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Microsoft drops price of Xbox 360 'while supplies last'
Those hoping for an Xbox 360 price drop will get one, Microsoft said on Sunday. But it's more of a clearance sale than actual price cut.
IT World |
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Fecal bacteria found on UW computer keyboards
SEATTLE - The University of Washington says its computer keyboards will now be cleaned weekly, after a student research project found high levels of fecal coliform bacteria on some of them.
The Wenatchee World |
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You're In The Movies for Xbox 360 News by
Microsoft unveiled madcap Xbox 360 camera game You're In The Movies at its E3 2008 briefing today, promising EyeToy-style mini-games and way of packaging captured player input into quirky little B-movies.
EuroGamer |
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Government Computer News
Although digital works are ubiquitous and easily duplicated, they also are ephemeral and are at risk of disappearing unless preservation efforts begin soon after they are created, according to a study by the Library of Congress and three international partners.
Government Computer News |
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Microsoft Unveils E3 Lineup, Claims Victory Over PlayStation 3
Microsoft unveiled its E3 lineup, which includes "Final Fantasy XIII" and "Gears of War 2," and claimed victory over PlayStation 3.
MTV Music Television |
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Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board
Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.
AP via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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Microsoft-Icahn fire back at Yahoo as tie-up drama continues
Microsoft and Carl Icahn fired back at Yahoo on Monday as the corporate raider continues a quest to overthrow the struggling Internet firm's board and form an alliance with the software giant.
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Apr 2006 20:29 UTC
Microsoft told a European Union court on Monday that regulators had completely misunderstood thriving competition in the software market in issuing a landmark antitrust ruling against the giant U.S. company.
OS News |
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Kaspersky To Demo Attack Code For Intel Chips
snydeq writes "Kris Kaspersky will demonstrate how attackers can target flaws in Intel microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of OS. The demo will be presented at the Hack In The Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur in October and will show how processor bugs can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and a knowledge of how Java ...
Slashdot |
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Linked by John Doe on Thu 15th Feb 2007 17:56 UTC
Shock and awe; Windows Vista has been released to the hounds (that would be us). As just about every publication has reiterated a thousand times over it took 5+ years of design and development and cost USD 5.5 billion both directly and indirectly.
OS News |
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Vote now for SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards
The stage is set for the biggest annual free and open source software community awards -- and you can help determine the winners.
NewsForge |
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Microsoft's Xbox 360 to stream Netflix movies
Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal with Netflix.
Seattle Times |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Oct 2005 20:26 UTC
The world's richest man talks about developing new drugs to combat AIDS, open-source software and why Microsoft's still cool after all these years. Gates: "We encourage everyone to develop in our environment. Free software's nothing new... There was an early browser, an early mail program.
OS News |
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Install Entire Games Onto Xbox 360 Hard Drive, Purchase Content On PCs
Install an entire game onto the Xbox 360 hard drive (going to need something bigger than 120GB...
Voodoo Extreme |
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Tiffany v. eBay: Court Rejects Tiffany's Expansive Trademark Infringement Theories
In a decision that surely will be cited many times in coming years, Judge Richard Sullivan today sided with eBay in his decision [sixty-six page PDF] in the Tiffany v. eBay trademark trial.
Electronic Frontier Foundations |
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Julia Allison's magazine cover: Yes, it's real [Wired]
We knew you'd ask. So I called Wired executive editor Bob Cohn: He confirmed. August 2008, undeserving Internet fame recipient Julia Allison hits the newsstands, becoming an undeserving print fame... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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EBay scores victory in Internet trademark case
EBay Inc scored a major legal victory on Monday when a federal judge absolved it of taking more steps to police fake Tiffany jewelry sold on its website and held that brand owners are ultimately responsible for protecting their own trademarks.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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How to Use and Search Gmail Superstars [Gmail]
All things Google weblog Google Operating System details how to take full advantage of Gmail Superstars, a souped-up version of Gmail's standard yellow star available in previously mentioned Gmail...
Lifehacker |
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Novellus Sets New Productivity Standard for HDP CVD With Introduction of SPEED Max
Novellus Systems, Inc. today announced the introduction of SPEED® Max, the latest enhancement to its production-proven high-density plasma CVD platform. Designed to address the needs of customers manufacturing flash, DRAM and logic integrated circuits, SPEED Max reduces total capital expenditures due to its flexibility to process multiple layers and applications on a single platform.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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The REAL Rock Band 2 tracklist revealed
Cancel your weekend plans from this October until May 2009 - the tracklist for Rock Band 2 has been released, and it's huge. This is the real tracklist, not some internet fakery, and it comes straight from the source.
Games Radar |
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Cyber-crime computer hacker to be sentenced
A young Whitianga computer whiz who pleaded guilty to charges relating to an international cyber-crime ring will be sentenced in the High Court in Hamilton today.
Otago Daily Times |
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SMX Local & Mobile In Less Than Two Weeks
Search Marketing Expo - SMX Local & Mobile is in less than two weeks -- July 24-25 in San Francisco. Register today and reserve your spot at the only event 100% dedicated to getting internet and search marketers up to speed on these ROI-driving opportunities. Click to continue reading...
Search Engine Land |
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National Financial Partners To Release Second Quarter Earnings on August 5, 2008
National Financial Partners Corp. will release its second quarter earnings results on August 5, 2008 following the close of the market. A copy of the earnings press release and quarterly financial supplement will be posted to the investor relations section of the National Financial Partners Web site at www.nfp.com/ir.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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NetLogic Microsystems Schedules Second Quarter 2008 Conference Call for July 24, 2008
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits, has scheduled its second quarter 2008 financial results conference call for July 24, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time. The company will release its financial results at approximately 1:30 p.m. Pacific time.
Centre Daily Times |
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Trademark policing not eBay's problem, says court
NEW YORK - eBay has scored an important victory, as a federal judge said companies such as jeweller Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.
The New Zealand Herald |
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