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This Halloween, something once thought dead will return from the grave. Video game maker Rockstar, the creator of the "Grand Theft Auto" series, said it has revised its much-maligned "Manhunt 2" game -- this time with a Mature rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The game's initial Adu...
A server problem at Microsoft over the weekend caused the company's Windows Genuine Advantage validation system to falsely accuse legitimate users of Windows Vista and XP of running pirated software, resulting in the disbanding of some features for those users until the problem was fixed. The proble...
I think that, for all of us, the battle for the next generation of DVD technology has gotten really old. This week, we'll look at why DreamWorks and Paramount backed HD-DVD, effectively assuring that Blu-ray will lose whether HD-DVD wins or not -- and it may still not win either. Rhapsody picked up ...
A group of New York City taxi drivers say they are going to strike for at least two days in September to protest a regulation calling for all city cabs to be equipped with GPS tracking technology. Starting on Oct. 1, all 13,000 taxis must have touch-screens and GPS when they come up for inspection....
After launching a three-year, $1 billion warranty plan in response to hardware failure in its Xbox 360 video game console, Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has begun offering a free retrofit for its Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel controller. Microsoft has received a "very small number" of repor...
The Los Angeles Police Department has come a long way from relying on walkie-talkies to hear descriptions of suspects on the run -- now they can watch video of crimes in progress in real time. Last year, the department installed 10 surveillance cameras and a multi-radio wireless broadband network, a...
Microsoft this week unveiled its SideWinder Mouse during the 2007 Games Convention held in Leipzig, Germany. Designed for the hardcore PC gaming crowd, the mouse marks the revitalization of the SideWinder brand and Microsoft's reentry into the PC gaming hardware market. The button-studded, black and...
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners in Europe will have something to look forward to in 2008 -- the addition of PlayTV, a TV tuner and personal video recorder for the PS3, as well as a whole slew of additional functionality for the PSP such as a video download service for users in the U.K ...
MTV and MySpace are partnering to give voters greater access to the politicians running for U.S. president in 2008. They plan to hold a total of 11 hour-long dialogues from September through December, held on college campuses nationwide. People will be able to e-mail, instant message or text message...
Nokia users in 11 countries can now access Windows Live services on their mobile devices, thanks to a partnership between Microsoft and Nokia. The pairing of the king of software and the world's largest mobile device manufacturer is a move toward "empowering the 'mobile lifestyle,'" according to the...
Pimply faced pranksters and lone profiteers who poison computer systems have been replaced by organized criminals of a different breed. "These guys are professional organizations. They are fully funded and they're writing specifically for profit," David Frazer, director of technology services at F-S...
Although Google didn't get everything it wanted regarding rules for the FCC's upcoming auction of 700 MHz wireless spectrum, it will likely participate in the auction anyway, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Tuesday. Asked by a T-Mobile executive at a conference if Google would still participate, Schmid...
Employers are denying a growing number of workers access to Facebook, the now ubiquitous social networking site, a Sophos survey shows. The poll queried 600 visitors to the security firm's Web site over a period of weeks earlier this summer. Some 43 percent said they had been denied access to Facebo...
Google Earth turned its gaze upward Wednesday with the debut of a new feature that allows users to view the best images of the sky captured by astronomers around the globe. Called "Sky," the new feature lets Google Earth users view and navigate through 200 million galaxies. The images presented are ...
Mind mapping, for the uninitiated, is a visual method for organizing ideas -- a sort of project management tool for the mind. It often involves lots of thoughts in "bubbles" connected by lines. The language used to describe the elements of a mind map parallels that used by software outliners, except...
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