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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…News
Zoho Gets Big Partner Win for Its SaaS Business Apps
SaaS groupware provider Zoho announced a sizable partnership win with Swisscom on Tuesday.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
Mauritius Negotiates With AMD for Low-cost PCs
The Mauritian government is in negotiations with AMD to bring down the price of computers.News
Lycos Offers OpenSocial Web-publishing Tool
Lycos has released a new Web-publishing tool that allows users to create Web sites that take advantage of social networks.Neil McAllister on Software
Norton 2009 to Speed Up Malware Screening
Symantec has built more than 300 speed and performance enhancements into its forthcoming security products, now in public beta.News
Weight-loss Supplement Dealer Settles Spam Charges
Marketers of 'bogus' weight-loss supplements settle spam charges brought by the U.S. FTC.News
Viacom Allows YouTube to Conceal User Names in Court Case
Google will be allowed to conceal the identities of YouTube users in a logging database that a court ordered it to hand over…News
Researchers Trace Structure of Cybercrime Gangs
The chain-of-command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a…News
Europe Leads Growth in IPTV Use, Study Finds
IPTV is growing at rapid pace. The number of subscribers have more than doubled for the second year running.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.Steve Bass’s Tips & Tweaks
On the Road–Fuel Cost Calculators, Phone Headsets
It's summer and Steve Bass has travel on his mind: gasoline stats, California's cell phone law, and sleazy marketing tactics.News
Centrino 2 With VPro Coming in August
Laptops based on Intel's Centrino 2 with vPro will hit the market in August.News
Sony Unveils Centrino 2-based Vaio Laptops
Sony has announced four laptops based on the Centrino 2 processorNews
Judge Puts off ‘spam King’ Sentencing
A judge in Seattle did not hand down a sentence for Robert Soloway, known as the spam king, on Monday.News
Lenovo to Push SSDs in More Laptops
Lenovo introduced solid-state in four laptops on Monday and will now offer them in more laptops to meet consumer demand.News
Lenovo Launches Ultrathin ThinkPad X200 Laptop
Lenovo launched two ultramobile laptops on Monday, including the ultrathin ThinkPad X200.News
PC Makers Roll out Centrino 2 Laptops
PC makers including Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Fujitsu rolled out new laptops based on Intel's Centrino 2 technology.News
Back-end Systems Could Save a City Wi-Fi Project
Better subscriber management is helping Lompoc, California, make its Wi-Fi network viable.News
Webroot Founder Dies in Hawaii
After a two-week search, Webroot founder Steven Thomas has been found dead in Hawaii.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
Microsoft: Search-only Deal Was Bostock’s Idea
Microsoft said its proposal made Friday to purchase Yahoo's search business was actually the idea of Yahoo Chairman Roy…News
Open-source Quality Tester out in Alpha
An early version of an open-source tool for checking the quality of open-source software is now available.News
US Judge Rules for EBay in Counterfeit Case
A U.S. judge rules that eBay is not legally liable for sales of counterfeit Tiffany jewelry on its site.News
CCTV Camera Identifies People by Race
The eye of tech-artist Benjamin Males' custom-made surveillance camera is engineered for a black and white world.News
XTuple Releases ‘hybrid’ Open-source ERP
XTuple has launched the latest edition of its ERP product, which employs a hybrid open-source model.News
Magellan Rolls out Rich GPS Maps
Magellan is outfitting some of its GPS devices with more advanced topographic maps that it hopes will attract off-road and…News
New Service Tracks Missing Laptops for Free
Researchers have developed a free open-source laptop tracking system for laptops called Adeona.
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Symantec: Microsoft Access ActiveX Attacks Will Intensify
An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has now been updated to take advantage of an unpatched security vulnerability in…
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Researcher to Demonstrate Attack Code for Intel Chips
A security researcher plans to demonstrate attack code that targets bugs in Intel's microprocessors.News
Acer in Talks to Supply Netbooks to 3G Operators
Acer is talking to 3G network operators at home and in Europe to supply them with Aspire one netbooks.News
Hands on With Acer’s Aspire One Netbook
Acer's Aspire one netbook combines excellent software, great screen quality and typing pad with a price that makes it tough to pass up.News
Activating Your iPhone 3G: What You Need to Know
Should you go to an Apple Store or AT&T outlet? Can you pay cash? We answer those and other iPhone questions.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
It’s Tough to Kill an Apple iPhone 3G
Apple's new multimedia handset is the Timex of phones. Here's how it took PC World's mauling and kept on calling (until we literally drove it into the ground).News
Apple iPhone 3G Dies Hard
Apple's new multimedia handset is the Timex of phones. Here's a blow-by-blow account of how it took PC World's mauling and kept on calling (until we literally drove it into the ground).News
IBM Slims Down the Web for Your Phone
Researchers at IBM's Almaden labs have developed software that lets you created slimmed-down versions of Web sites for mobile…News
IPhone 2.0 Includes Critical Security Fixes
Apple's iPhone 2.0 update fixes several critical security flaws.News
Nokia’s Ovi Faces Tough Challenges
Nokia quietly rolled out a new service on Ovi, its online services site, as it continues to face competition from better-known…News
Users Eager, Integrators Mixed on Enterprise IPhone Use
System integrators offered mixed reactions Friday to the iPhone's immediate viability in enterprises.News
Former HP Executive Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets
A former Hewlett-Packard vice president pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets from IBM.News
iPhone Activation Woes Hit Early Buyers
Activation problems hampered the launch of the iPhone 3G in the U.S.News
BIC Phone Is No Throw-Away Gadget
BIC is lending its brand to a cheap, ready-to-use mobile phone.News
London Launch of iPhone 3G Marred by Software Problems
Software compatibility problems marred the launch of the iPhone 3G at Apple's flagship store in London.News
Thales Buys NCipher for $100 Million
Thales U.K. has reached an agreement to buy cryptographic security vendor nCipher for £50.7 million (US$100.3 million).News
Swedes Sought Extras to Bulk Up iPhone Queue
Swedish operator TeliaSonera planned to hire 150 extras to stand in line for the iPhone–but needn't have bothered.News
Rambus Sues Nvidia
Rambus on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Nvidia, alleging that the graphics chip vendor infringed on memory architecture…News
Intel Set to Launch Centrino 2 Next Week
Intel is expected to launch its latest mobile platform, Centrino 2, which will deliver speedier performance and faster…News