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Stories by Michael Cooney

Article | 14/06/2007 FBI: Operation Bot Roast finds over 1 million botnet victims

The Department of Justice and FBI Wednesday said ongoing investigations have identified more than 1 million botnet crime victims.

Article | 29/03/2007 Cisco develops mobile robots for wireless connectivity

Cisco has developed a set of small smart robots, which can act as wireless communications relays, that sense when a mobile user is moving out of servi...

Article | 27/03/2007 Billionaire ex-Microsoft developer set for space travel

Next month, billionaire software developer Charles Simonyi, will become the fifth civilian to fly in space when he rockets to the international space ...

Article | 9/03/2007 A brief rundown on Microsoft Office Communicator Server

Microsoft released the public beta for its Office Communicator Server 2007 this week. Here are some key facts about the product.

Article | 9/03/2007 IBM search tool targets flying saucers, ghosts, goblins

IBM wants to help you find out if UFOs are real. Well, sort of. With UFO sightings seemingly on the rise, Big Blue is teaming with The Anomalies Netwo...

Article | 26/02/2007 Super robots gear up for space

They look a little like Legos on steroids and indeed, that's how they act. Called Superbots, these robots are made up of identical modular units that ...

Article | 1/02/2007 Web site names that tune in your head

How many times have you had a song stuck in your head but couldn't figure out what it was -- or why it got suck there in the first place?

Article | 7/11/2006 Bill Gates the hotelier?

On the surface it may seem like a case of very strange bedfellows. But when Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and the world's richest man, today teamed u...

Article | 23/06/2006 Business travelers could find in-flight Internet waning

Published reports Thursday indicate Boeing may soon dump its in-flight Internet venture Connexion because the service hasn't generated a profit in six...