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.

Japan's Kenwood Corp. will soon begin selling what it claims is the smallest portable music player based on a hard-disk drive.

Asustek Computer Inc. plans to launch two motherboards complete with phone jacks able to turn common household telephones into Internet phones using Skype Ltd.'s popular VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) software.

Problems with the image pick-up in eight models of Sony Corp. digital still camera could mean the inability to take clear pictures or any photos at all, the company said Friday.

A flaw in Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser makes it easy for cybercriminals to steal user information on Web sites where users create their own pages, such as MySpace.com.

A Gartner elemzőinek rövidtávú előrejelzései alapján az adatközpontok nem néznek túlságosan fényes jövő elé: egyre zsúfoltabbak lesznek, és egyre több hőt termelnek. A probléma az egész IT-piac növekedésére hatással van.

Mindenkinek ismerős jelenség a parkolóhely-vadászat és a vele járó frusztráció. Párizsban életképesnek tűnő megoldást találtak a problémára, az amerikai változat pedig online piacterekre vinné a szabad parkolóhelyeket.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday released the long-awaited version of the Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser for the Windows XP OS.

Microsoft Corp. said Friday it is on track to launching Windows Vista simultaneously worldwide. Less than a month ago it warned that antitrust problems could delay the launch in Europe and South Korea.

A Novell csatlakozott az SAP Global Security Alliance programjához, amelynek keretében komplex megoldást nyújt az ügyfelek fő kockázatkezelési és IT-biztonsági problémáira.

On Tuesday Toshiba Corp. will unveil the first slim-type HD DVD writer drive suitable for use in laptop computers.

Microsoft Friday released an interim build of Windows Vista to 100,000 Customer Preview Program (CPP) participants, and made the new build available on TechBeta, TechNet, TAP and MSDN.

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. showed off its first 40-nanometer chip, a 32G-bit NAND flash memory that can be used in memory cards able to store up to 64G-bytes of data, or 40 movies.

Samsung Telecommunications America LLP has malicious code on its Web site which disables anti-virus programs, modifies registry keys and logs keystrokes when users attempt to download information from the site.

Early feedback from testers already using Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) report that the OS is more stable than expected, which bodes well for Microsoft Corp.'s plan to have Vista out according to its current schedule.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) is recalling several thousand laptop computer battery packs because mechanical problems with the pack's latch could lead to overheating of the battery.

Sandisk Corp. now offers a small, lightweight portable device that allows consumers to record all types of video input, including live TV, to a range of flash memory cards.

Apple Computer Inc. will resolve its patent squabble with Creative Technology Ltd. by paying the Singapore-based company US$100 million for a license to use a recently awarded patent.

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