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Article | 14/04/2008 Bot breaks Hotmail's CAPTCHA in 6 seconds
A new bot can crack defenses erected by Microsoft to keep spammers from creating large numbers of accounts on its Live Hotmail service within seconds,...
Article | 14/04/2008 IBM says 'racetrack' memory faster, more reliable than flash
An IBM research breakthrough could let storage devices hold hundreds of times more information than they handle today with technology IBM calls "racet...
Article | 14/04/2008 Sun ponders video codec technology
Looking to boost the Web, Sun is working on a royalty-free and open video codec and media system, company officials said Thursday.
Article | 14/04/2008 Plug-in gives Facebook users another way to dodge Beacon
A new Facebook plug-in to be released this weekend will allow users to monitor and delete cookies created by the Facebook Beacon advertising system. T...
Article | 11/04/2008 MySpace opens up its platform to external developers
MySpace has launched the MySpace Developer Platform site which will allow external software developers the chance to build applications for its users.
Article | 11/04/2008 Weekly Tech News Update: April 11, 2008
The EC approves cell phones for airplanes, HP's 2133 competes with the EeePC, computer viruses make art, US Homeland Security Secretary keynotes at RS...
Article | 11/04/2008 feeBay: eBay mandates PayPal for all payments
eBay is using its massive market share to lock users into paying for purchases through its fee-based PayPal service.
Article | 11/04/2008 Hold on - I'm getting a call on my Smellphone
NTT develops a system to send fragrances by cell phone
Article | 11/04/2008 RSA: Chertoff talks security
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff delivered a keynote at San Francisco's RSA Security Conference and talked about what adv...
Article | 11/04/2008 Save DOS! The Greatest OS Fondly Remembered
PC World's Danny Allen visits the Computer History Museum reminisces about the old days.
Article | 10/04/2008 iPhone in Australia? Not yet, despite rumours
Several major Apple resellers have dismissed online rumours which claimed the vendor's popular iPhone could reach Australian users by the end of June.
Article | 11/04/2008 HP's New Mini-Laptop Versus a Tiny Asus Eee
Senior Writer Darren Gladstone takes a look at two new miniature laptops: the Asus Eee 4GH XP, and HP's 2133. After putting both through their paces, ...
Article | 11/04/2008 Intel outlines Nehalem, Montevina and talks Wimax
The head of Intel's mobility group, Dadi Perlmutter, outlined on Wednesday innovations the chip maker plans over the next few years to deliver faster ...
Article | 9/04/2008 UPDATE - Adobe debuts Media Player, video content
Adobe Systems debuted a new media playing software, Adobe Media Player 1.0 (AMP) along with online programming instructional video content on how to u...
Article | 10/04/2008 Europe's Galileo moves forward
Europe is moving forward with their own satellite navigation system after years of setbacks and delays threatened to derail the ambitious project.
Article | 10/04/2008 RSA: Artist uses computers, viruses to create art
On the eve of the RSA Conference a San Francisco gallery unveiled an exhibit called Infected Art. It's a collection of images created from the code of...
Article | 10/04/2008 HP's new ultra-compact notebook
Hewlett-Packard unveiled its Compaq 2133 ultraportable laptop, which uses a C7-M microprocessor from Taiwan's Via Technologies instead of a chip from ...
Article | 9/04/2008 Beijing bargains
If you're heading to the Olympics and were hoping to pick up a tech bargain while you're there, this video shows you where and how.
Article | 9/04/2008 In Pictures: LittleBigPlanet
A completely interactive game featuring unlimited possibilities for user-created content, Sony Computer Entertainments' LittleBigPlanet is set to beco...
Article | 9/04/2008 Cool G108 Watch Phone
Built for the Chinese market as well as export, the Cool G108 is a 'clamshell'-style watch phone with a 1.5-inch colour LCD display.

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