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News Archive for November 2008

• Weekend tech reading: Revisiting ZoneAlarm for Windows Vista? Don't do it
  By Julio Franco, November 29, 2008
• Intel reconsiders the appeal of netbooks
  By Jose Vilches, November 29, 2008
• Sony maintains 2008 launch for PlayStation Home
  By Jose Vilches, November 28, 2008
• MSI unveils the VESA-mounted Wind Box
  By Jose Vilches, November 28, 2008
• Epic offers fix for Gears of War 2 multiplayer issues
  By Jose Vilches, November 28, 2008
• New Xbox 360 Jasper available in some stores
  By Jose Vilches, November 28, 2008
• Start-up works to raise laptop battery life up to 40 hours
  By Jose Vilches, November 28, 2008
• Friday tech deals: Black Friday Edition
  By Julio Franco, November 28, 2008
• Apple investigates MacBook graphics issues
  By Jose Vilches, November 27, 2008
• Download of the week: µTorrent
  By Jose Vilches, November 27, 2008
• Sony owned titles back on Netflix for Xbox 360
  By Jose Vilches, November 27, 2008
• Steam bundles more games
  By Jose Vilches, November 27, 2008
• Dual-core VIA Nano CPUs to arrive in 2010
  By Jose Vilches, November 27, 2008
• Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed 2
  By Jose Vilches, November 27, 2008
• Gigabyte plans 3.5G supporting netbooks in 2009
  By Justin Mann, November 26, 2008
• Sling Media launches its own video streaming site
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• Apple forced to pull iPhone 3G ad in the UK
  By Justin Mann, November 26, 2008
• AMD keeps Athlon name for some CPUs
  By Justin Mann, November 26, 2008
• Google admits breaking App Store rules
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• TechSpot Holiday Gift Guide 2008
  By Julio Franco, November 26, 2008
• Spam recovers from McColo shutdown
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• Micron promises 1GB/s SSDs
  By Justin Mann, November 26, 2008
• Mozilla considers third Firefox 3.1 beta for early January
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• Sony announces PlayStation 3 firmware update
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• Quicktime update fixes HDCP MacBook issues
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• OCZ expands Fatal1ty line with new PSUs
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• Apple teases Black Friday deals
  By Jose Vilches, November 26, 2008
• Google denies that Gmail caused domain hijacking
  By Justin Mann, November 26, 2008
• Lenovo adds 'Remote Kill' feature to ThinkPads
  By Jose Vilches, November 25, 2008
• Mac OS X targeted by Trojan posing as codec
  By Justin Mann, November 25, 2008
• Massive signs in-game advertising deal with THQ
  By Jose Vilches, November 25, 2008
• AMD to launch Phenom II at CES 2009
  By Jose Vilches, November 25, 2008
• Bethesda to release Fallout 3 editor and expansion packs
  By Justin Mann, November 25, 2008
• Fedora 10 released today
  By Justin Mann, November 25, 2008
• Blockbuster announces new on-demand device
  By Jose Vilches, November 25, 2008
• Opera Mini 4.2 now available for Google Android
  By Jose Vilches, November 25, 2008
• YouTube introduces widescreen video support
  By Jose Vilches, November 25, 2008
• News around the web: Compulsive gamers 'not addicts'
  By Erik Orejuela, November 25, 2008
• Twitter rejects Facebook's buyout offer
  By Jose Vilches, November 25, 2008
• BFG offers free upgrade to AGP users
  By Justin Mann, November 25, 2008
• Apple sued over iPhone web browsing
  By Justin Mann, November 25, 2008
• Facebook awarded $873 million in spam case
  By Jose Vilches, November 24, 2008
• Western Digital mulling SSD market entry
  By Jose Vilches, November 24, 2008
• Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 motherboard review @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, November 24, 2008
• EA releases C&C: Red Alert 3 demo
  By Jose Vilches, November 24, 2008
• Microsoft expected to rebrand Live.com to Kumo.com
  By Jose Vilches, November 24, 2008
• Western Digital says 2.5" drives overtaking 3.5" in the enterprise
  By Justin Mann, November 24, 2008
• Native 64-bit Flash 10 for Linux available
  By Justin Mann, November 24, 2008
• Bethesda to patch Fallout 3 on all three platforms at once
  By Justin Mann, November 24, 2008
• Ubisoft announces downloadable content for Far Cry 2
  By Jose Vilches, November 24, 2008
• News around the web: Army to invest $50M in games
  By Erik Orejuela, November 24, 2008
• First Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope alpha goes live
  By Jose Vilches, November 24, 2008
• Judge orders Ballmer to testify in Vista capable suit
  By Jose Vilches, November 24, 2008
• Weekend tech reading: The Windows 7 taskbar
  By Julio Franco, November 23, 2008
• Weekend Open Forum: Blu-ray versus Digital Distribution, is it even a contest?
