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HP released an update to its MediaSmart home server this week, but the device could soon face some competition from Apple, reports 9 to 5 Mac . According to Ars Technica , the rumor mill h... More >
A Gizmodo story claiming Steve Jobs' health is "rapidly declining" sent Apple stock prices down Tuesday though trading was light, according to the Los Angeles Times . They appeared to be recover... More >
According to Reuters , Dell's president of global operations, Michael Cannon , and chief marketing officer, Mark Jarvis, will be leaving their positions in a restructuring move that is intended to ... More >
Computerworld reports that a beta version of Windows 7 is available on several BitTorrent sites. News of the leak of Windows 7 Build 7000 first surfaced last Friday. While several forums cl... More >
Hewlett-Packard printers are being sold in Iran through a third-party company in an apparent violation of U.S. trade sanctions, reports The Boston Globe . In 1997, two years after President... More >
Microsoft does admit that a bug in Windows Media Player can crash the software, but denies that it allows remote code execution, reports The Register . In a posting on the Bugtraq security ... More >
AMD's filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that the chipset maker cut 600 jobs during the fourth quarter rather than the 500 it had planned. The additional layoffs will co... More >
With Nvidia in hot water, so to speak, from overheating problems with its GeForce 8M series chips, the company now advises manufacturers to switch to its newer model, which is says provides "improv... More >
Though LG Electronics will feature its "3G watch phone" and Cisco is pumping up the volume on home networks , overall the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month looks to be a bit less e... More >
Microsoft claims December's version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool has booted one of the most popular phony security apps from almost 400,000 PCs, reports InfoWorld . MSRT, which Micr... More >
Cygnus Systems, a Michigan-based networking company, has filed suit against Microsoft, Google and Apple in a U.S. District Court in Arizona, reports CNET News . Cygnus claims the tech giant... More >
AMD had planned to unveil its Phenom II processors next month at the International Consumer Electronics Show to be held in Las Vegas, but online retailers already have let the cat out of the bag, so ... More >
Research in Motion is suing Motorola, claiming it’s preventing the Canadian phone maker from hiring workers the U.S. company is letting go , reports Bloomberg . RIM claims a pact the two com... More >
Rumors are flying that Microsoft will announce layoffs Jan. 15, reports TechFlash , citing the anonymous blog Mini-Microsoft . The blogger wrote: Bad news on the rise and with perhaps Janua... More >
Valleywag calls Google's holiday bonuses this year "dogfood," because rather than cash gifts of $20,000 or more, employees will have to make do with an Android phone. The phones are the G1 ... More >
Just after patching a serious vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is warning of a serious flaw in its SQL Server database software , reports Network World . It said Web... More >
As Microsoft attempts to shore up its efforts in search, its November results show it losing ground as Google continues gaining. Google gained 0.4 percentage points from October to 63.5 per... More >
Korea IT News reports that Samsung is developing an Android phone to be deployed in North America during the second quarter of 2009. Samsung, a member of the Open Handset Alliance , will rel... More >
For all the gloom and doom surrounding the mobile phone market, it received a bit of good news. The Wall Street Journal reports that BlackBerry Maker Research in Motion enjoyed record sales... More >
Google is testing a feature of its Google Enterprise Search Appliance that will find corporate content in any of 34 languages , which could be a boon for companies with a multi-national work force,... More >
The state of New York has agreed to transfer $650 million worth of incentives to AMD's manufacturing spinoff, The Foundry Co., reports Network World . AMD was granted the funds in 2006 for ... More >
Novell has canceled its BrainShare conference , citing companies' restrictions on travel, reports Computerworld . The conference, scheduled for March in Salt Lake City, is just the latest vi... More >
Rumors about what Apple will unveil this year at Macworld have been blown away by the news that this will be the last year that Apple will exhibit at the popular trade show and CEO Steve Jobs won't... More >
Yahoo is doing one better than a European Union group recommendation that search engines discard data after six months and is "anonymizing" most of the data it collects after three months , reports ... More >
Qimonda AG appears to be the first of the DRAM makers to line up government aid . The German state of Saxony agreed to make a 150 million-euro ($205 million) loan on the condition that parent... More >
Apple, long too cool to suffer from even a lousy economy, showed signs of weakness in November, according to The Wall Street Journal . NPD Group, which tracks retail sales, showed Apple sal... More >
Budget-stretched consumers are looking for values these days and AMD is planning to cater to them with its new dual-core desktop processors, reports vnunet.com . The company has released two ... More >
According to a new report from Cisco, 90 percent of e-mails are spam . The Register reports that the U.S. is responsible for 17.2 percent of the 200 billion junk mail messages sent daily, fo... More >
Microsoft is asking users of Internet Explorer to be cautious as it works to issue an emergency patch for a vulnerability found in its Web browser. Security experts, however, are advising people to... More >
The man behind Microsoft's move to using shipping containers as data centers is jumping ship and moving to Amazon, reports TechFlash . At Amazon, James Hamilton will hold the title of vice ... More >
