Patent application takes new dimension

It's in the water. Our ability to walk through walls and doors, of course. A patent application recently published at the USPTO details a training method for helping people gain enough hyperspace energy to walk through walls. ...more

iTunes to go lossless?

Could Apple be about to offer CD quality sound recordings through its iTunes Music Stores using a lossless compression format? The tool by which record labels submit content, has been updated to accommodate CD-quality recordings, in addition to the existing AAC format, according to AppleInsider. With a release of Version 1.4 of iTunes Producer, Apple said the software 'now encodes music in Apple Lossless format, which produces larger audio files and will increase upload time,' it reports. ...more

US Committee subpoenas HP employees

Two HP employees have been summoned to appear before the US Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to explain their part in the 'pretexting' scandal that has engulfed the board and tarnished HP's reputation. The two who directed the spying campaign against board members and journalists, are Anthony R. Gentilucci, in charge of Hewlett-Packard's global investigations and Kevin T. ...more

e-Christmas card has hidden worm

A fresh variant of the Zafi email worm has been spotted masquerading as an e-Christmas card. The email card, however, contains the Zafi-D virus hidden in a file attached. The worm also boasts another unique feature in that it checks the country domains of its victims and sends the virus in that language. ...more

WebTV pushed into MSN

Microsoft's Internet on TV service WebTV is to become part of its MSN unit. Microsoft also plans to use WebTV technology to implement its interactive television UltimateTV service which will combine interactive television, a digital video recorder, satellite TV and Net access. The move may also be an effort to move WebTV away from Microsoft per se, as there has been a history of tension between the departments. ...more