So this kid find a critical hole in Microsoft’s Jet Database Engine, informs them of it, and spend six months with them fixing it. Very, very cool stuff. All he gets is a mention on their website for the help. Not cool, not cool, not cool.

Mr Thompson said that he initially had difficulty convincing Microsoft [...]

If you are shopping for a TV recorder for your PC, this guide from Home Theater PC News should answer just about any question you have, as well as compare cards by what they look like, say if you are buying one on eBay but the seller doesn’t have much info about it other than [...]

An open letter to the Open Source community (and the world I suppose) explaining the flaw in the report by Forrester Group titled, “Is Linux more secure than Windows?” It seems to give open and honest insight into the process that was taken to create the report and how the results are being measured. It [...]

Another new phone that I probably won’t see for another year or so. At first glance it looks to be nothing special, but checkout some of these features.

The camera phone with more…Sanyo’s PM-8200 combines advanced camera functionality with a high quality built-in speakerphone and nationwide walkie-talkie style communication with PCS Ready Link(SM) from Sprint. This [...]

In a move that I could only assume means that MusicMatch is paying Intel a buttload of money, Intel will not start including CDs with MusicMatch software in some computers that ship with Intel motherboards. Does anyone use MusicMatch?

Intel will package Musicmatch Jukebox, Musicmatch Radio, Musicmatch MX and its Musicmatch Downloads service on a resource [...]

Back in December of ‘98 I bought this game called Half-Life. You should know the rest of the story from there. Best FPS game on the PC ever and arguably the best of any genre. Since then many FPSs have tried to emulate Half-Life, but none have been able to equal it greatness. Sure Quake [...]

This article gives you a look at some of the new stuff coming in C# 2.0. Feels like we just had C# 1.0 and 1.1 and now they throw this at us? Those Microsoft boys are always keeping us on our toes. In any case I like C#. I like it a lot. They done [...]

I need to get a new phone soon so I was pretty excited to see this was going to be released anytime now. I love the sleekness of it and the fact that it just looks so damn cool. Unfortunately, since I will not be in Asia anytime soon who knows when I will be [...]

Need a new phone? Confused by all the options? The Cell Phone Finder can help.

Amazon.com has released a new web search engine called A9. It features a search history, search inside the book, adjustable viewing columns, URL shortcuts (a9.com/yoursearchterm), a click history, site info, and more. The results are powered by Google.
The features are activated after you login, and it uses your Amazon.com login, so you don’t have to [...]

Worried about muggers coming after you when they see those white headphones? Not anymore. With the new and improved iStab, you can fend off any attacker.

I know this one has been posted all over the Internet, but there were two things that I wanted to point out. 1) Did you see the size of the card?

If I knew Nvidia was going to include a laptop on their video card I would have pre-ordered one of these 6 months ago.
2) Second [...]

I know this has been on everyone’s minds lately. Microsoft’s Java Virtual Machine Implementation was about to lose all support this year, then Sun (or Mr. McNealy for that matter) decided to show up and kiss the ring on Gates’ finger and now the world is good again.

The news isn’t all positive for MSJVM advocates, [...]

I do this kind of stuff with the Store and I will say that it is easy to do once you get the hang of it. Soon you will be wanting to serialize everything. Even your Pokemon collection!

Simplify the task of creating XML documents with the XML_Serializer class, which lets you build nested XML documents [...]

Too bad this doesn’t make Ford’s run better (cheapshot I know). In any case I am still waiting for a mp3 player installed by default with wireless access allowing to zip my new mp3s over to it while the car sits in the garage. But this is almost as good.

I used the center console of [...]

Derek writes: Nokia has announced plans to deliver a redesigned version of its N-Gage gaming cell-phone. The new model, the N-Gage QD, has been built to address many of the design problems that plagued the original release.
The N-Gage QD will hit North American shelves in June. European, African, and Asia Pacific regions will see the [...]