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News Archive for January 2006

• Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 preview available for download
  By Julio Franco, January 31, 2006
• AMD Web site used to spread malware
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Mobile Duo excess power consumption due to faulty driver
  By Justin Mann, January 31, 2006
• Sony to face off against Xbox Live
  By Justin Mann, January 31, 2006
• Critics don't buy Microsoft source code offer
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Sales of Duo-based Macs not as high as predicted
  By Justin Mann, January 31, 2006
• AMD to pass Intel in growth by 2007 says Forbes
  By Justin Mann, January 31, 2006
• Vendors team up against Spyware
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Serious Winamp security hole
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Western Digital enters SE16 500GB desktop hard drive
  By Justin Mann, January 31, 2006
• Google Linux in our near future?
  By Justin Mann, January 31, 2006
• IBM to offer DB2 Express for free
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Tiffany takes eBay to court
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Take-Two shares rebound
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Win32.small.cfg massive spam
  By Derek Sooman, January 31, 2006
• Wiki vandalism coming from Congress
  By Justin Mann, January 30, 2006
• Xbox 360 January 2006 update rolling out
  By Justin Mann, January 30, 2006
• Itanium backers continue to pledge support
  By Justin Mann, January 30, 2006
• Could Vista be delayed?
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• P2P licensed premiere movie download service
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• Skype in ringtones deal with Warner Music
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• Countdown for Nyxem virus
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• Microsoft to enter the portable music market?
  By Justin Mann, January 30, 2006
• BT to unify Microsoft's call centres
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• TS New Year Giveaway: Third winner announcement
  By Julio Franco, January 30, 2006
• Windows source code hacker gets two years in jail
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• Google updates Toolbar
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• GTA game maker sued over sex scenes
  By Derek Sooman, January 30, 2006
• Vista's OneCare not to include anti-virus says Microsoft
  By Justin Mann, January 30, 2006
• Mitnick on OSS Security
  By Justin Mann, January 30, 2006
• Google messes up new video store
  By Derek Sooman, January 29, 2006
• Dell to use AMD chips?
  By Derek Sooman, January 29, 2006
• Microsoft to make iPod rival?
  By Derek Sooman, January 29, 2006
• UK hacking laws strengthened
  By Derek Sooman, January 29, 2006
• UK file-sharers hit with fine
  By Derek Sooman, January 29, 2006
• Godfather game to be released on March 21
  By Derek Sooman, January 29, 2006
• Intel to throw $10 Billion at Itanium along with HP
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2006
• Sony says goodbye to Robotics branch
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2006
• Newegg.com voted best of year 2005 for online computer shopping
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2006
• ABIT offers online survey with hardware at stake
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2006
• Intel to use DDR3 as early as 2007
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2006
• EU says Microsoft source code is "not enough"
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2006
• Announcing TechSpot's Deals XML feed
  By Julio Franco, January 27, 2006
• Microsoft founds search research centres
  By Derek Sooman, January 26, 2006
• Apple launches "iTunes U" in the US
  By Derek Sooman, January 26, 2006
• McAfee exec to head up BSA board
  By Derek Sooman, January 26, 2006
• VoIP applications could provide botnet controls
  By Derek Sooman, January 26, 2006
• Nintendo funds old-school gaming expo
  By Derek Sooman, January 26, 2006
• Antispyware company sued
  By Derek Sooman, January 26, 2006
• VNU purchases The Inquirer
  By Derek Sooman, January 26, 2006
• Four new Trojans on the loose
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• Microsoft to license Windows Server source code
  By Justin Mann, January 25, 2006
• Intel demonstrates 45nm SRAM modules
  By Justin Mann, January 25, 2006
• Intel shipping 65nm CPUs in quantity
  By Justin Mann, January 25, 2006
• IT security paramount for European financial institutions
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• Toshiba to launch mobiles in India
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• Acer and Asustek to use Seagate 160GB notebook HDD
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• Malware infections down, but damage up
  By Justin Mann, January 25, 2006
• UK version of MySpace
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• Oxford and Harvard boffins launch StopBadware.org
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• Chinese hackers attack UK Parliament
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• Chinese Google to self-censor
  By Derek Sooman, January 25, 2006
• ABIT merges with USI
  By Justin Mann, January 25, 2006
• Samba 4 Preview brings some interesting changes
  By Justin Mann, January 25, 2006
• Logitech G5 vs. Razer Copperhead @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 25, 2006
• Notebook makers go 3G
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• Netflix to support HD-DVD and BluRay concurrently
  By Justin Mann, January 24, 2006
• Firefox 2.0 release coming in a few months
  By Justin Mann, January 24, 2006
• IBM warns of cyber crime threats
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• Official release of Opera Mini
  By Justin Mann, January 24, 2006
• Dilbert mobile game on its way
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• Apple changes iTunes feature
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• Samsung launch ultra-small LED projector
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• California man pleads guilty to zombie sales
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• Adobe introduces Acrobat 3D
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• IBM's Lotus Sametime to work with other IM networks
  By Derek Sooman, January 24, 2006
• ATI releases the X1900 XT
  By Justin Mann, January 24, 2006
• IE7 to natively support XMLHTTP
  By Justin Mann, January 24, 2006
• Google News comes out of beta and goes gold
  By Justin Mann, January 24, 2006
• KDE struck by major security flaw
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• Interview with Eric Demers of ATI
