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Microsoft Announces New Home Extender

Microsoft is introducing its Extenders for Windows Media Center, aimed at properly combining your PC and home entertainment center. But are people really interested?

TJX Data Breach Foreseeable

TJX rapped over policies that made its data breach foreseeable in a Canadian report.

Anti-Phishing Phil Aims To Educate

A new game developed at Carnegie Mellon University educates users on phishing threats.

Google Growing In Europe

Google plans to add hundreds of engineers in Europe over the next few years to change its image.

YouTube Angers Stammerers

British stammers protest categorization of stammering videos.

Wii Sports Gets BAFTA Nominations

Wii Sports has been nominated in seven categories in the British Academy Video Games Awards.

Raindance Brings Festival Films Online

The Raindance Film Festival has struck a deal with Tiscali to make some of its films available free online the same day they premiere.

Could An Attack Shut Down The Net?

Verisign’s chief security officer warns about dangerous denial-of-service attacks.

Toshiba X205 Gaming Notebooks Get SLI

Toshiba has added Nvidia SLI graphics to its Satellite X205 line of 17-inch notebooks aimed at gamers.

Microsoft, New York AG Eyeing Facebook

Facebook is reaching new heights, with reports of Microsoft seeking a minority stake in the company...and the New York attorney general launching an investigation.

Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 Review

The Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 multimedia projector features 1080p resolution using 3LCD technology.

Man Dies From Gaming?

A Chinese man has died after what has been described as a three-day gaming binge.

MySpace Gets Serious On Targeted Ads

Fox Interactive Media technology aims to get to the wallets of MySpace users by using new computer algorithms.

The $100 Laptop Becomes $188

The cost for One Laptop Per Child continues to grow, making their $100 laptop goal seem further away.

Giant Cheese Draws Web Crowds

Nothing on Web TV? You can always join many others and watch a cheese mature.

Dot TK Brings Prosperity To An Island

A popular domain suffix has meant that the Pacific island of Tokelau is now enjoying surprising prosperity.

SiSi Revolutionizes Sign Language

A new program uses speech technology to simultaneously translate speech into sign language using an avatar.

eMusic To Offer Audiobook Downloads

Audio download site adds book downloads to its roster, all available in DRM-free MP3.

O2 Release iPhone In UK – But At What Cost?

Mobile network O2 wins the iPhone for the UK, but others say the deal means they’ll barely make money from it.

Microsoft Loses EU Antitrust Appeal

The computer giant has lost a long-running competition dispute with the European Commission.

Prince Attacks Web Pirates

Prince brings in a sheriff to try and stem Internet piracy of his work and name.

Sprint Launches Mobile Shopping Portal

Sprint is starting the first US mobile shopping portal for its customers.

Google And The $30 Mln Moon Prize

Google offers a total of $30 million in prizes for a successful, private lunar robot rover mission.

Marley Ringtone Battle Gets Nasty

Disagreements between the Marley family and Verizon spark bad words and legal battles.

News Corp Sticks With iTunes

Fox shows will continue on iTunes, even as new Hulu service starts up.

Google Maps Street View Illegal In Canada?

The Canadian Privacy Commission has warned that the Street View feature of Google Maps might break privacy laws since it shows recognizable people.

Yahoo And Bebo Get Together

Yahoo has signed a deal to sell most of Bebo’s display advertising in the UK and Ireland.

China Firewalls Not Effective

A new study discovers that the firewalls China uses to censor content are more porous than imagined.

Cell Phone Cancer Link Still Possible

A new study can’t rule out the possibility of mobile phone increasing the long-term risk of cancer.

AT&T Pushes Its New Image

New ads from AT&T are pushing the company as mobility-centric – could the iPhone have helped that?

Facebook Can Cost Employers

A new British study estimates that employees spending time on social networking sites could be costing employers over $250 million a day.

Second Life Job Fair Brings Real Work

Avatars interview for real life jobs at hosted jobs fairs in the virtual world.

TerraNet Brings Free Calls To Mobiles

TerraNet uses peer-to-peer technology to create mini networks of phones without the need for base stations, ideal for remote areas – and calls are free.

IBM and OpenOffice Grow Pally

IBM to contribute code from Lotus Notes to OpenOffice to help build its Workplace.