Creative's entry-level Webcam

Creative's new device is aimed at first-time Webcam users. As well as offering a video capture and editing facility, the Creative Webcam has a 'Snapshot' button for 'one-touch' still imaging. 'The Creative WebCam is the neat and easy-to-use USB solution for desktop video and stills,' states Geraldine Lee, European brand manager for WebCams with Creative Labs Europe. ...more

Microsoft

Microsoft shapes the world of computing, like no other company. We roundup the latest moves from the software giant. ? Microsoft security: moderate to incomplete ? EU official given leave to join Microsoft ? MSN 8 launches in the UK ? Microsoft to watch over itself ? Ballmer promises 'responsible' Microsoft ? PalmSource sends defiant message to Microsoft ? What's new in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition? ? Windows XP Tablet PC Edition - a second opinion ? Microsoft holds on to fighting fund ? BT allies with Microsoft for broadband onslaught ? Microsoft still faces EU sanction threat ? Microsoft escapes stiffer penalties ? Microsoft upgrades Windows Media Player 9 Series ? Microsoft warns of Hallowe'en security issues ? XP in embedded form gets its SP1 ? Beta code of 'Office 11' emerges &   ? Microsoft Smartphone unveiled ? MSN names UK pricing ? Microsoft, Panasonic propose (another) CD standard ? Microsoft extends product lifecycle ? The score for MS patches: Moderate 2 Critical 1 ? Microsoft announces Bluetooth desktop ? Intel and Microsoft add a pinch of Salt to speech apps ? Office 11 due within a month ? Microsoft extends Office with XML-based XDocs ? New content served up by Microsoft ? Windows XP braced for Bluetooth ? Exclusive interview: Windows . ...more

AMD slashes cost of 64-bit computing

AMD is slashing cost of (mainstream) 64-bit computing. The cost of its Athlon 64 desktop processors have been cut by as much as 31 per cent. Leading the way are the 3500+ and 3400+, which now cost $346 and $288, falls of 31 per cent. ...more

Is W.A.T.E.R. the most ambitious game ever?

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Judge approves Microsoft MP3 patent damages

A US judge has approved a jury's decision to award Alcatel-Lucent $1.52 billion after it ruled that Microsoft had infringed an audio technology patent. District Court Judge Rudi M Brewster in San Diego rejected Microsoft's request that he reduce the amount of damages awarded in February, after the jury decided that Microsoft had infringed an Alcatel-Lucent patent by providing MP3 support in Windows Media Player. ...more