  By Julio Franco, November 21, 2008
• Google to pre-install Chrome on new PCs?
  By Jose Vilches, November 21, 2008
• Virgin America to launch in-flight Wi-Fi
  By Jose Vilches, November 21, 2008
• Eidos pressuring reviewers to delay negative reviews?
  By Justin Mann, November 21, 2008
• Report indicates online scamming on the rise
  By Justin Mann, November 21, 2008
• News around the web: The 101 Coolest Easter Eggs
  By Erik Orejuela, November 21, 2008
• S3 launches Chrome 500 graphics line
  By Jose Vilches, November 21, 2008
• Blackberry Storm makes its debut
  By Justin Mann, November 21, 2008
• AMD shows off Phenom II overclocked to 6.3GHz
  By Jose Vilches, November 21, 2008
• Apple releases iPhone 2.2 software update
  By Jose Vilches, November 21, 2008
• Google lets users personalise search results
  By Jose Vilches, November 21, 2008
• Download of the week: CCleaner
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• Google offers spam cost calculator
  By Justin Mann, November 20, 2008
• MSI unveils three all-in-one PCs
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• IE8 final not due until at least 2009
  By Justin Mann, November 20, 2008
• VIA working on open source UniChrome driver
  By Justin Mann, November 20, 2008
• Microsoft adjusts Zune pricing, tweaks Zune Pass service
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• News around the web: Time's Best Inventions of 2008
  By Erik Orejuela, November 20, 2008
• PC Magazine says goodbye to print
  By Justin Mann, November 20, 2008
• Rockstar unveils new GTA IV content for Xbox 360
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• WoW expansion sells 2.8 million copies on launch day
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• Apple TV update adds several new features
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• Samsung launches 256GB solid-state drive
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• Sony hit with $18.5 million patent fine
  By Jose Vilches, November 20, 2008
• Thursday's Tech Deals: Macmall and Geeks.com holiday sales
  By Julio Franco, November 20, 2008
• Apple's new MacBooks are HDCP-aware
  By Justin Mann, November 20, 2008
• HP unveils multi-touch consumer tablet PC
  By Jose Vilches, November 19, 2008
• FCC posts white space rules
  By Justin Mann, November 19, 2008
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard ahead of schedule?
  By Jose Vilches, November 19, 2008
• Nvidia releases ForceWare 180.48 drivers
  By Jose Vilches, November 19, 2008
• VIA unveils touch screen panel PC
  By Jose Vilches, November 19, 2008
• Transmeta sold for $255 million
  By Justin Mann, November 19, 2008
• Ubuntu 9.04 alpha available soon
  By Justin Mann, November 19, 2008
• Asustek to launch Eee Top all-in-one PC tomorrow?
  By Jose Vilches, November 19, 2008
• News around the web: NASA tests "deep space Internet"
  By Erik Orejuela, November 19, 2008
• Netflix on Xbox 360 not streaming Sony films... coincidence?
