technology - "computer"

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated how they could take total control of a user’s computer by altering the computer chip itself. While the attack would require a significant amount of work to be used in the real-world, it would be virtually undetectable and provide complete and total access to [...]

AP - When Comcast Corp. Internet subscriber Robb Topolski was prevented from sharing digital files of Tin Pin Alley-era music with other barbershop quartet enthusiasts, the computer engineer launched a personal investigation.

'The Sims' has become the world's top selling computer game.

Google acknowledges a half-hour glitch with its e-mail service. Many users complained of problems accessing Gmail with their computer-based e-mail software.

MORE than 1000 passengers at Sydney Airport last night queued for hours after a computer glitch crashed Virgin Blue's check-in desk.

In what columnist Glenn Derene (popularmechanics.com) billed as the 'Ultimate Lab Test for New Desktops & Laptops,' both the iMac and MacBook soundly outperformed Vista-running PCs. 'In our speed trials,' reports Derene, 'Leopard OS trounced Vista in all-important tasks such as boot-up, shutdown and program-launch times. We even tested Vista on the Macs using Apple's platform-switching Boot Camp software-and found that both Apple computers ran Vista faster than our PCs did.

Taiwanese computer maker Asustek has unveiled its largest Eee laptop to date, the Eee PC 900, which offers an 8.9-in. display running at a native resolution of 1024-by-600 pixels.

(Source: Absolute Software)A missing computer can result in compliance and privacy issues that can be very costly to an organization. This paper examines the strong relationship between computer theft, regulatory compliance and data security, and reviews how IT professionals can strengthen their security infrastructure by combining policy, encryption and management of remote IT assets.

The Mac world is playing detective this week, trying to track down more information about the mysterious company selling Mac OS computers without a license.

LONDON (Reuters) - International experts called on Wednesday for greater cooperation to fight threats to computer networks but they differed on the definition of cyberterrorism, with a top British security official describing it as a 'myth'.