The growth in malicious software is proving fortuitous for antivirus companies. Analyst firm Gartner Inc. said on Wednesday the industry grew 13.6 percent in 2005, with revenue totaling $4 billion.

Toshiba Corp. will launch the first HD DVD recorder next month in Japan, it said Thursday.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will consider later this year if it will launch a high-definition movie player compatible with both the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, it said Tuesday.

Windows Live Messenger, the next-generation version of Microsoft Corp.'s instant messaging service for consumers, will be available for download in final form right after midnight Tuesday, U.S. Eastern Time.

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday launched its widest release yet of the beta version of the Windows Vista operating system.

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday launched a new site designed to make it easier for Web users to find and share videos. The site builds on Yahoo's existing video search capability and will compete with video search services from Google Inc., AOL LLC, Microsoft Corp.'s MSN, and other video-sharing sites like YouTube.com and MySpace.com.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will ship four-core processors for servers, workstations and high-end desktops by mid-2007, company Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester said Thursday.

The first systems based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Live home-entertainment platform will go on sale next month, the chip maker said Wednesday.

Providing further evidence of the booming market for flat-panel televisions, a Japan-based LCD (liquid crystal display) screen maker will double its planned expansion over the next two years, it said Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp. is set to release a fully supported version of its Windows Live OneCare software, marking its entry into the security software market. OneCare will be available for download Wednesday on Microsoft's Web site, a day earlier than expected. By Thursday, the software is expected to be widely available in U.S. retail stores, said Microsoft's Samantha McManus, a business strategy manager with Windows Live OneCare.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will spend US$2.5 billion to expand its chip manufacturing plants in Dresden, Germany, to keep pace with growing demand for its PC and server chips, the company announced Monday.

...ki nagyobbat, ki kisebbet... A Nokia az utóbbi időben újra felzárkózott, a telefoneladások nőttek, a tőzsdén is kezd kiegyensúlyozottá válni a cég. Talán ez az N széria érdeme, sőt! Ha érdekli, hogy mit tud az N80, amit a vetélytársak nem, és hogy jön a képbe Michael Knight, olvasson tovább!

A Motorola V3 sikere szinte magával hozta a modellfrissítéseket, így látott napvilágot a V3i és a 3G-képes V3x is. Az előbbi készülékben egy feljavított LCD kijelzőt, nagyobb belső memóriát, microSD foglalatot és megapixeles kamerát is találunk. Leteszteltük az ősmodell társaságában.

Police in suburban Sydney Thursday arrested a man videotaping a premiere screening of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand," according to the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. started 2005 well and is on the road to achieving its goal of a 20 percent slice of the server market this year, a senior executive said Wednesday.

The launch of the consumer version of Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system, could be pushed back past the stated January launch date, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said Wednesday.

Júniusban kerülnek forgalomba a Samsung új, nem hagyományos merevlemezzel szerelt noteszgépei. Az ultramobil PC-kben (UMPC), NAND flashmemória modulokból épített 32 GB tárolókapacitású, a merevlemez helyére illesztett SSD meghajtók (solid state diask) lesznek.

Worldwide server revenue remained flat at US$12 billion in the first three months of the year, bucking several consecutive quarters of year-on-year growth, research firm Gartner Inc. said Tuesday.

Thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on PCs worldwide in 2005 was pirated, the same percentage as in 2004, according to a study released Tuesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

In an unprecedented move, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday simultaneously released beta versions of its three major upcoming software releases -- Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server, code-named Longhorn.