Block infringement or shut down or else… The Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) has told seven P2P software companies to get with the programme – or face the consequences. The organisation, infamous for the thousands...
After months of intense industry speculation, Microsoft revealed late Wednesday the launch dates for its much-anticipated Xbox 360 video game console. In an announcement at the Tokyo Game Show, the company said the new Xbox–Microsoft’s...
The teenager who hacked into Paris Hilton’s mobile and posted its contents online has been sentenced to 11 months in a juvenile facility. The Massachusetts 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to nine...
Security researchers claim to have found ways to exploit a serious bug in Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers, a sign that attacks could be on the way. The vulnerability, which could let attackers secretly run malicious software on PCs, was...
‘Taking software to new heights’, claims Microsoft boss Microsoft chairman Bill Gates today gave software engineers at the firm’s Professional Developers Conference a sneak peek of the upcoming Windows Vista platform and...
The recent news that South Korea is to take the US to task over Google Earth images which expose its military installations to close Commie scrutiny has provoked a mini stampede of other peace-loving nations eager to protect their assets...
Jack Messman claims the tipping point for desktop Linux will come at the end of next year when companies are confronted by the cost of moving to Windows Vista The high costs of migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista will be the catalyst...
Online auction giant eBay is expanding its communications services with a $2.6 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Voice over IP darling Skype Technologies. In announcing the deal Monday, which had been rumored for weeks, eBay...
Internet auction giant eBay is reportedly in talks to acquire Internet telephony company Skype for $2 billion to $3 billion, according to a published report. However, spokesmen from both companies declined to comment on the Wall...
Microsoft will take aim at rival Google next week with a new Web development plan. The software company plans to open up access to its MSN and other public Web sites to let developers assemble new applications that build on those sites–a...
The human-rights group is calling for action over claims Yahoo is ‘cheerfully sacrificing human rights in return for a cut of the Chinese market’ Privacy International (PI) has called on Internet users to boycott Yahoo over...
We’re unsure* as to how we should take the claims of Atom Chip Corporation, which maintains it will show off a 2TB diskless notebook based on a 6.8GHz “quantum-optical” microprocessor at next January’s Consumer Electronics...