A new congressional proposal seeks to make it harder for kids to buy or rent games like the runaway sales hit "Grand Theft Auto IV" (scene pictured here), which bears a "Mature" rating, meaning it's considered unsuitable for kids younger than 17.
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The RIAA's David Hughes sits next to former IFPI CEO Nic Garnett. To his right is the MPAA's Fritz Attaway
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LOS ANGELES–News of DRM’s death has been greatly exaggerated, according to an executive with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Google is expected to announce on Thursday Google Web Security for Enterprise, which is designed to protect corporate Web surfers from viruses, spyware and malicious Web sites. It also extends the protection to remote workers if needed.
In addition to real-time malware protection and URL-filtering, the product also offers reporting …
A new IRS Web site that allows taxpayers to check on the status of their refund checks could lead to users being phished.
The new “Where’s my stimulus payment?” site asks taxpayers to enter in their Social Security number, and a few other trivial bits of information before informing …
Internet telephony company Vonage is getting back on track with improved quarterly earnings and a deal, announced Thursday, to resell broadband service from Covad, a DSL service provider.
The new service, called Vonage Broadband, will offer speeds of 3 megabits per second to 6 Mbps to residential and small-business customers. …
Best Buy, the largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., is getting into the European cell phone market by taking a stake in retailer Carphone Warehouse.
Best Buy, which operates 900 stores across the U.S., will pay $2.1 billion for half interest in Carphone Warehouse, the largest …
News Corp. is not looking to be a runner-up following the withdrawal of Microsoft’s $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo.
During the media giant’s quarterly earnings call Wednesday, executives made it clear that nothing is currently cooking on the deal front with Yahoo, as a white-knight alternative; Microsoft, …
DU colonization and transformation by fungus.
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Long after the shooting has stopped, radioactive dust particles dispersed by exploding, depleted uranium (DU) artillery and tank shells leave the contemporary battlefield a dangerous place–and there’s been little hope of decontamination, until now.
Researchers from Scotland’s University of Dundee …
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Samsung and Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced the Samsung Glyde (aka the SCH-U940), a touch-screen cell phone based on the Samsung SGH-F700. All signs originally pointed to a May 9 release date, but Samsung and Verizon had an itchy trigger finger. …
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says sales of Windows Vista have been “rapid”, with more than 140 million copies sold worldwide.
Gates, speaking in Tokyo, said the figure represented “a very rapid sales rate,” according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday.
Despite the sales figures, Microsoft has admitted to …