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Microsoft on Monday said that it found and removed malicious programs - called "bots" - from six out of 10 Windows computers checked during a recent 15-month period. The disclosure is the strongest proof yet that bots are contaminating wide swaths of the Internet.

Researchers at Intel have found a better way to insulate circuits, enabling them to save energy as they pack more transistors onto each processor.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it has contained a malicious program aimed at the millions of people who use its e-mail service, which ranks as the world's largest.

Until recently, Brazil was better known for soccer and carnival than for leading the world into the future of energy consumption. But now Brazil is also famous for what might be called its "sweet gold." "Sweet" as in sugarcane, "gold" as in a fuel to replace "black gold" -- oil.

Microsoft on Tuesday released its Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.2.4 Update. The update is available for download from Microsoft’s Mac Web site — it measures 57.5MB.

NEW YORK - Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class, and many teachers can't even hear the ring.

Mass-mailing worm exploits a vulnerability in the Web-based e-mail, but its impact is low.

TOKYO - A computer virus that targets the popular file-sharing program Winny isn't the most destructive bug or even the most widespread. But it's the most talked about in Japan as it generates headline after headline, month after month.

Some U.S. tech companies are trimming research and development budgets to save money - sparking fears that the country eventually could become less competitive. IBM on Wednesday plans to launch a consulting service to help businesses manage R&D efforts.

Back in March Google acquired @Last Software, makers of the 3D sketching program SketchUp. Following the acquisition Google released a free version of SketchUp, but only for Windows users. Now the company has countered with a free Mac version of SketchUp as well.

Simply creating a website for your company isn't enough anymore. The blogging revolution and the popularity of search gives firms many more avenues for exposure. Savvy Web marketers realize that consumers turn to the Web to shop and to learn about companies, which is forcing them to market beyond just the company website.

LONDON (Reuters) - The mobile phone industry is planning to speed up the development of cheap, mass market 3G handsets to make mobile Internet and multimedia services available to more users, an industry body said on Tuesday.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc., the world's largest provider of e-mail services, said on Monday that a software virus aimed at Yahoo Mail users had infected "a very small fraction" of its base of more than 200 million accounts.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of eight "critical" security flaws in its Windows operating system and Office software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.

WASHINGTON - Ten thousand fatal automobile crashes a year, nearly one-third of all such accidents, could be prevented if more vehicles were equipped with technology that helps to keep them from rolling over, the insurance industry said Tuesday.

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. released eight critical updates Tuesday to patch security holes in its Windows operating system, Internet Explorer browser, Windows Media Player and Office productivity software.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo discovered a malicious software "worm" designed to borrow into its free e-mail service and has neutralized the threat, the US Internet search giant said.

According to a new report from Microsoft, rootkits have not yet risen to the level of being a hacker weapon of choice, but Trojan horse programs have become a "significant and tangible threat to Windows users."

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc. , the world's largest personal computer maker, is expected to offer a desktop PC using a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in September, Citigroup Inc. analysts said on Tuesday.

Lawsuit says the company failed to disclose information about problems with call quality ahead of its IPO.