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Hard Drives' Sector Shift May Cripple XP Users


If you're still using Windows XP, you may be in for trouble in 2011, when all hard drives must move from 512-byte to 4KB sectors.

Zero-Day Attacks Target IE6, IE7


Microsoft has issued an advisory disclosing that targeted attacks are under way using an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7.

MobiTV Preannounces T-Mobile HTC HD2 Launch Date


A recent tweet from the mobile TV company seems to confirm that T-Mobile plans to launch the high-resolution, high screen size HTC HD2 on March 23.

CNN: Second-Gen Prius Has Brake Issue, Too


While 750,000 second-generation Toyota Priuses may be unaffected by the recent brake issues, that may change if a CNN report is true.

Excel, Windows Movie Maker Patched


Microsoft released two updates today to Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Excel (and related products to address a total of eight vulnerabilities.

Sony to Launch 3D TVs in June


Sony Corp will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry.

Microsoft Begins Rolling Out Updated MSN


Microsoft on Tuesday started rolling out its new MSN homepage, a revamp that includes integration with social networks like Twitter and Facebook, a more prominent Bing presence, and more emphasis on local news.


Yahoo! News: Technology News -  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:28:21 GMT

Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week (AP)


Sony's 3-D televisions are introduced as a model watches with its 3-D glasses included in the TV set in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March  9, 2010. Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.


On latest guitar game, players strum real strings (AP)


In this undated photo provided by Seven45 Studios, the Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, is shown. (AP Photo/Seven45 Studios)AP - An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.


`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer (AP)


AP - A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.

Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba (AP)


AP - A senior Google executive welcomed on Tuesday a U.S. decision to relax restrictions on exporting Internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.

Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs (AP)


A dog walks past a landscape of central London, on Hampstead Heath in London, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The British government have launched a new proposal which requires that all new dog owners fit their pets with microchips and that canine insurance is made compulsory. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to get microchips and take out insurance for their pets.


Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming (AP)


A Cablevision sign is seen in New York, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC's parent company Walt Disney Co. switched off its signal in a dispute over fees. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.


'JihadJane' recruited for Europe, SAsia terror attacks: US (AFP)


This undated image courtesy of WPVI-TV in Philadelpha, Pennsylvania shows terror suspect Colleen LaRose. US authorities charged Tuesday an American woman known as AFP - US authorities charged an American woman known as "JihadJane" with recruiting jihadist fighters via the Internet and conspiring to kill an unnamed individual in Sweden.