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 Adobe Open Screen Project UnleashedAdobe Inc announced the Open Screen Project on Thursday which is a new venture supported by several industry leaders to create applications that work across PCs, mobile cell phone devices and televisions.
Industry aliances of the Open Screen Project include ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Samsung, Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm.
The project will... Adobe Open Screen Project Unleashed  HP Discovers Circuitry Memory for Cell Phones, PCsResearchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. have made a breakthrough discovery they hope will lead to memory chips that store more data but consume far less power than those found in today's personal computers and other digital devices.
The newly discovered circuit element, called a Memristor, could enable cell phones that can go weeks or longer without a charge, PCs that start up instantly, and laptops... HP Discovers Circuitry Memory for Cell Phones, PCs  Time Warner To Separate Cable UnitTime Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes announced the decision in the company's first-quarter earnings report, which showed strength in advertising sales on cable television networks like CNN and TBS, offset by a sharp fall in AOL's revenue.
Investors have hoped that the media conglomerate, which owns about 84 percent of Time Warner Cable, could shed more assets to restructure as a pure... Time Warner To Separate Cable Unit  Gary Dourdan Arrested on Cocaine, Heroin ChargesActor Gary Dourdan has been arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine, heroin and other drugs, police said on Tuesday.
Dourdan, who co-stars on the CBS television hit "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," was detained by police in the desert resort town of Palm Springs, about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, after he was found asleep in the driver's seat of a parked car before dawn on Mon... Gary Dourdan Arrested on Cocaine, Heroin Charges  Paula Abdul's Strange American Idol BehaviorDespite some strange behavior from Judge Paula Abdul which seemed to bring the pace of "American Idol" to a momentary standstill Tuesday night, the show was in overdrive as each contestant tried to squeeze in two songs. The five contestants sang songs by musical icon Neil Diamond.
Because of the tight timeframe of trying to have each contestant sing two songs, the judges didn't critiq... Paula Abdul's Strange American Idol Behavior  Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7 ReleasedThe Microsoft Mac Business Unit (Mac BU) announced on Tuesday that they have released Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7, with new features for both the corporate service and personal service that delivers audio and video for the first time.
The messenger services now has support for the Mac OS X Bonjour technology, which allows users to detect other Messenger for Mac users that are on the same loca... Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7 Released  Barack Obama Strongly Denounces Jeremiah WrightDemocratic Sen. Barack Obama strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday, saying he was outraged by assertions made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright about the U.S. government and race that have disrupted Obama's presidential campaign.
The controversy over Wright has been a major stumbling block for the Illinois senator, who is leading New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the state-by-state contest for t... Barack Obama Strongly Denounces Jeremiah Wright  Windows XP SP3 Delayed Citing RMS IssuesMicrosoft Corp. has delayed Service Pack 3 for Windows XP citing compatibility issues between the software and its point-of-sale application for small and medium sized businesses.
Microsoft last week said it had finished work on Windows XP SP3 and it would be available for download on Tuesday.
However, the company found incompatibilities in an application called Microsoft Dynamics RMS, which... Windows XP SP3 Delayed Citing RMS Issues  Xbox 360 Price Cuts in Asian MarketsMicrosoft announced on Tuesday that it will cut prices on its Xbox 360 gaming console in four markets in the Asian region.
Xbox 360 prices have been lowered in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. India was excluded.
The Xbox 360 has sold very well in every part of the world for the most part, except Asia. Asia is one of the last locations where the Xbox 360 has yet to do very well... Xbox 360 Price Cuts in Asian Markets  MySpace Karaoke Offers Online Social MusicMySpace has launched a new online Karaoke social music service to allow users to upload audio recordings of them singing popular songs from their Web pages.
"It is in part because music is so popular on our site. However, also because karaoke is such a fun and social thing, which is what we’re about too. It’s not as much fun to go to karaoke alone, but when you do it through the Intern... MySpace Karaoke Offers Online Social Music  Intel partners with Cray to developer HPC systemsIntel Corp. and Cray Inc announced a partnership on Monday to develop new supercomputer technologies which is described as a range of high-performance systems.
