February 01, 2006, 5:21 PM PST
Hello Moto Slvr
Posted by: Kent German

Attention, Razr fanatics, the Motorola Slvr is now available. Equipped with iTunes, the phone is a huge design improvement upon the mediocre Motorola Rokr, but features are a mixed bag. Although you get Bluetooth and a speakerphone, we're disappointed by some of the other offerings. Also, it inherited the Rokr's annoying iTunes restrictions. Read all about it in our full review.

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February 01, 2006, 4:58 PM PST
Will the real Pink Razr please step forward?
Posted by: Nicole Lee

Moments after we published our "Pretty in pink" front door for our On the Go Mobile section, another pink member in the gadget family appeared. Say hello to the pink Razr. No, not that pink Razr--a new pink Razr. Yes, I was taken aback too, mostly because I've always heard the Magenta Motorola Razr being referred to as the pink Razr, despite its official color name. Well, this pink Razr is now the official pink Razr (confused yet?). It's another color option for the Motorola Razr V3c, exclusive from Verizon, and it is in a significantly lighter hue, veering toward strawberry milk compared with hot magenta. What's next--a ruby-red Razr? Tangerine orange? Periwinkle blue? Personally, I'll be waiting for one that looks like a Rocket Pop.

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February 01, 2006, 3:17 PM PST
Here comes Kama Sutra, and not in the good way
Posted by: Molly Wood

It appears the Kama Sutra virus, which is set to strike February 3, and for which Microsoft will not be providing a patch until February 14, is actually starting up early on some PCs whose internal clocks are off. Users are reporting overwritten files and an utter inability to tell what day it is.

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February 01, 2006, 3:13 PM PST
Gates too rich for the tax man?
Posted by: Molly Wood

There are certain realities that the super-rich have to live with that you and I will never understand. Then, there are realities that even the super-rich will never understand. Like having so much money that your tax information requires its own computer. That's Bill Gates-rich. Literally.

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February 01, 2006, 3:09 PM PST
IE 7: too little, too soon?
Posted by: Molly Wood

Last I heard, the Internet Explorer 7 beta released this week wasn't due until March. But here it is all early, and man, is it ever a mess. Bugs are one thing--it's a beta--but there are reports already of security holes, and it doesn't even play nice with McAfee Internet Security Suite. Sheesh, Microsoft. At this rate, you're going to ruin Internet Explorer's good name. Oh...wait...

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February 01, 2006, 7:01 AM PST
Canon's new DVD camcorder: Canon DC40
Posted by: Will Greenwald

Canon has followed up on its DC10 and DC20 DVD camcorders with the DC40, a DVD camcorder that specializes in wide-screen movie capture. This new model will compete with Sony's line of DVD camcorders, including the popular Handycam DCR-DVD403. The camcorder uses wide-screen high-resolution 16:9 shooting, which Canon claims uses a larger proportion of the camcorder's CCD than other cameras do. It boasts a 2.7-inch, 16:9 LCD screen for full-screen, cinema-proportion capture and playback. The DC40 also offers 4.3-megapixel still-image capturing. The Canon DC40 ships in March and will retail for around $900.

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February 01, 2006, 6:14 AM PST
Kama Sutra worm claims first victims
Posted by: Robert Vamosi

Antivirus vendor F-Secure is reporting the first victims of Kama Sutra (known as Nyxem on the F-Secure site). The worm is expected to unleash its dangerous payload on the third day of each month (in this case, February 3, 2006), however, if your clock is not set properly, you could start to see the damage anytime. Damage includes overwriting files with the following extensions DOC, XLS, MDE, MDB, PPT, PPS, RAR, PDF, PSD, DMP, and ZIP with an error message "DATA Error [47 0F 94 93 F4 K5]. Fortunately, most antivirus vendors have already updated their signature files to block Kama Sutra.

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