  By Jose Vilches, November 19, 2008
• Microsoft to replace OneCare with free service
  By Jose Vilches, November 19, 2008
• Judge dismisses Psystar's antitrust claims against Apple
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• Eidos shows off Deus Ex 3 screenshots
  By Justin Mann, November 18, 2008
• Mozilla launches Fashion your Firefox
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• Samsung sued over flash memory
  By Justin Mann, November 18, 2008
• New Xbox Experience goes live for some
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• Gartner: 85 percent of firms using open source
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• Apple taking orders for new 24-inch LED Cinema Display
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• News around the web: Play Movies on a BlackBerry Bold
  By Erik Orejuela, November 18, 2008
• Free copy of ZoneAlarm Pro available just for today
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• Firefox 2 to reach end of life in December
  By Justin Mann, November 18, 2008
• AMD planning Phenom name change
  By Justin Mann, November 18, 2008
• Flash 10 coming to smartphones
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• Jerry Yang steps down as Yahoo CEO
  By Jose Vilches, November 18, 2008
• Adobe unleashes Creative Suite 4 trial downloads
  By Julio Franco, November 18, 2008
• Apple sued over cracks in iPhone 3G
  By Justin Mann, November 17, 2008
• Apple issues fix for MacBook trackpad problem
  By Jose Vilches, November 17, 2008
• Ensemble talks about studio closure and Halo MMO
  By Jose Vilches, November 17, 2008
• Call of Duty: World at War performance in-depth @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, November 17, 2008
• Microsoft, Sony and others join Amazon in effort to simplify packaging
  By Jose Vilches, November 17, 2008
• Microsoft's 'Vista Capable' changes outraged HP
  By Jose Vilches, November 17, 2008
• News around the web: 10 Futuristic Laptop Designs
  By Erik Orejuela, November 17, 2008
• USB 3.0 spec released today, promises 10X speed boost
  By Jose Vilches, November 17, 2008
• AMD DDR3 boards coming in February
  By Justin Mann, November 17, 2008
• Online office suites barely used, says study
  By Justin Mann, November 17, 2008
• OLPC and Amazon relaunch Buy one, Give one program
  By Justin Mann, November 17, 2008
• Intel ships first Core i7 processors
  By Jose Vilches, November 17, 2008
• StarOffice 9 makes it to the Mac
  By Justin Mann, November 17, 2008
• Valve offers its entire PC games catalog for $100
  By Jose Vilches, November 17, 2008
• Weekend tech reading: USB 3.0 speed and the 'Minority Report' OS video
  By Julio Franco, November 16, 2008
• Weekend Open Forum: Have PC games improved in terms of system requirements?
  By Julio Franco, November 14, 2008
• Battlefield Heroes beta shut down
  By Jose Vilches, November 14, 2008
• Google bringing voice search to the iPhone
  By Justin Mann, November 14, 2008
• Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
  By Jose Vilches, November 14, 2008
• AVG offers free one-year license for deleting key file
  By Jose Vilches, November 14, 2008
• Netflix ceases HD DVD shipments on December 15th
  By Justin Mann, November 14, 2008
• AVG identifies Adobe Flash as malicious
  By Justin Mann, November 14, 2008
• Nvidia planning price cut?
