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New Chip Family Configures Itself on the Fly

Mountain View, California-based Stretch, a fabless semiconductor developer, this week debuted a new family of processors that can be configured by software, making this the first design to embed powerful programmable logic in an off-the-shelf processor. The chip family -- the S5000 -- also includes ...

Microsoft Memo Outlines Strategy on EU Ruling

A memorandum from Microsoft argues against the European Commission's antitrust decision, stating that Brussels is creating legal precedents that inflict long-term damage on the software developer's business model. The memo outlines the legal strategy that the Redmond, Washington, software maker is t...

IBM, Stanford Team on Nanotech Project

Two leading U.S.-based technology developers -- IBM and Stanford University -- are partnering to launch an advanced research project to create new high-performance, low-power electronics in the emerging field of nanotechnology called "spintronics." A recent report by a leading technology analysis fi...

DVD Software Vendor Faces Consumer, Court Challenges

The Better Business Bureau this week issued a national warning about 321 Studios, a developer of DVD copying, backup and repair software that is causing controversy in U.S. federal courts and in Hollywood. The BBB, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, issued the consumer advisory against the company...

Average PC Plagued with Spyware

A new study released this week indicates that nearly 28 "spyware" items infest each PC, demonstrating the broad proliferation of the secret software, researchers said. Spyware is a rapidly proliferating type of software that covertly forwards information about a computer user's online activities to ...

DOJ Calls on Microsoft To Open More Code

Court papers filed this week demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice is asking Microsoft to reveal more to rivals who license essential Windows computer code as part of the company's ongoing antitrust settlement. The documents in federal court show that Microsoft has agreed to a deal with th...

Report Calls Internet ‘Impossible’ for Disabled Users

An investigative report by a government agency in the United Kingdom has revealed many disabled users find online chores that are routine for most people to be Herculean for them, as they "find it impossible to book a holiday, open a bank account or buy theater tickets online." The study on Internet...

Dell Sends Most New Jobs Overseas

A filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulatory body that monitors publicly traded companies, indicates that Dell last year generated most of its new jobs overseas, in the fastest-growing markets there, including China. Dell's disclosure confirms the pattern in glob...

Intel Updates Itanium 2 Processors

Earlier today, at a developer's forum in Taipei, Taiwan, chipmaker Intel disclosed that it has developed two new, low-priced Itanium processors targeted toward the server market. Servers employing the new processors will be about 28 percent lower in price and up to 25 percent faster than earlier dua...

Browser-Based Attacks on the Rise

Think that viruses and worms sent by e-mail are an IT security nightmare? Wait until you experience the next assault hackers are unleashing -- the browser-based attack. The second annual survey on IT security and the workforce conducted by CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association -- a ...

Music Sales Strong Despite Digital Piracy

It may be a one-time fluke or a sign of the broader economic recovery, but domestic music sales in the first quarter of this year increased dramatically for U.S. record labels. Fueled by sales from artists like Norah Jones and Usher, both of whom accomplished the now-unusual feat of selling 1 millio...

FBI Proposes Internet Wiretaps

Public comments are due today at the Federal Communications Commission regarding a policy proposal instigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to bolster government surveillance of the Internet. Last month, the FBI, along with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of Just...

Ballmer Pushes for War on Hacking

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is ratcheting up the computer industry establishment's pressure on hackers, meeting this week in Washington, D.C., with Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and IT industry leaders to decry Internet crime. Ballmer observed that the circle of active hackers today is large...

Intel Readies Earth-Friendly Chips

Intel and rival National Semiconductor this week announced they are going green with their manufacturing processes. Santa Clara, California-based Intel said it will, later this fiscal year, begin shipping new chips that have 95 percent less lead than its current offerings. Cross-town competitor Nati...

Sun Appoints New Software Boss

A slew of new senior appointments at Sun Microsystems comes as confidence in the recovery of the U.S. economy and technology industry is growing. Santa Clara, California-based Sun last week named Jonathan Schwartz as its new chief operating officer, and on Monday announced that John Loiacono has bee...

EU Antitrust Regulators Scrutinize Oracle Deal

The European Union this week heard arguments from lawyers for Oracle, which is seeking to acquire PeopleSoft, but won't rule on the issue until May 11th, TechNewsWorld has learned. Regulators are examining the financial and human-resources software market throughout Europe -- a business applications...

Canadian Ruling on Song Swapping Sends Aftershocks

Want to download pop songs in MP3 format with impunity and without fear of prosecution? Move to Canada. The refuge for Vietnam War draft dodgers of the 1970s is now an asylum for intellectual-property pirates. A federal court judge in Canada this week ruled that swapping songs on the Internet for "p...

Canada Feds Rule Song Swapping Legal

Want to download pop songs in MP3 format with impunity and without fear of prosecution? Move to Canada. The refuge for Vietnam War draft dodgers of the 1970s is now an asylum for intellectual-property pirates. A federal court judge in Canada this week ruled that swapping songs on the Internet for "p...

Nobel Economist Praises IT Outsourcing

A new study released this week by a Nobel Prize-winning economist dispels doubts raised by demagogic politicians on the campaign trail -- and in Congress -- about the impact of outsourcing on the U.S. economy, stating that outsourcing actually increases jobs and pay for IT workers. The report was re...

Message To Spyware: Get Off Our Private Property

Keystroke loggers and spyware developers may soon be silenced, as Congress is debating a bill that would outlaw the intrusive software and declare it akin to trespassing on private property. "It's my computer. It's my private property," said Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana), during a public hearing in ...

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