technology - "computer"

Hamburg - Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? Many computer users find themselves in the same position as the Queen in Snow White: looking into a mirror. The difference: This mirror is intended to be a computer screen. Laptop...

Washington - You can make the Windows Start menu your own by changing, to some degree, the way it looks and operates. Right-click the Start menu, and select Properties from the pop-up menu. Explore the options there, and click the Customise button to...

A new computer display tracks your movements -- without you touching a thing.

With the rise in popularity of Apple's Mac computers and the OS X operating systems they run, dangerous malware, viruses and Trojans are now being targeted for the Mac, too. The most recent case in point comes courtesy of a security advisory released by SecureMac. The advisory warns that multiple variants of a new Trojan horse -- out in the wild -- is ready to run roughshod all over OS X 10.4 and 10.5.

hhavensteincw writes 'A liberal blogger has launched a 'Google bomb' project aimed at boosting Google search results for nine news articles showing Sen. John McCain in a negative light. The Computerworld article notes: 'Chris Bowers, managing editor of the progressive blog OpenLeft, is launching the Google bombs by encouraging bloggers to embed Web links to the nine news stories about McCain in their blogs, which helps raise their ranking in Google search results. Bowers is reprising a similar Google bombing effort he undertook in 2006 against 52 different congressional candidates. 'Obviously, it is manipulating, but search engines are not public forums and unless you act to use them for your own benefit, your opponent's information is going to get out there,' Bowers said.'' of this story at Slashdot.