Several leading security companies have products, at least in test form, that work with Microsoft’s new operating system. Despite the fact that security programs are often some of the toughest code to make work with a new operating system, Windows 7 already has several companies ready…

Video games have grown to the next level as id software has hired a novelist to contribute to the story line for the next version of Doom. The original Doom didn’t have much in the way of story. Players took control of a space marine on one of…

HP is claiming new business by convincing old mainframe users that escalating cost, inability to support business agility and the limited availability of modern software were reasons to switch. TOKYO–Escalating cost, inability to support business agility and the limited availability of modern software, are some of the key factors…

A panel discussion among browser executives shed a little light on the philosophical differences between four major browsers but more than anything showed how these products are moving in the same direction. A panel discussion among browser executives shed a little light on the philosophical differences between four major…

Gary McKinnon has appealed to the out-going president Geroge Bush to grant him a pardon for accessing 73,000 US military computers and allegedly destroying files. Self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon is appealing to outgoing president George W Bush to halt McKinnon’s extradition from Britain to the United States. …

Micro Focus is extending its Enterprise Cloud Services to support Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud. Micro Focus is extending its Enterprise Cloud Services to support Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), allowing businesses to shift their existing Cobol applications to Amazon’s infrastructure. The move, announced on Tuesday, follows…

Software maker plans to erase about 10 percent of its workforce. The move comes as it lowers its earnings outlook and as its executive chairwoman leaves to become Yahoo’s CEO. Autodesk announced on Thursday plans to cut about 10 percent of its workforce–or about 750 employees–as it…

Jolt Online’s “casual MMO” Legends of Zork casts players as treasure hunting salesman in the remains of the Great Underground Empire. When it comes to old school adventure games, it doesn’t get much older than Zork, the Infocom franchise that started as a series of text-based adventures on the…

F-Secure says the Microsoft-flaw-exploiting Downadup worm infected more than a million PCs on Wednesday. The company warns of a “big badass botnet” forming. The ‘Downadup’ worm is spreading quickly and now infects more than 3.5 million PCs, according to the security company F-Secure. In a blog…

Edison Electric Institute, an industry association for electric utilities, backs specific targets on greenhouse gas emissions and names viable short-term technology fixes. The industry association of U.S. electric utilities on Wednesday published what its members say are the most promising technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …