Hewlett-Packard announced on Thursday that it has revamped its HP Integrity server line and now offers more powerful models equipped with dual-core Intel Itanium Montecito processors. Many of the largest businesses in the world use HP's Integrity servers and more than 9,000 third-party software products support the platform

A team of senior doctors on Friday carried out tests for Pakistan's nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who is under treatment for cancer at a private hospital in the port city of Karachi, according to local media reports. Abdul Qadeer Khan, is suffering from prostate cancer, which was diagnosed following a routine medical check-up in early August, according to the government

Caught in a scheduling squeeze, NASA decided to try to launch space shuttle Atlantis on Friday, the U.S. space agency said on its official website. After a meeting on Thursday afternoon, NASA managers finally decided to go for launch Friday, despite a problem with a fuel cell on the spacecraft. Replacing the fuel cell could delay any launch attempt by several weeks

Amazon.com unveiled the Unbox Video Store yesterday, a direct rival to Apple's iTunes 24-7 video store, which allows U.S. users to buy or rent TV shows, movies, and other video content from the Internet. The company says that when customers download a movie or show, Unbox automatically gives them a second file that can be viewed on portable digital players that use Microsoft Windows Media Player. Launching the service, Bill Carr, vice president - digital media, Amazon

Time Warner’s internet division AOL continues to reveal more plans on their upcoming free services targeted to gain more customers. AOL has now revealed that they would offer a free online storage bin that will let people back up their photos, music and other important files. The company plans to offer 5 gigabytes of free online storage to the users of their online services as they target to drive users away from competing services offered by Google, Yahoo! and MSN

Astronauts Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter worked so efficiently together on Thursday's spacewalk outside the International Space Station that they were actually done 90-minutes ahead of schedule. Their reward? More work assignments from ground control. Their original task: make critical repairs to a new cooling system. With that finished early, the two astronauts hung about for a few moments, enjoying the view. But that ended when NASA controllers hauled out their get-ahead task list

Microsoft said Wednesday a Norwegian journalist fabricated an interview with Chairman Bill Gates. The interview, printed in the Norwegian magazine Mann and top-selling Swedish tabloid daily Aftonbladet, was "totally fake," said Eirik Lae Solberg, spokesman for Microsoft Norway. In the four-page interview titled "Big Bill," author Bjoern Benkow claimed he spoke to Gates during a two-hour commercial flight in Europe

Some computers with wireless Internet capabilities are vulnerable to attacks that could expose passwords, bank account details and other sensitive information even if the machines aren't actually online, researchers said here Wednesday. The researchers demonstrated the vulnerability at a computer-security conference, showing how to take complete control of a MacBook from Apple Computer Inc

Coca-Cola has signed a deal with another big icon – Apple - to promote the iTunes music site. And Coke quietly closed its European music site –mycokemusic.com – in the process. Subscribers to the mycokemusic site had until 31st July to burn up any existing credits by downloading more tracks. A FAQ on the site says that they've lost those credits now unless they subscribe to another music site operated by OD2 before August 31st

Intel has introduced its first NOR flash memory products aimed at the emerging low-cost cellphone segment. Darin Billerbeck, vice president and general manager of Intel's Flash Products Group, said: "We view the low-cost handset market segment as an ongoing growth opportunity and we have a migration path in place to transition our products from 130nm and 90nm process technology to 65nm process technology in 2007