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Intel Plans to Support 2.3GHz, 3.5GHz WiMax Next Year
Intel will add support for additional WiMax frequency ranges next year.News
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo Sued for Sex Selection Ads in India
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo were sued in India for allegedly promoting sex selection of children via ads and links on their search engines.News
Intel Launches Smaller SSD for Netbooks, Mini-desktops
Intel launched a smaller SSD for netbooks on Wednesday.News
Intel Drops Centrino Atom Brand After Five Months
Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand after five months, using just Atom to brand this part of its product line.News
MSN Taking the Brunt of Google’s US Search Blitz
Google increased its U.S. Internet search market share in July, while MSN has been the biggest loser.Steve Bass’s Tips & Tweaks
Microsoft Is Giving Up on Windows
Steve Bass learns that Microsoft has had it with Windows. Plus three free tools and lots of time wasters.News
Lenovo Adds Quad-Core Laptop to ThinkPad Line
Lenovo updated its ThinkPad line of laptops with a quad-core notebook.News
Best Buy to Put Gizmo Vending Machines in Airports
Best Buy to introduce airport vending machines that let you buy consumer electronics.News
Intel’s Nehalem Desktop Chips to Be Called Core I7
The high-end desktop versions of Intel's upcoming Nehalem processors will be called Core i7.News
Covert Operation Floats Network-sniffing Balloon
After Riviera hotel management nixed his planned demonstration, one defcon hacker found a way to launch what he calls a warballoon.News
Google Apps Hit by Prolonged Gmail Access Problem
Gmail suffered a 15-hour outage Wednesday and Thursday that affected also Google Apps subscribers.
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Kaminsky: Many Ways to Attack With DNS
Dan Kaminsky says that SSL sites are also vulnerable to the DNS flaw he discovered.News
The Steve Jobs-Style MobileMe ‘Apology’
Steve Jobs kind of apologizes for MobileMe mess, and Apple users respond 'apology accepted.'News
U.S. Loses out in Lenovo’s Linux Netbook Push
U.S. users will not be offered versions of the new IdeaPad netbooks with a Linux OS or an 8.9-inch screen, at least not initially.News
Cisco Routers Again Take Hacker Spotlight
Cisco router hacks will get some attention at this week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Delta Equips Fleet with Broadband
Delta Airlines will put in-flight broadband on all 330 of its planes, starting later this year.News
Delta Adds Wi-Fi to Entire Domestic Airline Fleet
Delta Air Lines says all its U.S. domestic passengers will be able to surf the Web at broadband speeds via Wi-Fi.News
Firewall Vendors Scramble to Fix DNS Problem
Firewall vendors are scrambling to release a bug in their products that undoes part of a recent critical DNS patch.News
Dell Tries to Trademark ‘cloud Computing’
Dell is trying to trademark the term 'cloud computing.'News
FCC Rules Against Comcast P-to-P Throttling
The U.S. FCC orders Comcast to stop slowing peer-to-peer traffic.News
Toyota, Sony Develop Personal Transportation Robot
Toyota has developed and demonstrated on Friday a Segway-like personal transporter based partly on robotics technology from…News
Intel Working on Third Generation of Classmate PCs
Intel will announce details of the next generation of its Classmate PCs soon.News
DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation
One week after releasing attack code, HD Moore has fallen victim to a cache poisoning attack.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 4: The Doctor Isn’t In but Can Still See You
How telehealth is changing the way America gets well.News
Google Counts More Than 1 Trillion Unique Web URLs
Google has identified more than 1 trillion unique URLs on the Web.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 3: The Film Editor’s Dream
A 10-gbps fiber-optics connection enables a Swedish film editor to do his job in real time from his dream home in a beautiful rural village.News
Attack Code Released for New DNS Attack
Attack code has been released for a major flaw in the Internet's DNS software.News
Parts of San Francisco Network Still Locked out
The San Francisco DA's office says part of the city's network is still not under control.News
San Francisco’s Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the passwords to the city's wide area network.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 1: The 21st Century Athlete
Broadband is helping to redefine the modern athlete. Meet gamer Patrick O'Day, who hopes to compete in the worldwide Digital Games in China this fall.
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With DNS Flaw Now Public, Attack Code Imminent
Hackers say that they will soon develop attack code that exploits a recently published, critical DNS bug.News
Details of Major Internet Flaw Posted by Accident
Researchers have accidentally published details of a critical DNS flaw discovered by Dan Kaminsky.News
WiMax at Sea, the Journey Begins
Ships that call on Singapore can now use WiMax instead of satellite to connect to the Internet.Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Solid State Drives Accelerate into Market
Solid state drives are about to make solid improvements in price, performance, and power usage.News
IT Administrator Pleads Not Guilty to Network Tampering
Terry Childs, the IT administrator accused of locking up San Francisco's computer network, pleads not guilty to computer…News
Google Tweaks Gmail to Stop Auto-adding Contacts
Google is rolling out a change this week to Gmail that will give users more control over their contacts list.News
Industry Heavyweights Line-up Behind Sony’s TransferJet
14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet"…News
Microsoft Updates Servers With Latest Search Features
Microsoft released three bundles of fixes and new features for its server products on Wednesday.News
What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP?
Our reporter tried to buy a computer with Windows XP preinstalled on it from the United States' nine biggest PC makers. His findings: You can get one, but be prepared to fib.News
IT Admin Locks up San Francisco’s Network
A network administrator has allegedly locked up a multimillion-dollar computer system for the city of San Francisco that…Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Lenovo Offers Oops Insurance
Smaller businesses may benefit from Lenovo's new package of next-business day warranty repair, accidental laptop damage coverage, and Internet backups.News
Intel to Shrink Centrino 2 Chips for Thinner Laptops
Intel plans to release a version of its Centrino 2 platform that's tailored for ultra-thin laptops.News
Intel’s Quad-core Mobile Chip Coming Next Month
Intel will release a quad-core laptop chip in August.News
Sony Unveils Centrino 2-based Vaio Laptops
Sony has announced four laptops based on the Centrino 2 processorNews
Back-end Systems Could Save a City Wi-Fi Project
Better subscriber management is helping Lompoc, California, make its Wi-Fi network viable.News
Bandwidth Limits Make a Comeback
Major cable operators are cracking down on bandwidth hogs, either by throttling speed or adding surcharges–and DSL providers may follow suit.News
iPhone 3G: The First 48 Hours
Activation was the easy part; I'm disappointed with AT&T's 3G coverage and the iPhone's GPS features.News