Tech Stories from around the Net
UK Board: Don’t Give Cell Phones to Young: “Parents should not give mobile phones to children age 8 or younger as a precaution against the potential harm of radiation from the devices, the chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board said Tuesday.
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In AP Tech News
New Yahoo Software Searches Hard Drives: “Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is offering to help consumers and office workers sift through the digital mishmash stored on their computers with a free software product to be introduced Tuesday.
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In AP Tech News
AMD stock down after income warning: “CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Dow Jones/AP) — Shares of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. plummeted more than 20 percent in Tuesday trading after the company warned that its fourth-quarter operating income will be “down significantly” from the third quarter.”
In SiliconValley.com: Editorial
Microsoft CFO to leave company: “In a surprise announcement, Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its Chief Financial Officer, John Connors, was leaving after 16 years with the software giant to join a Seattle-area venture capital firm.”
In SiliconValley.com: Editorial
Creative reports strong MP3 player sales: “NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) — Singapore-based consumer-electronics maker Creative Technology Ltd. Tuesday raised its revenue estimate for the latest quarter as sales of its digital music players exceeded 2 million units.”
In SiliconValley.com: Editorial
Microsoft Releases Malicious Software Removal Tool: “DaHat writes “Hot on the heels of their release last week of Microsoft AntiSpyware, Microsoft today released their very own Malicious Software Removal Tool with the claim that it will detect and remove infections from specific pieces of malware, including those in the families of Berbew, Doomjuice, Gaobot, Msblast, Mydoom, Nachi, Sassier, and Zindos from your Windows 2000, XP or 2003 machine. Microsoft also promises to release an updated version of the tool on the second Tuesday of each month.””
In Slashdot.org
Three New Microsoft Bulletins: “Jimmy M writes “Microsoft has released three security bulletins for January, which correct vulnerabilities in the handling of Icon and Cursor files, Indexing Services, and HTML Help. Bulletin MS05-001 (HTML Help) is the Extremely Critical vulnerability (Demonstration) that Secunia warned about last week – nice to see a quick move from MS. All updates are available from Windows Update.””
In Slashdot.org
This Call May Be Monitored …: “Iphtashu Fitz writes “We’ve all heard it. The recorded message when you call technical support or your bank or credit card company: ‘This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.’ But has it ever occurred to you that people actually DO listen in? Approximately 2 percent of these calls are listened to either live or after the fact, and it may come as a surprise that Big Brother even listens to what you may say while you are on hold. The people who monitor these calls routinely hear arguments between spouses or parents and children, people yelling at pets, and all sorts of other domestic disputes.””
In Slashdot.org
Get ready to buy chips by the kilo: “So begins the era of ‘Unbound Compute’
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