Internet, Computing & Cellular
USB 3.0 spec finalized
San Jose (CA) - The USB 3.0 Promoter Group today announced the completion of the USB 3.0 specification. The new interface technology provides ten times the bandwidth of its predecessor and is expected to be integrated in future designs of consumer...
The new credit card with keypad that promises to fight online fraud
A credit card with its own LCD display and keypad has been unveiled. Visa says the card will cut down on online shopping fraud. It will be tested in Britain early next year by the company MBNA. Each card, identical in size and shape to current one...
Computer virus attacks 'to peak next Monday'
Internet users are being warned to stay vigilant by researchers who believe that next Monday could be the worst day the year for computer attacks.
Introducing SketchUp 7
(...) SketchUp is software you can use to build 3D models of anything: your house, killer robots, furniture, trees, abstract art — anything. Architects and engineers use it to design buildings and other structures. Woodworkers use it to plan their...
Once greeted warmly, Google wears out welcome
BERLIN: When Google began hiring in Zurich for its new engineering center in 2004, local officials welcomed the U.S. company with open arms. Google's arrival is still bearing fruit for Zurich: 450 employees, about 300 of them engineers, work in Go...
Barack Obama faces losing beloved BlackBerry
President-Elect Barack Obama may have to give up his beloved BlackBerry over fears it is a security risk. Advisers are afraid the hand-held device could be compromised by hackers and will also put him at the mercy of public scrutiny rules.
Sweden's Ultra-Modern Underground Data Center
Underneath Stockholm, deep in the bedrock exists a data center better than any high tech lair Hollywood could probably dream up. Bahnhof, one of Sweden's largest ISP's has created a bunker of high tech goodness that is surely to astound.
Google App For iPhone Offers Speech-Driven Search
Google's mobile search application for Apple's iPhone, Google Mobile, soon will be able to return text search results requested by voice queries.
GTalk2VoIP announced free web-based PC-to-phone service
GTalk2VoIP, the free and publicly open voice gateway for major Instant Messenger clients, today announced the availability of the ultra-simple to use FreeRinger, powered by Talkster. FreeRinger, available at http://www.freeringer.biz/, is a web-ba...
Apple may launch most aggressive Black Friday sale yet
With Black Friday sale information from rival PC vendors beginning to leak online, experts at Barclays Capital say they expect Apple to counter the promotions with a more aggressive than usual one-day sale, offering deep discounts on a number of M...
Firefox 2.0.0.18 and 3.0.4 security updates now available
Mozilla released a security and stability update for Firefox 2.x and 3.x users today. Check out the Mozilla Developer News announcement reposted below for more details.
Major source of Internet spam pulled off the Web
Chicago (IL) – There is a good chance that the spam volume hitting your email inbox could drop drastically. A web hosting firm was identified earlier in the week by the computer security community as a major host of organizations that were engagin...
Computer can crunch a quadrillion calculations per second
How fast is the new supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory? If everyone in the world performed one mathematical calculation per second, it would take 650 years to do what this machine can do in one day.
Google optimizes search results for iPhone
Google has refined the appearance of its search page when visiting from an iPhone or iPod touch, an announcement reveals. Results are now formatted in a similar manner to other Google services, with a blue navigation bar, and vertically-aligned te...
25GB in 70 seconds with USB 3.0
At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2008, USB-IF President, Jeff Ravencraft revealed that the new specifications for USB 3.0 would be fully released on November 17 at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in San Jose. The US...
Microsoft Brings Facebook-Like Features To Windows Live
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) announced Thursday it has relaunched its Windows Live online services to incorporate some of the social networking features popularized by companies like Facebook Inc.
AMD announces fast, energy-saving chip
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices has started selling the new generation of its Opteron quad core processors for servers, AMD announced on Wednesday, nearly one year after Intel launched its own 45 nanometer chip.
How 10 Famous Technology Products Got Their Names
From iPod and BlackBerry to Twitter and Wikipedia, we take a look at the processes and people who came up with the names for these iconic tech products.
Google adds video and audio chat to Gmail
Google announced Tuesday it is adding video and audio chat to its free e-mail service, joining Microsoft and Yahoo in a race to make communication on the Web a more social experience. Both Microsoft and Yahoo offer video with their instant messag...
YouTube to post full-length MGM films
NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing, the company to...