The discovery was one for the pages of an archaeology classic, something with a title like “Gods, Graves and Scat.” Some people, coming into new country long ago, stopped at a cave for years perhaps, or only a day’s rest. Time enough, in any event, for them to relieve themselves — you know, answer nature’s call, if they bothered with euphemism. The cave was their in-house outhouse. Exploring... 

Adobe Systems has shared the first scrap of information about its next version of Photoshop, CS4, and it’s a doozy: there will be a 64-bit version of the photo-editing software, but only for Windows and not Mac OS X. Adobe generally keeps features in the Windows and Mac versions at a level of parity, but that wasn’t possible this time around because of a change Apple made last year to... 

LAS VEGAS - While Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) wants to expand beyond business customers, it remains to be seen if the mix of improvements to its Windows Mobile operating system will be able to get the job done. The Redmond, Wash., software giant has pushed hard to get its foot in the mobile door through its operating system, and now wants to bust it open. At the CTIA Wireless trade show on Wednesday, it... 

March 30, 2008 -  A security researcher on Friday exploited a critical bug in Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash Player to hack a notebook running Windows Vista Ultimate, the second machine to fall in this year’s “PWN To OWN” challenge. The only unclaimed laptop of the original trio by the contest’s end was a Sony Vaio running the Ubuntu distribution of Linux. Shane Macaulay,... 

HTC TyTn II phone has finally launched in India. This professional and trendy mobile device features a global high-speed access through HSDPA connectivity while in-built GPS allows personal navigation. Following its launch Ajay Sharma, Country Manager, High Tech Computer Corp (HTC) India, said, “HTC TyTn II will meet the needs of both the mobile professionals and advanced mobile consumers who can... 

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which took a lot of heat for falling off its game last year, looks to be back in the fray with today’s unveiling of three desktop processors. AMD announced that it’s releasing Phenom X49000 processors for high-end desktop systems, along with the 65-watt quad-core Phenom X4 9100e and the Phenom X3 8000 triple-core processors. Today’s announcements came... 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space shuttle Endeavour returned safely to Earth on Wednesday evening, completing a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle rolled to a stop at 8:39 p.m., roughly an hour after its commander, Dominic L. Gorie, fired twin braking rockets that brought the spacecraft out of orbit. “Wheels stop,” Mr. Gorie said after the shuttle came... 

LOS ANGELES - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is targeting April 8 as the date it will release its first batch of Blu-ray Disc titles that can be connected to the Internet for more bonus materials and features. The musical spoof “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” and the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi thriller “The 6th Day” will be the studio’s first two BD-Live titles.... 

Saturn’s moon Titan is encased in a thick, smoggy haze obscuring its surface, and planetary scientists speculated that the large moon, a little larger than the planet Mercury, might be awash in an ocean of hydrocarbons. But when NASA’s Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004 and sent the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe parachuting into Titan’s atmosphere, the pictures showed a landscape... 

A day after it was released for public download, Windows Vista SP1 is drawing barbs from some computer users who say the software wrecked their systems. “I downloaded it via Windows Update, and got a bluescreen on the third part of the update,” wrote “Iggy33″ in a comment posted Wednesday onMicrosoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Vista team blog. Iggy33 was just one of dozens of posters...