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Test version of Windows Vista released
Jul 27 2005 10:29PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. released the first major test version of the Windows Vista operating system on Wednesday, giving a limited number of programmers and technology professionals the opportunity to test drive the highly awaited _ and much delayed _ program.
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Blind teen amazes with video-game skills
Jul 27 2005 9:01PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Brice Mellen is a whiz at video games such as "Mortal Kombat." In that regard, the 17-year-old isn't much different from so many others his age. Except for one thing: He's blind.
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Google: Microsoft lawsuit is a 'charade'
Jul 27 2005 8:59PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - In a simmering legal tussle, Google Inc. is asking a judge to reject Microsoft's bid to keep a prized research engineer from taking a job at the Internet search company, saying the software titan filed its lawsuit to frighten other workers from defecting.
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Nearly 433,000 watch NASA launch webcast
Jul 27 2005 8:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In another milestone for Internet video, nearly 433,000 people simultaneously watched NASA's webcast of this week's space shuttle launch.
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Biotech battles SBA funding policy
Jul 27 2005 8:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The biotechnology industry's recent full-court press to let firms owned by venture capitalists qualify for federal small-business grants has found an ally in Dr. Elias Zerhouni, head of the National Institutes of Health.
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Judges keep Net obscenity law intact
Jul 27 2005 7:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A special three-judge federal panel has kept intact a federal law making it a crime to send obscenity over the Internet.
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Internet kiosks to show missing kids
Jul 27 2005 7:51PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Public Internet kiosks are being used as modern-day milk cartons in an effort to find missing children.
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Studios agree on digital cinema specs
Jul 27 2005 7:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After three years of study, Hollywood studios have agreed on a technical specification to deliver digital movies to theaters.
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PGP inventor to encrypt Net calls
Jul 27 2005 7:43PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The creator of a well-known tool for keeping e-mail safe from prying eyes is now working on a program that he says will help stop eavesdroppers from listening in on Internet-based phone calls.
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Amazon shares surge on brisk sales
Jul 27 2005 4:49PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc.'s shares surged more than 11 percent Wednesday after the Internet retailer reported brisk sales and a jump in operating profit for the latest quarter.
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Gamemaker sued over hidden sex in GTA
Jul 27 2005 12:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide.
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Take-Two sued over Grand Theft Auto scenes
Jul 27 2005 12:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. and its Rockstar Games subsidiary are being sued in federal court in Manhattan over hidden sexual content in their popular "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" video game.
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