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Microsoft announced the early release of a patch that will eliminate an increasingly dangerous Windows flaw from users' PCs -- a full week before the company's scheduled monthly "Patch Tuesday" cycle. The software giant's move to fix the vulnerability on Tuesday was provoked by an increasing number ...
Microsoft unveiled a new mobile Web browser designed to make navigating the Internet on wireless devices as easy and clear as surfing on a PC. The new browser, dubbed Deepfish, is the latest entry in the growing mobile browser wars designed for delivering content such as Web pages to Windows Mobile ...
LG Electronics and Google are teaming up to offer the search giant's services on some of LG's mobile phones. The Korean electronics maker announced that it will ship select handsets preinstalled with Google products and services -- including Google Maps, Blogger Mobile and Gmail -- during the seco...
Seattle-based start-up ZenZui, which is funded by Microsoft's technology research arm IP Ventures, has started licensing a new "zoomable user interface" aimed at improving Web access via mobile devices. When running on a mobile phone screen, ZenZui displays Web content as tiles, initially showing on...
A new security vulnerability in Windows could allow cybercriminals to hijack a user's machine and divert Web traffic through a malicious proxy server, Microsoft announced on Monday. Hackers can send e-mail messages linked to a malicious payload hosted on a remote Internet server, which could trick r...
Nokia has started shipping its first phone with built-in GPS capabilities and a host of other applications. The Finnish company said the N95 mobile phone, now available in Europe and Asia, is a slider-type device with a 5 megapixel camera for shooting photos and 30 frames-per-second video. However, ...
Telecommunications giant AT&T is betting $4.6 billion that there is a big future in selling video services over the Internet. The San Antonio-based company will offer its own version of cable television and high-speed Internet services under its "U-verse" brand. U-verse OnTheGo is a premium serv...
Bill Gates is not used to finishing in second place but the Microsoft chairman did just that this week, losing a virtual soccer match on penalty kicks to star Mexican player Rafael Marquez 2-1. Commemorating Microsoft's 20th anniversary in Mexico, Gates dropped the match to the international soccer ...
Fujitsu Computer Systems unveiled two new models in its notebook line that come with something special -- solid-state hard drives that make the computers more durable for work in the field, according to the company. The two new machines, the LifeBook P1610 and LifeBook B6210 models, are now availab...
A pair of hackers has threatened to engage in a self-described "attention-seeking ploy" next month by exposing security holes in social networking Web site MySpace. The duo, who call themselves "Mondo Armando" and "Mustachio," say they will launch attacks against the popular Web site each day in the...
The evolution of video gaming took another quantum leap forward this week with the announcement that Stanford University researchers are now enlisting Sony's PlayStation 3 in the fight against diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and several forms of cancer. The Tokyo-based Sony s...
While MySpace continues to hold a dominate position in the social networking arena, a new survey shows smaller alternative sites are growing in popularity. MySpace commands 80 percent of social networking market share, but newcomers such as Buzznet and iMeen continue to gain more ground each week, a...
Nintendo Wii owners will be able to do battle against each other online for the first time beginning in June, after partnering with a company that specializes in multiplayer gaming technology. Nintendo says it has partnered with GameSpy, a division of Fox Interactive Media, to provide Wii gamers onl...
NBC Universal on Wednesday said it will sell episodes of "The Office," "ER" and other prime time television shows on-demand over cell phone networks throughout the U.S. The company struck a deal with MobiTV, a mobile and broadband TV outfit that since 2003 has worked with NBC on developing a mobile ...
As the video game market has matured over the past few years, so, apparently, has its fan base. No longer are video games the exclusive domain of young kids and teens; the age of gamers is on the rise, according to a new study. In fact, more than one in three U.S. adults who go online -- approximate...
Hewlett-Packard has redesigned three versions of its desktop PC line to meet new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency energy standards. The EPA's Energy Star 4.0 regulations, which take effect on July 20, 2007, require PC manufacturers to convert 80 percent of incoming electricity into usable comput...
Samsung Electronics is putting the finishing touches on an 8 gigabyte chip -- a high-density embedded flash memory device capable of storing up to 2,000 songs on a mobile phone. The South Korea-based company expects to begin mass producing the line of flash memory and firmware chips, called "moviNAN...
Microsoft plans to skip its monthly round of security patches scheduled for release next Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities waiting to be fixed. Redmond is working on patches for known vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007's Publisher 2007 and Windows Vista OS, but...
Microsoft plans to submit a new photo format to an international standards group that it claims offers the highest quality images available with improved compression techniques. The format, dubbed "HD Photo" -- formerly called "Windows Media Photo" -- is taking aim at the JPEG format, a 15-year old ...
Connecticut lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require social networking sites to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors who want to post profiles. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal urged adoption of the legislation Wednesday, a day after a Connecticut man was sentenced to ...
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