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News Archive for December 2006

• Sound Blaster X-Fi Issues Explored
  Published: December 29, 2006
• Critical flaw discovered in many versions of Windows
  Published: December 29, 2006
• News from around the web (12/29/06)
  Published: December 29, 2006
• Sony preps 3rd version of PlayStation 3
  Published: December 29, 2006
• VMWare puts Vista support into Workstation 6 beta
  Published: December 29, 2006
• Intel loses ground to AMD in antitrust case
  Published: December 28, 2006
• HD DVD DRM cracked, Blu-ray on the way
  Published: December 28, 2006
• OCZ steps foot into the graphics card market once again
  Published: December 28, 2006
• Canon issues recall for defective PowerShot cameras
  Published: December 28, 2006
• Motherboard makers upset at Intel's progress
  Published: December 28, 2006
• AllOfMp3 responds to RIAA's $1.65 Trillion lawsuit
  Published: December 28, 2006
• News from around the web (12/28/06)
  Published: December 28, 2006
• Apple fixes iPod Shuffle playback issue
  Published: December 27, 2006
• Wii sells more than 3 million units
  Published: December 27, 2006
• 2006 sees huge boost for online sales
  Published: December 27, 2006
• News from around the web (12/27/06)
  Published: December 27, 2006
• Samsung prepares gigabit MMC
  Published: December 27, 2006
• Digg gets a facelift
  Published: December 27, 2006
• AMD preps last 90nm parts
  Published: December 27, 2006
• Quick view of Vista's standard security
  Published: December 26, 2006
• Wikipedia founder looks to crush Google
  Published: December 26, 2006
• Panasonic chooses plasma over LCD
  Published: December 26, 2006
• Microsoft to delay Xbox 360 CPU upgrade
  Published: December 26, 2006
• MySpace huge target for identity thieves
  Published: December 26, 2006
• Verizon to stick ads on your cell phone
  Published: December 26, 2006
• News from around the web (12/26/07)
  Published: December 26, 2006
• Opera browser for Wii released
  Published: December 22, 2006
• Seagate announces acquisition of EVault
  Published: December 22, 2006
• Samsung Exec gets 10 months in jail
  Published: December 22, 2006
• News from around the web (12/22/06)
  Published: December 22, 2006
• Microsoft increases Xbox 360 warranty
  Published: December 22, 2006
• PlayStation 3 supply slowly meeting demand
  Published: December 22, 2006
• CafePress suffers DDoS attack
  Published: December 22, 2006
• Sony settles with 39 states over rootkits
  Published: December 21, 2006
• Novell employee quits over Microsoft deal
  Published: December 21, 2006
• Cell phone use on airplanes potentially coming soon
  Published: December 21, 2006
• Apple retail outlets rake in profits
  Published: December 21, 2006
• Nintendo balks at class-action Wiimote lawsuit
  Published: December 21, 2006
• AMD launches 65nm X2s
  Published: December 21, 2006
• Review of Thunderbird 2.0 Beta
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Microsoft makes Vista kernel APIs available
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Why new games are so expensive
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Phil Harrison of Sony talks up PS3's future potential
  Published: December 20, 2006
• BBC announces distribution deal with Azureus
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Apple releases security update for OS X 10.4
  Published: December 20, 2006
• News from around the web (12/20/06)
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Class-action suit brought against Nintendo over Wiimote
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Mozilla releases security updates for Firefox 2.0 and 1.5
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Sony settles rootkit suit with Texas and California
  Published: December 19, 2006
• Laptops make up two thirds of PC sales
  Published: December 19, 2006
• Aero Glass power drain minimal, says Tech Report
  Published: December 19, 2006
• Intel reduces Conroe power consumption
  Published: December 19, 2006
• Google, Nasa work on space voyage
  Published: December 20, 2006
• Sharp steps up blue laser diode production
  Published: December 19, 2006
• Zune not making a dent in iPod territory
  Published: December 19, 2006
• News from around the web (12/19/06)
  Published: December 19, 2006
• Opera for the Wii to arrive this week
  Published: December 19, 2006
• Skype founders to launch online TV service
  Published: December 18, 2006
• News from around the web (12/18/06)
  Published: December 18, 2006
• Matsushita to fab 9.6 million replacement batteries
  Published: December 18, 2006
• Stolen laptop exposes 382,000 employees
  Published: December 18, 2006
• nVidia and eVGA work to fix SATA issue on 680i
  Published: December 18, 2006
• Symantec flaw sees exploitation
  Published: December 15, 2006
• Microsoft updates IE7 to improve phishing detection speed
  Published: December 15, 2006
• Intel introduces 2GHz quad-core Xeon
  Published: December 15, 2006
• Microsoft wins case against UK spammer
  Published: December 15, 2006
• Nintendo faces Wiimote and DS power adapter recall
  Published: December 15, 2006
• News from around the web (12/15/06)
  Published: December 15, 2006
• Bill Gates says DRM is bad news
  Published: December 15, 2006
• MSI GeForce 8800 GTX review @ TechSpot
  Published: December 15, 2006
• Japanese P2P author fined $13,000
  Published: December 14, 2006
• Live outpacing Viiv, for now
  Published: December 14, 2006
• AMD unveils 2 year roadmap and details next-gen CPUs
  Published: December 14, 2006
• Adobe Reader 8 features GPU acceleration
  Published: December 14, 2006
• HP offers free Vista upgrades until March
  Published: December 14, 2006
