A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft's latest security updates. Windows users began flooding …
Intel experimental processor adapts to environmental challenges on the fly
Intel's research labs have prototyped a resilient microprocessor that delivers as much as 41% more throughput using the same amount …
Bharti Airtel bidding $10.7B for Zain's Africa mobile ops
Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile phone service provider, is in exclusive discussions to buy the African operations of Kuwait's Mobile …
The state of FMC
The idea behind FMC is to create a super-voice service that lets customers mingle calls between fixed-line and mobile handsets. …
Dell's virtualisation servers surge ahead
Virtualisation servers are systems designed to deliver more of the capacity that virtualisation hosts need to run optimally. Virtual machines, …
Buzz: Google Needs Better 'People Skills'
Google's inability to deal with people issues–like Buzz privacy and Nexus One customer support–makes the company look technically sophisticated but …
Cisco’s McCool sees growing data-centre role
While Cisco Systems branches out into consumer electronics, video, mobile data and other areas, one of its biggest areas of …
EU approves HP's 3Com acquisition
The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard's $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced. HP and 3Com …
Criminal hacker 'Iceman' gets 13 years
A former security researcher turned criminal hacker has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for hacking into financial …
Microsoft's new 'phone home' anti-piracy practice unacceptable, says critic
The Internet advocate who blasted Microsoft in 2006 over the daily “phone home” habits of its anti-piracy software took the …
Google tweaks Buzz to address privacy concerns
Just two days after launching its Buzz social networking tools, Google said it has tweaked the technology address early privacy …
Michigan firm sues bank over theft of $560,000
A Michigan-based manufacturing firm is suing its bank after online crooks depleted the company's account by $560,000 via a series …
Researchers find huge weakness in European payment cards
Hundreds of millions of payment cards throughout Europe have a flaw that could allow criminals with a stolen card to …
EFF, library groups argue against Autodesk appeal
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with several other groups including the American Library Association, urged an appeals court to uphold …