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Opera Joins anti-phishing league in new V8 Beta
28 February 2005 23:41 GMTOn the day that a survey stated that 32% of all phishing sites and scams were located in America last month, it was revealed that Opera are working hard to protect its users in the same manner as Mozilla by introd (while Microsoft simply doesn't support the International...
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Microsoft sues Israeli Spammer
28 February 2005 23:15 GMTMicrosoft made quite a few announcements a few months ago about beefing up its anti-spam technology,but today took its legal side of the fight to another continent by suing one of the biggest spammers in Israel.
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Skype online chat software now adds SMS
28 February 2005 22:20 GMTSkype is the all-conquering free-to-download internet telephony client with clearer reception than some established chat programs. Not content with gradually cornerning the spoken market, now Skype has looked at the text messaging market and is offering the a service through...
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Mac Creator Jef Raskin dies aged 61
28 February 2005 21:00 GMTJef Raskin, the Man often credited with creating the Macintosh, died on Saturday aged 61. He has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died at home with his family.
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Mozilla Firefox hacks squashed in v1.0.1 rollout
26 February 2005 0:06 GMTWe reported earlier this week that Firefox was becoming a victim of its own success by becoming a higher-profile hacking target, now the downloads passed the 25 million mark.
Happily, the latest weaknesses in the browser - chief among them, the ability to fake... -
Final Fantasy Creator takes two-game deal for Microsoft
25 February 2005 23:42 GMTFinal Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has joined Microsoft's Xbox team and in a new development deal, will produce RPGs for the console. The FF series has sold one copy for every person in the UK population (60 million). Clearly Microsoft are quite happy with their latest...
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Euro Commission to Probe Apple iTunes price difference
25 February 2005 23:23 GMTThe fact that UK consumers pay more for goods and services than the rest of the world isn't news. The special detail on this occasion is that The Consumers' Association is supporting disgruntled customers by referring calling in Office of Fair Trading (OFT). In turn, the...
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AMD demos next gen dual-core processors
24 February 2005 22:19 GMTAMD decided to remind the market that its own 64-Bit range is alive and kicking now that the 32-Bit XPs have been retired, in the face of Intel's move to try and catch up earlier this week.
“AMD's leadership with dual-core processor technology follows our success... -
FBI name faked in virus-laden spoof
24 February 2005 21:42 GMTWhile American teens are routinely charged for defacing government websites or hacking, it takes a daring (or foolhardy) hacker to pretend to be the FBI in order to slap more viruses onto unsuspecting users' computers.
The real FBI said;
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Xbox hits new shortage
24 February 2005 21:14 GMTFirst it was the GameCube in 2003, then the PS2's revamped version last Christmas. Now it's Microsoft's turn to see its current console fly off the shelves following its last price cut to exactly £100.
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The Mac Daddy returns with bigger iPod mini
24 February 2005 0:15 GMTWe said we'd keep you posted and now they're here. Early reports whetted our appetite last Friday. Now the world's patience has been rewarded with two new iPod mini digital music players. Apple intends to cover both ends of the market for those rejecting the sprawling 30Gb...
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Apple gets the picture with new iPod photo
23 February 2005 23:41 GMTApple took the covers off its brand new iPod photo portable digital music player earlier today. The 30Gb model is now the entry level for the picture ‘Pods, which debut at $349(UK£249). Apple also took the sensible route and cut the cost of the 60Gb model for those who want...
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Murdoch may organise a hit on wounded Eidos
22 February 2005 22:49 GMTEidos hasn't been in the best of shape recently, shutting down one of Ion Storm's studios in the US and hoping that Hitman fans will buy Blood Money in droves to help revitalise the company's share performance. While EA takes a stake in Ubi Soft instead, the Brit developer...
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Firefox hits 25 million downloads in less than four months
22 February 2005 22:17 GMTLike most internet phenomena, it was underground at first, then little by little it became better known, and now for a large portion of users, life without it would be strange. Diehards may have stuck with previous incumbent rival Netscape even after it was sold to AOL,...
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Google under fire for Auto-Linking feature
22 February 2005 21:45 GMTThe questions about Google's all-conquering dominance of the search market began with its stock market floatation. It was followed by the G-Mail email service with an air of exclusivity with its invitation system and hitherto unknown abilities for the company to snoop through...
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UK users Top TV Episode Downloaders
22 February 2005 1:04 GMTFirst it was music, then movies, now it's the humble small screen that's getting increasingly targeted by British downloaders. The target? Whatever's new and hot on US TV, apparently. Bitorrent is the wild frontier where these shows are located and if they're real diehard...
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Eugene Jarvis, Arcade King, to get Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC
22 February 2005 0:16 GMTThe name Eugene Jarvis may not be as big as say, Miyamoto from Japan or Will Wright with his Sims. In the early 1980s though, as the coin-operated Arcade explosion had taken off with Space Invaders and Donkey Kong from The East, in America Jarvis developed: Defender. The...
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Intel goes 64-Bit 10 years on
21 February 2005 23:38 GMTAt Christmas 1994, Intel's big Q3 launch was the original Pentium processor, rated at 60MHz. It's amazing to think that that stupid jingle's been driving us nuts for a decade, and the current version is 50 times faster than the first model ten years later. While rival AMD...
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Sony adds DSC-H1 and three other S Series models to Cybershot range
21 February 2005 21:50 GMTSony, always wanting a little more space for its wares to get attention, waited until yesterday to announce its Digital Camera range updates, after other regulars such as Canon and Olympus spilled the beans on Friday at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Trade show.
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Apple plans larger colour iPod mini
18 February 2005 23:14 GMTAccording to Mac rumour website ThinkSecret, Apple is due to announce a new range of Apple iPod mini's that will feature a colour screen and a larger 5Gb drive.
The rumour, which the site is sure will be confirmed within the next two weeks would once again bring... -
Canon adds A510 and A520 to PowerShot range
Two new models on the way from Canon 17 February 2005 20:16 GMTCanon today announced two new models to it's PowerShot range; the A510 and A520. The two new models will offer 3.2 and 4 megapixels respectively as well as offering a 4x optical zoom as well as a 1.8in LCD display on the rear of the camera.
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Canon upgrades EOS 300D with the EOS 350D
17 February 2005 17:48 GMTCanon is hoping that an number of new additions to the 300D will give it the edge over its competitors. The 350D will feature a 8 megapixel CMOS sensor in a unit 14 per cent lighter and 22 per cent smaller than the current model.
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Canon update Ixus range with Ixus 50 and Ixus 700
17 February 2005 17:36 GMTCanon has announced two new Ixus models today; the Ixus 50 and the Ixus 700. The Ixus 700 will feature 7.1 megapixel resolution, 3x optical zoom, 2in LCD and 20 scene modes.
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Olympus add S-DVD-100 and IR-300 to Easy Imaging System range
17 February 2005 17:00 GMTOlympus has added two new models to its Easy Imaging System range. The new additions are the IR-300 and the S-DVD-100 DVD recorder. Both will be available in May with a recommended retail price of £299.99 and £289.99 respectively.
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Olympus launches the C-500, the C-480 and FE-5500
17 February 2005 17:00 GMTOlympus has launched three new cameras in the run up to PMA; the C-500, the C-480 and the FE-5500. The FE-5500 and C-500 both offer 5 megalpixel resolution, while the C-480 will offer 4 megapixels. All three models will offer 3x optical zoom and the C-480 and C-500 will...
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