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FWIW, small cost to dramatically increase your wireless modem/router's range. For me, when I initially purchased and installed my ActionTec GT704-WG router, naturally it came with the standard antenna. While trying to use a wireless modem in my sons PC, 30' away in his room, the...

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are all reportedly bidding to buy out online video service, Hulu.com. But they all have different reasons for considering the move. Hulu did not go after a public share offering, but went to a straight sale. Read Full Story: Tech Giants Bid to Acquire Hulu...

aesoteric writes "A legion of Silverlight developers have threatened revolt after Microsoft made no mention of Silverlight or .Net in the vendor's brief video preview for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Developers expressed fears Microsoft might let their investment in skills "die on...

Last week Microsoft officially announced the next version of its operating system, currently codenamed Windows 8. We took a look at many of the features here . The announcement has generated a lot of buzz, but also a lot of uncertainty. How will support for legacy applications be handled? Should...

Scientists at a company in Lincolnshire plan to power cars using oil garnered from Cornish pasties, pies and other waste food, it has been announced. Eco-friendly fuel firm Greenergy have revealed their intentions to make biodiesel using oil extracted from various forms of food waste. As...

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will acquire VoIP service Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will purchase the company from investor group Silver Lake, which—along with Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz Ventures, and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—acquired a majority stake in Skype...

Last week rumors hit the Internet that the VoIP based telephone company Skype was in talks to either be acquired or join in a huge deal with a major Internet company. Now yet another company has supposedly entered the fray, at least according to a new story at GigOm. Using unnamed sources, the...

Link Removed Japan's cabinet approved on Friday almost $50 billion of spending for post-earthquake rebuilding, a downpayment on the country's biggest public works effort in six decades. The emergency budget of 4 trillion yen ($48.5 billion), which is likely be followed by more...

DUBAI (Reuters) – Auction house Christie's will put one of the world's largest pearls on the block at its Dubai spring jewelry sale on April 20 in a nostalgic reminder of the Emirate's pearl diving past. The auction house is showcasing an array of pearls, diamonds, gems and gold jewelry ahead...

A Suffolk home that is only 7ft wide (2m) and boasts an upside-down design has gone up for sale - for the grand total of £95,000. The tiny Victorian property in Framlingham, Suffolk, has the kitchen on the first floor and the bedroom underneath – and once formed part of a steam mill...

NEW YORK — Wall Street followed Japanese stocks lower Monday, as investors worried about the impact of Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami that laid waste to cities along Japan’s northeast coast, killing thousands and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage. The Dow Jones...

Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...

Many of us will have noticed the shift in attitude by the devs towards console releases and with this comes a reluctance to release to the less profitable pc market. This fudzilla article expands on the subject.. Link Removed due to 404 Error

Facebook is sitting pretty, what with that $450 million Goldman infusion you may have heard a little about, but rival social networkers MySpace have not been so lucky. The News Corp. site will, in fact, lay off half of its 1,100-person staff later this month, according to a source familiar with...

Companies considering a migration to Windows 7 should take advantage of new technology and staff training to get the most from the new OS, says Martin Hill of Dell Education Services. More...

The decision to upgrade to Windows 7 will need to make the cheque-signers happy, so this video explores the return on investment following the upgrade ( ZDNet UK - IT At Work ) Link Removed - Invalid URL

Intel announced a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee's common stock fo $7.68 billion, in a move unanimously supported by the board of directors of both companies. The deal, which is part of Intel's new strategy to focus on security as much as it does on energy efficiency, has still to...

SOURCE: Fudzilla.com Codemasters is really hard at work these days and has been ramping up by adding a lot of staff, and it is no wonder because they have a lot of projects in the works. Besides Bodycount and F1 2010, we have learned that the company is also developing Dirt 3, Grid 2, and...

This absolutely disgusts me. If anything, the US president should shutdown all BP PLC's assets. They don't deserve to continue operating as a petroleum company. HOUSTON (Reuters) - Drilling of a relief well seen as the most promising way to plug the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a...

Check it out.. YouTube - Cruden's Hexatech Racing Simulator IAAPA 2009 There you have it .. the ultimate race car simulator ! About the closest I come to racing is being stuck in traffic and making race car noises with my mouth. All that can change for the low low price of $191,000. Wait...