Apple released the v10.4.6 updated version of its "Tiger" OS X. The Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update (delta) updates Mac OS X 10.4.5 to version...

Seagate Technology and Cornice announced on Monday that they have reached a settlement of their pending patent lawsuits. Both companies have dismissed the Delaware litigation...

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has formally standardized the "VC-1" advanced compression scheme that is already being used in new digital...

Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain will be the first movie available for permanent download on the same day its DVD hits the shelves. Two rival download services,...

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced it has begun sampling the industry's first Quad Data Rate II+ (QDR II+) and Double Data Rate II+ (DDRII+) SRAM...

Two men involved in what U.S. authorities called the largest bust of pirated music CDs and computer software in America each pleaded guilty to five...

The music industry launched a new wave of lawsuits and criminal proceedings against file-sharers across Europe on Tuesday, part of its drive to curb online...

Microsoft released its Vista Capable logo program which identifies computers capable of running Microsoft's next-generation operating system and allows users to switch when it arrives...

French communications-equipment maker Alcatel said on Sunday it would buy smaller U.S. rival Lucent Technologies Inc. for $13.4 billion to gain market heft and broaden...

Intel announced yesterday the "Discover the PC" initiative to make the benefits of PC technology more broadly available to people in developing nations. The initiative...