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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:30:14 +0200
Google has agreed to cooperate with its longtime adversary Click Forensics on click-fraud reports.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:50:20 +0200
Microsoft is suing cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a Texas train...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:15:00 +0200
Compliance strategies for PCI's new application security requirements.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:10:19 +0200
Derman Enterprises has announced the release of Sync 'Em 1.00, a new "sync hub" for Mac OS X. It costs US$14.95 for a license...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:24 +0200
Not all of this week's news involved global financial turmoil: while IT budgets are being cut and AMD is breaking itself up, a...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:15 +0200
The Linux Foundation is attempting to get "high-end" Linux end-users more involved in kernel development.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0200
Getting customers is one thing; retaining them is another. Now is a great time to rethink your customer service strategy.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:45:00 +0200
Data de-duplication is spreading from backups to online storage. So when can we stop buying disks?
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:40:12 +0200
A new Forrester Research report finds SAP customers are still angry over the vendor's recent maintenance increase.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:30:00 +0200
Acquia's strengthened and supported distribution of the open source content manager smooths the path to a trouble-free Drupal Web site.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:15:00 +0200
In our hands-on tests, the new Xohm network was fast and smooth -- but for now, you have to be in Baltimore.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:00:15 +0200
Oracle will likely weather the global financial storm just fine, CEO Larry Ellison said Friday.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:00:00 +0200
All companies look to cut costs during an economic recession: A one-year trial of a four-day work week for the state of Utah is predicted to save $3 million. And it saves employees commuting costs as well.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:50:24 +0200
A Yahoo shareholder has distributed a proposal outlining terms for a new acquisition offer by Microsoft.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:50:13 +0200
If you have multiple Macs in your home, and you're running OS X 10.5, you may run into a permissions problem with each user's...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:45:00 +0200
Ignorance of the law is no excuse -- and when it comes to technology, the same rule applies.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:30:00 +0200
It fixes 40 more bugs; total for year now exceeds 250.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:50:17 +0200
United Lemur, a group of veteran Mac and iPhone developers, on Thursday announced the company's first product, Puzzllotto for...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:40:12 +0200
One of the big advantages Firefox 3 holds over Safari is extensibility. Savvy users can customize the browser to look, feel...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:20:12 +0200
The collective sigh of relief when Apple lifted the iPhone non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which had prevented developers from...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:36 +0200
Zoho has added an e-mail application to its suite of Web-hosted applications.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:31 +0200
Aquafadas has announced the release of VideoPier and VideoPier HD, two new utilities designed to help users of camcorders that...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:28 +0200
Delkin Devices on Friday announced it's shipping its Secure Digital to CompactFlash card adapter. The adapter costs US$29.99.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:11 +0200
Tom Bihn's Zephyr is billed specifically as a laptop "briefcase" for good reason: This sturdy, waterproof bag has a pre-formed...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:00:17 +0200
Apple has posted details of a new service program for MacBook Pro laptops affected by a flaw involving Nvidia graphics chips...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:00:12 +0200
Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Friday announced it's shipping the TransDock Direct, a new dock and charging system for...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:50:20 +0200
Old rituals wither and die; new rituals crop up and replace the old. When I used to work on the west side of Los Angeles, one...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:50:17 +0200
The i-rocks RF-7550A 2.4GHz Cordless Optical Mouse is a decent mouse created by a company that doesn't believe in the famous...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:50:12 +0200
September's Mac OS X 10.5.5 update has been the subject of the last two Bugs & Fixes installments--the first on hassles...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:10:17 +0200
As mobile data traffic continues to increase, with more generated by home users, operators are under pressure to adopt either...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:20:12 +0200
A Romanian national pleaded guilty earlier this week to charges related to possession of stolen credit card information...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0200
The U.S. Department of Justice successfully prosecuted two Web site operators for obscenity reviving the debate over whether community standards should determine whether adult content is criminally obscene.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0200
Opera Software, which is battling hard for market share with Google's Chrome, is promising users a faster surfing experience.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:40:16 +0200
The U.S. government is soliciting comments on a way to make the Internet's addresssing system less susceptible to tampering by...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:40:09 +0200
Japan's cheap and pervasive high-speed Internet connections are finally catching up with the country.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:10:49 +0200
Gomibako, or "garbage can" in English, is a drop down puzzle game that replaces the usual shapes with, well, garbage.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:50:16 +0200
IBM and Beijing's Palace Museum have launched a virtual tour of the Forbidden City.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:50:11 +0200
Among the myriad of handheld games on show at this year's Tokyo Game Show is "Final Fantasy: Dissidia."
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:40:10 +0200
Infosys' revenue and profit growth flag in the wake of economic uncertainty in the U.S., and the strengthening dollar.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:50:09 +0200
The Tokyo Game Show saw an 8 percent drop in attendance on Thursday, the first day of the four-day long show, organizers said...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:20:10 +0200
Star Ocean: The Last Hope is the fourth main installment of the Star Ocean saga and marks the arrival of the series on next...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:30:13 +0200
As the baseball post season gets underway and the presidential election marches steadily closer, everybody and their sidekick...
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:20:11 +0200
Microsoft's Live Labs group has launched a Web-based application that surfaces politics-related information and articles that...
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:50:16 +0200
Apple on Thursday posted Security Update 2008-007, a new security patch for client and server versions of Mac OS X 10.5...
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:14 +0200
Visitors to the The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's Web site prefer Barack Obama for president.
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:45:00 +0200
How do smart companies include social media in their marketing?
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:15:00 +0200
Would YouTube users leave better comments if they first heard their words read back to them out loud?
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:00:00 +0200
Will innovation will grind to a halt?
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:40:12 +0200
Reader Neil has a question about syncing videos from iTunes U. He writes:
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:30:17 +0200