  By Justin Mann, November 14, 2008
• Microsoft launches new online store
  By Jose Vilches, November 14, 2008
• Google sells text ads to known malware sites
  By Jose Vilches, November 14, 2008
• ASRock demos 4-second Vista boot
  By Jose Vilches, November 14, 2008
• October video game sales jump 18 percent
  By Jose Vilches, November 14, 2008
• Mobile web users expected to reach 530 million by 2013
  By Justin Mann, November 14, 2008
• Friday tech deals: Corion 42-inch 720p LCD HDTV for $499, Dell XPS coupons
  By Julio Franco, November 14, 2008
• AMD to answer Intel's Atom with Conesus
  By Jose Vilches, November 13, 2008
• Dell Inspiron Mini 12 priced, starts at $549
  By Jose Vilches, November 13, 2008
• Spam declines after hosting company shutdown
  By Jose Vilches, November 13, 2008
• Download of the week: Launchy
  By Jose Vilches, November 13, 2008
• Firefox 3.0.4 and 2.0.0.18 released
  By Justin Mann, November 13, 2008
• EA announces fitness game for the Wii
  By Jose Vilches, November 13, 2008
• AMD to retain the Phenom name
  By Justin Mann, November 13, 2008
• News around the web: 720p in your pocket: Flip MinoHD
  By Erik Orejuela, November 13, 2008
• ATI launches Catalyst 8.11 drivers
  By Jose Vilches, November 13, 2008
• AMD releases 45nm Shanghai processors
  By Justin Mann, November 13, 2008
• Microsoft to digitally distribute PC game titles and DLC
  By Jose Vilches, November 13, 2008
• WoW: Wrath of the Lich King launched at midnight
  By Julio Franco, November 13, 2008
• LCD makers plead guilty to price-fixing
  By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2008
• MSI intros 15.4-inch gaming notebook for $799
  By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2008
• Google readies YouTube to sell search terms
  By Justin Mann, November 12, 2008
• Gears of War 2 sells two million copies in first weekend
  By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2008
• TechSpot PC Buying Guide - November 2008 update
  By Julio Franco, November 12, 2008
• New interface for SSDs not due anytime soon
  By Justin Mann, November 12, 2008
• Costs and limits for iPhone tethering revealed
  By Justin Mann, November 12, 2008
• Microsoft, Verizon Wireless move closer to search deal
  By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2008
• Microsoft bans thousands of Xbox 360 accounts
  By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2008
• AMD to announce netbook CPU this week?
  By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2008
• News around the web: The genius behind Apple, Tim Cook
  By Erik Orejuela, November 12, 2008
• Far Cry 2 sells a million copies
  By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2008
• Google brings voice and video chatting to Gmail
  By Justin Mann, November 12, 2008
• Nvidia releases Quadro 5800 4GB workstation card
  By Justin Mann, November 11, 2008
• Epic president talks about DLC and used games market
  By Jose Vilches, November 11, 2008
• AVG update cripples some Windows machines
  By Jose Vilches, November 11, 2008
• Left 4 Dead public demo arrives
  By Jose Vilches, November 11, 2008
• Intel Core i7 processors hit online retailers
  By Jose Vilches, November 11, 2008
• Windows celebrates 25th anniversary
  By Justin Mann, November 11, 2008
• iPhone 3G beats RAZR V3 in sales
  By Justin Mann, November 11, 2008
• Hitachi, Fujitsu also announce self-encrypting hard drives
  By Jose Vilches, November 11, 2008
• Bethesda censors Fallout 3 in Japan
  By Jose Vilches, November 11, 2008
• Parallels launches Desktop for Mac 4.0
  By Jose Vilches, November 11, 2008
• Call of Duty 5: World at War in stores, gets patched
  By Julio Franco, November 11, 2008
• Sony to bring DRM-free music to iTunes?
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• Spammers profit from one in every 12.5 million emails
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• Dell drops MP3 player plans
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• YouTube to host full-length MGM movies
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• Dell announces self-encrypting laptop
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• Toshiba launches triple-GPU laptops
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• EA slapped with more SecuROM DRM lawsuits
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• News around the web: Hard drive history and its future
  By Erik Orejuela, November 10, 2008
• Circuit City files for bankruptcy
  By Jose Vilches, November 10, 2008
• Sunday tech reading: Interview with Google's CEO
  By Julio Franco, November 09, 2008
• Weekend tech reading - 10 Computer ads from the 80s
  By Julio Franco, November 08, 2008
• Apple overtakes RIM in smartphone market
  By Jose Vilches, November 08, 2008
• Microsoft to ship Windows 7 by holiday season 2009
  By Jose Vilches, November 08, 2008
• Fallout 3 graphics performance in-depth @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, November 08, 2008
• Google blocks Android 'jailbreak' with automatic update
  By Jose Vilches, November 07, 2008
• Rambus seeks import ban of Nvidia cards
  By Jose Vilches, November 07, 2008
• Full-length films coming to YouTube?