Cray, which currently uses AMD processors, has three machines in the top 10 on the latest list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, behind only IBM Corp., which has four.
"We're excited at the potential of bringing togeth... Intel partners with Cray to developer HPC systems  Apple iMac Includes Latest Intel Core 2 DuoApple Inc. said on Monday it has updated its iMac desktop line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors with prices ranging from $1,199 for a 20-inch to $1,799 for the 24-inch 2.8 GHz.
Customers purchasing the 24-inch iMac also have the option to swap in a 3.06 GHz Intel processor and the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics for an even faster, top-of-the-line computer for $2,199.
"With ... Apple iMac Includes Latest Intel Core 2 Duo  Grand Theft Auto IV for PS3, Xbox 360 Scores BigGrand Theft Auto IV went on sale Tuesday, with fans lining up at midnight to grab the first copies of the criminal action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
Retailers such as GameStop Corp and Best Buy Co Inc took advance orders for the game weeks earlier and many outlets threw open their doors at midnight to accommodate fans eager t... Grand Theft Auto IV for PS3, Xbox 360 Scores Big  Virginia Tornado Injures 200Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine declared a state of emergency yesterday after tornadoes swept through the state on Monday.
The tornado struck just after 4 p.m., damaging Sentara Obici Hospital and wrecking nearby subdivisions and a shopping center.
At least 13 homes were damaged in two downtown subdivisions and in the small town of Driver.
The tornado swept trees onto homes, blocked r... Virginia Tornado Injures 200  Roger Clemens' 10-year affair with Mindy McCreadyMajor League Baseball star Roger Clemens began a 10-year affair with country music singer Mindy McCready when she was just 15 years old.
Clemens began the affair when he was 28, a married father of two and pitching for the Boston Red Sox while McCready, now 32, was a karaoke bar performer dreaming of a singing career.
Such an affair would undermine the defamation lawsuit Clemens filed on Jan... Roger Clemens' 10-year affair with Mindy McCready  Ashley Alexandra Dupre Sues Girls Gone WildAshley Alexandra Dupre, a former call girl linked to the downfall of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Miami, Florida.
Ashley Dupre also contended in the $10 million lawsuit that she was only 17 and drunk on spring break in 2003 when she agreed to be filmed for "Girls Gone Wild" in Miami Beach.
Dupre claims she was too young to sign leg... Ashley Alexandra Dupre Sues Girls Gone Wild  Wii Channel Debuts in MayNintendo of America, Inc. will launch a Wii channel that offers downloadable DS titles and information about the company's games when WiiWare rolls out in the United States in May.
Some features of the Nintendo Channel, which was released in Japan last year will be integrated with the games-on-demand service, WiiWare.
For example, if a Wii user has played a WiiWare game for at least an hour,... Wii Channel Debuts in May  Skype Mobile Cell Phone Application DebutsSkype, a VoIP service owned by eBay, has announced a beta version of a new application to run on an initial batch of 50 mobile phones that can run the Java platform. This comes a few days after the company announced new land line fixed rate plans.
Skype mobile will include features such as Skype to Skype, SkypeIn, Skype out as well as Group chat and presence and will debut on a range of phones ... Skype Mobile Cell Phone Application Debuts  Apple Boot Camp Updates Windows XP, VistaApple Inc has released Boot Camp version 2.1.1 which fixes bugs and improves compatibility and is primarily released to support the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 3.
The company said the update was released in three variants to support Windows XP, Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit.
Apple Boot Camp allows Intel-chipped Macs to run Microsoft Windows. The software is integrated in... Apple Boot Camp Updates Windows XP, Vista  Microsoft IIS Under SQL Injection Cyber AttackAccording to Panda Security, the number of infected IIS servers reached 282,000, and security firm F-Secure said the number has risen to 500,000 less than a day later.
A flood of SQL injection attacks on Microsoft Internet Information Servers are leaving Web pages with malicious iFrames in them, and Panda Security is urging network managers to make sure their Web pages haven't been infected.
... Microsoft IIS Under SQL Injection Cyber Attack
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