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The U.S. House Committee on Government Reform this week issued its most recent grades for IT security among government agencies, and once again, the division charged with ensuring cyber security for the nation got an F. The Committee said despite investment and improvement efforts, the Department of...
Moving closer to the long-expected smackdown between the Blu-ray and HD-DVD high definition product standards, Sony has announced several new product releases designed to support the Blu-ray camp. The company plans to ship its new Bravia flat-panel televisions with full high-definition capabilities ...
Blogging software and services provider Six Apart on Thursday said it received US$12 million in third round financing. The round was led by Focus Ventures. Intel Capital and prior round lead August Capital also participated in the funding. Founded in 2002 by husband-and-wife team Ben and Mena Trott,...
About a month ago, a bi-partisan group of senators released a statement supporting cable franchise reform. Now key members of the House of Representatives appear to agree. At this rate, consumers might actually see national reform that will slash cable bills and make video service more innovative ...
Microsoft has begun testing display advertising across its Web Services network, which includes Microsoft Office Live, Windows Live Mail and MSN Spaces. The initial ad purchases by Coca-Cola Brazil, JCPenney and Monster Worldwide are sure to touch off a heated battle between Google and, to a lesser ...
PC hardware upgrades ushered in with Microsoft's forthcoming Vista operating system should deliver a bump in year-end shipments and revenue for vendors, according to Samsung. The electronics giant stressed the advantage for users of making a $100 to $250 upgrade of flash memory and other hardware v...
Microsoft is introducing an entertainment franchise including games and television programming featuring characters that appeal to young consumers. The software giant on Wednesday revealed plans for a new entertainment franchise called "Viva Pinata." More than just a video game title, Microsoft plan...
SophosLabs is warning computer users about Troj/Zippo-A, also known as Cryzip, this week, and offering the secret code to crack the scam. The Trojan horse encrypts computer data and attempts to extort a US$300 ransom. Zippo-A searches for files, such as Word documents, databases and spreadsheets, a...
For more than a decade, marketers have promised that the Internet was going to be a key way that consumers would experience their brands -- someday. Someday has finally arrived. The potential of Internet advertising is truly starting to be realized, experts tell me. "The media landscape has clearly ...
A new chip material -- silicon-on-sapphire -- is starting to make an impact on the way mobile phone handsets are produced, helping to fuel a technological "arms race" in the mobile industry, recent research suggests. A report by the Boston-based research consultancy Strategy Analytics examined wheth...
After weeks of speculation and to no surprise, Sony confirmed this week its next-generation PlayStation 3 console will not ship this spring, but instead it will be delayed until the end of the year. The announcement means added pressure for the electronics giant, since the postponement lengthens Mic...
Microsoft on Tuesday issued a series of security patches to fix multiple problems in its Windows operating system and Microsoft Office productivity suite. This is one of the more significant "patch Tuesdays" in terms of number and severity of included fixes, according to Ed Moyle, a manager in CTG's...
More than half of American high school students say they have at least one symptom of hearing loss, and many of their problems are directly attributable to the use of iPods and other portable music players, says a new study. Teenagers aren't the only ones at risk, however. Technology that provides a...
Let me set the record straight. I've never been a fan of tablet computers. If the urge to write on an LCD strikes me, I've always found my Palm Tungsten handheld sufficient for that desire. Nevertheless, when Motion Computing of Austin, Texas, introduced the LS800 tablet, it tantalized me. For one t...
An error made by security software provider McAfee has caused users' systems to delete or quarantine a number of executable files, including some Microsoft Excel documents, that had never been infected by a virus. The error occurred when McAfee released a new virus definition file with code targetin...
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