A Wall Street Journal story that Google is trying to create an Internet fast lane for its own content with major cable and phone companies has created quite a stir, especially in Net neutrality cir... More >
The fine folks at Microsoft have gotten aboard the iPhone bullet train. The Inquirer reports that Microsoft's Live Labs engineers have developed and released an application for the iPhone, the comp... More >
The latest bailout of the day appears to be gaining steam in the market for DRAM memory chips. With prices in the cellar due to oversupply, Taiwan, Germany and South Korea appear ready to pr... More >
Just after Microsoft addressed four vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, the company is warning of XML Zero-Day flaw in the browser, reports internetnews.com . Initially the vulnerabilit... More >
Just 100 days after making its debut, Google has taken its Web browser Chrome out of beta , reports The Associated Press in the San Francisco Chronicle. It initially met mixed reactions , ... More >
Apple has released six updates that come in pairs for the latest MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. According to PCWorld , users have been complaining that their computers lock up after... More >
Intel has filed a legal challenge to the South Korean antitrust ruling that found the company has abused its market dominance in that country, reports Reuters . In asking the Seoul High Cou... More >
Just as it released the updates for December's Patch Tuesday , Microsoft warned of another vulnerability. NetworkWorld reports that the flaw lies in the WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 f... More >
Google and Microsoft have hit the brakes on their rapid build-out of data centers, reports internetnews.com , though not all the assertions in the story seem to hold up. It says Google has ... More >
After working together on it for three years, Hewlett-Packard and Boston Power have announced that environmentally friendly batteries will be an upgrade option on HP laptops, reports The Boston Gl... More >
Nortel's stock price dived after The Wall Street Journal reported the company is looking at a possible bankruptcy filing, according to Bloomberg . A spokesman said Wedesday that Nortel has n... More >
The AeE (American Electronics Association) and the Information Technology Association of America , two of the nation's largest technology trade associations, have merged to form an organization wi... More >
Microsoft has told the European Commission's Article 29 Working Party that it is prepared to reduce the amount of time it keeps records of Web searches only if Google and Yahoo do the same, reports... More >
Developers no longer have to subscribe to T-Mobile if they want the G1 now that Google has released the Android Dev Phone 1 . According to eWEEK , the SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked devi... More >
Intel has been busy working with developers to reap energy for mobile phones from sources like sunlight and heat. The company is cultivating sensors that absorb energy from sunlight and body h... More >
The economy being what it is, Google has said "thanks, but no thanks" to part of the tax incentives offered by the state of North Carolina. According to an Associated Press story in the Se... More >
The glut of used equipment from failed businesses could cut into the sales of companies such as Cisco and Dell, reports Bloomberg . Indeed, this eWEEK piece ponders what Citigroup will do... More >
Citing sources at component makers, DigiTimes reports some major PC vendors are cutting orders by 50 percent when compared with a year ago. It says Hewlett-Packard will reduce its orders by ... More >
Toshiba rebuts a report by Japanese broadcaster NHK that it plans to stop production of NAND flash at two plants for nine days later this month, reports Reuters . Some U.S. tech companies h... More >
Microsoft will be releasing eight bulletins and updates in this month's Patch Tuesday release on Dec. 9. eWEEK reports the six of the patches are rated as "critical" and affect Microsoft ... More >
Research in Motion has launched a hostile takeover bid for Waterloo, Ontario-based Certicom Corp. CNNMoney.com reports RIM has been in talks with the digital encryption technology company since 200... More >
News that Nokia is cutting its global handset market forecasts comes on the heels of its announcement that it has completed its acquisition of Symbian . The Associated Press reports that Nok... More >
Amid reports that former AOL chief Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money to buy Yahoo, the Web portal's shares soared more than 7 percent , reports InformationWeek . Even though The Wa... More >
Taiwan is hoping to avoid a U.S.-style bailout to keep its DRAM industry afloat. The global economic downtown has hit the industry rather hard, says CIO.com . The island country provides nearly 25 p... More >
Apple's note recommending antivirus software apparently was old and has been removed from its Web site, reports BBC News . The advice, first published by Brian Krebs at The Washington Post... More >
The third quarter was tough for server makers as companies put off buying expensive systems in the down economy, reports eWEEK . Global revenues fell for all five top manufacturers -- Hewle... More >
Apple apparently will have to kill the ads making fun of PC users' need for antivirus software. In a note quietly posted on its support site, Apple began urging users to add antivirus softw... More >
Dell's joining the likes of Microsoft and SAP in offering zero-percent financing to corporate customers. The New York Times finds that odd , given the company's recent statements that it was... More >
Google's social networking Web site Orkut is being used to spread a Trojan , according to InfoWorld . An alert from security firm Websense says the fake message being sent to Orkut users is ... More >
The Register reports Microsoft will deliver Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturers in April 2009. The news comes from TechARP.com , a Malaysian Web site that correctly predicted the release ... More >
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