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Software

Microsoft claims Windows 7 is on track

Jul 28, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 7 is "on track" for its recently announced January 2010 launch date.

Software

Professional gamer offers Unreal lessons

Jun 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Teens constantly getting fragged by opponents with faster reflexes and better tactics can now sign up for a summer camp to improve their skills at Unreal Tournament 3..

Hardware

Boffins tout computer models to save forests

Jun 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Improved modelling methods and better ways of analysing information could help save the world's forests, according to scientists at Microsoft Research Cambridge, Princeton ...

Telco/ISP

Traffic monitoring by ISPs should be curbed

Jun 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Internet service providers should ask surfers' permission before using their traffic data for advertising purposes, according to the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT).

Hardware

Nintendo calls on US to kill piracy

Feb 19, 2008 | Comment Now

Nintendo of America has asked the US Trade Representative to put pressure on specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stand on games piracy..

Software

Email mayday saves South Atlantic sailors

Feb 18, 2008 | Comment Now

A retired couple who got into difficulty while sailing across the South Atlantic managed to raise the alarm by emailing coastguards in Cornwall..

Software

TomTom users add millionth map tweak

Feb 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Satellite navigation firm TomTom claims to have clocked up its one millionth map adjustment as part of a customer submission programme..

Software

Xbox Live users get front row seats at GDC

Feb 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft is offering gamers a virtual ticket to the upcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC) by releasing video downloads from the event on Xbox Live..

Security

HP settles spying case

Feb 18, 2008 | Comment Now

HP has reached a settlement with The New York Times and three BusinessWeek reporters who had accused the company of spying..

Training & Development

Lack of skilled staff hampers IT

Feb 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Staffing problems and a lack of skills in the existing workforce caused the biggest IT headaches last year, according to a worldwide survey of chief executives and chief ...

Software

Google tinkers with Android

Feb 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Google has released a new version of the software development kit for its Android mobile phone platform..

Telco/ISP

Vodafone taps Microsoft to embrace the web

Feb 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Vodafone has finally embraced the internet by creating an arm of the company to deal specifically with consumer web services..

Security

EU plans border surveillance system

Feb 15, 2008 | Comment Now

The European Union has outlined plans to create a border surveillance system that will see member states exchange up-to-date information across a secure computer network..

Telco/ISP

Mobile operators duck difficult technologies

Feb 12, 2008 | Comment Now

Mobile operators have left clients to fend for themselves when integrating services because they are afraid of the risks involved, according to an industry expert..

Hardware

The next big mobile device is 'irrelevant'

Feb 12, 2008 | Comment Now

The form-factor and function of the next big mobile device is "irrelevant", according to an industry expert..

Security

Underinvestment exposes end-point security

Feb 12, 2008 | Comment Now

A lack of investment in end-user application security has left users open to attack, according to a group of security experts..

Security

Widespread encryption heralds new attacks

Feb 11, 2008 | Comment Now

Hackers will become more skilled at using encryption as the technology becomes more widespread, and could use it to launch new forms of attacks, according to security experts..