  By Jose Vilches, November 07, 2008
• Xbox 360 boasts highest attach rate
  By Jose Vilches, November 07, 2008
• News around the web: 50 Skills Every Geek Should Have
  By Erik Orejuela, November 07, 2008
• Ballmer rules out new bid for Yahoo
  By Jose Vilches, November 07, 2008
• Far Cry 2, Fallout 3 receive patches
  By Jose Vilches, November 06, 2008
• WPA encryption crackable in less than 15 minutes?
  By Jose Vilches, November 06, 2008
• AT&T confirms iPhone 3G tethering available soon
  By Jose Vilches, November 06, 2008
• AMD to cut 500 more jobs
  By Jose Vilches, November 06, 2008
• Fallout 3 ships 4.7 million units during launch week
  By Jose Vilches, November 06, 2008
• Yahoo suggests Microsoft should make new offer
  By Jose Vilches, November 06, 2008
• News around the web: "Guitar Hero" strikes right chord
  By Erik Orejuela, November 06, 2008
• Intel Core i7 processors available starting Nov. 17th
  By Julio Franco, November 06, 2008
• Download of the week: 7-Zip
  By Jose Vilches, November 06, 2008
• Dell asks workers to take unpaid time off
  By Jose Vilches, November 05, 2008
• Microsoft offers free software to start-ups
  By Jose Vilches, November 05, 2008
• News around the web: Start an online business with $100
  By Erik Orejuela, November 05, 2008
• SanDisk to boost SSD write speeds by 100x
  By Jose Vilches, November 05, 2008
• Google calls off Yahoo advertising deal
  By Jose Vilches, November 05, 2008
• Microsoft finally discontinues Windows 3.x
  By Jose Vilches, November 05, 2008
• iPod inventor Tony Fadell leaves Apple
  By Jose Vilches, November 05, 2008
• Windows 7 to boost SSD performance
  By Jose Vilches, November 05, 2008
• Wed's tech deals: Power Supply round-up, OCZ 500W for $20 AR
  By Julio Franco, November 05, 2008
• FCC approves unlicensed "white-space" spectrum
  By Justin Mann, November 04, 2008
• Mozilla opens Firefox privacy mode to testers
  By Justin Mann, November 04, 2008
• Nvidia and VIA abandon plans for a mobile platform
  By Jose Vilches, November 04, 2008
• Comcast P4P trial shows major gain in download speeds
  By Jose Vilches, November 04, 2008
• Firefox approaches 20% market share
  By Justin Mann, November 04, 2008
• News from around the web (11/04/08)
  By Erik Orejuela, November 04, 2008
• AT&T considers bandwidth caps
  By Justin Mann, November 04, 2008
• Nintendo launches the DSi in Japan
  By Jose Vilches, November 04, 2008
• Alienware intros laptop with CrossFireX graphics
  By Jose Vilches, November 04, 2008
• Steam Cloud launches this week with Left 4 Dead demo
  By Jose Vilches, November 04, 2008
• AMD Deneb CPUs to debut this month
  By Jose Vilches, November 04, 2008
• Google, Yahoo scale back ad agreement in hopes of approval
  By Julio Franco, November 04, 2008
• Intel Core i7 920, 940 and 965 Extreme Edition processors review @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, November 04, 2008
• Verizon expands 7Mbps DSL to compete with cable
  By Justin Mann, November 03, 2008
• Users report issues with new MacBook's glass trackpad
  By Julio Franco, November 03, 2008
• Amazon considering to do away with plastic containers
  By Justin Mann, November 03, 2008
• Acer seeks to become number one netbook maker in 2009
  By Justin Mann, November 03, 2008
• Circuit City to close down 155 branches
  By Justin Mann, November 03, 2008
• Weekend tech reading: It's all about Windows 7
  By Julio Franco, November 01, 2008