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An investigation coordinated by the U.S. Secret Service netted 28 people suspected of operating an international cybercrime clearinghouse. Authorities made 21 arrests in the United States; seven others were arrested in six different countries. The suspects allegedly operated a sophisticated identity...
A Japanese company is heralding its new fuel cell technology, claiming that it may be ready for mobile PCs within the next two years. Industry analysts, however, point to several major hurdles for the technology, which has already been heralded several times before. Materials and Energy Research Ins...
This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a microchip that can be implanted in humans to provide access to medical records. Privacy regulation advocates were predictably horrified, but the chip does not create the privacy crisis some might imagine. The VeriChip, made by Applied Dig...
A group of tech heavyweights have joined forces to push a mobile security specification they say will clear the way for a boom in m-commerce. Wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo, chipmaker Intel and IBM said the spec they call "Trusted Mobile Platform" will protect mobile devices against viruses and other a...
Chipmaker AMD is taking its "50x15" plan to India in a partnership with telecommunications company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) in a move analysts said blurred the lines between consumer and computing devices. VSNL will market AMD's Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) to Tata Indicom Broadband ...
Companies large and small now rely on digital content. They download brochures to salespersons, ship video clips to employees, and plaster their logos in front of consumers. As more information takes digital formats, corporations need tools to monitor the use of their assets, which freely move in an...
While its 20 clustered Linux systems joining more than 10,000 Intel Itanium 2 processors may put it at the top of the speed list, the scientists who have access to the new "Columbia" supercomputer at the NASA Ames Advanced Supercomputing facilities tout the amazing research abilities of the super sy...
Aiming to keep all-important software developers eager to work on its platform and to stay ahead of Java-based rivals, Microsoft is laying the foundation for what it sees becoming "software factories" where specific applications can be quickly customized from a base of existing code. The software gi...
The holiday gaming season officially opened Tuesday with the release of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." The third in the immensely popular line of video games -- all of which have been both praised for innovative play environments and vilified for violence and their portrayal of minorities and wome...
Nokia announced a platform Monday at the CTIA Wireless Show in San Francisco that some say will help bring the United States in line with Europe and Asia in the use of mobile content such as games and ring tones. U.S. consumers have lagged in their adoption of mobile content. Nokia is looking to cap...
For years, the mainstream print and electronic media have been serving up music industry lies, half-truths and disinformation as if it came from credible sources. In all fairness, many (most?) of the press outlets involved often don't have much of a choice. They're either owned -- directly or at arm...
Intel may be abandoning some failed efforts at developing technology -- including a 4 GHz Pentium 4 and silicon for large-screen, liquid crystal televisions -- but the Santa Clara, California-based chip giant is going in the opposite direction on wireless. Today it announced it would throw its weigh...
Since September 11, 2001 the Department of Homeland Security has implemented many changes to the way the government protects Americans. However, most of the changes have, until now, addressed only physical protection and security. Recent legislation called the "Department of Homeland Security Cybers...
Intel plans to use novel materials and manufacturing processes in order to continue to develop smaller and faster computer chips once current technologies no longer do the trick. The leading chipmaker, which has been stung recently by some near-term product retreats and operational hiccups, laid out...
Yahoo and Adobe announced a partnership this morning in which each will leverage the other's user groups. When Adobe windows pop up on computer monitors and laptop screens, prompting consumers to update their Adobe packages, they now will have the opportunity to download Yahoo's desktop search toolb...
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