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Augmented Reality Coming to Your Desktop Soon
A Tokyo-based start-up has taken the wraps off new software that brings to the desktop the world of augmented reality.News
Fugitive Spam King Dead in Apparent Murder-suicide
Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson has killed himself, apparently after murdering his wife and three year-old daughter.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 3: The Film Editor’s Dream
A 10-gbps fiber-optics connection enables a Swedish film editor to do his job in real time from his dream home in a beautiful rural village.News
Microsoft Still Working on Online Branding Issues
Microsoft is working on a way to combine its online services into a single Web page to solve its branding problem, CEO Steve…News
One of Gates’ Favorite Themes Continues in His Absence
Bill Gates is no longer working full time at Microsoft but some of his ideas, like tabletop computers and more natural user…News
Open-network Chief Sees Verizon Following His Lead
The head of the new open-network initiative at Verizon Wireless sees the carrier's traditional business following the open…News
Microsoft to Buy Data-warehouse Appliance Vendor
Microsoft continues a shopping spree to bolster SQL Server by purchasing data-warehouse appliance vendor DATAllegro.News
China Tops 250 Million Internet Users
China reasserted itself as the world's largest Internet market, with 253 million total users by the end of June.News
US Man Sentenced to Four Years for Piracy, ID Theft
An Oregon man is sentenced to four years in prison on criminal copyright and ID theft charges.News
US Poised for Broadband Explosion, Says Gartner
U.S. broadband penetration will increase over the next for years after having fallen behind recently, according to Gartner…News
Attack Code Released for New DNS Attack
Attack code has been released for a major flaw in the Internet's DNS software.News
Digital Comics Coming to the Wii in Japan
Four of Japan's biggest comic book publishers are coming together to bring digital versions of their magazines to Nintendo's…News
China Mobile Phone Subscribers Pass 600 Million Mark
The number of Chinese mobile phone subscribers topped 600 million in June.News
Nokia, Qualcomm Shelve Litigation, Reach Licensing Agreement
Nokia and Qualcomm have agreed to shelve all litigation between themselves after reaching a new licensing agreement that…News
Intel Takes on Embedded Market With Atom Chip
Intel on Wednesday said it was developing new x86 chips to put in devices ranging from consumer electronics to mobile phones…News
Facebook Connects to the Wider Web
Facebook showed off a new service that lets people apply their Facebook profile to other Web sites.News
Intel Releases Moblin Into the Wild
One year after announcing its homegrown mobile Linux project, Intel prepares to hand Moblin over to the open source community.News
Report: Microsoft Online Chief Leaves for Juniper Networks
Kevin Johnson, the man behind Microsoft's failed bid to buy Yahoo, is leaving, the Wall Street Journal reports.News
HP Folds Voodoo PC Business Unit
HP folded the Voodoo PC business unit, opting to sell the high-end PCs as part of its expanded consumer offerings.News
Parts of San Francisco Network Still Locked out
The San Francisco DA's office says part of the city's network is still not under control.News
Romanian Admits to Phishing, Could Face Five Years
A Romanian man pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge Tuesday for his role in setting up fake Web sites in order to steal…News
Nokia Claims Victory Over Qualcomm in Ongoing Patent Battle
The German Federal Patent Court today ruled that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted against Nokia is invalid, said the Finnish…News
Design Flaws, Besides Vulnerabilities, Hurt Banking Sites
Banking Web sites suffer from design flaws that can undermine their security exclusive of software vulnerabilities, according…News
San Francisco’s Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the passwords to the city's wide area network.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 1: The 21st Century Athlete
Broadband is helping to redefine the modern athlete. Meet gamer Patrick O'Day, who hopes to compete in the worldwide Digital Games in China this fall.News
With DNS Flaw Now Public, Attack Code Imminent
Hackers say that they will soon develop attack code that exploits a recently published, critical DNS bug.News
Brocade Deal to Help Drive Data-center Transition
Brocade Communications Systems' planned US$3 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks is a major strategic move in a brewing…News
Top Spammer Sentenced to Nearly Four Years
A court ordered "spam king" Robert Soloway to serve 47 months in prison for spamming.News
VMware to Offer Low-footprint ESX Hypervisor Free
VMware Tuesday said it will offer the small-footprint version of its ESX virtualization software free.News
Momentum Building for US Privacy Policy
Privacy advocates say there's momentum in the U.S. Congress for a broad new privacy law.News
Colorado ‘Spam King’ Walks Away From Prison Camp
Penny-stock spammer Eddy Davidson has escaped from federal prison.News
ISP Responds to Lawmaker Concerns About Ad Tracking
Embarq, a Kansas ISP, says it has no plans to roll out a controversial targeted ad service from NebuAd.News
Report: Beware of ‘chaos’ SharePoint Can Create
A report from Forrester is warning customers to consider carefully how they plan to use Microsoft's Office SharePoint Server…News
Ubuntu Puts Big Emphasis on Small PCs at OSCON
Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Mobile Internet Device editions of Linux are gearing up to compete with Windows on mini-PC devices this year.News
China Mobile Begins 3G Marketing Push
China Mobile has begun the marketing push for a public beta of 3G (third-generation telephony) services.News
Walkman Phones Won’t Save Sony Ericsson, Says Analyst
In the aftermath of a second quarter report that saw sales fall compared to last year, Sony Ericsson announced three new…News
Mobile Network Builder Looks to IKEA for Inspiration
VNL wants to turn the way mobile base stations are designed and rolled out on its head, to open the door for coverage in rural…News
Vodafone Sees Economic Slowdown
Mobile network operator Vodafone Group reported sales in line with analysts' expectations, but slightly lowered its outlook…News
China Blogs to Read During the Olympics
Staying home this summer instead of winging off to Beijing? No problem, when your interest in team handball and Greco-Roman…News
Blu-ray Disc Rapidly Gaining Popularity in Japan
Shipments of Blu-ray Disc-based video recorders and players are increasing fast in Japan and hit 122,000 in June, according to…News
Japanese Browser Maker Taking on IE, Firefox
Japan's Fernir is stepping up promotion of its Sleipnir browser overseas in the hope of snagging a 5% market share.News
Apple Stock Bitten by Earnings Forecast, Jobs
Apple's stock plunged in after-market trading on concerns for Steve Jobs' health and a worse than expected earnings forecast.News
Details of Major Internet Flaw Posted by Accident
Researchers have accidentally published details of a critical DNS flaw discovered by Dan Kaminsky.News
Internet Currency Firm Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
A digital currency business and its owners plead guilty to money laundering charges.News
Strong Mac, IPhone Sales Boost Apple’s Earnings
Strong sales of Macs and iPhones boosted Apple's earnings for the third quarter of 2008.News
WiMax at Sea, the Journey Begins
Ships that call on Singapore can now use WiMax instead of satellite to connect to the Internet.News
Bidding for IPhone 3G Tops $1,000 on EBay
Pent-up demand for the iPhone 3G is manifesting itself on auction site eBay.News