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Japanese electronics giant Sharp is now selling its 3D-viewable Actius RD3D notebook computer capable of delivering three-dimensional images on its 15-inch screen -- without special glasses or additional software ...

By soaking up laser light and converting it to electricity to power its propeller, a model airplane maintained flight as a team of NASA researchers used the light to power the craft from the ground ...

In an effort to fuse the variety of different diagnostic mechanisms used in today's increasingly complex network infrastructures, IBM and Cisco have announced a partnership to develop open software and standards to "help the network help itself." ...

The Napster song-swapping service has undergone a transformation from hotbed for piracy to legitimate peer-to-peer service in a large pack of formidable competitors ...

In an effort to send a clear message through the noise of constant software security warnings, the SysAdmin Audit Network Security (SANS) research group has released its list of the year's top 20 vulnerabilities. ...

Oracle has released its enterprise database for small businesses, promising the same features of its larger database at an entry-level price and position ...

Touting more than 150 new features -- including improved interoperability with Windows and Linux -- Apple has announced that its updated Mac OS X Panther operating system will be available on October 24th ...

Charter Communications is the latest major ISP to take legal measures to prevent the Recording Industry Association of America from using subpoenas to reveal the identity of its Web users ...

The aliens of the forthcoming video game Half Life 2 have been upstaged by Grinch-like hackers who stole some of the game's code and posted it online, meaning release of the real game likely will be pushed back until after the holiday season. ...

Microsoft's recent deal with Phoenix Technologies is aimed at "radical simplification to the PC and digital service industry" through enhancements to the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) -- the software that connects operating systems with hardware ...

In a letter sent to VeriSign on Friday, ICANN CEO Paul Twomey told the domain registry that it had until 6 PM Saturday to comply with a request to take down the SiteFinder service. At some point on Saturday, VeriSign complied with the request and turned off the redirection service for mistyped .com and .net domains ...

SGI, the latest distributor of Linux under fire from SCO Group and its source-code claims, has met SCO's threat to pull SGI's license for Irix by removing portions of the code in question and counterclaiming that SCO's position is "absurd." ...

Having failed to convince VeriSign to voluntarily suspend its Web redirection service that began September 15th, the body that oversees all domain registrars is now pointing to contract violations and demanding that VeriSign halt the service ...

While computer attackers are taking advantage of a recent vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Microsoft has yet to release an update that can patch exposed systems. However, there are workarounds that users can employ to protect their systems ...

Once again, computer attackers are taking advantage of a recent vulnerability -- this time an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's widely used Internet Explorer browser -- to have their way with vulnerable Windows machines through malicious programs known as Trojans ...

Despite criticism of its technical and legal tactics, the Recording Industry Association of America is continuing its campaign of lawsuits against individual Internet file traders accused of copyright infringement ...

Reinforcing the message that can be easily inferred from recent virus and worm outbreaks, security giant Symantec has reported that attacks on company computers -- up 19 percent to an average of 38 attacks per business per week -- increasingly are using a potent combination of disclosed security vulnerabilities and complex computer worms to hit systems...

The list of legitimate alternatives to the music-trading networks that were used by nearly 60 million people last year grew larger this week with a new service from San Diego-based MusicMatch ...

State and federal law enforcement authorities have announced a second arrest related to a variant of the Blaster computer worm. Meanwhile, security experts are watching and waiting for another virus variant to take advantage of a similar security hole in Microsoft Windows systems ...

In the face of increasingly tougher state and federal law that includes fines as heavy as US$1 million and potential jail time, spammers are hitting back by attacking antispam Web sites known for assisting administrators in the fight against unwanted commercial e-mail ...