REDMOND, WA — Don’t get too excited about updating Windows Vista with Service Pack 1. Microsoft has pulled a necessary prerequisite for the update and hasn’t said yet when it may be available again.According to CNET, Microsoft stopped automatically distributing servicing...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The annual Game Developers Conference never fails to surprise and delight, and this year’s was no exception. Among the whiz-bang products on display: a new device that could make truly immersive virtual reality… well, reality.Developed by startup Emotiv...

BIELEFELD, GERMANY — A sad human reality is that death often brings out the worse in people, be they relatives, friends, or complete strangers. This is especially true when material wealth is involved. Police in the city of Bielefeld, Germany are currently looking for a...

AUSTRALIA — There are no romance tunes about working in a coal mine, although there are certainly songs about brave men dying there. Perhaps it is that sad reality that prompted the Xstrata mining firm to decide their miners needing something to lift their weary spirits;...

NEW CLAYTON, GA — With the presidential hopeful feeding frenzy working its way from coast to coast, it’s sometimes easy to forget that smaller political races are not only still going on – but also affecting their immediate areas of operation. The owner of a Forest Park...

MOROCCO — Here’s a new twist on the ol’ phishin’ hole: A group of Moroccans calling itself Mr-Brain has established a website to phish phishers.The website purports to offer “phishing kits” containing easy-to-use code, email templates and other hacking tools preformatted...

HELSINKI — “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray.”Finish police got an object lesson in the meaning of the old adage this week when it was revealed that of the estimated 1,700 websites on a list of destinations blocked for suspected involvement in...

NEW MILFORD, NJ — Some may wonder about its target reader demographic, given that the video line has never been one to promote serious higher learning or studious academic excellence – but the staggeringly popular and financially lucrative Girls Gone Wildempire is about to...

NEW YORK, NY — It’s official: HD DVD is dead. On Tuesday, consumer electronics company Toshiba announced it no longer will manufacture players for the high-definition video format, effectively ending a running battle with rival technology Blu-ray, developed by Sony.“We...

USA — Hormel Foods hates it. Busy email users hate it. Internet service providers hate it. Legitimate business owners resent its impact. Although it must be profitable to someone, everybody seems to agree that spam sucks. A recent article in Modern Mechanix reminds...