Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Microsoft says it is investigating reports that a security update for the Internet Explorer browser issued last week has crippled some users' ability to get on the Web.

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Symantec is just weeks away from shipping a test version of the next major update to its Norton 360 desktop security-and-backup software.

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Our cell phone columnist counts down the year's best handsets, Bluetooth headset, and solar-powered charger. 17-Dec-2007

Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD? Regardless of your choice, you have lots of high-definition player options this holiday season. 17-Dec-2007

Microsoft says it is investigating reports that a security update for the Internet Explorer browser issued last week has crippled some users' ability to get on the Web. 17-Dec-2007

Apple issued a flurry of fixes for its Mac OS X operating system and the test version of its Safari browser. 17-Dec-2007

Symantec is just weeks away from shipping a test version of the next major update to its Norton 360 desktop security-and-backup software. 17-Dec-2007

Digital sales of Latin music took a jump this year, though it's still a small percentage of the total. 17-Dec-2007

Corporations are interested in open source, but barriers to adoption remain, Forrester analysts say. 17-Dec-2007

'Drunknbass' demos unauthorized app, which can reportedly capture 2-megapixel video at 10 fps. 17-Dec-2007

An 'export to iTunes' feature is included in GarageBand 4.1.1, released last week. 17-Dec-2007

The new S32 specification prepares the way for faster speeds using existing cables and connnectors. 17-Dec-2007

Driving stunts are a popular topic--and past time--of young Saudi men who share their exploits online (to the government's frustration). 17-Dec-2007

Generation Y puts iPhones top among mobile electronics choices, researchers report. 17-Dec-2007

The partners will develop new services including a hosted payments system. 17-Dec-2007

A Qosmio multimedia notebook with a re-writable HD DVD and two HDTV tuners will go on sale in Japan this week. 17-Dec-2007

The social network claims a bot from the Canadian porn site tried to gather its members' data. 17-Dec-2007

Companies that must retain e-mail for compliance reasons will be able to keep tabs on BlackBerry mail with Gwava's new program. 17-Dec-2007

Ribbit developers design programs to record, track, or make calls, integrated with sites or other apps. 17-Dec-2007

These much-ballyhooed products, sites, and services, it turned out, left much to be desired. 16-Dec-2007

Analysis: For adherents to The Compact, online swap sites and and links to reusable goods make their anti consumerism easier. 16-Dec-2007

The chip maker will post twice the growth of the market average, which will hit $270 billion this year, analysts say. 16-Dec-2007

The American Geophysical Union got a peek at techniques and tools from Microsoft Research's e-Science group. 16-Dec-2007

Music, ringtones, cameras, browsers and other 'extras' have become the norm among mobile devices. 16-Dec-2007

Open-source software developers who work at companies must get more assertive to protect their rights, say open-source software gurus. 16-Dec-2007

New demographic data reveals Wii owners as core gamers, not focused on Wii sports, and buying lots of games. 16-Dec-2007

Digital Rights technology built onto some My Book drives restricts users from sharing certain files. 16-Dec-2007

Thursday, December 13, 2007

We scoured the earth (and the Web) and shook down all the top vendors to find the hottest high-definition televisions on the market this holiday season.

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From antipiracy measures to built-in nagging, today's software often comes with features that drive you nuts. Here are the irritations we'd really like to zap.

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Federal Trade Commission Chair Deborah Platt Majoras is being asked to recuse herself from a review of Google's planned DoubleClick acquisition. 13-Dec-2007

Malware researchers have uncovered 'massive growth' in the number of PCs harboring silent rootkit infections. 13-Dec-2007

An International Trade Commission judge made an initial ruling in Nokia's favor in an patent dispute with Qualcomm; final ruling expected in April. 13-Dec-2007

Free network management software Spiceworks gets new features for small and medium businesses. 13-Dec-2007

Sony announced an impressive lineup of games for its PlayStation consoles in the first quarter of 2008. 13-Dec-2007

An AMD study has revealed changes in global data center energy use. 13-Dec-2007

A Russian Web site is offering a tool that simulates chatroom conversation and solicits personal information from victims. 13-Dec-2007

A networking industry exec has challenged Juniper to post its OS source code on the Internet. 13-Dec-2007

Amazon cannot offer free delivery on books in France, the high court ruled after the French Booksellers' Union complained. 13-Dec-2007

In advance of an analyst meeting, AMD announced it will take a material charge for impaired goodwill from its ATI acquisition. 13-Dec-2007

The company will license its tags and APIs to other social networking sites, so they can run apps designed for Facebook. 13-Dec-2007

A department in the Australian government is holding back a RIM BlackBerry rollout due to concerns about the impact on staff work/life balance. 13-Dec-2007

Security researchers warn that Apple's iPhone may inspire a new hacker crime wave, becoming a major target in 2008. 13-Dec-2007

Opera Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the EU, accusing it of stifling competition by tying IE to Windows. 13-Dec-2007

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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Mozilla Corp. said it will ship the next preview of the open-source browser before the end of the year. 11-Dec-2007

Microsoft today released the first major update to Office 2007, focusing on collecting existing fixes. 11-Dec-2007

Ask.com today announced a new feature called AskEraser that deletes a user's search activity data from the company's servers. 11-Dec-2007

Astaro is extending its secure VPN support to the Apple iPhone. 11-Dec-2007

French designer Philippe Starck has proclaimed Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader "almost modern" but "a bit sad." 11-Dec-2007

Cutting costs is a top priority at Hewlett-Packard, with business processes, products, and shared services targeted, says CEO and President Mark Hurd. 11-Dec-2007

Two people have been sentenced for their part in a massive phishing operation busted up by Italian police in July. 11-Dec-2007

Is zero-percent financing really a good deal? What should you look out for? Read our report before signing up for any special HDTV promotions. 11-Dec-2007

Freeverse has released Commander-Europe at War, a new turn-based strategy game set in World War II. 11-Dec-2007

Inexpensive URAM (user-RAM) is now being used in mobile TV chip sets. 11-Dec-2007

Denver International Airport switched its public Wi-Fi offering from paid to free advertising-supported. 11-Dec-2007

Sandisk will sell the Sansa digital music player, mobile phone cards, and USB flash drives in Vietnam. 11-Dec-2007

Controversal site lets security researchers submit vulnerabilities for auction, but says it sells to benign buyers only. 11-Dec-2007

A free-speech group is calling for a complaint to the World Trade Organization, arguing that Chinese censorship hampers U.S. Internet companies. 11-Dec-2007

South Korean officials have launched a corruption probe targeting the Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate. 11-Dec-2007

Many partners in Facebook's Beacon are unwilling to address the privacy controversy surrounding the ad program, preferring to wait it out. 11-Dec-2007

Researchers uncovered an attack targeting 'open-recursive' DNS servers that controls where phishing victims go on the Internet. 11-Dec-2007