Windows Vista can be used for as long as 120 days without agreeing to its product activation antipiracy software, the company confirmed Friday. That's four times longer than the 30 days the company has widely used as the maximum time span the operating system can be used before it shuts down.

AMD Wednesday announced three dual-core additions to its Opteron processor lineup that use less power than standard versions of the chip. At the same time, the company added more dual-core Opteron chips to the high end of the line.

Still reeling from the effects of a corporate reorganization that included heavy layoffs, Intel Corp. reported a profit of US$1.5 billion for the fourth quarter, down 39 percent compared to that period last year.

Hewlett-Packard Co. reached for the consumer market Monday with two new PCs that allow customers to control Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista OS with a touchscreen interface instead of a mouse.

A klasszikus viccben a zsiráfra csodálkoznak rá: "Ilyen állat pedig nincs!" Ugyanez történt velünk a Logitech új fejhallgatója kapcsán.

Sony Corp. plans to launch an online video download service next year, according to reports in both the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal newspapers.

Internet phone service provider Skype Ltd. plans to start charging U.S. and Canadian users US$29.95 per year for unlimited calls to regular phones in both countries, as the end of a free trial offer looms.

IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have developed a free, entry-level, enterprise search application that at least one analyst believes will seriously disrupt the low-end segment of this market where Google Inc. has been selling many of its Mini search devices.

An investigation into possible anticompetitive behavior in the flat-panel display market widened Tuesday, with two more big vendors saying they had been contacted by investigators.

Fortify Software Inc. and the FindBugs project have launched a free service that will scan open-source Java software for bugs in the code.

Via Technologies Inc. announced that two of its PC chipsets have passed Microsoft Corp. Windows Vista Basic certification tests, ensuring trouble-free installation and driver upgrades.

Steve Ballmer szerint a Linux sérti a Microsoft szellemi tulajdonát. A Red Hat után az állítás valóságtartalmát már a Novell is megkérdőjelezi.

The next-generation video games battle became a three-console race on Sunday as retailers across the U.S. and Canada put Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii on sale.

Elkészült a Lauer Learning múltidéző internetes játéka, a Freedom Fighter 56, mely az internet segítségével idézi fel az 1956-os eseményeket.

A Nokia egy rövid hatótávolságú, vezeték nélküli technológiát fejlesztett ki. A Wibree hatékonyabb mint a Bluetooth, kevesebb energiát fogyaszt.

LG.Philips Co. Ltd. will next week unveil what it says is the world's slimmest cell phone display.

On Thursday, Microsoft will publicly release a "technical refresh" designed to fix the niggling problems left in the new version of their office suite. The refresh will be available free to the 3.5 million people who are running Beta 2 already.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Wednesday announced it has developed a new device driver to make handheld-device screens brighter, even in broad daylight.

Vajon elektronikai eszközeink előállítása során milyen anyagok kerültek a légkörbe, és mi lesz a termék sorsa, ha már nem lesz rá többé szükségünk? A Greenpeace kimutatása hasonló kérdésekre keresi a választ.

Nonprofit environmental organization Greenpeace has rated mobile phone giant Nokia Corp. highly for its eco-friendly policies, but gave low marks to Lenovo Group Ltd., Motorola Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., among others.