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Marking the fifth anniversary of its release, Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios celebrated the birthday of the Xbox video game "Halo" by releasing the beta version of its latest sequel, "Halo 3." The Xbox Live public pre-release precedes the game's final version, which is scheduled for avail...
Tired of lugging around both an out-of-date cell phone and a wireless-impaired PDA? Haven't found a smartphone that is classy enough to do both jobs? Check out the Nokia E62, which is available exclusively in the U.S. from Cingular Wireless. The Nokia E62's e-mail, Web-surfing and document-reading f...
Intel this week began selling quad-core Xeon and Core2 Extreme chips, making good on its promise to deliver four-core computer processors ahead of rival chip maker AMD. Market uptake of the new chips may be limited to customers who need improved performance over that of dual-core processing. Nonethe...
AMD is discontinuing the PIC, a line of inexpensive PCs designed to help consumers in developing countries gain Internet access, according to the chip maker's latest regulatory filing. The PIC was part of AMD's global "50x15" initiative, which aimed to bring Internet and computing capabilities to ha...
Internet telephony, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is well beyond the "what's that" phase, but not yet into the mainstream phase. Companies like Skype and Vonage have raised awareness of this next-generation telephone option, but only a relative handful of enterprises have adopted the technology. ...
Cingular, Samsung and Microsoft have launched a new smartphone that leverages the latest functionality in Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and takes advantage of consumer demand for the ultra slim form factor. Called "BlackJack," this is Samsung's first full-keyboard phone in its ult...
Nintendo plans to invest at least US$200 million in marketing its new Wii video game console in an effort to regain the market crown from Sony. The company is going to what it called "unprecedented lengths" to let people see, feel and experience the Wii system. The marketing campaign is designed to ...
For those who can't resist chatting in the midst of a movie, Lycos Cinema is offering a way to help them express themselves -- to folks who will listen. Lycos on Monday unveiled a "watch and chat" video experience. Lycos Cinema brings the social networking aspect to movie consumption with its Screen...
Here in the U.S., last week was a big week, where we had a minor revolution and tossed out the arrogant bums who should have seen this change coming. This upheaval mirrors what often happens inside technology firms and could now apply to open source software and Apple as well, so it is a lesson that...
The use of cell phones at school has generated conflict between school officials, who view cell phones as a nuisance that distracts students from school activities, and parents, who say the devices let them stay in touch with their children more easily. Widespread cell phone use at schools clearly i...
In an embarrassing episode that underscores the continued risks associated with sharing online media, Google acknowledged that it inadvertently e-mailed postings to some 50,000 users that contained the Kama Sutra virus. Google said that late Tuesday, three posts to its Google Video Blog group should...
Google reportedly is setting aside a $500 million slush fund to cover copyright infringement claims likely to arise in connection with its YouTube.com acquisition. Google CEO Eric Schmidt denied the rumor at the Web 2.0 Summit, but the company might want to reconsider that position. As it proceeds w...
In today's world, the role of security is changing dramatically. As technological capabilities have finally caught up with security theory, many organizations are now looking to bridge building and network access systems for unified enterprise security management. Despite their common purpose, phys...
In a move reminiscent of the Tylenol scare of the 1980s, Perrigo on Thursday recalled 11 million bottles of store-brand acetaminophen caplets. There were traces of metal in some of the products, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Perrigo is voluntarily recalling 383 lots of the 500 ...
Introducing a new, more sophisticated architecture intended to spiff up and speed up high-end PC gaming, Nvidia rolled out its latest graphics processing unit and a new media communications processor for Intel multi-core processors this week. Nividia said its GeForce 8800 GPU and nForce 680i SLI MC...
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