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Article | 18/10/2007 Oracle ships critical update for database, applications

Oracle released its latest critical patch update on Wednesday, fixing 51 vulnerabilities in a range of products, including its flagship database line.

Article | 5/10/2007 CEATEC - Rohm shows tiny OLED for camera viewfinders

Rohm is showing off at this week's Ceatec exhibition a prototype full-color OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen that's smaller than a fingernai...

Article | 5/10/2007 CEATEC - Omron demonstrates facial-recognition technology

Do you find your employees not smiling when greeting customers? Japanese component maker Omron's Okao Vision family of facial-recognition products can...

Article | 5/10/2007 CEATEC - Sony spinoff plans high-end FED monitors for 2009

A company spun off from Sony is developing a line of monitors based on FED (field emission display) technology, which offers faster response times, co...

Article | 3/10/2007 Toshiba prototype media player powered by fuel cell

Toshiba has unveiled a prototype version of its Gigabeat media player that's powered by a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) instead of a battery.

Article | 3/10/2007 Toshiba aims to ship OLED televisions in 2009

Toshiba plans to begin selling televisions with OLED (organic light-emitting diodes) screens as soon as panels are ready, according to a company spoke...

Article | 2/10/2007 Sony unveils the world's first OLED television

Sony unveiled the world's first OLED (organic light-emitting diode) television on Monday, pushing the limits of thin-screen displays further than ever...

Article | 28/09/2007 Nokia adding WiMax support to products next year

Nokia plans to add WiMax connectivity to its N-series Internet tablet next year, the company said this week.

Article | 26/09/2007 WabiSabi Labi aims to be more than an eBay for zero-days

WabiSabi Labi, a Swiss start-up that caused a stir with the creation of an eBay-like marketplace for software vulnerabilities, plans to offer an intru...

Article | 21/09/2007 IDF - Intel's 3D user interface gets an application

A 3D user interface, called Miramar, developed by Intel researchers during the late 1990s will be used in an upcoming release of Qwaq's Qwaq Forums co...

Article | 20/09/2007 IDF - Laptop vendors to offer Centrino with WiMax next year

Several laptop vendors plan to announce support for an upcoming version of Intel's Centrino platform that uses WiMax wide-area networking technology -...

Article | 20/09/2007 IDF - Intel will release updated Centrino in January

Intel will update its Centrino laptop package in January with a new processor and better graphics.

Article | 20/09/2007 IDF - Intel shows AIR, Ubuntu running on ultramobile PC

Intel plans to show ultramobile PC devices based on its upcoming Menlow chip platform running Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) and the Ubuntu Linux dist...

Article | 18/09/2007 New York Times to stop charging for online content

Two years after The New York Times Co. started charging for access to some content on its Web site, the Gray Lady is changing tack and will make the c...

Article | 18/09/2007 AMD tries to upstage Intel with triple-core processor

Advanced Micro Devices has added a triple-core desktop processor to its product road map, looking to upstage rival Intel ahead of its Intel Developer ...