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Firms Are
Waiting on
Windows Vista

Problems could prompt many to hold out
for big '09 upgrade

Nov 15, 07 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - It has been almost a year since Windows Vista was released to businesses, but a spate of hardware compatibility issues has many still waiting to upgrade until the release of the first service pack, scheduled for early next year. With the next version of Windows due in late 2009, PC ... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Windows XP • service packs • PC • computer • upgrades

Dutch Teen Busted for Virtual Theft

He ripped off Habbo game 'furniture' that cost players $6K: cops

Nov 15, 07 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - In what's believed to be the first arrest ever for theft of virtual property, a Dutch teenager has been busted for stealing "furniture" from an online game. He allegedly stole login information from gamers playing "Habbo Hotel," a Sims-like operation in which players create guests and furnish... More »

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Internet • theft • virtual worlds • cybercrime • Habbo Hotel • computer • passwords

Intel: Honey, I Shrunk the Processor

Chip shrinks nearly a third to minuscule
45 nanometer process

Nov 12, 07 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel is rolling out a line of processors today that breaks brave new ground in micro-sizing —the chips are the first ever to be mass-produced with a  45 nanometer process, nearly a third smaller than today's 65 nanometer technology. The development gives the company an edge over rival Advanced... More »

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Intel • microchips • Advanced Micro Devices • Penryn • processors • computer

Grade Hackers Face Jail and $250K Fines

Others cheated too;
FBI, attorney general
on the case

Nov 5, 07 8:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Two ex-undergrads at Fresno State U. have been charged with hacking the school's system to up their grades—and face up to 20 years in jail and $250,000 fines, Computerworld reports. John Escalera, who worked the computer help desk, reportedly hacked the Peoplesoft management system in 2004 to raise... More »

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security • Fresno State • hackers • grades • John Escalera • Gustavo Ravo • computer

Spring Ahead, Fall Back; Repeat

Some may have changed clocks a week early

Oct 30, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spring ahead, fall back. And fall back again, for many whose clocks wrongly reset themselves last weekend—1 week ahead of the schedule Congress set when it extended Daylight Saving Time. Most cell phones and computers, which get time and date information from networks, weren't affected, but many alarm clocks... More »

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Congress • cell phones • BlackBerry • clock • time • Halloween • Daylight Saving Time • Palm Pilot • computer

Vista, Office Spur Microsoft to Huge Growth

23% gains in first quarter; new PC
sales drive gains

Oct 26, 07 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft yesterday reported a 23% leap in net income and its best revenue growth since the dot-com boom, making it an isolated winner in a tumbling market. The announcement drove up the company's shares 10% in after-hours trading. The sales of new PCs with Windows installed helped drive the gains,... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Microsoft Windows • earnings reports • Microsoft Vista • software • Xbox 360 • Microsoft Office • Halo 3 • Microsoft Live Search • Google Apps • Internet advertising • computer

Apple Fourth Quarter Swamps Wall Street Estimates

New Mac sales records lead earnings success

Oct 22, 07 11:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple reported yesterday that it dramatically outstripped estimates for fourth-quarter profits, news that bumped the company's stock up 6% in after-hours trading. Apple saw $6.22 billion in sales this quarter for earnings of $904 million ($1.01 per share), a 67% improvement over the same time last year. Analysts... More »

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iPhone • Apple • iPod • earnings reports • Macintosh • laptop • profit growth • computer

Rockies Redo Series Ticket Web Sales

'External malicious attack' blamed for  today's outage

Oct 22, 07 11:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rockies blamed an “external malicious attack” for the crash of a partner company’s server who was handling the sale of World Series tickets, and said they'll try again tomorrow. The site received 8.5 million hits in 90 minutes but, according to a company spokesman, traffic was... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Colorado Rockies • World Series • ticket • computer

Apple's Bite Bigger Than Ever

Computer sales surge as new operating system nears debut

Oct 22, 07 2:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sales of Mac computers are booming, boosted by the success of Apple's iPod and iPhone among PC users. Apple will move into third place among computer makers today—behind Hewlett Packard and Dell, reports the New York Times. The surge comes just as Apple is about to release the new... More »

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Steve Jobs • Dell • iPhone • Apple • iPod • OS X • laptop • Mac • Mac OS X Leopard • computer • Hewlett-Packard

Nobel Hard Drive Tech Revived

Oct 15, 07 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hard disk space is about to quadruple, says Hitachi, thanks to this year’s Nobel Prize-winning physicists. The company today announced it had developed a new technology for passing data between the disk and the disk-reading heads which shrinks the heads and allow for disk storage of up to 4... More »

