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Microsoft on Tuesday released seven patches, five classified as critical, for July's Patch Tuesday event. The seven patches fix at least 10 vulnerabilities in consumer and enterprise software ...

Embryonic stem cell research supporters are urging President George W. Bush to withdraw his threat to veto legislation that would allow federal funding for the controversial studies ...

Microsoft has tried to keep plans for its so-called iPod killer tightly under wraps, but the software giant is indeed developing a digital media player to compete with Apple's best-selling product, The Seattle Times is reporting ...

The European Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday to discuss the future of patent policy for the European Union ...

Novell is evangelizing its Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, but the company is not looking for an all-out war with software giant Microsoft. Rather, it is looking to find its niche on the business user's desktop. Novell has already gained Linux desktop momentum with transaction and fixed-function applications ...

Ratcheting up in its ongoing campaign against illegal file sharing, theBritish Phonographic Industry on Monday sent a letter to Internet service providersTiscali andCable & Wireless requesting that they suspend 59 Internet accounts used for the purpose. I ...

Taiwanese chipmaker Via Technologies late last week launched a new chipset that could drastically increase the performance and reduce the size of mobile devices and laptop computers ...

The number of U.S. households with a connected entertainment network will reach 30 million by 2010, according to a new report from Parks Associates ...

Samsung and Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced the availability of the first 3.2-megapixel digital autofocus camera phone for Verizon customers ...

AOL may offer its full menu of services, including e-mail, at no cost to anyone with a high-speed Internet connection, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday ...

Amid government pressure for interoperability, Microsoft on Thursday announced the creation of the Open XML Translator Project. The project will create free software to allow Word, Excel and PowerPoint to handle documents in competing technology formats ...

In response to demand from gaming PC manufacturers for faster memory, Samsung on Wednesday said it has begun mass producing GDDR4 systems ...

Microsoft on Thursday said it would delay its latest Office suite of software programs. The announcement could be the precursor to further delays of its Windows Vista operating system ...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday reached a landmark agreement to vote on controversial legislation that would allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research ...

Despite lingering concerns and objections from two top safety officials, the crew of the space shuttle Discovery continued with preparations for Saturday's planned launch. NASA reports a 60 percent chance that weather will delay the mission ...

A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday rejected an amendment that would prevent Internet service providers from charging Web firms more for faster service to consumers. The amendment failed by an 11-11 vote ...

Five major Internet service companies on Tuesday announced that they are joining with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to launch a US$1 million campaign against child exploitation on the Internet ...

In yet another sign that traditional television broadcasters are intent on staking their claim on the Web, NBC and online video company YouTube on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership ...

PC vendors have reduced hardware annual failure rates (AFRs) by approximately 25 percent in the past two years, but there is still room for improvement, according to a benchmark study by Gartner ...

Symantec has announced plans to release an online transaction security solution dubbed "Norton Confidential," which aims to protect consumers from fraudulent Web sites and crimeware ...