At 11:36 pm EDT August 2, 2008 the Falcon 1 lost contact with the base in Hawthorn, California. After aborting the first launch at .5 seconds, the counter was reset to 11 minutes and...
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Late last night we started receiving reports from readers experiencing problems with Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Users of both Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they could not validate their installations...
Symantec has released details of a potential security threat in its 2006 products, involving ActiveX software provided by a third-party developer. Meanwhile, some users are apparently reporting problems with their subscriptions, as false warnings of...
Blaming falling PC processor prices, AMD has warned that its sales and profits over the Christmas period fell short of its expectations. In a statement late on Thursday, the chipmaker said that it would report...
Microsoft has posted its revenue results for its second quarter ended 31stDecember, revealing a loss of USD 293 million from the division whichmanages its next-generation Xbox 360 console. Overall revenue for the quarter was posted...
Firefox has unpatched "extremely critical" security holes and exploit code is already circulating on the Net, security researchers have warned. The two unpatched flaws in the Mozilla browser could allow an attacker to take control...
After several recent rulings in its favor, Rambus' quest to recover royalties from the memory chip industry was dealt a blow this week with the dismissal of its patent case against Infineon Technologies on allegations...
A federal appeals court has denied Lexmark's request to consider reimposing an injunction against a firm that makes components that allow generic replacement ink cartridges to work in Lexmark printers. The ruling by the US...
A company that delivers pop-up ads has been barred from targeting visitors to a particular site. A US district court judge recently barred WhenU from delivering pop-up advertisements to some Net visitors, going against decisions...
A denial-of-service attack rendered Microsoft's corporate Web site inaccessible for more than an hour on Friday afternoon, amid heightened fears that a major Internet attack could be on the horizon. Microsoft's Web site became...
THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION persuaded a federal judge again yesterday it should be allowed to represent owners of ReplayTV which is taking legal action against 28 movie and TV firms. Five ReplayTV customers are taking...
WorldCom, which runs the major backbone network that routes traffic over the Internet, said it suffered a widespread outage on Thursday that cut off some businesses for most of the work day and slowed Web...
UK2.net - which claims to be the "UK's biggest host" - fell over yesterday afternoon, causing disruption for thousands of its customers. According to a statement on its message board, the company...
Telewest's blueyonder Internet service [UK] is experiencing problems following a planned network upgrade last night. Punters in and around Gateshead and Gillingham are facing intermittent problems after routers went down in these areas. ...
Thousands of new ADSL users in the UK could have their services disrupted thanks to a glitch in BT's broadband network. The intermittent problem concerns compatibility issues with the first and second...