It looks like Buffalo hasn’t met a memory card it didn’t like, finding room for just about every format under the sun in it’s new MCR-C12H/U2 series card reader, although they sure know how to stretch the definition of individual card types. Still, marketing hype aside, the so-called “28-in-1″ reader packs support for most everything […]

Cheaply available voice over Internet Protocol numbers and Net calling are helping crooks launch new data-thieving scams, a security company has warned. In a twist on phishing, fraudsters are now calling their intended victims instead of e-mailing them. The caller hears an automated message that warns of a problem with a bank account, Secure Computing, a […]

New survey reveals just how much people value their home wireless networks. Wi-Fi has become an integral part of many people’s everyday lives. So much so that some people would give up items such as their iPod or home phone before giving up their home wireless network, according to a recent survey performed by the Wi-Fi Alliance […]

Skype Ltd. is dismissing a claim by a small team of Chinese engineers who say they have reverse engineered the protocol used for Skype Internet phone calls. The development is being reported by Charlie Paglee, the chief executive officer of Vozin Communications Inc., a VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) company that offers the Talqer plug-in for […]

Called Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, the software is offered only to customers on Microsoft’s Software Assurance licensing and maintenance program. It’s not a full-featured OS, but it improves the security and manageability of PCs for customers with systems that are too old for Windows XP and who aren’t ready yet to upgrade their hardware, […]

Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders. The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately, people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability of individual workers to encrypt their data. “Private Folder 1.0 was designed as […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international consortium, which aims to develop Web standards, has released a document that has the hopes of making browsing the Web from a mobile device as easy as it is on a desktop computer. The document, called Mobile Web Best Practices, was developed from a Working Group, which […]

Sun’s chief open source officer has told a conference to forget volunteerism and ideals, and think more like Warren Buffett For open source to prosper, people need to stop thinking of it as “free” and instead think of it as “connected capitalism”, delegates at an open source conference in London were told on Tuesday (28 June […]

China’s government plans to step up its supervision of blogs and search engines in a bid to stamp out “illegal and unhealthy” content, the country’s state-owned media reported this week (June 30, 2006s). “This market must be regulated; we need to strengthen our research in technology and management,” said Cai Wu, director of the State […]

When’s a UMPC not a UMPC? When it’s a Micro PC, like the Vaio UX. But when’s a UMPC a UMPC… that’s not a UMPC? Well, C1 claims to be one, but from what we understand it’s not running Tablet with Touch Pack — just XP — so while you’re getting a very small 2.6 […]

In 1999, Microsoft caused a tech industry ruckus when it introduced Passport, an online wallet and payment system that would allow shoppers to use one sign-in username and password to buy things from multiple retailers. Privacy advocates fretted, a group of companies banded together to form a rival effort, and Microsoft Passport was scaled back […]

It’s the rare college student who will turn down free anything — free food, free booze, and free love are all top priorities for the modern scholar — so we were more than a little surprised to learn that those online music subscriptions being offered gratis by a number of colleges haven’t really taken […]

A few years back I used to have one of the Palm devices with the pen. I was sold on it by a friend who effortlessly wrote his notes on the device like a pro. I got one and could never get my handwriting recognised on it, selling the thing in a matter of months. […]

All of Britain’s recording companies will be able to sue controversial Russian digital music site AllofMP3.com in the UK, after a ruling at the English High Court. The judgement was granted to music trade body the British Phonographic Institute (BPI), which claims the music site is operating illegally. AllofMP3.com sells music downloads to a large number […]

You may not have heard of ASCI Red but for nearly nine years it was one of the world_s fastest supercomputers and the first one to break the Teraflop barrier (one trillion operations per second) back in December 1996. At its peak it was running at 3.1 terraflops but now it has been retired from […]