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  1. Ex-Microsoft Manager Gets 22 Months for Fraud PC World - Fri Jul 18, 7:40 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.9

    A former Microsoft employee has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for a scam involving the company's domain names.

  2. Yahoo Uses Home Page to Lobby Against Icahn PC World - Fri Jul 18, 6:40 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    Yahoo has placed a button on its home page that links to a page that lobbies shareholders to vote against Carl Icahn's...

  3. New Worm Transcodes MP3s to Try to Infect PCs PC World - Fri Jul 18, 7:30 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.

  4. This photo released by the State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General shows Joshua Lipton, right, posing at a 2006 Halloween party while wearing a prisoner costume of a striped shirt and orange jumpsuit labeled 'Jail Bird.' The photo was made two weeks after Lipton was charged in a drunk driving car crash that seriously injured a woman. It was posted on the social networking Web site Facebook, which made it available to the prosecutor who used the image to paint Lipton as an unrepentant partier who lived it up while his victim recovered in the hospital. A judge agreed and sentenced Lipton in May 2008 to two years in prison. (AP Photo/State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General)
    Web networking photos come back to bite defendants AP - Sat Jul 19, 4:33 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."

  5. Nintendo wins over outside game publishers with Wii Reuters - Wed Jul 16, 9:34 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the video game industry, the spoils of the console wars come in the form of support from third-party software publishers selling games to run on your machine.

  6. Losses Likely to Rise From Latest Romanian Crime Ring PC World - Thu Jul 17, 12:00 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    Losses from a Romanian cybercrime ring that was broken up on Tuesday could reach into the millions of euros.

  7. Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz leaves the stage during a conference in San Francisco, Nov. 12, 2007. Ruiz was pushed aside Thursday, July 17, 2008, after six tumultuous years as CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the chip maker tries to pull itself out of a deep financial hole caused by a questionable acquisition and a major product gaffe. AMD also reported its second-quarter loss widened as the computer chip maker was hurt by a large asset impairment charge from discontinued operations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    AMD changes CEO as turnaround pressure intensifies AP - Fri Jul 18, 3:08 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    SAN FRANCISCO - Under Hector Ruiz's leadership, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose to challenge larger rival Intel Corp. as never before in AMD's nearly 40-year history.

  8. Add Laptop Location Tracking Security, for Free PC Magazine - Thu Jul 17, 5:51 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    A new open source project allows computer users to add surreptitious location tracking to their systems. Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available.

  9. Toyota to make 100,000 units of hybrid car: paper Reuters - Sat Jul 19, 1:05 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) plans to produce 100,000 units a year of a new hybrid-only model slated for release in 2009 at a subsidiary in southern Japan, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.

  10. A screengrab from www.konami.jp, the developers of video game "Metal Gear Solid 4". REUTERS/ Screengrab/www.konami.jp
    U.S. video game sales seen up 53 percent in June Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 11:21 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 53 percent in June from a year ago, with Konami Corp's "Metal Gear Solid 4" helping to fuel a dramatic increase in the number of Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 units sold, market researcher NPD reported on Thursday.

  11. EU warns against buying ring tones online AP - Thu Jul 17, 12:40 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    BRUSSELS, Belgium - Eight out of 10 Web sites selling mobile phone ring tones and graphics are tricking people with hidden fees or false advertising, the EU's consumer affairs commissioner said Thursday.

  12. A Motorola logo is seen on their building at an industrial estate in Singapore, April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash
    Motorola sues former executive over iPhone job Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 8:53 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has sued a former executive for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement and threatening to reveal its trade secrets by taking a job with Apple Inc's iPhone division, the cell phone maker said in a lawsuit.

  13. Is the Desktop PC Making a Comeback? PC World - Thu Jul 17, 6:40 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    There are signs the desktop PC may be enjoying a resurgence.

  14. In an undated photo provided by General Motors Corp., a futuristic windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it is shown. Researchers are working on a windshield so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly. (AP Photo/General Motors)
    GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision AP - Thu Jul 17, 2:21 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    WARREN, Mich. - When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.

  15. The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is shown in Sunnyvale, California May 5, 2008. . REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
    Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn AP - Fri Jul 18, 4:31 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    SAN FRANCISCO - One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.

  16. Japan firms to work out next-gen car battery norms Reuters - Sat Jul 19, 2:09 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), Nissan Motor Co (7201.T), Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (6752.T) and other Japanese companies will work together to set up common standards for lithium-ion batteries being developed to power next-generation cars, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.

  17. Protecting against Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID data attacks CNET - Sat Jul 19, 12:25 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    NEW YORK--Using a laptop, cell phone headset, building access badge, credit cards, or even a passport can make you a walking target for data thieves and other criminals, a security expert warned at the Last HOPE hacker conference here late Friday.

  18. Dell Upgrades Linux PCs To Ubuntu's Hardy Heron TechWeb - Fri Jul 18, 5:04 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.1

    InformationWeek - The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April.

  19. AMD Takes on Intel With Its Own Low-power Chip PC World - Fri Jul 18, 5:10 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.1

    AMD confirmed it was developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, ending speculation that it had...

  20. In this April 8, 2008 file photo, the Google booth is shown at the RSA conference in San Francisco. Google Inc. shares tumbled more than 9 percent in early trading Friday, July 18, 2008, after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
    Google shares plummet after disappointing earnings AP - Fri Jul 18, 8:02 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.0

    SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. shares plunged nearly 10 percent Friday after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations.

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