Some honest customers,...
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