Two AOL employees were fired and its chief technology officer has left the company in the aftermath of a privacy breach that involved the release of more than 650,000 subscribers’ Internet search terms. I still Continue reading “3 leave AOL over privacy goof”.…more
A recent visit by CNET News.com to Synaptics’ headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., turned up several notable concept designs that might make their way into future PCs. CNET has a bunch of pictures of new Continue reading “Reinventing the scroll wheel”.…more
Last Thursday Apple issued a firmware update for its entry-level MacBook notebooks to adjust “fan behavior.” The firmware update, which can be downloaded Apple support site, is in response to ongoing customer complaints about overheated Continue reading “Apple Runs Fans Nonstop To Cool MacBooks”.…more
A secret wiretapping scheme brought in as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror is unconstitutional and must stop, a federal judge has ruled. The programme, approved by President Bush in 2001, allows for Continue reading “US judge rules wiretaps illegal”.…more
A spike in PC demand has created a new shortage of Intel chip sets, potentially reviving an issue blamed for causing the company to lose market share to rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) last year. Continue reading “Intel has another chip set shortage”.…more
ATI just minutes ago released Catalyst 6.8 drivers on www.ati.com for both Windows and Linux platforms. THe drivers greatly improve Direct3D performance numbers with Futuremarks 3DMark06 scores increasing an amazing 22% and Call of Duty Continue reading “ATI Releases CATALYST 6.8 Drivers For Download”.…more
TiVo Inc. Friday said a federal court in Texas has ordered EchoStar Communications Corp. to halt the use and sale of several of its digital video recorders (DVRs) after a jury ruled in April that Continue reading “Court orders EchoStar to halt DVR sales”.…more
As expected, the world’s largest PC maker announced on Thursday that it will ship Dimension desktops and two-processor servers equipped with AMD’s chips by the end of the year. Its first embrace of AMD products Continue reading “Dell picks up AMD chips amid SEC probe”.…more
The number of Internet-related crimes in Japan in the first six months of this year hit a record high, according to data issued Thursday by the National Police Agency. The NPA said there were 1,802 Continue reading “Internet crimes hit record high in Japan”.…more