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The folks at Ars Technica sit down with University of Washington guru, Stefan Savage, to take a look at tactics combating web-based attacks such as Distributed Denial-of-Service. Attacks are on the rise again and IT folks need to protect servers. Find out how — your site could depend on it.

Way back in 1997, Microsoft got involved in a different lawsuit over unfair competition. A preliminary ruling in that case was handed down today, and it looks like Microsoft managed to win one for a change.

Skipping right past the Palm IV, V, and VI, 3Com announced its Palm VII organizer today. The latest version of the popular PDA puts the focus on wireless communication, including Internet access. But the price may surprise you.

3Dfx has already announced Voodoo3. S3’s got its Savage3D. nVidia’s current TNT technology is still hot. But with Dreamcast already selling like hot cakes at IHOP, NEC and VideoLogic are once again setting their sights on the PC space. And today, at long last, the companies announced they have started sampling their latest PC progeny–the PowerVR 250

Just in time for the holiday season, web outages and downed servers have plagued Toys R Us, Amazon.com, and eBay, causing time-outs, missing graphics, and other annoyances that are generally trying the patience of web.

Just a month after Intel passed it in sheer clock speed with a 733MHz Pentium III, AMD says it will have a 750MHz Athlon ready for Christmas.

Diamond Multimedia has accused a recording industry group of anti-trust violations, libel, conspiracy, and harassment in the ongoing battle to sell its portable MP3 player.