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Microsoft on Thursday got the gaming world's attention with a blockbuster announcement: "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Fran Walsh and Microsoft Game Studios are partnering to develop two new interactive entertainment series exclusively for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live The first series will be a collaborati...
Facing potentially negative implications for its Zune music service and player, Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against a group of hackers who allegedly infiltrated its digital rights management (DRM) technology. The software giant claims the defendants gained access to its proprietary source code The suit was filed last Friday in district co...
Microsoft on Tuesday released a security patch to fix a "critical" hole in its Internet Explorer Web browser Also on Tuesday, security researchers found yet another zero-day flaw in a Microsoft Office product....
Standing on established privacy laws, three AOL subscribers are striking back at their Internet service provider after they discovered records of their online searches had been distributed across the Internet Two unnamed Californians and Kasadore Ramkisson of Richmond County, N.Y., filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified financial damages on Friday in ...
Nokia on Tuesday announced new handheld devices that it said will blur the lines between the Internet world, mobility and the consumer electronics industry Nokia's new Nseries multimedia phones combine connectivity with mobile technology, an approach that Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of Multimedia at Nokia, called the...
In a move to compete with its momentum-gaining rival AMD, Intel is expected to unveil its new server and desktop range of quad-core processors at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week. "Clovertown" is the code name for the server version, while "Kentsfield" refers to the desktop version Intel has just gone through what is arguably on...
Hackers are increasingly turning their attention to home users and financial services firms with sneaky cyber attacks designed to cash in on unsuspecting victims, according to a report from Symantec The security software maker on Monday released its latest Internet Security Threat Report covering new and ongoing Internet threats from Jan. 1, 2006, ...
Viacom's MTV Networks on Friday announced plans to acquire music gaming company Harmonix Music Systems in a US$175 million cash deal Under the terms of the deal, Harmonix shareholders may be eligible for incremental earn-out payments through 2008, to the extent that financial results exceed specific targets....
In an apparent response to Japanese consumer outcry, Sony has slashed the price of its PlayStation 3 by about 20 percent in Japan "The Japanese users and media would not stop saying a price tag of over 60,000 yen (US$515), including tax, was too expensive," Ken Kutaragi, head of Sony Computer Entertainment, told reporters at the Tokyo Game Show on ...
In a move to bridge the gap between fixed and mobile communications, Alcatel and Nokia on Thursday announced a collaboration that would bring telephony features to mobile devices Dubbed "Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel," the offering will integrate Nokia's E-series business-class devices into the Alcatel IP Communication server network....
AMD on Thursday announced plans to publish its Opteron socket specification under its Torrenza licensing initiative. The chipmaker is hoping the move will spur other chip makers to design application-specific co-processors that can be integrated alongside Opteron AMD's Torrenza Innovation Socket represents a new and different approach to server des...
Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed reports of a vulnerability in the Windows implementation of Vector Markup Language (VML), code used to create vector graphics It's the latest in a string of zero-day exploits, which are security flaws that software vendors either do not yet know about or are aware of and are working frantically to fix. The SANS Insti...
While the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps battle for format dominance, Warner Bros. is looking for a middle ground with a three-layer optical disc that could play HD DVD, Blu-ray or standard DVDs Technology analysts have been hedging bets on which of the two new high-definition formats will ultimately win the war. Blu-ray maker Sony is going head to head ...
As technology becomes a large part of many consumers' everyday lives, the risk of overexposure to new advances grows for people of all ages. Some in fact, become addicted to new technologies, such as cell phones, video games, PDAs and the Internet. This three part-series examines the potential risks too much tech can pose to individuals, as well as the warning signs that may point to serious problems...
A week after Microsoft unveiled its so-called "iPod killer," Zune, the software giant has turned its attention to another potential competitor, YouTube Microsoft on Tuesday announced the beta release of Soapbox on MSN Video, a user-uploaded video service that lets video enthusiasts upload and share home movies within an online community. Microsoft ...
RealNetworks on Monday announced a partnership with SanDisk to deliver a portable music player poised to compete with Apple's market-leading iPod Real, a developer of software that plays music and videos on the Internet, and SanDisk, a flash memory maker, are planning a tag-team approach that the companies said will deliver competitive features in ...
Researchers from Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara, on Monday said they have built the world's first electrically powered hybrid silicon laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes This development addresses what Intel sees as one of the last major barriers to producing low-cost, high-bandwidth silicon photonics devices...
Warner Music Group on Monday inked a deal with online viral video community YouTube to distribute its library of music videos, which includes content from such acts as Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers YouTube will also distribute behind-the-scences footage, artist interviews, original programming and other special Warner content to its communi...
Five years after September 11, 2001, 85 percent of IT executives feel that U.S. government agencies are not prepared for cyberterrorism attacks. Yet, 86 percent believe their own organizations are prepared to defend against cyberterrorism, according to a survey from nCircle Analysts are skeptical about what they see as inflated affirmative response...
Samsung Electronics on Thursday took steps to address image quality concerns with its high-definition Blu-ray disc player. The electronics giant plans to make production changes and offer owners of existing players free upgrade discs to silence complaints from product reviewers The movies played on Samsung's BD-P1000 player had inconsistent image q...
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