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Nvidia prods Intel with satire site

Nvidia prods Intel with satire site

6th Nov 2009 Graphics specialist Nvidia has launched a satirical cartoon site, which is currently concentrating on lampooning Intel's allegedly anti-competitive actions in the processor market. [30]

Apple Atom support lives again

Apple Atom support lives again

5th Nov 2009 Support for low-power Atom processors - at the heart of many a hackintosh - appears to be back in the latest developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 - build 10C525. [9]

Dutch cracker targets iPhones

Dutch cracker targets iPhones

3rd Nov 2009 A Dutch cracker is running a scam in which he targets jailbroken iPhones using the default SSH password and demands €5 for instructions on securing the device. [20]

Win $1,500 in this month's Gigabyte comp

Win $1,500 in this month's Gigabyte comp

3rd Nov 2009 The second round of the Beat Me If You Dare overclocking competition is upon us. [52]

Mac OS update breaks hackintoshes

Mac OS update breaks hackintoshes

3rd Nov 2009 The latest developer update for Mac OS X Leopard - 10.6.2 - removes support for Intel's Atom processor, preventing 'hackintosh' netbooks running the OS from booting. [31]

Windows loses market share to Mac OS

Windows loses market share to Mac OS

2nd Nov 2009 Despite the launch of Windows 7, figures from market watcher Net Applications show Microsoft's Windows OS losing ground to rival Apple's Mac OS X. [28]

P2P drives higher sales

P2P drives higher sales

2nd Nov 2009 A new survey conducted by Ipsos Mori and commissioned by Demos suggests that file sharers spend more than twice as much on music per year as non-infringing users. [19]

EC plans wireless broadband for all

EC plans wireless broadband for all

30th Oct 2009 The European Commission has unveiled plans to use the freed up analogue TV spectrum to offer high-speed wireless broadband to all citizens. [22]

Mac OS game deletes files

Mac OS game deletes files

30th Oct 2009 A Space Invaders clone for the Mac deletes a file each time an enemy is killed - but its author claims it is art, rather than malware. [32]

Android 2.0 'Eclair' SDK released

Android 2.0 'Eclair' SDK released

28th Oct 2009 The first release of Android 2.0's SDK - codenamed 'Eclair' - has hit the 'net, and there's some interesting new features for developers to play with. [16]

Turkey wins Round 2 of Gigabyte TweaKING compo

Turkey wins Round 2 of Gigabyte TweaKING compo

27th Oct 2009 With a 3DMark01 score of over 81,500, Turkey creams the competition using a closely guarded tweak. [4]

Czech Rep wins Round 1 of Gigabyte TweaKING compo

Czech Rep wins Round 1 of Gigabyte TweaKING compo

27th Oct 2009 9min 3s leads the pack in the SuperPi 32M challenge [4]

ICO reveals 356 breaches last year

ICO reveals 356 breaches last year

27th Oct 2009 The Information Commissioner's Office has revealed that over 350 individual reports of data loss or theft from private and public sector companies were made last year. [2]

Microsoft opening Outlook data format

Microsoft opening Outlook data format

27th Oct 2009 Microsoft has pledged to make a full specification of the .PST format used by its Outlook e-mail client available for use, free from patent restrictions. [1]

Yahoo deletes GeoCities today

Yahoo deletes GeoCities today

26th Oct 2009 Yahoo is today permanently deleting all content on the mid-nineties web publishing service GeoCities, with the loss of around 10 terabytes of data. [27]

Psystar launches Mac OS install tool

Psystar launches Mac OS install tool

23rd Oct 2009 Psystar has announced the launch of a commercial software package to ease the installation of Mac OS X Snow Leopard on non-Apple hardware. [35]

MS offers Win 7 USB installer

MS offers Win 7 USB installer

23rd Oct 2009 Microsoft has, for the first time, released a version of its Windows operating system which can be easily installed from a USB drive - perfect for netbooks. [18]

Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X winner announced

Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X winner announced

22nd Oct 2009 We announce the winner of our Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X competition. [860]

Windows 7 more popular than Harry Potter

Windows 7 more popular than Harry Potter

22nd Oct 2009 Win7 is finally, officially here - and its pre-order run has been one of the most successful in Amazon's history, outselling the last Harry Potter. [33]

Firefox Mobile on the way

Firefox Mobile on the way

22nd Oct 2009 Mozilla's John Lilly has confirmed that Firefox Mobile - codenamed Fennec - will be released on Nokia's Maemo, Google's Android, and Microsoft's Windows Mobile. [11]

SCO terminates McBride's job

SCO terminates McBride's job

20th Oct 2009 Darl McBride's position of CEO and President at The SCO Group has been terminated, which could halt the drawn-out legal campaign against Linux. [3]

Sony demos 3D display prototype

Sony demos 3D display prototype

20th Oct 2009 Sony will demo a prototype of its true 3D display at Japan's Digital Content Expo on Thursday, and it's certainly a departure from the norm. [21]

Mozilla blocks vulnerable MS plugin

Mozilla blocks vulnerable MS plugin

19th Oct 2009 A vulnerable Firefox plugin which installs into Firefox without user interaction has been added to the central blacklist by Mozilla - but this one comes from Microsoft. [27]

Websense warns over OWA attack

Websense warns over OWA attack

19th Oct 2009 Security firm Websense has issued a warning regarding a major attack against Outlook Web Access portals, designed to install a banking Trojan into company systems. [2]

Google to launch e-book store

Google to launch e-book store

16th Oct 2009 Google is looking to launch an e-book store which will see it competing with Amazon - although it plans to quell discontent with a profit-share offering for existing sellers. [11]

Mozilla launches plugin security check

Mozilla launches plugin security check

15th Oct 2009 The Mozilla Foundation has launched a page which allows users to check their installed plugins to find vulnerable or outdated versions. [5]

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