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U.N. Web Forum Takes on Cybercrime
November 15, 2007 7:36AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us The four-day U.N.-sponsored forum, which ends Thursday, brings together some 2,000 representatives from the information-technology industry, governments and civil society to discuss the ...
MySpace Still Denies Security Holes
Following widespread reports that the MySpace pages of music bands are regularly being infected with malware, Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle said he agrees that there is a yet-to-be-reported ...
Study: Online Games More Captivating
October 18, 2007 7:44AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us Joshua Smyth, a Syracuse University psychology professor, noted that most of the public debate on video games has centered on their often violent ...
Vista’s First Service Pack Coming Soon
July 31, 2007 9:54AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us Windows Vista’s first service pack is arriving on August 14 through Windows Update, roughly six months after Microsoft released Vista. It is not ...
California Hacks Its E-Voting Machines
July 31, 2007 8:56AM Following a report from a team of experts indicating that electronic voting systems are vulnerable, vendors fought back at the public hearing in California, with officials from Sequoia ...
MySpace Takes On the ‘Spam King’
Scott Richter, named one of the world’s worst spammers by consumer advocacy site Spamhaus, has been tied to several major illegal spam campaigns. Richter must face the legal guns at MySpace after ...
Wii-Haw! Nintendo Tops Monthly Console Sales Again
May 29, 2007 11:12AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us With Nintendo’s Wii still dominating the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in terms of sales, many wonder whether the Wii’s performance can ...
Could Google Translate Help E-Commerce?
Although Google has stated no plans to throw advertising into the multilanguage mix, Google Translate might draw international shoppers to English-only e-commerce sites, according to analyst Greg Sterling, who said Google Translate ...
Tomb Raider Coming to Nintendo Wii
The decision by SCi Entertainment to develop a version of Tomb Raider for the Wii is driven by the platform’s unique game controls, said Kathryn Clements, the senior brand manager for Tomb ...
Can Nintendo’s Mii Concept Kill MySpace?
March 9, 2007 12:34PM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto says the company plans to move the Mii concept forward with a new Wii channel that will enable Nintendophiles ...