Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital, a law enforcement source told CNN. Smith, 39, collapsed at a south Florida hotel, according Continue reading “Anna Nicole Smith dies after collapsing in hotel”.
Thursday’s Web Reviews “During my battery of tests, Xclio’s Stablepower 460W PSU lived up to its name. They could also legitimately call it the Silentpower, as it performed its duties without a whisper of noise. Continue reading “February 8th News From Around the Web”.
ESPN is relaunching its shuttered cell phone service through Verizon Wireless, this time delivering its flashy feed of sports scores, news and video highlights through a top industry player instead of competing for subscribers with Continue reading “Mobile ESPN to relaunch through Verizon Wireless”.
A flaw in the pop-up blocker of the open-source browser Firefox could allow an attacker to access local files, according to security analysts. No big deal for many enthusiasts as we are running Firefox 2.0.0.1 Continue reading “Firefox has pop-up blocker flaw in Version 1.5.0.9”.
Level 3 Communications posted a wider fourth-quarter loss, set plans to cut 1,000 jobs and said it would raise $500 million in its latest financing transaction. The Broomfield, Colo., telco lost $237 million, or 20 Continue reading “Level 3 Swings the Ax”.
While 1Gbit DDR2 chips are still available in very limited quantities in the open market, 2GB DDR2 desktop modules may not go mainstream until 2008, according to industry sources. Memory module houses currently put more Continue reading “2GB DDR2 modules may not be mainstream until 2008”.
Standards for energy-efficient PCs are about to take a step forward for the first time in more than a decade. The Energy Star program is set to release the first revision to the specification for Continue reading “PCs to get updated Energy Star ratings”.
The Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday, officials said, in a test flight that blasted open a 105-ton silo door for the first time in years. The Minuteman 3 missile’s dummy Continue reading “Unarmed ICBM blasts through 105-ton door in test”.
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday called on the four major record companies to start selling songs online without copy protection software to thwart piracy known as digital rights management (DRM). Jobs said Continue reading “Apple’s Jobs calls on music industry to drop DRM”.
Video game addicts, rejoice: U.S. researchers have found that playing is actually good for your eyes, and despite all those dire warnings from your parents, it won’t make you blind. A study by the University Continue reading “Study: Video games are good for eyes”.
AMD has published across-the-board price cuts for its Opteron range of high-end and server processors in all of its 1-way, 2-way and 8-way lines. Additionally, it has released several new high-end models, as well as Continue reading “AMD slashes Opteron prices, adds high-end models”.
South Korean memory chip giant Hynix Semiconductor on Wednesday denied local media reports that it planned to move its operations to China. A problem finding land in South Korea for a new factory to make Continue reading “Hynix denies move to China”.
Lisa Nowak, a married mother of three who police believe was in a love triangle with a fellow astronaut, was charged with trying to abduct a woman she saw as her romantic rival, authorities said. Continue reading “NASA astronaut charged with attempted kidnap”.
IBM sold off a chunk of its stake in Lenovo Group, leading the world’s third-largest PC vendor to temporarily suspend trading of its shares in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Reports have shown that IBM has Continue reading “IBM sells part of its stake in Lenovo”.
Nintendo’s Wii game console outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 by nearly three to one last month in Japan, the country’s largest video-game magazine publisher said Tuesday. Nintendo sold 405,000 Wii units in January, compared with 148,000 Continue reading “Wii outselling PS3 in Japan”.