Researchers in Japan have developed new circuit technology touted to be the vital next step towards the realization of a practical quantum computer.

If you like Thunderbird 1.5, you'll love version 2, now available as a near-final release candidate. Like the new Firefox 2, Thunderbird 2 doesn't introduce any radical changes. But it does introduce inherently useful upgrades that will boost your productivity, particularly if your inbox overflows with e-mail.

Mozilla Corp. updated Firefox Friday to patch 14 vulnerabilities, three of them critical, but pushed out the new versions without fixing several flaws.

Microsoft Corp. has significantly raised what it charges retail customers for technical support for its latest software, Windows Vista and Office 2007, while narrowing the help offered to users.

With its February security patches now two weeks away, Microsoft Corp. is warning of another critical flaw in its Office software.

A veteran Vallejo, Calif., fire investigator said a cell phone that was left on caught fire in a sleeping man's pocket, causing a fire that critically burned the man and heavily damaged his apartment.

Electronics manufacturers in China may be gearing up for another attempt to establish a proprietary optical disc format, although some analysts said such a move is unlikely to succeed.

Hackers have released attack code that exploits a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Word software -- the third such bug to be disclosed in the past week.

Az egyelőre csupán Japánban kapható Ricoh imagio Neo 752ec/602ec és az imagio MP C1500-as gépek alkatrészeiben a Ricoh a Mitsui Chemicals-szal együttműködve sikeresen használta fel az új növényi-alapú műanyagokat.

Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports of a vulnerability in a Windows ActiveX control that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer, according to an advisory issued Friday. One security company rated the vulnerability critical, while Microsoft said it allowed only limited attacks.

A Siemens Medical Solutions, a világ vezető MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging – mágneses rezonanciás képalkotás) technológia- és alkalmazásfejlesztője a Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time operációs rendszert és a Concurrent NightStar alkalmazásfejlesztő-eszközöket választotta MAGNETOM mágneses rezonanciás képalkotó (MRI) termékei teljesítményének javítására.

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.

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.

Microsoft Corp. has issued nine security updates addressing critical flaws in its Office and Windows products. The updates patch two worrisome PowerPoint flaws that could allow attackers to seize control of a PC, the company said Tuesday.

SAP AG officially released on Wednesday its business intelligence (BI) accelerator which it co-developed with Intel Corp. The two companies first announced they were working on the analytical engine a year ago.

A Nokia bejelentette, hogy a legnagyobb, fotózással és képkezeléssel foglalkozó, európai sajtószervezet, a Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) 2006-ban a Nokia N80 multimédiás számítógépet választotta a legjobb európai mobil képkezelő készüléknek.

James Fergason, the self-described "first guy who saw what [liquid crystal displays] were really good for," has been given a US$500,000 award for a lifetime of inventions that have advanced computer, medical and other industries.

Az Olympus E-330 előnézeti kép funkciójával elnyerte Európában a TIPA 2006-os "Legjobb újítás a képalkotásban" díját. A TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) minden évben díjakkal tünteti ki a különlegesen kiváló termékeket és technológiákat a fotográfia számos területén.

"There is growing evidence that more people these days don't work from a physical workplace, but work from home or other places," says David Thorns, director of the social science research center at the University of Canterbury.

A group of self-titled "political activists" in Massachusetts has started an aggressive campaign to get browser users to switch from Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer to Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox.