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VIA Intros VIA ART-3000 Rugged Embedded Box PC

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA ART-3000, a complete, fanless and ruggedized embedded box system based on the unique I/O-rich Em-ITX form factor, offering the ideal solution for a variety of industrial applications.

Yahoo! and Microsoft to Implement Search Alliance

Microsoft and Yahoo! announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the deal.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2010

Published: February 09, 2010

Waw ! Another IE flaw

Microsoft Security Advisory (980088)

Internet Explorer 8 Officially Becomes World�s Most-Used Browser

This week, Net Applications released their January browser market share report. Their report shows that Internet Explorer 8 is not only the most popular browser on Windows with 27.9% usage share, but that it now has 25.6% of market share across all OS�s on a worldwide-weighted usage share basis (data provided by Net Applications). We launched just less than a year ago, so it�s both humbling and thrilling to see so many people choose our product so quickly � making it the most popular browser of choice worldwide.

Top Lithuanian BitTorrent site is being sued by Microsoft

In conjunction with Lithuanian anti-piracy outfit LANVA, software giant Microsoft has sued the alleged operator of the country�s largest BitTorrent site. Microsoft is demanding $43 million from the defendant and his company for assisting in the illegal distribution of Office 2003 and 2007.

Microsoft releases tool to restore NTBackup files on Windows 7 and Windows Serve

This week Microsoft released an update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with a utility for restoring backups made on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to computers that are running Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.

Apple iPad Announced

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The most common password: '123456'

A recent analysis of 32 million passwords, obtained in the RockYou.com hack, has revealed that the most commonly used password on the site was �123456,' according to database and application security vendor Imperva.

After analyzing the data, researchers at Imperva Application Defense Center determined that 290,731 individuals used �123456' as their password. The second most common password, used by 79,078 individuals was �12345,' and the third most popular password, used by more than 76,790 individuals, was �123456789.'

Google Voice app for the Iphone released

Google has released a web version of its Google Voice app for the Iphone, which will allow users to make cheap mobile calls using the Internet and bypass some other services provided by telco operators.

Stability patch from Microsoft

Software giant Microsoft issued a set patches Monday night for its latest desktop operating system, Windows 7.

Google releases Chrome 4.0

Google has released version 4.0 its Chrome web browser, which it claims has more than 1,500 new features.

Worldwide PC Microprocessor Unit Shipments Rise 31.3% Year Over Year in Q4: IDC

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009 (4Q09) rose modestly, compared to 3Q09, but still achieved all-time record levels for a single quarter, according to IDC's latest PC processor study. Notably, when compared to 4Q08, shipments in 4Q09 rose 31.3%. For the full year 2009, total PC processor unit shipments grew 2.5%, while revenue declined 7.1% to $28.6 billion.

Mr. Ballmer, signing a mac ! :)

2333MHz Corsair Dominator GTX - World's Fastest XMP Memory

Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced that the Dominator GTX1 ultra-high performance DDR3 memory module (CMGTX1) has passed Intel�s XMP-Ready certification at the blistering speed of 2333MHz, surpassing Corsair�s 2000MHz modules as the fastest XMP-certified memory in the world.

Skype the largest communications provider

"Skype is now the largest provider of cross border communications in the world, by far," said Stephan Beckert, analyst at research firm TeleGeography on Tuesday.

Microsoft changes Bing data retention policy

Microsoft has been gazing at its navel and decided that it only really needs to know everything you do on its Bing search engine for six months.

World's First Mobile-ITX Module comes from VIA

The VIA EPIA-T700 is the first product based on the Mobile-ITX form factor. Measuring a mere 6cm x 6cm, the VIA EPIA-T700 is a uniquely compact computer-on-module that is designed for a range of ultra-compact embedded devices in medical, military and in-vehicle applications.

On January 27th Apple unveils its 'latest creation'

Apple has begun sending select invitations to the media for its special January 27 event.

First 4G standard will be ready by midyear

IEEE 802.16m standard will be ready by midyear