Fujitsu to recall 287,000 Sony-made batteries
Fujitsu will recall 287,000 notebook PC batteries made by Sony, bringing the number of Sony batteries recalled to more than 7.5 million. Fujitsu last week...
EFF Sues for Information on Electronic Surveillance Systems
The FLAG Project filed its first lawsuit against the Department of Justice Tuesday after the FBI failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act...
Mozilla researchers duped by hacker's 'humorous' exploit
One of the hackers who demonstrated exploit code for a vulnerability in the way the Firefox browser handles JavaScript at a hacker conference in San...
Google launches literacy project
Google unveiled on Wednesday a Web site dedicated to literacy, pulling together its books, video, mapping and blogging services to help teachers and educational organizations...
Courts are asked to crack down on bloggers, websites
Rafe Banks, a lawyer in Georgia, got involved in a nasty dispute with a client over how to defend him on a drunken-driving charge. The...
Vista to Take Hard Stand Against Piracy
Windows Vista will take much harsher steps to curtail piracy than previous versions of its operating system, including crippling the usefulness of computers found to...
Rallies Protest Against Limits on Digital Copying
Free software advocates rallied against certain limits on copying music and films on Tuesday in a global "Day against DRM" (Digital Rights Management), saying consumers...
AOL to Launch New Version of Software
AOL on Wednesday plans to launch a new version of its software that lets users access their e-mail, instant messaging, search and media on the...
IBM improves efficiency of PowerPC chips
IBM Corp. has improved the power efficiency of two models of PowerPC processors, making an effort to strengthen its position in markets from cars and...
Appeal court clears man of file sharing
A 29-year-old man from Vasteras in central Sweden suspected of sharing files from his computer was today acquitted by Svea Court of Appeal. Last year...