• News from around the web (12/14/06)
  Published: December 14, 2006
• Apple approaches 3% market share
  Published: December 14, 2006
• Symantec files piracy lawsuit against counterfeit ring
  Published: December 14, 2006
• PSP wish site turns out to be a scam
  Published: December 13, 2006
• Man gets 8 years for destroying bank files
  Published: December 13, 2006
• ATI releases 6.12 Catalyst drivers
  Published: December 13, 2006
• L Computers promises 8 core laptop
  Published: December 13, 2006
• Vista-incompatible hardware causing headaches for retailers
  Published: December 13, 2006
• Hacker obtains data on 800,000 people from UCLA
  Published: December 13, 2006
• Samsung announces OneDRAM fusion memory for mobiles
  Published: December 13, 2006
• News from around the web (12/13/06)
  Published: December 13, 2006
• FTC seeks to squash work at home scams
  Published: December 13, 2006
• 21 eBay fraudsters indicted, 15 arrested
  Published: December 12, 2006
• Corsair announces 16GB flash drive
  Published: December 12, 2006
• AMD adds two new X2s to Athlon lineup
  Published: December 12, 2006
• OpenOffice 2.1 is here
  Published: December 12, 2006
• IBM, scientists promise new flash killer
  Published: December 12, 2006
• More details leaked about MCP73 and MCP79
  Published: December 12, 2006
• Mozilla Firefox heads for primetime
  Published: December 12, 2006
• Nintendo breaks records with Wii in the UK
  Published: December 12, 2006
• News from around the web (12/12/06)
  Published: December 12, 2006
• Fujitsu announces 300GB laptop hard drive
  Published: December 11, 2006
• Nintendo sued over Wiimote
  Published: December 11, 2006
• Dell to offer Blu-ray on XPS notebooks
  Published: December 11, 2006
• Nintendo backs down from 1 million Wiis in 2006
  Published: December 11, 2006
• News from around the web (12/11/06)
  Published: December 11, 2006
• Sony and SanDisk to create 32GB speedy flash cards
  Published: December 11, 2006
• Firefox 3.0 Alpha "Gran Paradiso" made available
  Published: December 8, 2006
• BitTorrent buys µTorrent
  Published: December 8, 2006
• BenQ apologizes for 9/11 themed ad
  Published: December 8, 2006
• Sanyo faces 1.3M cellphone battery recall
  Published: December 8, 2006
• China to push its own EVD format
  Published: December 8, 2006
• News from around the web (12/08/06)
  Published: December 8, 2006
• Is Apple preparing a game console?
  Published: December 7, 2006
• ATI’s market share is falling
  Published: December 7, 2006
• Sony releases firmware update 1.30 for PS3
  Published: December 7, 2006
• Nintendo warns Wii users about controller safety
  Published: December 7, 2006
• News from around the web (12/07/06)
  Published: December 7, 2006
• ATI Radeon X1650XT vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GT
  Published: December 7, 2006
• Intel shows integrated WiMAX/Wi-Fi chipset
  Published: December 7, 2006
• Study: Risk of cancer is not affected by cell phones
  Published: December 6, 2006
• Yahoo focuses less on entertainment, more on users
  Published: December 6, 2006
• Intel and TSMC push towards 32nm
  Published: December 6, 2006
• Via chipsets get VistaT logo approval
  Published: December 6, 2006
• IBM plans Power6 blades for next year
  Published: December 6, 2006
• News from around the web (12/06/06)
  Published: December 6, 2006
• PlayStation 4 in just 4 years?
  Published: December 6, 2006
• Buffalo releases HD DVD 5.25" drive
  Published: December 6, 2006
• PlayStation classic games on your PSP
  Published: December 5, 2006
• MySpace blames Apple for exploited sites
  Published: December 5, 2006
• MySpace profiles pulled after worm attack
  Published: December 5, 2006
• Asus employees protest severance packages
  Published: December 5, 2006
• SiS presents new Vista-ready chipsets
  Published: December 5, 2006
• IEEE looks to 100G networks
  Published: December 5, 2006
• Nvidia announces Quadro FX 3500M mobile graphics
  Published: December 5, 2006
• Toshiba's new 1.8” HDD with 100GB capacity
  Published: December 6, 2006
• News from around the web (12/05/06)
  Published: December 5, 2006
• AMD readies first 65nm based Athlons
  Published: December 5, 2006
• Sony president apologizes about slow battery recall response
  Published: December 4, 2006
• Dell preps two new power-efficient PowerEdge servers
  Published: December 4, 2006
• California gives green light to pretexting
  Published: December 4, 2006
• Linux Equivalent Project seeks to aid transition
  Published: December 4, 2006
• LSI Logic and Agere to merge, $4B transaction
  Published: December 4, 2006
• AMD to cut CPU prices for the holidays
  Published: December 4, 2006
• Symantec customers face licensing woes
  Published: December 4, 2006
• News from around the web (12/04/06)
  Published: December 4, 2006
• Novell to include Office 2007 compatibility by January
  Published: December 4, 2006
• Interview with Bill Watkins of Seagate
  Published: December 1, 2006
• Belkin reaches agreement with Microsoft over patent lawsuit
  Published: December 1, 2006
• Apple to share iPod profit with Universal Music Group?
  Published: December 1, 2006
• Sony sees significant gains in notebook sales
  Published: December 1, 2006
• News from around the web (12/01/06)
  Published: December 1, 2006
• Apple adds a seventh iPod PCB manufacturer
  Published: December 1, 2006
• AllofMP3 will stay in business, for now
  Published: December 1, 2006
• ASUS Extreme AX1950Pro review @ TechSpot
  Published: December 1, 2006
• Sony ships their first Blu-Ray player
  Published: December 1, 2006
• Keyboard, mouse and Dualshock on your Xbox 360?
  Published: December 1, 2006
• HP shows off IQ770 "Crossfire" media PC
  Published: December 1, 2006