All of you Comcast subscribers can soon rejoice because Comcast has declared that they will be increasing the current downstream of their cable modem customers from 1.5 Mbps to a whopping 3.0Mbps. That’s like having two T-1 lines of downstream bandwidth! So what’s the catch? According to this Reuters article: The service nearly halves the…
A patch released by Microsoft to fix a critical security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser does not work, according to security experts. The “object type” vulnerability was discovered by eEye Digital Security around four months ago. A patch was released on Aug. 20. It was then re-released on Aug. 28, because under some circumstances…
Buried within another news post announcing a special edition, developer Batfish Studios let it be known through their official website that their strategy game “Captain Scarlet: Retaliation” has been delayed a bit until November 14th 2003 in Europe. Based on the classic TV series featuring Jerry Andersen there is no word at this time when…
Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar recently recorded an episode of Fox’s The Simpsons to air in early 2004. In the episode, the Chosen One plays a kiddie delinquent named Gina who befriends Bart in juvenile detention. She later helps the bad seed escape, and the two go on the lam à…
Cyber-criminals are netting millions of pounds by setting up fake websites that mimic well-established companies and persuading visitors to part with credit card details and personal information. Referred to as ‘spoofing’, it is the fastest-growing fraud on the web and victims include Amazon, AOL, PayPal and a number of global banks. In a recent case…
Valve’s broadband content delivery system, Steam, is reaching the end of its free beta test and readying itself for the onslaught of tens of thousands of Half-Life players getting their update fix. The next release, on Wednesday all being well, will require you to convert your WON ID and CD Key into a Steam account…
Just announced from Buena Vista Home Entertainment is a December 2nd street date for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL. The second biggest hit of the year, this two-disc set comes complete with a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, three audio commentaries with director Gore Verbinski…
The Recording Industry Association of America files 261 lawsuits against alleged file swappers, charging computer users with “egregious” copyright infringement. Tweet News.Com
You knew this was going to happen sooner or later: Apple has bumped up the iPod to 40GB (that’s space enough for 10,000 songs), and introduced a 20GB model as well. Editor Note: I had heard rumors about this, I have the 10 gig version and that is just plenty for me. Tweet Gizmodo
