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Sasser.a and Sasser.b: Prevention and cure

News Sasser launches 128 threads to scan the random IP addresses and listens on successive ports starting with TCP port 1068. Ports 139 and 445 are both used by the Windows file-sharing protocol. Sasser (w32.sasser.a) and Sasser.b (w32.sasser.b) are...

5 May 2004, 11:00

Photos: Nintendo Wii swings into action

News The Wii system comes with 512MB of internal flash memory, two USB 2.0 ports and built-in Wi-Fi capability. Nintendo says its newly named Wii console is about the width of three stacked DVD cases and will play single- or double-layered 120mm optical...

10 May 2006, 10:38

Police to test bomb-detecting body scanners

News The millimetre wave imaging technology was developed by defence research company Qinetiq with the help of government funding and is currently used to detect stowaways hiding in vehicles at channel ports and at an airport in the UK.

25 July 2005, 9:50

Photos: LG serves up more Chocolate for Christmas

News Features include two HDMI ports and an 'Eye Intelligent' system that uses an ambient light sensor to tweak the brightness, contrast and sharpness automatically. As the sweltering heat transformed London into the innermost circle of hell, LG...

20 July 2006, 9:52

Sony's 20GB PS3 will have HDMI port

News The company said its decision was made in part by the "sharp increase" in flat-panel televisions now sold with high-definition multimedia interface ports, or HDMI. Sony's forthcoming 20GB version of the PlayStation 3 videogame console will feature...

22 September 2006, 12:44

Photos: Deflating a MacBook Air

News The MacBook Air's three ports are a mini-DVI out, a USB 2.0 connection and an audio headphone jack. The Apple MacBook Air is thin, light and a testament to what good engineering and design can accomplish in a laptop personal computer.

Tags: ram, board, hard drive, air

6 March 2008, 9:35

Seagate unleashes home terabyte

News According to the company, the Shared Storage II system includes two USB ports to connect and share two USB printers or two additional external storage products, or one of each. The price of data storage is dropping all the time -- and just to prove...

12 July 2006, 10:05

AMD unveils integrated graphics chipset

News Chipsets are a vital link in a PC, connecting the processor with memory and input/output ports. AMD's acquisition of ATI Technologies is bearing fruit. The merged company announced the AMD 690 chipset on Wednesday, the first product from AMD to...

1 March 2007, 10:12

Apple launches new MacBook laptops

News All three models are equipped with 1GB of RAM that can be expanded to 2GB, built-in iSight video cameras, AirPort Extreme wireless cards capable of 802.11n wireless networking, and two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire port.

16 May 2007, 9:41

New HP laptop lineup sports AMD chips

News The baseline laptops will ship with either an 80GB or 100GB hard drive, HP's signature 6-in-1 digital media reader and three USB 2.0 ports on some models. Hewlett-Packard is adding more mobile processors from AMD to its laptop repertoire in an...

15 June 2005, 9:00

Symantec upgrades Korgo worm warning

News According to Symantec, computers using unpatched Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems are susceptible to the worm's attack, which opens a back door to the Microsoft system through TCP ports 113 and 3067.

3 June 2004, 8:55

News.blog: Asus Eee Box details released

News For its rear ports you get two USB 2.0, one Gigabit LAN, a DVI output, left and right audio line out with S/PDIF, and an input for a Word got out a little early yesterday morning regarding Asus's small Eee Box, which will be available in early July.

Tags: hard drive, box, linux, lan

3 June 2008, 9:47

FireWire speed set to quadruple

News The S3200 standard will sustain the position of IEEE 1394 as the absolute performance leader in multipurpose I/O ports for consumer applications in computer and CE devices," the 1394 Trade Association's executive director, James Snider, said in a...

Tags: pcs, television, trade, hard drives

18 December 2007, 9:32

Microsoft sets Xbox 360 pricing

News Both the basic and premium systems come with built-in Ethernet ports and can play DVDs, CDs, MP3s and digital content from other devices, including cameras. Pricing on the much anticipated Xbox 360 will start at £210, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.

18 August 2005, 9:52

Photos: Apple's 'showtime'

News The ports on the iTV include HDMI, for connecting to a high-definition television set, and digital audio output. Apple took the stage on Tuesday at an event it teased with the phrase 'It's Showtime'. At San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the...

13 September 2006, 10:23