Verizon has finally been cleared to acquire regional carrier Alltel. The Department of Justice, FCC and FTC have all given the appropriate thumbs up to allow the mega carrier to acquire the regional carrier....
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Intel's Nehalem processor architecture will still hold to the Core naming scheme when it appears late this year, if an apparent leak of company logos proves authentic. Although the platform will make fundamental changes, Nehalem...
After Asustek Computer, the world's largest maker of computer mainboards, was split into three companies on the 1st of January, 2008, Foxconn Electronics, a major contract manufacturer of electronics, has a lot of chances to...
In a report released by Privacy International, a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations, the United States has dropped from an "extensive surveillance...
It is official! eCOM-LAC and NIC Mexico, the organizations in charge of pursuing the Internet domain name for Latinos, announced that .LAT as the extension to identify this new domain. The decision for the extension...
Just when we thought the world wasn't big enough for another gaming mouse, Razer unveils the Lachesis—a 4000 dpi behemoth. Not sure how fast that is? Take your average mouse and multiply its speed and...
The UK's big five mobile phone firms have switched on a payment system that turns handsets into digital wallets. Called PayForIt, the scheme is designed for those buying goods and services with a value of...
TorrentSpy, one of the largest and most popular torrent dump sites, may soon become another piece of bait in the MPAA's ongoing efforts to track down and prosecute copyright infringers. The site has already been...
In June 2008, Microsoft Corporation plans to make DirectX 10-compliant graphics cores compulsory for personal computers carrying the "Windows Vista Premium" logo. The software giant hopes to boost popularity of its new operating system among...
Microsoft, Namco Bandai and Quiznos have teamed together to bring us the first Pac-Man World Championship in history. The winner will be crowned world champion by game creator Toru Iwatani, receive 26 years of free...
With Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell evaluating the feasibility of adopting half-height 20x DVD burners, and other PC brands already having decided to adopt such burners for market segmentation and the promotion of sales of desktop...
One of TrustedReviews' news writers has confirmed that the highly anticipated, and long awaited widescreen touchscreen for the iPod mp3 player, will be released in December. TrustedReviews claims that they have spoken to a well...
Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens...
At a discussion of flash memory technologies to be included in Windows Vista and "Longhorn" here at TechEd 2006 this morning, Microsoft's program manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayres confirmed that inclusion of hybrid...
American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu thinks there's plenty of pent-up demand for the new MacBook, but warns that the high-end black configuration may be too highly priced. "Apple appears to be confident that...
Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (SEG), today announces further details for Reservoir Dogs™ on the Xbox™ video game and entertainment system...
One of the UK's largest technology retailers, Dixons, is to rebrand it's stores as Currys.digital in the coming months. With both stores owned by DSG International, all 190 Dixons outlets in the UK will become...
It's only a matter of time before Apple's newly redesigned Mac operating system becomes a happy hunting ground for malicious hackers, according to a research report from security vendor Symantec. The Symantec Internet Security Threat...
According to reports from news.com today, Microsoft is considering pulling out of a partnership on MSNBC. Microsoft and NBC, joint owners of the network are currently in "advanced discussions" about the sale of...
Speaking during the recent European Games Network trade show in London, Bioware joint CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka revealed that forthcoming Xbox title Jade Empire is intended as the first game in a new franchise. ...
Micro Star International, a company from the Big Four mainboards manufacturers, may become a yet another partner for ATI Technologies, who has already won numerous contracts with leading graphics cards makers this year. ...
It's called the Segway Human Transporter, but the Pentagon is drafting the two-wheeled scooter as part of a plan to develop battlefield robots that think on their own and communicate with troops. The...
Former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt will join eBay as VP of security, eBay spokesman Chris Donlay confirmed. Schmidt officially left his White House post on Thursday after announcing his resignation on April 21....
AN INTERESTING PIECE of news has surfaced that will have sys admins fainting in disbelief. Eight states have put forward bills that would have a devastating effect on network security and even networks themselves if...
Thanks xStainDx for posting this in BPN IBM announced it has completed an agreement to combine its hard disk drive operations with Hitachi's, forming a new company called Hitachi Global Storage Technologies....
AMD BOSS HECTOR RUIZ says AMD is "dead serious" about ousting Intel to become the number one player in the "computational processor market". "We're not just trying to be a good number two," he said....
Two of the biggest names in copy-protection have now been merged. Macrovision has acquired the technologies developed by Midbar Tech and it intends to use these to help mature its own copy-protection system. ...
Ubi Soft Germany and NBC GIGA today announced that the people who will attend the upcoming Games Convention in Messe Leipzig, Germany, (August 29th – September 1st) will "get the chance to have their faces...
While Oracle Corp. is committed to the open source movement and its standards, database code will remain proprietary because there will be difficulties in providing services if customers make alterations to the source code. ...
Thanks vla for telling me that Network Associates (NAI) have updated their beta program a few days ago. There are a few betas available to subscribe too if you wish. Beta Programs Internet SecurityFirewallQuickCleanVirusScan HomeVirusScan...
Xbox Live will launch in Fall of 2002, but a few lucky gamers will get into the Beta-testing program that launches this summer. You can try out the service and games in their pre-release forms,...
PowerToys is getting a major update for one of its best utilities
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