New Xbox360 Error Code: 2 Red 2 Green Lights?
>> Logic-Sunrise.com posted a video of a new error code they found on a Falcon Xbox 360 console. They suggest it might be 'the new RRoD' for falcon boards, but it looks a bit unlikely MS would change...
Sprint and Clearwire Nix WiMax Agreement [Wireless]
Sprint and Clearwire Nix WiMax Agreement — Given the shaky state of the WiMax unit of Sprint, the termination of its joint agreement with Clearwire to bring WiMax coverage to 100 million people come...
Latest iPhone update jailbroken before it hits the ground
As expected, Apple released the OS X 1.1.2 update for the iPhone overnight to coincide with its debut in the U.K. and Germany. As not expected, it's been sprung from jail already. — Erica Sadun at ...
That's Your AIM in My GTalk
It is amazing that we still have major instant messaging platforms that don't talk to one another. Yahoo and Microsoft got their two systems to work with each other more than a year ago, but AOL is s...
IndiaTimes website 'attacks visitors'
Visitors to the IndiaTimes website are being bombarded by malware, some of which appear to target previously unknown vulnerabilities in Windows, a security researcher warns. — In all, the English-la...
E-Mail Scammers Ask Your Friends for Money
Nigeria continues to develop and export the world's most innovative Internet scams. In one bizarre variation that seems to have ramped up in recent months, the scammers are taking a page from Faceboo...
Digital Telepathy Helps You Build Your Web 2.0 Startup
San Diego based Digital Telepathy has changed direction from strategy-public relations to services, with a new model that will appeal to anyone who has ever wanted or needed a hand at getting their st...
Botmaster owns up to 250,000 zombie PCs
He's a security consultant. Jail beckons — An American computer security consultant on Friday admitted using massive botnets to illegally install software on at least 250,000 machines and steal onl...
Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes
A Russian gang allegedly hosting malicious software abruptly disappeared this week, according to Trend Micro. — The Russian Business Network, which allegedly was heavily involved in hosting packing ...
1.1.2 iPod touch Jailbroken—before its official release!
before its official release! — They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And here is the first picture from a jailbroken 1.1.2 iPod touch, courtesy of hacker planetbeing. Congratulations to all...
Video Rentals Coming Soon to iTunes?
Before installing any iTunes upgrade, I dump the strings from the old iTunes binary. Once the new version has installed, I diff the new version's strings against the old's, to see what shows up. — ...
Radiohead Deny Reports That 60 Percent Of Fans Paid Nothing For In Rainbows
Band sets December 31 for physical release of latest album overseas. — The physical version of Radiohead's In Rainbows won't be ready for your holiday stocking, but it will be released this year.
Review: The Sweet Agony That Is Nokia N81
It has been nearly 65 days since I went without a phone set change, leading to snide remarks from my co-workers about my fidelity to Apple's iPhone. Despite getting frustrated with iPhone's email app...
Clearwire Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Clearwire Adds 49,000 Net New Subscribers to End the Third Quarter 2007 with 348,000 Subscribers, up from 162,000 at the End of Third Quarter 2006. Service Revenue Increases over 117% Relative to Sam...
Sony CEO sees 'stalemate' in disc fight
NEW YORK - The head of Sony Corp., Howard Stringer, said Thursday that the Blu-ray disc format the company has developed as the successor to the DVD is in a "stalemate" with the competing HD DVD forma...
Nigeria favors Linux vendor Mandriva over Microsoft once more
San Francisco - Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all. — Mandriva had closed a...
Microsoft makes refurbished PCs its latest WGA anti-piracy target
In its ongoing quest to make sure that no potential Windows revenue source is left untapped, Microsoft is expanding its tentacles deeper into the refurbished PC marketplace. — On November 9, Microso...
Second life for 'Quarterlife' due to writers strike?
In a bit of an irony since squabbles over Web content are at the heart of the writers strike, an Internet series might be used by a broadcast network as strike-contingency programming. — Sources sai...
Graphics chips rev up research results
Technology Correspondent, BBC News website — Every serious PC gamer knows what a difference a good graphics card can make to the fun they have. — But it is not just hardcore gamers who have recogn...
Dublin designer branches out with 'tree' PC
An innovative tree-shaped PC that allows users to upgrade parts of the computer separately when required, has won a major design award. — Laura Caulwell (22), a graduate of the National College of A...
Microsoft's Surface taking a while to, you know, surface
While the tech demos get plenty of oohs and aahs, Microsoft's Surface is having trouble making it past the prototype stage. Originally slated to show up in a few commercial venues this year, applicat...