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Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 18 hours ago

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do ...

Google-powered netbooks to debut next year

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Google on Thursday provided a peek beneath the hood of its new Chrome operating system, making the software public and promising it will run netbooks by the end of next year. Google-crafted Chrome OS will be tailored exclusively for applications hosted as ...

Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays

AP News yesterday

Google expects new operating system to be running low-cost computers by 2010 holiday season Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost ...

Google adding automatic captions to YouTube videos

AP News yesterday

Google adding automatic captioning service on YouTube to aid the deaf and hearing-impaired Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world. Google Inc. said Thursday it is introducing automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its YouTube site. The new ...

U.K. police charge pair with connection to Zeus trojan

SC Magazine yesterday

The malevolent Zeus trojan, which aims to steal bank account credentials from infected computers, has taken a blow now that two people have been arrested in connection with its distribution. Authorities in the U.K. have charged two 20-year-olds for their roles in ...

NJ man sentenced in Scientology cyber attack

AP News yesterday

NJ man gets 1-year term for participating in cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites A New Jersey man will serve a 366-day federal prison term for conducting a cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites in January 2008. At ...

House lawmakers push ban on peer-to-peer software

AP News 2 days ago

Lawmakers want to restrict use of 'peer-to-peer' after disclosure of ethics committee report Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet ...

Police make "trojan" virus arrests

Reuters US Online Report Internet News 2 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Detectives have made the first arrests in Europe to tackle a "trojan" computer virus which is believed to have infected tens of thousands of computers across the world, London police said on Wednesday. The ZeuS or Zbot trojan, a ...

"Call of Duty" game sells $550 million in five days

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 2 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said its video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" scored record sales of $550 million in its first five days, but the company is still concerned about weak consumer spending. The game, a "first-person-shooter" ...

Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China

AP News 2 days ago

Chinese court tells Microsoft to stop some Windows sales in China in licensing dispute A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier. The ...

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