A Finnish computer security firm warned Sunday of a so-called e-mail worm called Luder-A or Tibs.jy that is spread with a New Year’s greeting. The worm has been sent as an attachment named “postcard.exe” (or similar) in e-mail messages with the subject line “Happy New Year!” subject (or similar), the company F-Secure said.
If a user […]

An anonymous computer programmer may have skewed the competition over standards for high-definition DVD discs by possibly defeating a scheme that both sides use to protect digital content.
The standards, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, are being backed by rival coalitions of Hollywood studios and consumer electronics and computer companies that are eagerly marketing a new generation of […]

Details of AMD’s next generation Radeon hit the web
Newly created site Level 505 has leaked benchmarks and specifications of AMD’s upcoming ATI R600 graphics processor. The upcoming graphics processor is expected to launch in January 2007 with an expected revision arriving in March 2007. These early specifications and launch dates line up with what DailyTech […]

x86 EPIA Mini-ITX consumer electronics platform
VIA has announced its latest addition to its mini-ITX product lineup—the EPIA EX-series. The new EPIA EX series is powered by VIA’s CX700M2 single-chip chipset. The CX700M2 is paired with a VIA C7 processor to deliver a low power and small x86 consumer electronics platform with average operating power consumption […]

Recipients encouraged to disclose receiving the expensive computers, which were intended to solicit “valuable feedback” from the influential tech bloggers, says company.
Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices sent expensive laptops as gifts to select bloggers who review technology as part of an effort to solicit “valuable feedback” from the influential writers in the blogosphere, not […]

Worm-laden messages are titled “Happy New Year” and contain an attachment called either postcard.exe or postcard.zip, according to experts at VeriSign’s iDefense Labs, which provides information on security flaws and exploits. If the attachment is opened, malicious software is downloaded from the Internet and can infect computers running Windows operating systems.
Once a computer is infected, […]

If you’re considering buying a PlayStation 3, I have just one thing to say: Wait.
The PS3 has a lot of potential. I think it could do some cool things. But at the moment, there’s no particularly good reason to buy one.
For starters, most first-shipment game consoles later develop technical problems, especially Sony’s (think of the […]

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will be entering an already-crowded category with his new wiki-based search engine reportedly in development. The key differentiator will be Wikiasari’s open source search technology and ranking methodologies, which will be based on Wikipedia’s model of user-driven content — a sharp contrast to Google’s proprietary search algorithms.
Since Jimmy Wales’ announcment last […]

Korea’s Samsung Electronics has developed a docking station equipped with a fuel cell capable of powering a laptop for a month.
Designed for Samsung’s Q35 ultraportable laptop, the docking station contains a 1200-watt-hour fuel cell, reports Engadget. The dock is capable of powering a laptop eight hours a day, five days a week for a month. […]

A hacker which goes by the name of Muslix64 claims on a forum that his “saga’ of breaking the AACS protection (considered unbreakable) only lasted 8 days, instead of the four weeks initially programmed.
The hacker not only offers a link to the executable and the source code, but also sends a link that redirects you […]