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AP - A jury on Friday acquitted the former top lawyer at computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. of illegally tampering with his stock option grants to boost his pay package.

AP - The economic slowdown has started to squeeze the technology sector. So far this has not led to wide-scale job cuts, but a slowing demand for computers and other electronics may already be weighing on some payrolls.

This week's debris was full of juicy side items that we need to catch up on: Watching high definition TV, Stallman's slam on cloud computing, a change in thinking about work environments, the World computer Chess Championship, amateurs at work, buying or manipulating Apple stock and more

Amsterdam - Paper, pencil and books are the key to developing one's creativity and maximizing one's intelligence, says Dutch psychologist Christof van Nimwegen. The Dutch researcher recently completed a PhD dissertation at the University of Utrecht a...

Hackers, possibly criminals from Asia or Eastern Europe, left signs that they had been inside Alberta's computer network

GENEVA (Reuters) - CERN, the world's biggest particle physics laboratory and creator of the Worldwide Web, on Friday unveiled a new computer network allowing thousands of scientists around the world to crunch data on its huge experiments.

MFC700 supports up to 32 GB DDR2 SDRAM memory, with 4-16 GB on baseboard and two 2-8 GB on MM-6171 buffer memory node XMC modules. Board supports four x4 high-speed Serial RapidIO(TM) links to the VPX P1 connector via 8-port Serial RapidIO switch and additional I/Os to backplane. Dual Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGAs serve as memory controllers for DDR2 SDRAM with ECC memory. MFC700 is VPX-REDI compliant with 1 in. pitch and available in air and conduction cooled versions.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Memory Boards

Able to record full 25 GB disc in 15 min and full 50 GB disc in 30 min, BWU-300S Blu-ray Disc(TM) (BD) writer burns single- and dual-layer BD-R media with up to 8X capabilities. Drive also records DVDs at up to 16X, CDs up to 48X, and supports DVD-RAM recording. Suited for desktop PCs running windows XP/Vista®, internal drive features SATA interface and 5.25 in. form factor. CyberLink software is included for capturing, authoring, editing, burning, and viewing HD content.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Optical Disk Drives | DVD-Ram, DVD-R Drives

Housed in carbon-fiber chassis, VAIO® TT Series weighs 2.87 lb and measures less than 1 in. thick. Select models play Blu-ray Disc(TM) (BD) movies in full HD 1080p resolution, when connected to compatible HDTV, and can also record, store, and play content on high-capacity BD media. Equipped with 11.1 in. widescreen display with XBRITE-DuraView(TM) LCD technology, notebook is powered via Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology, offers HDMI(TM) output, and integrates wireless WAN technology.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Portable computers | Notebook computers | mobile Computers

LawWatcher writes 'On October 1, 2008, a federal judge in California upheld a class action claiming that Apple and AT&T Mobility's five-year exclusive voice and data service provider agreement for the iphone violates the anti-monopoly provisions of the antitrust laws. The court also ruled that Apple may have violated federal and California criminal computer fraud and abuse statutes by releasing version 1.1.1 of its iPhone operating software when Apple knew that doing so would damage or destroy some iPhones that had been 'unlocked' to enable use of a carrier other than AT&T.' of this story at Slashdot.