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Nobel Prize • hard drives • computer

Researchers Seek a Mind-Reading Computer

Machine would adjust to feelings, emotions

Oct 10, 07 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tufts University researchers have begun a three-year research project which, if successful, will allow computers to respond to the brain activity of the computer's user. Users wear futuristic-looking headbands to shine light on their foreheads, then perform a series of increasingly difficult tasks while the device reads what parts of... More »

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tufts • computer

Burma Confiscates Phones, Computers to Silence News

Authorities move to shut down last lines of communication to outside world

Oct 9, 07 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese government is cutting the last lines of communication with the outside world, confiscating satellite phones and computers that reporters and bloggers were using to spread news of the violent repression of pro-democracy protests. Officials even demanded to see permits for satellite phones at a United Nations office. Authorities... More »

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United Nations • protests • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhist monks • Burma protest • satellite phones • computer

Tech Wraps Growing Web Around World

Some worry about cultural loss as cell phones, e-mail spread

Oct 8, 07 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global cellphone and computer usage is up dramatically as inequalities in technology drop. Cellphone ownership has grown 20% in the US, where 80% of the population uses computers, third in the world behind Sweden and South Korea. Computer usage is up in 26 of 35 countries in a new Pew... More »

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Russia • environment • technology • cell phones • Nigeria • Tanzania • culture • developing world • computer

Chip Sales Soar for Gee-Whiz Gizmos

Electronics makers stock up now for a busy holiday season

Oct 3, 07 12:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Electronics makers expect to sell lots of PCs, iPods and mobile phones this holiday season, judging by how many semiconductor chips they scooped up in August, PC World reports. Sales of global chips rose to $21.6 billion in August, a 4.5% increase over last year. August is... More »

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electronics • computer chip • computer

World's Fastest Computer on the Fast Track

New machine will be three times as powerful as current champ

Sep 26, 07 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - IBM is set to begin work on a computer capable of a quadrillion calculations per second, more power than a mile-high tower of laptops. McClatchy Newspapers reports the system will use 884,736 processors—six times the current best—to analyze problems on a dizzying scale. “We're on a... More »

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Japan • IBM • computer • supercomputer

Security Firm: AIM Is Fatally Flawed

AOL instant messenger software vulnerable to worm attack

Sep 26, 07 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hackers could exploit a glitch in AOL's instant messaging program and take control of users' computers , a security firm reports. Core Security discovered that the way AIM uses HTML code provides a loophole for hijacking PCs, via a web link that implants a self-copying worm. AOL says it has solved... More »

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AOL • Internet Explorer • computer virus • Internet security • AOL Instant Messenger • computer

Gabbers Can Make (Mostly) Free Calls With New Gadgets

Each connects home phones to the 'Net

Sep 23, 07 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gabbers have a couple of new options if they want to use the 'Net to make free (or cheaper) phone calls. Each is a box that connects to a home phone and a computer to route calls through cyberspace. One is a modest and low-cost, the other a chic machine... More »

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Internet • MagicJack • Ooma • PhoneGnome • Ashton Kutcher • telephone • computer • cyberspace

IBM Challenges Microsoft Office With Free Software

Free software does many of the same things as expensive suite

Sep 18, 07 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - IBM is issuing a new challenge to the supremacy of Microsoft's Office software, releasing a suite of free programs, called Symphony, that can perform many of the functions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft just released Office 7.0, and one analyst speculates many users will switch to Symphony rather... More »

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Microsoft • IBM • software • Open Office • Microsoft Office • computer

China Denies Hacking Pentagon

Part of network came offline for a week

Sep 4, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese military hacked the Pentagon's computer system in June, bringing part of it down for over a week, the Financial Times reports, but Beijing calls the accusation "groundless." The apparently successful hack raises serious worries about the safety of the network because it shows China has "... More »

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China • Pentagon • Department of Defense • Internet security • hackers • computer

Acer to Buy Gateway for $710M

Stock jumps 50% following announcement

Aug 27, 07 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gateway’s stock jumped 50% today on news that Taiwan’s Acer will buy the former PC giant for $1.90 a share, MarketWatch reports. The acquisition leapfrogs Acer over Lenovo to the No. 3 spot in world computer sales. Meanwhile, Gateway said it will execute its right of first... More »

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stocks • acquisition • Gateway • Acer • Lenovo • eMachines • computer

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