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Apple Now Third Largest PC Vendor in the US, Survey Says
Apple has toppled Acer to become the third largest PC vendor in the U.S., according to a survey from Gartner.News
Facebook Bug Leaks Members’ Birthday Data
Facebook accidentally exposed the birth dates of its 80 million members over the weekend.News
Romainian Authorities Arrest Cybercrime Suspects
More than 20 cybercrime suspects are arrested in Romania.News
Data Can Leak From Partially Encrypted Disks
Researchers warn that Word and Google Desktop make encrypted information visible on partially encrypted hard drives.News
Spammer Gets 30 Months for Inundating AOL
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday for blasting AOL subscribers with spam over a four-month…News
Business Objects Users Angry Over SAP Support Transition
Business Objects customers are ticked off over what they're calling a botched migration to SAP's support system.News
Google Offers Android Updates Only to Contest Winners
A Google worker accidentally sent an SDK update, meant only for winners of a developers' contest, to all Android developers.News
Ericsson Tests Enhanced Mobile Broadband
Ericsson and 3 Italia have tested HSPA Evolution, offering a download bandwidth of up to 14.4M bps and a maximum uplink speed…News
SAP Customers Forced to Move to Pricier Support
SAP is set to force all customers to use its more costly enterprise support service.News
Sweden’s Snooping Law Faces European Court Challenge
The debate over its snooping law continues to rage in Sweden. Centrum för rättvisa has lodged a complaint with the European…News
Microsoft Updates Servers With Latest Search Features
Microsoft released three bundles of fixes and new features for its server products on Wednesday.News
Woman Fired Over Death Threat Sent From Work E-mail
An employee of 1-800-Flowers.com has been fired after an e-mailed death threat was linked to her account.News
What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP?
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.News
IT Admin Locks up San Francisco’s Network
A network administrator has allegedly locked up a multimillion-dollar computer system for the city of San Francisco that…News
Zoho Gets Big Partner Win for Its SaaS Business Apps
SaaS groupware provider Zoho announced a sizable partnership win with Swisscom on Tuesday.Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Lenovo Offers Oops Insurance
Smaller businesses may benefit from Lenovo's new package of next-business day warranty repair, accidental laptop damage coverage, and Internet backups.News
Mauritius Negotiates With AMD for Low-cost PCs
The Mauritian government is in negotiations with AMD to bring down the price of computers.News
Lycos Offers OpenSocial Web-publishing Tool
Lycos has released a new Web-publishing tool that allows users to create Web sites that take advantage of social networks.Neil McAllister on Software
Norton 2009 to Speed Up Malware Screening
Symantec has built more than 300 speed and performance enhancements into its forthcoming security products, now in public beta.News
Weight-loss Supplement Dealer Settles Spam Charges
Marketers of 'bogus' weight-loss supplements settle spam charges brought by the U.S. FTC.News
Viacom Allows YouTube to Conceal User Names in Court Case
Google will be allowed to conceal the identities of YouTube users in a logging database that a court ordered it to hand over…News
Researchers Trace Structure of Cybercrime Gangs
The chain-of-command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a…News
Europe Leads Growth in IPTV Use, Study Finds
IPTV is growing at rapid pace. The number of subscribers have more than doubled for the second year running.News
Intel to Shrink Centrino 2 Chips for Thinner Laptops
Intel plans to release a version of its Centrino 2 platform that's tailored for ultra-thin laptops.News
Intel’s Quad-core Mobile Chip Coming Next Month
Intel will release a quad-core laptop chip in August.Steve Bass’s Tips & Tweaks
On the Road–Fuel Cost Calculators, Phone Headsets
It's summer and Steve Bass has travel on his mind: gasoline stats, California's cell phone law, and sleazy marketing tactics.News
Centrino 2 With VPro Coming in August
Laptops based on Intel's Centrino 2 with vPro will hit the market in August.News
Sony Unveils Centrino 2-based Vaio Laptops
Sony has announced four laptops based on the Centrino 2 processorNews
Judge Puts off ‘spam King’ Sentencing
A judge in Seattle did not hand down a sentence for Robert Soloway, known as the spam king, on Monday.News
Lenovo to Push SSDs in More Laptops
Lenovo introduced solid-state in four laptops on Monday and will now offer them in more laptops to meet consumer demand.News
Lenovo Launches Ultrathin ThinkPad X200 Laptop
Lenovo launched two ultramobile laptops on Monday, including the ultrathin ThinkPad X200.News
PC Makers Roll out Centrino 2 Laptops
PC makers including Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Fujitsu rolled out new laptops based on Intel's Centrino 2 technology.News
Back-end Systems Could Save a City Wi-Fi Project
Better subscriber management is helping Lompoc, California, make its Wi-Fi network viable.News
Webroot Founder Dies in Hawaii
After a two-week search, Webroot founder Steven Thomas has been found dead in Hawaii.News
Bandwidth Limits Make a Comeback
Major cable operators are cracking down on bandwidth hogs, either by throttling speed or adding surcharges–and DSL providers may follow suit.News
Microsoft: Search-only Deal Was Bostock’s Idea
Microsoft said its proposal made Friday to purchase Yahoo's search business was actually the idea of Yahoo Chairman Roy…News
Open-source Quality Tester out in Alpha
An early version of an open-source tool for checking the quality of open-source software is now available.News
US Judge Rules for EBay in Counterfeit Case
A U.S. judge rules that eBay is not legally liable for sales of counterfeit Tiffany jewelry on its site.News
CCTV Camera Identifies People by Race
The eye of tech-artist Benjamin Males' custom-made surveillance camera is engineered for a black and white world.News
XTuple Releases ‘hybrid’ Open-source ERP
XTuple has launched the latest edition of its ERP product, which employs a hybrid open-source model.News
Magellan Rolls out Rich GPS Maps
Magellan is outfitting some of its GPS devices with more advanced topographic maps that it hopes will attract off-road and…News
New Service Tracks Missing Laptops for Free
Researchers have developed a free open-source laptop tracking system for laptops called Adeona.
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Symantec: Microsoft Access ActiveX Attacks Will Intensify
An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has now been updated to take advantage of an unpatched security vulnerability in…
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Researcher to Demonstrate Attack Code for Intel Chips
A security researcher plans to demonstrate attack code that targets bugs in Intel's microprocessors.News
Acer in Talks to Supply Netbooks to 3G Operators
Acer is talking to 3G network operators at home and in Europe to supply them with Aspire one netbooks.News
Hands on With Acer’s Aspire One Netbook
Acer's Aspire one netbook combines excellent software, great screen quality and typing pad with a price that makes it tough to pass up.News
Activating Your iPhone 3G: What You Need to Know
Should you go to an Apple Store or AT&T outlet? Can you pay cash? We answer those and other iPhone questions.News