…Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate and episodes of TV shows such as 24 and Punk’d. The service is squarely aimed at young men and boys who regularly use BitTorrent to trade pirated versions of the same films and who more often watch such files on their computer instead of on…
…to a website containing malicious code, and forwards recipients to an error page for The Australian newspaper to persuade users that they have found a dead link. “It seems that the hackers are back to their old tricks of spamming out sensational headlines in the hope that computer users will…
Intel has designed a computer chip that promises to perform calculations as quickly an entire data center – while consuming as much energy as a light bulb. The world’s biggest chipmaker said on Sunday it developed a programmable processor that can perform about a trillion calculations per second, or deliver…
…been scrambling to match the iPhone, unveiled last month by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The device, which will be available starting in June, marks the iPod and Macintosh computer maker’s entry into the mobile phone business. Samsung said the Ultra Smart F700 also has a full touch screen as well…
…journalist John Markoff and computer security expert Tsutomu Shimomura have already written an unauthorised account of Mitnick’s time on the lam, Takedown, which was made into a movie of the same name. Source: SMH Related Links: KevinMitnick.com Someone that we have interviewed for CyberShack radio back in Episode 314, we…
eBay has banned auctions of virtual gold, armour and other booty amassed in World of Warcraft and other online computer games. The California-based internet auction house decided to bar sales of what was essentially computer code representing riches, swords and other items in games due to “legal complexities” regarding ownership….
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today finally announced the confirmed release date for Australia, 23rd March 2007, squashing all rumours of another delay that was widely circulated online. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced that PlayStation 3 will be launched in the PAL territories of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and…
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing multimodel computer vision techniques that could be used for surveillance and driver safety. Computer vision and robotics researchers, backed by Volkswagen-Audi and the UC Discovery program, installed four cameras with infrared and color technology in the LISA-Q, an Infiniti Q45…
…simple as swiping the phone over a sensor, which communicates with a small computer chip embedded in the phone. Mr Storey predicts that, within the next five to 10 years, it is possible that about 10 per cent of transactions would be performed on a mobile phone. The first phone…
…In 2004, Dell began offering free recycling of any brand of computer or printer if consumers bought a new Dell system. The policy was revised in June so that consumers can recycle all Dell-branded printers, personal computers or other electronics gear for free, no purchase of new Dell gear required….
Left-handed people often perform better than right-handers at fast or difficult tasks that involve lots of information or stimuli, new research suggests. For instance left-handers might be better at playing fast computer games, talking while driving in heavy traffic and piloting a jet fighter – activities that need both hemispheres…
The first 1,000 One Laptop Per Child XO laptops have rolled off the assembly line at Quanta Computer’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai. Quanta, the world’s largest manufacturer of notebook computers, said that the first machines will be put through “rigorous environmental testing” to simulate the harsh conditions for which the…