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Microsoft on Tuesday released the final versions of six new tools designed to help businesses make the migration to its newly released operating system, Windows Vista. The tools can assist business users at each stage in their upgrade to the next-generation OS, according to Microsoft. "Broadly deplo...
It's the best of times and the worst of times whenever Microsoft releases a new operating system. Both business and consumer users are filled with excitement to try out the latest and greatest technology from Redmond, Wash. All too often, however, the thrill of purchasing a new OS is tempered by the...
Home network users could be vulnerable to attacks from hackers who can alter the configuration of a broadband router or wireless access point. Symantec released its "Drive-By Pharming" attacks report Thursday, roughly two months after security researchers at Symantec and Indiana University first pub...
"Star Wars" enthusiasts can finally begin their countdown to the release of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." Game maker LucasArts on Wednesday made public long sought details on the next installment of the "Star Wars" saga. Gamers can expect to see "TFU" on store shelves in November 2007 for the Xb...
With the PC graphics market flatlining, AMD announced on Tuesday that it has developed a new outlet for its graphics core technologies. The new enterprise will focus on the development and licensing of "leading-edge graphics core technologies" to semiconductor manufacturers in the handheld industry....
To outsiders, it may often seem that video gamers live in a world of their own. That perception will soon come closer to reality following the announcement Monday that Richard Branson's Virgin Games division has partnered with Game Domain International to form a new PC game download service, "A Worl...
Researchers at Intel unveiled an experimental 80-core microchip Monday at the International Solid States Circuit Conference in San Francisco. Known as a "Teraflop research chip," it is the first programmable microprocessor capable of delivering performance formerly associated only with supercomputer...
Researchers at Intel unveiled an experimental 80-core microchip Monday at the International Solid States Circuit Conference in San Francisco. Known as a "Teraflop research chip," it is the first programmable microprocessor capable of delivering performance formerly associated only with supercomputer...
Since its heyday in the late 1990s, the PC game industry has seen its share of the video game market grow increasingly smaller. Cannibalized by the onslaught of gaming console powerhouse lines Sony PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox line, sales of CD-ROM-based PC games, while still robust at $970 mill...
If hours of prerecorded TV content aren't enough for TiVo subscribers, Amazon will offer a solution. The digital video recorder pioneer and the super-sized online retailer announced their new "Amazon Unbox on TiVo" service Wednesday. For Amazon, the joint venture provides a captive audience more tha...
Microsoft Excel users should avoid opening or saving any file attachments sent via e-mail if the message is not from a trusted source or arrives unexpectedly, the company said following public reports of zero day attacks exploiting a flaw in the spreadsheet program. Security firm Secunia ranks the v...
There could be a new player in the mobile phone search space to challenge the dominance of Google and Yahoo, according to reports released Sunday. Top names in Europe's telecommunications industry are said to be planning meetings next week during the 3GSM World Congress for "secret, high-level" talk...
Microsoft unveiled a new secure sockets layer virtual private networking solution Thursday. Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 is the fruit of its July 2006 acquisition of Whale Communications. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker also announced that it has partnered with Celestix Networks and ...
Sony Ericsson announced on Wednesday it will begin manufacturing low-end color screen and music playing mobile handsets in India through an agreement with its global outsourcing manufacturing partners, Flextronics and Foxconn. The phones, intended for local distribution, will not only offer a compet...
Want to put the pedal to the metal? Or maybe teleport to the year 2636 and battle a bevy of aliens bent on dominating Earth? All that and more is possible following the release of four new classic games on Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console. "Mario Kart 64," "Contra III: The Alien Wars," "Bonanza Bros.,
Worries over the imminent death of Moore's Law have apparently been greatly exaggerated. At least that is the word following announcements on Saturday from both IBM and Intel that each has developed a new energy-saving microchip design. According to the two chip makers, the advance is the biggest br...
In an attempt to capitalize on the PlayStation 3's Cell Broadband Engine computer chip technology, Sony announced Wednesday that it has joined with Namco Bandai Holdings to form a new company to develop games for the console. The new company, dubbed "Cellius," will have Ken Kutaragi, widely consider...
January has been very, very good to Blizzard Entertainment. Earlier this month, the game maker announced its World of Warcraft subscription-based, massively multiplayer online role-playing games had surpassed 8 million players. Tuesday, the company said that its "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusa...
Intel and Sun Microsystems announced Monday that the two companies have joined to form a "broad strategic alliance." The cornerstones of the newly created partnership are Intel's endorsement of Sun's Solaris operating system and the inclusion of Intel's Xeon processors in Sun's line of enterprise an...
After months of speculation, fans of the popular video game "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" have reason to rejoice following Wednesday's announcement confirming that game maker Bethesda Softworks will release an official full expansion for the award-winning game. "The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Is...
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