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RALEIGH, NC (Reuters) – Looking for more than ghosts and ghouls to liven up Halloween? The latest videogames are offering plenty of scary options and new terror is waiting just around the corner. Whether it is aliens, zombies or other monsters, new videogames aim to terrify players and keep them on edge like the best […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft’s launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software. The “Windows Genuine Advantage” program, which turns the user’s screen black if the installed software fails a validation test, is Microsoft’s latest weapon in its war on piracy in […]

Visit the full tutorial and download the full code at DevX.com. Not since the iPhone has the tech community remained glued by every development surrounding a mobile platform. Now that it’s open source, officially available running on hardware and is enjoying expanded support from handset manufacturers, the future appears bright. And that spells good news […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Despite turmoil in global markets, two-thirds of senior technology industry executives polled in a new survey say the economic slowdown will not hurt them as badly as the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000. However, more than three-quarters of respondents say their business has been impacted by the financial crisis, […]

IBM, the world’s biggest technology services company, posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday as an increase in services and software revenue offset a decline in computer hardware sales. The results confirmed preliminary figures released last week, when IBM (NYSE: IBM) posted a higher-than-expected third-quarter profit and reaffirmed its full-year outlook despite weaker quarterly revenue […]

CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Tuesday cut the price on its entry-level notebook computer to $999 and introduced a line of aluminum-clad machines starting at $1,299 in moves catering to budget-minded buyers at a time when recession fears loom over the global economy. But shares of Apple, which have risen about 20 percent […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Acer Inc surged past global champion Hewlett-Packard Co in European personal computer sales in the third quarter, in the clearest sign of the move toward cheap, small mini-notebook computers, research firm Gartner Inc said on Tuesday. Worldwide PC shipments rose 15 percent in the quarter, with HP in the lead, […]

Firefox … we use it all day, for everything from managing finances to socializing to playing games. But it’s a large and complicated programs. Are you getting the most out of your browser? In this series, I’ll offer some tricks you can use to spend less time getting more out of the web. I’ll concentrate […]

Mobile device maker Research In Motion rushes to meet demand for expertise as the popular hand-held continues to infiltrate enterprises. An early adopter of Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry Smartphone, Salt River Project, one of Arizona’s largest utility companies, today supports 1,600 devices and adds 30 new accounts monthly. The company has about 5,000 employees. […]

HONG KONG — A string of potential deals between memory chip makers underscores the desperate need to consolidate as the global financial crisis threatens to squeeze an industry already struggling with plummeting demand and falling prices. But with most chip makers strapped for cash, and with credit markets drying up, the question is: Who has […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc will unveil its updated laptops on October 14 and they may cost less, but analysts say the company’s drooping stock has already taken any change into account. “I think it’s already factored into the stock. People have been expecting this announcement for well over a month,” said Andy Hargreaves […]

What if there were a run on a bank and no one knew? In recent days, some U.S. media have focused on a “silent run” on the deposits of Wachovia bank, which is now being taken over, after a bailout plan stalled and its rival Washington Mutual was seized. Commentators including Nouriel Roubini, professor of […]