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Nintendo Rebrands Games for Wider Demographic Appeal

In a move to appeal to a wider audience, Nintendo is rebranding a portion of its line of handheld gaming titles ...

Sling Media Invades Europe With Place-Shifting Technology

Digital consumer electronics company Sling Media on Tuesday announced that its Slingbox is now available for purchase across the United Kingdom ...

Hackers Target University Computer Assets

In a hack attack that reflects a worrisome trend in the education arena, Fairfield, Conn.-based Sacred Heart University in early May discovered that the security system on one of its computers containing students' personal data was breached. The university has not confirmed that sensitive files were actually accessed, but said the intruder did have the expertise to access them...

Microsoft Targets JPEG With WMP Image Format

Microsoft this week unveiled a new photo format to compete with an old industry standard. The software giant claims its Windows Media Photo (WMP) will provide better quality at half the size of a JPEG image ...

Google, Dell Strike Desktop Deal

Google and Dell are teaming up on a desktop initiative that could cause Microsoft to see red. The companies sealed a deal this week to preload Google Desktop and Toolbar on Dell PCs and add Google Search to the Internet Explorer 6 side pane ...

Microsoft: New Office Suite Will Meet January Shipping Deadline

While speculation still abounds over the actual delivery date of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, the software giant is publicly vowing an on-time delivery of the next version of its Office productivity suite of applications ...

Vonage Stock Trips in First Day of Trading

Score one for the skeptics ...

Microsoft Boasts Trio of Beta 2s

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday unveiled beta 2 versions of Windows Vista, Windows Server "Longhorn" and the 2007 Microsoft Office system at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle ...

Vonage Sets Sights on IPO Amid Skepticism

Vonage may not be in the black, but the Internet phone company is nonetheless going public. TheSkype competitor plans to price its shares for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) late Tuesday despite analysts' concerns about the long-term risks of the Voice over Internet Protocol market ...

Microsoft Advances Virtualization Strategy

Virtualization technology is becoming a hot topic in the software arena, and nowMicrosoft is upping the ante with its promise to use VT to reduce the cost and complexity of IT management ...

Columbine Massacre Video Game Stirs Debate

A video game based on the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., the deadliest episode of school violence in the U.S., is stirring up controversy this week ...

New Zero Day Attack Targets Word Users

Symantec on Friday began warning customers of a zero day vulnerability in Microsoft Word that is being exploited by hackers ...

Microsoft Details Vista Hardware Requirements

Microsoft added to the hullabaloo surrounding the pending arrival of the Windows Vista operating system with its release this week of Vista hardware requirements for consumers who are getting ready to make the switch ...

Xbox Live Edges Out Competition in Online Gaming Arena

Bolstering what some are calling clear evidence that the gaming industry is moving online,Microsoft claimed that its Xbox Live service has passed the 24 million download mark. The milestone comes just months after theXbox 360 launch last November ...

Linksys Debuts Wireless-G Phones

Linksys on Wednesday started shipping its WIP300 and WIP330 Wireless-G IP Phones. The phones are intended for use with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software over 802.11g wireless networks. The WIP300 and WIP330 mark the Cisco subsidiary's first attempt to peddle Wireless IP telephony products ...

Sony’s Blu-ray Notebook Takes Format War to Marketplace

Sony on Tuesday took the wraps off the world's first Blu-ray Disc-enabled notebook computer -- the Vaio AR. It will be available this summer ...

Sun’s Promise to Open Source Java Greeted With Cheers, Skepticism

In his opening keynote speech at the 11th annual JavaOne developer conference, Sun Microsystems President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz outlined new Java solutions and open source plans in front of thousands of international attendees ...

AMD’s Seyer Sees Solutions Shift for Semiconductors

The semiconductor market is thriving again -- and the future looks bright. Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled US$235 billion in 2005, a 6.9 percent increase from 2004, according to Gartner Group data. It was the first time the semiconductor industry surpassed its record-setting year in 2000 when revenue reached $223 billion ...

Spyware Menacing Workplace Computers

During the last 12 months, nearly 20 percent of organizations have had employees launch a hacking tool or a keylogger within their network, according to new research released by Websense this week. That figure increased from 2005, when only 12 percent were impacted ...

Hitachi Prepares Perpendicular Hard Drive Launch

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies this week plans to roll out its first hard drives based on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. The company is readying its 2.5-inch 160-gigabyte Travelstar hard drive 5K160 designed for notebook and mobile computing this summer at a price tag of US$269 for the 160 GB product ...

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