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Yahoo Fills Icahn Board Seats
Yahoo has picked two candidates from Carl Icahn's slate to fill two empty board seats.News
What Your Goofy E-mail Address Really Says About You
Researchers at the University of Leipzig say that the e-mail address you choose says something about who you are.News
McCain Promotes Online Security, Privacy Policies
John McCain issued a statement on Thursday with his thoughts on online security and privacy issues.Neil McAllister on Software
VMware ESX Bug Causes Outage
A bug in the enterprise virtualization software prevents VMware ESX 3.5 U2 customers from starting new virtual machines, beginning today.News
Mobiles, SMS Play a Role in Afghanistan Security
The October 7, 2001, invasion of Afghanistan did more than mark the beginning of the "War on Terror." It also paved way for…News
Dutch Police, FBI Rein in Large Botnet
The botnet created by a teenager who was arrested by Dutch police in an outdoor sting is most notable for its total reliance…
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Open Source Advocates Hail Appeals Court Ruling
Free software advocates are praising a federal appeals ruling on that allows greater protection for open-source software…News
Original TSMC Investor Philips Sells off Final Shares
Philips, an original investor in TSMC, sold off its final stake in the company on Thursday.News
Tracking Down the Elusive R4 in Akihabara
After a lawsuit from Nintendo against retailers the R4 device for the Nintendo DS is still possible to find in AkihabaraNews
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
AOL Phisher Gets Seven Year Sentence
AOL Phisher Michael Dolan has been sentenced to seven years in prison.News
Is America Ready for Its First BlackBerry President?
Experts say it probably doesn't matter whether the next U.S. president actually uses information technology.News
iPhone 3G: Complaints Mount About Data Service Speeds
Apple and AT&T promote the iPhone 3G as being 'twice as fast' as its predecessor. But how often are users getting true 3G for their data transmission speed?News
Google Says Thanks for Android Petition
Google has briefly replied to a petition from Android developers complaining about slow progress.News
SAP Users: Support Debate Isn’t Over
SAP users say they aren't ready to accept the vendor's recent decision to push all customers to enterprise support.News
$196M Should Cover Costs of Bad Graphics Chips, Nvidia Says
Nvidia took a $196 million warranty charge to cover the cost of fixing bad graphics chips used in laptops.News
Report: Sony to Sell OLED TV in Europe in 2009
Sony will expand sales of its 11-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) television to Europe in 2009, according to a…News
Dell Unveils 19-hour Latitude Laptop
Dell on Tuesday announced a series of Latitude laptops, including one the company claimed provides 19 hours of battery life.News
Yahoo Launches Fire Eagle
Yahoo announced the general availability of Fire Eagle, its location-sharing platform.News
Microsoft Fixes IE, Office in Big Month of Security Updates
Microsoft has released patches to fix 19 critical holes in its software Tuesday, including five flaws in IE that should be…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
Gmail Users Hit by Outage Again
Gmail suffered a significant outage on Monday, the second in less than a week.News
Lame and Lamer: 10 Dumbest Viral Marketing Campaigns
You can't force anything to 'go viral' on the Internet, but that didn't stop these 10 companies from giving it a big, dumb try. Guess who topped the list.News
Lenovo Adds Quad-Core Laptop to ThinkPad Line
Lenovo updated its ThinkPad line of laptops with a quad-core notebook.News
AMD Aims High-End Graphics Cards at Nvidia
AMD released a new graphics card Tuesday that is expected to outperform products made by rival Nvidia.News
New IPod Touch and MacBooks Coming Soon, Analysts Say
Apple in September will announce a new iPod Touch and a redesigned MacBook, analysts say.Erik Larkin on the Web
Typosquatting as Corporate Espionage
A Symantec study found domains that appeared to be registered for e-mail spying.News
Silenced Subway Hackers, Silenced No More
The MIT student presentation 'Anatomy of a Subway Hack' that was barred from DEFCON security conference is released to Web.News
Delivering Aid in a Digital World
Analysis: Could charities and other organizations start providing assistance more efficiently by virtual means?News
JDA Software to Buy I2 for US$346 Million
SCM vendor JDA Software is buying i2 Technologies for $346 million, the company announced Monday.News
PC Industry Scared Netbooks May Hurt Laptop Sales
Analysis: AMD says it has no plans to enter netbook market, as questions loom over where the netbook is headed.News
Gartner Warns of “widespread Slowdown” in Electronics Sector
Gartner warned of a "widespread slowdown" in electronics spending.News
Flying to Defcon With No ID
Defcon attendee Sherri Davidoff travelled to the conference without ID. She spotted a few flaws in the TSA system along the…News
Intel to Release Nehalem Laptop Chips Next Year
Intel to release Nehalem laptop chips next year, the company confirmed on Sunday.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
EFF to Appeal Court Order Halting Subway Hacker Talk
UPDATE: The Electronic Frontier Foundation plans to appeal a court order halting a Defcon talk about security problems with Boston-area transit smartcards.News
Court Halts Subway Hacker Talk
A Defcon talk on hacking Boston's transit smartcard system has been scrapped, following a court order.News
Massachusetts Transit Agency Sues to Stop Hacker Talk
A Boston area transit authority has sued to stop a defcon talk on hacking its Mifare transit cards.News
Wall of Sheep: Coming to Your Company?
Founders of Defcon's Wall of Sheep have started an education and security awareness consultancy.News
Netbooks Spark Linux Redesigns
Linux interfaces are being redesigned to take advantage of the limited resources and smaller screens of netbooks.News
Yahoo to Offer Customized Ad Opt out
Yahoo said it will start letting site visitors opt out of receiving customized advertising.News
Rackspace IPO Needed to Cope With Fast Growth
Hosting provider Rackspace Hosting unveiled an initial public offering (IPO) of 15 million at $12.50 per share.News
Ohio Official Sues E-voting Vendor for Dropped Votes
The Ohio secretary of state filed a lawsuit against an e-voting vendor for dropped votes.News
Reporters Ejected After Black Hat Network Attack
Three French reporters at the Black Hat security conference were ejected for hacking into the show's press network.News
For First Time, Olympics Is All High-def
For the first time the Olympics games is being produced entirely in high-definition.News