Brain-controlled game to debut at Tokyo Game Show

A computer game partially controlled by brainwaves will be demonstrated at this week's Tokyo Game Show, the developers said Wednesday.

CA ups identity management bet with IDFocus

CA has bought IDFocus, a seller of identity management software.

Red Hat looks to mainstream markets for growth

Expanding Linux adoption beyond key vertical markets is an important driver for Red Hat's growth, which remains steady even as one of its strongest customer sectors, financial services, is getting hit hard by the U.S. crisis, the company's CEO, Jim Whitehurst, said Tuesday.

Asus reports virus loaded into Eee Box PCs

Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus.

IBM brings 5GHz chip to its top-selling Unix server

IBM spruced up its Unix servers on Tuesday with faster processors and new management software, targeting customers who want to use its hardware for virtualization and server consolidation.

Nigeria's telecom gets lion's share of privatization funds

Telecommunications in Nigeria have gotten a large share of funds allocated to helping privatization in the country, according to Nigeria's Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE).

University sets up a campus warning network for free

Elon University needed to come up with a campus-wide emergency notification system that integrated with all the possible warning-delivery systems already installed on campus, and managed to pull it off for free.

Court orders spammers to pay $236M to Iowa ISP

A federal judge has ordered an Arizona couple to pay more than US$236 million for sending millions of spam messages to a small Iowa ISP (Internet service provider).

Mega-church steps up criticism of white spaces plan

Joel Osteen, senior pastor of the huge Lakewood Church in Texas, has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reject a request by several tech companies to allow proposed wireless broadband devices to operate on spectrum now occupied by wireless microphones and television stations.

Japanese telecom partners with EnterpriseDB

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan's largest telecommunications company, has formed a "wide-ranging strategic partnership" with EnterpriseDB that includes an undisclosed financial investment in the open-source database maker.

Goldman Sachs leads $12 million investment in Nimsoft

Goldman Sachs contributes to systems management software maker Nimsoft's second round of investor funding.

Six essential Apple iPhone security tips

If you're an Apple iPhone user and security's not on your mind, you're at risk; at risk of having a Web mail account hacked; at risk of having your online identity stolen; and at risk of losing valuable personal information, such as wireless service account data, that could result in financial losses, among other disasters.

Q&A: WiMAX’s potential to deliver rural broadband

Jonathan Jaeger, the director of business development at wireless broadband access company SOMA Networks, thinks that mobile WiMAX services provide the perfect solution for any business looking to give broadband access to employees in rural areas.

Dell's new backup system includes both hardware and software

Dell is putting together hardware and software for backup and recovery in one system, with integrated software, for small and medium-size businesses.

Analysts: AMD's foundry spin-off may save company

Advanced Micro Devices' decision to spin off its chip-manufacturing business into a separate company just may save the floundering firm, analysts said.

Flick Bowling for iPhone

Freeverse Software is launching a new line of sports titles for the iPhone, and the first out of the gate is Flick Bowling.

What's Keeping Me? 1.3

One of the most frustrating issues many OS X users experience is trying to unmount a disk image, hard drive, or network volume, only to have the Finder claim that it can't be done because the volume is "in use"--which really means that one of the files on the volume is being used by some OS X process. Similarly, we've all tried emptying the Trash, only to be told that one of the files in the Trash is in use.

HP Deskjet D2545

In a market where competition is fierce to create an affordable yet functional printer that can appeal to even the most casual user, HP has upped the ante by introducing the Deskjet D2545, an inexpensive ink-jet printer that's also environmentally friendly.

U.S. Army gets tough with desktop software policy

The U.S Army gets tougher on enforcing desktop security policy by adding compliance-management software to about 11,000 desktops used at the Pentagon and other facilities in order to monitor for unauthorized applications.

Aster Data updates 'frontline' analytic database

Start-up Aster Data Systems released the 3.0 version of its nCluster analytic database on Tuesday, framing it as ideal for "frontline" data warehousing.

US online ad growth slows in 2008's first half

U.S. online advertising, the motor that fuels most Internet companies large and small, including Google, Yahoo, Facebook and MySpace, has seen its growth lose significant speed in the first half of this year.

F5 adds support for iPhones over its SSL VPN tunnels

F5 Networks has issued a new version of its FirePass software so it can apply group access policies to mobile devices as the log-in to SSL VPNs.

AMD break-up: two voices from Europe

The financial world seems to be falling apart, but Advanced Micro Devices has just landed several billion dollars from two Abu Dhabi investment groups to fund "Asset Smart," a plan to spin off its chip manufacturing operations into a new company, tentatively called "The Foundry Co."

HP, Tandberg team for soup-to-nuts telepresence

HP and Tandberg are uniting to provide a single source for telepresence gear as well as installation and monitoring.

BT offers mega-Ethernet with new WAN

The latest benefit of BT's hugely-hyped 21CN communications system has arrived in the form of 'Etherflow,' a way for businesses to hitch their WANs to an Ethernet-based network.

Massive Welsh data center to fire up early next year

An ambitious project is under way in Wales to build one of the most advanced and secure data centers in Europe.

AMD to spin off chip fabs to raise funds

Advanced Micro Devices plans to split into two companies, one to design chips and one to make them, while two investment funds owned by the government of Abu Dhabi will contribute new capital, it said Tuesday. AMD hopes the move will give it the resources it needs to compete effectively with Intel, which dominates the microprocessor industry.

Pramati developing enterprise collaboration widgets

Pramati Technologies will release new software widgets for the enterprise by January that will allow users to collaborate from within the business applications that they are using.

Bull focuses on high-performance computing with acquisition

Bull is acquiring German high-performance computing company science + computing, and at the same time selling its Medicaid solutions business, it announced on Tuesday. The deals continue Bull's transformation into a high-end server company.

Japan game market shrank 21% in first half

Japan's computer gaming market shrank by 21% in the first six months of the current financial year, due mainly to sharply lower sales of game consoles and handhelds, according to data released on Tuesday.