Games July 24, 2008

Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free

PC gaming wasn't a huge factor at this year's E3, but it seems that Microsoft was merely biding its time before making its big moves to try and perk up the waning PC gaming market. The company made a variety of positive announcements at the GameFest technology conference in Seattle this week, including the announcement of DirectX 11 and the removal, and in some cases refunding, of subscription fees for Games for Windows Live.

Home & Education July 24, 2008

E-gold execs plead guilty in money-laundering case

The executives in charge of online payment system E-gold have pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

System & Utilities July 24, 2008

iPhone users warned of phishing threat

Security researcher Aviv Raff said on Wednesday that the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are prone to URL spoofing and could allow phishing attacks against users.

Web Development July 24, 2008

Google App Engine sort of getting Perl support

Google programmers are adding support for the Perl programming language to its App Engine service for hosting Web applications, but so far it's not really an official project.

System & Utilities July 24, 2008

Microsoft looks to 'Mojave' to revive Vista's image

REDMOND, Wash.--After months of searching for ways to defend its oft-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft may just have found its best weapon: Vista's skeptics.

Web Development July 24, 2008

Drizzle project to trim down MySQL

Brian Aker, MySQL's director of architecture, has unveiled Drizzle, a project to create a trimmed-down, faster version of the database system aimed at web-based applications and cloud components.

System & Utilities July 24, 2008

Hacking Caller ID: unblocking blocked phone numbers

Do you block your phone number from appearing on Caller ID? If so, don't count on it. At The Last HOPE hacker conference, Kevin Mitnick, arguably the most famous hacker of all, demonstrated how call blocking can be hacked, and the hidden phone number exposed.

Internet & Networks July 24, 2008

Google launches Wikipedia rival Knol

Google's Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was opened to the public on Wednesday morning.

Home & Education July 23, 2008

Coulomb unveils electric-car charging stations

The city of San Jose, Calif., will be the first to test electric-car charging stations from start-up Coulomb Technologies.

MP3 & Audio July 23, 2008

Does BuckCherry Think The BitTorrent Community is Stupid?

Some artists, bands and labels claim that their lives are ruined by their material being available on P2P networks. BuckCherry are complaining that a track from their latest album has leaked to BitTorrent. How do they complain? Via an Atlantic Records press release. I smell a rather large free-publicity rat.