- At Last HOPE conference, everyone can hack it
- CNET News - July 18, 2008
- Gathering in New York brings together the hacker community for sessions on hacking the usual (computer systems) and not so usual (the media, food, and sex).
- Firefox Issues Updates
- Digital Trends News - July 18, 2008
- Mozilla has issued updates, all rated as “critical” for both the Firefox 2 and 3 browsers.Firefox 3 receives three patches, the first for Mac OSX, to stop a potential attack by a malformed .gif file. The second fixes a flaw in the uniform...
- Photo Safe II Empties Flash Cards on the Go
- Digital Trends News - July 18, 2008
- Dumping your digital camera’s contents to a computer and wiping it clean may be the digital equivalent of popping in a new roll of film in the 21st Century, but as any island-bound vacationer knows, it’s not always so easy when you’...
- Microsoft Opens Live Mesh To All
- Digital Trends News - July 18, 2008
- Got a Windows Live ID? Then that’s all you need to enjoy Microsoft’s new Windows Live Mesh service, according to CNET.First announced in April, Live Mesh allows users to share data across many Windows computers and on the Web.But Live Mes...
- AMD and Intel Centrino 2 make strange bedfellows
- CNET News - July 18, 2008
- AMD is making gains at Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer maker, even in Centrino 2 notebooks.
- Spammer Gets 30 Months In Jail
- Digital Trends News - July 17, 2008
- 27-year-old Adam Vitale has a little time to reflect on his spamming activities. 30 months of time, in fact; that’s how long he was given in jail by a New York court, in addition to a $180,000 fine.Along with another man, Todd Moeller, Vitale s...
- Is the Desktop PC Making a Comeback?
- PC World News - July 17, 2008
- There are signs the desktop PC may be enjoying a resurgence.
- Dell faces class action lawsuit from workers
- CNET News - July 16, 2008
- The lawsuit claiming the computer company underpaid call center workers could draw as many as 5,000 plaintiffs now that it's been given class-action status in Oregon.
- Fujitsu Rolls Out Six Centrino 2 LifeBooks
- Digital Trends News - July 16, 2008
- Fujitsu has introduced six new LifeBook notebook and convertible tablet computers based on Intel's just-released Centrino 2 platform, offering a selection of larger displays and one unit with a gesture-enabled touchpad."With Intel Centrino 2 processo...
- Judge Lets Off Guilty Teenage Hacker
- Digital Trends News - July 16, 2008
- Thor Walker, an 18-year-old from New Zealand, is lucky. At a court hearing in Hamilton, New Zealand, the young man known online as AKILL admitted hacking into computers as part of a group that took about $25 million from people around the world and c...
- Iomega Gets Cozy with Mozy
- Digital Trends News - July 16, 2008
- In the first announcement since its acquisition by EMC, storage vendor Iomega has announced a new downloadable software bundle that combines both the venerable EMC Retrospect backup program with the MozyHome online backup service, enabling customers ...
- What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP?
- PC World News - July 16, 2008
- Our reporter tried to buy a computer with Windows XP preinstalled on it from the United States' nine biggest PC makers. His findings: You can get one, but be prepared to fib.
- Details of Apple's Psystar suit revealed
- CNET News - July 15, 2008
- Apple seeks not only damages and any profits Psystar has earned, but also a recall of all Open Computers sold, according to a copy of the complaint seen by CNET News.
- Intel Launches Centrino 2 Mobile Platform
- Digital Trends News - July 15, 2008
- Intel has formally taken the wraps off its Centrino 2 mobile platform, offering intregrated Wi-Fi wireless networking, an option for discrete video controllers, and new HUGI—Hurry Up and Get Idle—technology designed to reduce processor po...
- Sony Introduces New Vaio Notebooks
- Digital Trends News - July 15, 2008
- Sony has officially announced its new FW, SR, Z, and BZ lines of Vaio notebook computers, all sharing common design elements, Centrino 2 processors and numerous configuration options, including Blu-ray disc drives and the option to receive the PCs wi...