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2006
• Intel Duo performance lacking on Apple's new line
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2006
• Interview with Scratch-Less Disc inventor
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• Mobile DTV alliance pushes for standard in mobile TV
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2006
• Phishing ring arrested
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• Dirk Meyer becomes president of AMD
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• Red Hat hopes for Linux on new Apple computers
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2006
• RIAA and MPAA call a halt on digital progress
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• 802.11n draft proposal approved
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• Computer crime widespread
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• iTunes users growing
  By Derek Sooman, January 23, 2006
• Intel to offer $200 dual-core Pentium
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2006
• UK anti-scam site forced offline
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2006
• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: The Format Wars @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 23, 2006
• Samsung completes Blu Ray Disc Drive
  By Derek Sooman, January 22, 2006
• AOL to invest $211m in LLU
  By Derek Sooman, January 22, 2006
• Google refuses to hand over user data
  By Derek Sooman, January 22, 2006
• Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 leaked
  By Derek Sooman, January 22, 2006
• WiMAX is here!
  By Derek Sooman, January 22, 2006
• Tesco launches pay-as-you-go web phone
  By Derek Sooman, January 22, 2006
• Open source more popular and saves money says Optaros
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2006
• CBS to feature Jonathan Wendel on 60 minutes
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2006
• Microsoft changes the name of the Vista Successor
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2006
• Apple's iPhoto giving RSS developers a headache
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2006
• Hynix preparing to Japan's import tax on DRAM
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2006
• Sony offers $500 for Dell laptops
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2006
• McAfee receives patent for "verifying" software installations
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• Porn worm disables security tools
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• PC games sales took a hit
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• AMD to put chip prices up
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• Meru touts RF level Wireless LAN security
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• iMac with Intel Core Duo processor performs poorly
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• New look WordPerfect released
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• T-Mobile ad gets bad response
  By Derek Sooman, January 19, 2006
• University of Michigan develops quantum processor
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• Another mobile TV standard emerges
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• 65nm CPUs from AMD in 2006
  By Justin Mann, January 18, 2006
• AMD posts fiscal results, makes gains in 2005
  By Justin Mann, January 18, 2006
• Futuremark releases 3DMark06
  By Justin Mann, January 18, 2006
• Motorola to acquire Kreatel Communications
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• Consumers fear shopping online
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• Catalyst 6.1 Radeon drivers now available
  By Justin Mann, January 18, 2006
• Microsoft opens up WinFX development framework
  By Justin Mann, January 18, 2006
• GeiL releases 1000MHz DDR2 Value Series kits
  By Justin Mann, January 18, 2006
• Microsoft says no to Xbox 360 Blu-ray
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• BenQ-Siemens launch three new handsets
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• Northern Ireland has 100% access to high speed internet
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• NCC calls for better DRM legislation
  By Derek Sooman, January 18, 2006
• Corel introduces CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X3
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• Intel misses revenue mark by $200 Million
  By Justin Mann, January 17, 2006
• Preview of nVidia's NF4 XE chipset for Intel chips
  By Justin Mann, January 17, 2006
• Cisco plans to enter consumer electronics market
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• No XP Service Pack 3 until at least 2007
  By Justin Mann, January 17, 2006
• Apple denies Channel Islands move
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• TS New Year Giveaway: Second winner announcement
  By Julio Franco, January 17, 2006
• China signs up for Linux standards
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• Firefox nabs 20% of European countries
  By Justin Mann, January 17, 2006
• Google to buy radio advertising company
  By Justin Mann, January 17, 2006
• Seagate ships 160GB notebook drive
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• FSF updates open-source licence
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• BT signs up more shows for broadband TV service
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• O2 says mobile TV demand is strong
  By Derek Sooman, January 17, 2006
• DDR2 prices are rising for 2006
  By Justin Mann, January 17, 2006
• Intel drops Pentium brand name
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• BT says no to internet kiosks in place of phones
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2006
• UK watchdog questions DRM
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• Intel's Viiv brand in action
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2006
• Intel 'Santa Rosa' Centrino to appear in 2007
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• Apple wants to help you create a website
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• Interview with John Beekley of Corsair
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2006
• More Sony rootkit troubles
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2006
• Windows 2000/XP Wi-Fi flaw
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• Europe plans Google rival
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• Mozilla working to bring Firefox to Intel based Macs
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2006
• UK calls for online gambling summit
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• iPod school
  By Derek Sooman, January 16, 2006
• BluRay making an appearance on the 360?
