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Mobile Linux Group Gets Members, Phones and Software
The LiMo Foundation announced new members and new handsets.News
Thales Picks up First UK ID Card Contract Worth £18m
Thales has won a four-year contract worth £18 milllion (US$36 million) for the UK's national ID card program.News
Group Offers Tools to Evade China’s Web Censorship
A US-based group is offering tools to help reporters evade Chinese censorship of Internet sites.News
New Browsers Fight the Malware Scourge
The just-released Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5, and the upcoming IE 8, respond to the growing threat with enhanced blocking features.News
MSI Offers Wind Netbook With Better Batteries
MSI is adding better batteries to the Wind netbook, for longer run time.News
Intel Keeps Number of Larrabee Cores Under Wraps
Intel plans to detail the architecture of its upcoming Larrabee chip on Aug. 12,, but it will keep the number of cores secret…News
Softbank Aims to Be World’s Top Mobile Internet Company
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son has set a goal to become the world's largest mobile Internet company.News
Alibaba: ‘We Will Do Things Our Own Way’
Alibaba.com Group CEO Jack Ma said Saturday that no matter what happened with major shareholder Yahoo, the company would retain its independence.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
US Border Agency Says It Can Seize Laptops
U.S. agents now have the authority to seize and retain laptops indefinitely, according to a new policy detailed in documents issued by the DHS.News
FBI: Flash Drive Used to Steal Countrywide Data
Two men were arrested for their alleged roles in stealing and selling personal customer information from Countrywide.News
FCC Rules Against Comcast P-to-P Throttling
The U.S. FCC orders Comcast to stop slowing peer-to-peer traffic.News
Apple Finally Patches Dangerous DNS Flaw
Apple has at last issued a patch for the DNS (Domain Name System) flaw considered one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities to ever affect the Internet.News
China May Have to Wait for Chip Investment From Taiwan
Taiwanese chip investment rules related to China may change, but companies are in no mood to invest.News
Nvidia Likely to Confirm Scale of Chip Troubles Soon
The scale of Nvidia's chip-packaging troubles should become apparent when the company releases its financial results.News
China Hits Back at US Senator’s Spying Claims
China brushed off accusations that authorities are forcing foreign hotel chains to install Internet eavesdropping devices…News
PC Owners Urged to Manage Power Use and Save Money
PC users are being urged to make wider use of power management tools, which can save money and help the environment.News
McAfee to Buy Data Protection Vendor Reconnex
McAfee plans to buy DLP vendor Reconnex for $46 million.News
In-flight Cell Call Ban Advances in Congress
A bill that would stifle in-flight cellular calls permanently is headed for the U.S. House of Representatives.News
Microsoft Sees Uptick in Use of 64-bit Vista
People are beginning to use 64-bit Windows Vista on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS.News
Reduce Cell-phone Cancer Risk
Can cell phones lead to cancer? That's a never-ending debate, but until conclusive data arrives, users can take small steps to…News
Windows Mobile Sales Lower Than Expected
Microsoft missed its target for Windows Mobile shipments in its fiscal year 2008 by 10 percent.
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Symantec: New Attitude on Security Needed
Symantec officials encourage government agencies to take an information-centric approach to security.News
Oracle Buys Global Knowledge Software
Oracle has bought a Global Knowledge Software, a developer of tools used to build self-service training courses.News
Motorola Clings to Third Place in Mobile Market
Motorola clung on to third place in the mobile phone market in the second quarter, far behind Nokia and Samsung, but just…News
UK: Web Giants Should Screen User-generated Content
Web giants such as Google and Facebook should pre-screen user content before it goes online, according to a U.K. government…News
TSMC Q2 Results Shine, but Says Business Is Slowing
TSMC reported strong second quarter growth, but warned of a slowing growth in the third quarter.News
Report: Google to Set up VC Fund
Google is planning to start a venture-capital arm, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.News
MIC: Netbook Shipments to Exceed 8 Million This Year
Global shipments of netbooks could hit 8.02 million units this year, says market researcher MIC.News
Adobe: Flash Gaining Traction in the Enterprise
Adobe says Flash is beginning to catch on more among enterprise customers.News
What’s in a Name? Better Not Ask Cuil
Irish language enthusiasts are challenging Cuil.com's definition of the word cuil to mean knowledge.Erik Larkin on the Web
Norton Safe Web Beta Competes with SiteAdvisor
Symantec pulls the curtains from its Web search safety rating tool, but it has some catching up to doNews
JavaFX SDK Preview Release Imminent
Sun is about to release a preview SDK for its long-anticipated JavaFX development framework.News
Intel Working on Third Generation of Classmate PCs
Intel will announce details of the next generation of its Classmate PCs soon.
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Extradition Appeal for British Hacker Dismissed
UPDATE: A British hacker who broke into U.S. military computers looks set to be extradited to the U.S. after a British court ruling.
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India’s ‘$10 Laptop’ to Cost US$100 After All
Indian government promoted low-cost laptop will cost US$100 and not $10 as earlier stated.News
Nintendo, Software Makers Target DS Game Piracy
Nintendo and major Japanese software companies are going after 5 companies they say sold devices to play pirated DS games.News
Via’s Nano Processor Tops Intel’s Atom in First Reviews
Reviewers say Via's Nano processor outperforms Intel's Atom.News
Cuil ‘Crunches’ Gmail, Shanghai Entrepreneur
New search engine Cuil seems to be off to a rocky start, associating some unrelated logos and photos with other content.News
LG to Use Dolby Mobile Audio System in Cell Phones
LG Electronics plans to start adding Dolby Mobile to high-end phones later this year, it said Wednesday.Privacy Watch
Check Your Personal Data Before Your Employer Does
Conducting your own preemptive background check can stave off nasty surprises.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
Microsoft Prepares for End of Windows With Midori
With the Internet increasingly taking on the role of the PC operating system and the growing prevalence of virtualization…News
Most Sensitive Data on Government Laptops Unencrypted
Some 70 percent of sensitive data on US government laptops and mobile devices was not encrypted as of last September, a new…News
Mobile Phones and the Digital Divide
Whether you're building an application for the 3G iPhone in the United States or trying to figure out how to deliver health…
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India Developing US$10 Laptop
India is developing a laptop that will cost US$10, for use in higher education.News