Microsoft plans to fix a “browse-and-get-owned” vulnerability in its Video ActiveX Control when it releases software patches next week. The company acknowledged the vulnerability last week and is moving with uncharacteristic speed in issuing a fix for the problem. A second and similar vulnerability with Microsoft’s DirectShow was disclosed in May. It too will be fixed with Tuesday’s patches. According to Microsoft, both of the flaws affect older versions of Windows; Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 users

Sprint Nextel Corp said it would pay Ericsson $4.5 billion to $5 billion to manage its network under a 7-year deal in which 6,000 Sprint workers will move to Ericsson. Sprint shares rose 4 percent. Sprint said it would keep full control of its network after the deal, which is the first of its kind for a major U.S. operator. Sweden's Ericsson said the deal would initially hurt margins but provide “satisfactory” profits over seven years.

The No. 3 U.S. mobile service provider said Ericsson would help improve its network performance more efficiently than it could on its own. It also plans to plow any savings from the agreement into improving its network coverage. “This is about improving our customer experience,” Steve Elfman, Sprint's network operations head, said on a call with reporters on Thursday. “While we get the benefit of Ericsson's expertise … we can focus our attention on bringing great devices, great services, great applications to them.”

We’ve hit somewhat of a drought here lately in the world of HDTVs, but Sharp is making sure we’re not left to wait any longer for new panels. This week, the company introduced its first-ever AQUOS HDTV with a LED backlight as well as the industry’s first 60″ LCD HDTV. The 65-inch LC-65E77UM (64-33/64″ Diagonal) and 60-inch LC-60E77UN (60-1/32″ Diagonal) AQUOS LCD TVs join the E77 series, and both sport 1080p panels. The each employ Sharp’s Advanced Super View (ASV) Superlucent Panel in order to display brighter

Cyber attacks slowing U.S. and South Korean websites could enter a new phase on Friday by attacking personal computers and wiping out hard disks, a South Korean government agency and web security firm said. North Korea was originally a prime suspect for launching the cyber attacks, but the isolated state was not named on a list of websites from five countries where the attacks may have originated, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said.

The KCC said host websites believed behind the original attacks were based in Germany, Austria, Georgia, the United States and South Korea. The location of the hackers behind the attacks was still unknown, it said. South Korean MPs briefed by the National Intelligence Service said although websites in North Korea were not on the list, Pyongyang was still considered a suspect, Yonhap news agency said.

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The word heatsink has always been one of those unusual words that doesn't quite fit what it actually is. Let's break it down. Heat is a form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, convection or radiation. To sink is to fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down in stages, or to make weaker or less forceful. Hmmm… I guess heatsink does work after all.

Regardless of my lame attempt to fill an introductory paragraph, there are many many vendors of CPU coolers (aka heatsinks). Most of them do an adequate job, but only a fine few are worthy of being in a PC enthusiast's rig. Enthusiasts (such as the fine readers of OCModShop) want a cooler that performs beyond the call of duty, because they are usually overclocking their rigs, pushing them to the thermal breaking point.

To be honest, we expect Microsoft to announce some sort of Family Pack for Windows 7, much as they did for Windows Vista. To this point, there’s been no official announcement, but as retailers prep their sites for the October launch of WIndows 7, they have made a few mistakes. Fadfusion.com on Friday listed something called “W7 Family Pack – Home Prem Upg” on its site for $138.99. According to the site, that’s an $11 discount from the $149.99 MSRP. The software will reportedly let users upgrade as many as three

Scouting a new notebook? You may think of the usual suspects–Dell, Acer, Gateway, HP and Asus–but have you even considered Getac? The little-known laptop maker is dishing out a new machine designed for the business crowd, but unlike most business notebooks, this one’s designed to handle the bumps and bruises that’ll surely happen whilst traveling from office to office. The ultraportable features a 13.3″ WXGA display, a Core 2 Duo ULV processor, up to 3GB of memory, a battery that should last up to 8 hours

Here lately, Dell’s been doing its best to freshen up its lineup and appeal to that incredibly lucrative younger bunch. To that end, the company is today extending its “Design Studio” artwork to its Inspiron 15, which currently sits as the company’s most popular consumer notebook. Furthermore, the outfit is announcing “FastTrack,” a program that ships select popular pre-configured systems for consumers and small and medium businesses (SMB) out from factories the next business day. For those unaware, Design Studio

Noctua has sent us their newest case fan for us to review, the NF-S12B FLX. Succeeding the vastly successful NF-S12, the NF-S12B is a next generation quiet fan featuring Noctua's advanced SCD2 technology as well as a new blade geometry with Beveled Blade Tips that improves its predecessor's airflow efficiency by up to 10%. Read on to see how this new fan performs.

If you’re in the market for an HDTV, and you can’t survive without your Netflix account, we’ve got some great news to share. Netflix, Demand Media and ON Networks have teamed up to provide instant streaming content to Internet-connected BRAVIA HDTVs and older BRAVIA HDTVs that are compatible with the company’s Internet Video platform. Starting this Fall, Netflix members will be able to instantly watch more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes on Sony BRAVIA Internet Video-capable HDTVs and on previous BRAVIA models