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2006
• Samsung sales top $15 billion
  By Derek Sooman, January 15, 2006
• Detroit spammer expected to plead guilty
  By Derek Sooman, January 15, 2006
• Google makes mobile personal
  By Derek Sooman, January 15, 2006
• Microsoft works on interactive ads in video
  By Derek Sooman, January 14, 2006
• Concerns over European legislation on data retention
  By Derek Sooman, January 14, 2006
• Mobile TV not anticipated to be popular
  By Derek Sooman, January 14, 2006
• Engage stepping on the toes of Valve with in-game ad shots
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2006
• FCC to auction off airwaves for in-flight Internet
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2006
• Homeland Security springs $1.24Million for open source software
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2006
• 4GB and 8GB Memory Sticks for Sony hardware
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2006
• Outlook TNEF flaw could be much worse than WMF flaw
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2006
• Xbox 360 to get Blu-ray Disc drive?
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• Microsoft develops Office for Mac
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• Blackberry gets IM from Google
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• Sony, Toshiba, IBM extend chip-research pact
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• UK government agency to review Microsoft schools licensing
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• Symantec forced to fix rootkit-style flaw
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• BT to launch TV service for mobile-phone operators
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• Increased RSS malware attacks predicted
  By Derek Sooman, January 12, 2006
• Levi Strauss to launch jeans for iPod users
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• IBM, Cisco, HP and Intel to join group of 13 for open source promotion
  By Justin Mann, January 11, 2006
• Symbol Technologies produces very tough mobiles
  By Justin Mann, January 11, 2006
• GPLv3 coming next week
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• BT launches Openreach
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• Novell open sources Linux security app
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• Patch for cross-platform QuickTime flaw available
  By Justin Mann, January 11, 2006
• Microsoft overhauls product support guidelines
  By Justin Mann, January 11, 2006
• Technology can revolutionise education, say UK government
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• Vodafone teams up with Sony to provide mobile music service
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• Sky to offer legal movie downloads
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• More cracks in Windows
  By Derek Sooman, January 11, 2006
• EA gives games to Amp'd Mobile
  By Justin Mann, January 11, 2006
• True 100mbp/s WLANs on the horizon
  By Justin Mann, January 11, 2006
• Intel debuts notebook Napa
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• Apple may release FM broadcasting iPod
  By Justin Mann, January 10, 2006
• AMD ships dual-core gaming CPU
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• CDs only last 2 years, IBM storage expert says
  By Justin Mann, January 10, 2006
• Microsoft FAT patents upheld
  By Justin Mann, January 10, 2006
• Apple to end the PowerBook series in favor of MacBook Pro
  By Justin Mann, January 10, 2006
• Online gaming revenues to triple by 2009
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• Optimus LED keyboard coming out soon?
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• Barclays endorses F-Secure software
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• Nokia settles patent dispute
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• Parents and enterprises warned of Podporn problem
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• New lot of WMF flaws found
  By Derek Sooman, January 10, 2006
• Dell to use AMD cpus in 2006?
