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Kestrel, the next version of the desktop browser, fixes bugs synchronizes bookmarks between a PC and a handheld. 28-Oct-2007
China will expand the trial of TD-SCDMA technology to include the Beijing Olympics. 27-Oct-2007
Nanowires put more power in smaller packages, researcher reports. 27-Oct-2007
Government support for open source is helping Red Hat grow its business in the Asia-Pacific region. 27-Oct-2007
GeneTree grows a database of ancestry resources by inviting researchers to share information. 27-Oct-2007
The attorney general's request that banks send spam to warn of phishing has some befuddled. 27-Oct-2007
The standards battle could intensify in the last quarter, but so far Blu-ray dominates, analysts say. 27-Oct-2007
A plot to defraud Microsoft into getting academic rates brings fines and prison time. 27-Oct-2007
Intel will pay $250 million to settle a patent-infringment lawsuit over chip design. 27-Oct-2007
Careless security measures invite cybercrooks and scammers, researchers say. 27-Oct-2007
The next version of the accounting and management business application won't ship until 2008. 27-Oct-2007
About 18 percent of all iPhones sold can use cellular networks other than the approved AT&T service. 27-Oct-2007
The social networking site strikes a deal with Oberon to provide multiplayer games in profiles. 27-Oct-2007
Sales of the clip outnumber those of the tune or the disc, giving a new boost to the artist. 27-Oct-2007
OLPC is experimenting with bovine-generated electricity for its low-cost XO laptop...seriously. 27-Oct-2007
An executive charges that Google and other Web services still need rich functions on clients. 27-Oct-2007
Leopard introduces lots of new apps and interface features to Mac OS X. Can Vista match up? 26-Oct-2007
Even pouring rain and gusty winds didn't stop the Mac faithful from turning out for the release of Apple's Mac OS X "Leopard" at the Apple Store in New York today. 26-Oct-2007
Google has launched a new IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) service for Gmail that will allow users to sync Gmail with their e-mail clients. 26-Oct-2007
For the second time in eight days, new critical vulnerabilities that could be used to hijack machines have been fingered in the RealPlayer media player. 26-Oct-2007
Hacker Joe Grand's show, "When Electronics Become Art," runs in San Francisco through Nov. 8. 26-Oct-2007
Software giant admits that it messed up. 26-Oct-2007
Get ready! The complete and fully ordered setlist for the popular game Guitar Hero III has been leaked online (still unconfirmed, though). 26-Oct-2007
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. 26-Oct-2007
The developers will release a free software update for its virtualisation software in the event any last minute changes made to the OS should cause problems. 26-Oct-2007
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