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Article | 30/01/2008 New utility cuts Vista install down to size

Windows Vista users now have a way to cut down the operating system's famously large installation footprint with a free software tool.

Article | 30/01/2008 GPS traffic data to the rescue along I-95 corridor

One of the most frustrating and crammed stretches of highway for drivers in the nation runs between New Jersey and North Carolina on Interstate 95, an...

Article | 31/01/2008 New attack proves critical Windows bug 'highly exploitable'

Security researchers Tuesday said they'd discredited Microsoft's claim that the year's first critical Windows vulnerability would be "difficult and un...

Article | 29/01/2008 Microsoft says Wii owners can 'graduate' to Xbox 360

Jeff Bell, VP of global Xbox marketing, implied what many hardcore gamers believe: that Wii's lack of technology and lasting gameplay leaves something...

Article | 31/01/2008 California company introduces new mobile Linux platform

Another mobile Linux platform, this time from Azingo, hit the market on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market of Linux phone software.

Article | 31/01/2008 Expedia, Rhapsody serve attack ads, claim researchers

Name-brand Web sites such as Expedia.com and Rhapsody.com have been serving up malicious banner advertisements this week, researchers said Wednesday.

Article | 31/01/2008 Google introduces new views for searches

Google is giving users the opportunity to try new ways of using its search engine, according to Andrew Hogue, Tech Lead on the project.

Article | 31/01/2008 Mozilla ups Firefox bug threat, slates fix for Feb. 5

Mozilla bumped up the threat ranking for an unpatched Firefox bug to "high" Tuesday, but promised a fix is coming in Version 2.0.0.12, now slated for ...

Article | 31/01/2008 Apple shipping MacBook Air laptops, but no stock in stores

Apple announced Wednesday that it has begun shipping the first MacBook Air laptops to customers, but acknowledged that a planned update to Apple TV ha...

Article | 28/01/2008 Nintendo to introduce Virtual Console demos on Wii

Nintendo on Friday said that Smash Bros. Brawl will include timed-demos of Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Kirby's Adventure, Super Metroid, a...

Article | 30/01/2008 Firefox nears 30% market share in Europe

Mozilla's Firefox browser finished 2007 with nearly 30% of the European browser market, a French Web metrics company reported Tuesday.

Article | 30/01/2008 Digg joins Microsoft, Facebook in data portability group

With Today's announcement that Digg is joining the Data Portability Project, the group added another firm to its roster of technology heavyweights lob...

Article | 30/01/2008 eBay unveils lower fees and tighter seller standards

eBay unveiled changes to its online marketplace Tuesday that the company characterizes as sweeping and historic and that are aimed at boosting sales b...

Article | 30/01/2008 Google fixes Gmail IMAP problem on Windows Mobile

Google said it has fixed a problem that was causing Windows Mobile phone users to receive blank Gmail messages.

Article | 30/01/2008 New Word attacks pose as news about Tibet

New attacks using rigged Microsoft Word documents have been launched, a security company said Tuesday as it warned users to be leery of mail touting n...

Article | 25/01/2008 Microsoft: Vista 'most secure Windows'

Microsoft's Windows Vista recorded about half as many vulnerabilities in its first full year of availability as Windows XP did in its opening 12 month...

Article | 29/01/2008 Nokia to buy software developer Trolltech for $US153M

Nokia has offered to buy Trolltech, the Norwegian developer of a widely used application framework, for 844 million Norwegian kroner ($US153 million) ...

Article | 29/01/2008 Cisco's Nexus forms core of datacentre drive

As servers and storage start to merge into unified, virtualised systems, Cisco wants to do the same thing with the networks that connect them.

Article | 24/01/2008 Rockstar partially blames GTA IV delay on PS3

Rockstar on Thursday said the PS3 was a "contributing factor" in the delay of GTA IV last fall.

Article | 28/01/2008 Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to Q3

SQL Server 2008 won't be sticking to its release schedule after all.