  By Justin Mann, January 10, 2006
• $2 Million in fines for fraudulent anti-spyware companies
  By Justin Mann, January 10, 2006
• IM and P2P threats increase
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• University of Texas and the courts say "no" to spam
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2006
• HP and Toshiba demonstrate HD-DVD and BluRay laptops
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2006
• Divx to cooperate with Google
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• IBM gets $270 Million defence deal
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• Apple continues to storm the field with iPod in 2006
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2006
• Ubuntu to launch server Linux
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• 2005 brings in new records for online music purchases
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2006
• Counterfeit PC hardware market growing
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2006
• Dolby demos 14-channel audio at CES
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2006
• Maxtor updates external drive range
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• Experts query Windows win in flaw count
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• Samsung creates 16GB NAND flash drive
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• Google to offer free application downloads
  By Derek Sooman, January 09, 2006
• Dell releases monster PC with XPS Renegade
  By Derek Sooman, January 08, 2006
• Computer chips get under your skin
  By Derek Sooman, January 08, 2006
• No massive reactivation from Sober so far
  By Derek Sooman, January 08, 2006
• Sony launches HDD camcorder
  By Derek Sooman, January 08, 2006
• Microsoft censors Chinese Blogger
  By Derek Sooman, January 08, 2006
• Verizon moves into cellphone music
  By Derek Sooman, January 08, 2006
• Dual-CPU using PDA set for release in March
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2006
• Cowon introduces 0.85" HDD based "micro" media player
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2006
• Mediabolic announces new products and techs at CES
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2006
• ASUS reverses GPU placement on passively cooled 6600
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2006
• TiVo puts Series3 device on display at CES
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2006
• Windows beats UNIX on vulnerabilities
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• Symantec acquires IMLogic
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• Windows Vista tightens security
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• Microsoft acts on Xbox shortages
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• Microsoft Official patch for WMF flaw released
  By Per Hansson, January 05, 2006
• New Rokr music phone
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• Nominet wins damages in data mining case
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• The first Palm-Microsoft smart phone
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• Windows everywhere?
  By Derek Sooman, January 05, 2006
• Google almost denies PC moves
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• Sysopt talks hardware changes around the bend in 2006
  By Justin Mann, January 04, 2006
• French Police force switches to Firefox
  By Justin Mann, January 04, 2006
• Blu-ray hi-def lineups unveiled
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• MP3 builder expands surround sound
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• BlackBerry users exposed to attacks
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• AMD announces "Live" technology to oppose Viiv
  By Justin Mann, January 04, 2006
• HP expands digital media product line
  By Justin Mann, January 04, 2006
• High-speed internet access via lamp-posts
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• Motorola unveils new music radio service
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• Apple, Disney expand iTunes video
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• Microsoft hopes to have virus patch next week
  By Derek Sooman, January 04, 2006
• Review of Western Digital Raptor WD1500
  By Per Hansson, January 04, 2006
• Via releases Hyperion 5.07a drivers
  By Justin Mann, January 04, 2006
• Portableapps releases portable OpenOffice 2.01
  By Justin Mann, January 04, 2006
• UK-wide wi-fi network on its way
  By Derek Sooman, January 03, 2006
• Samsung and LG unveil TV phones
  By Derek Sooman, January 03, 2006
• Seagate announces 160GB laptop drive and 500GB backup unit
  By Justin Mann, January 03, 2006
• Glimpses of a water-cooled Xbox 360
  By Justin Mann, January 03, 2006
• Vongo movie service to get Mac support?
  By Derek Sooman, January 03, 2006
• AU$2.3 Million fine for domain name scamming Australian pair
  By Justin Mann, January 03, 2006
• Skype and D-Link join forces to bring VoIP into homes easier
  By Justin Mann, January 03, 2006
• Google to launch their own PC
  By Derek Sooman, January 03, 2006
• MSI installer file for WMF flaw available
  By Derek Sooman, January 03, 2006
• China MobileSoft selects InterVideo codecs
  By Derek Sooman, January 03, 2006
• Toshiba A105 notebook series unveiled
  By Derek Sooman, January 03, 2006
• Samsung crafts a 3.6mbp/s mobile phone
  By Justin Mann, January 03, 2006
• Rambus gets $75 Million from AMD
  By Justin Mann, January 03, 2006
• European Galileo system set to meet 2010 deadline
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• Sony may have settlement for CD lawsuit
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• eMagin announces wearable iPod video headset
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2006
• AOL releases 2005 spam list
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• Alereon and Samyoung to partner for wireless USB development
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2006
• Queen honours designer of the iPod
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• GameFly stops renting to owners of defective 360s
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2006
• KDE 4 to feature OS X style Dashboard widgets
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2006
• Music sales sliding despite RIAA
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• Chinese Government declares war on Internet pornography
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• Xbox overheating solved
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• Intel announces new business and branding strategy
  By Derek Sooman, January 02, 2006
• TS New Year Giveaway: First winner announcement
  By Julio Franco, January 02, 2006
• Opera chooses Google for Opera Mobile
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2006
• A closer look at high-speed DVD drives
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2006
• TechSpot New Year Giveaway: Win 4 GeForce 7800 GT videocards
  By Julio Franco, January 01, 2006