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Slipstream: Do You Have That Portable in a Midsize?
by By JOHN MARKOFF
10 May 2008 at 11:41pm
Between laptop-sized computers and hand-held devices, is there room for a third category whose size would fall between the two?
Novelties: A Buyer?s Guide to Inventions, in Plain English
by By ANNE EISENBERG
10 May 2008 at 11:42pm
A Web-based service under development offers a new tool intended to help with the matchmaking of inventors and companies.
The Medium: Lexicographical Longing
by By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
9 May 2008 at 4:17pm
The quintessential fusty book may never see paper and ink again.
Stolen Laptop Helps Turn Tables on Suspects
by By LISA W. FODERARO
10 May 2008 at 7:31am
A criminal was photographed remotely through the camera on the laptop computer he had stolen, identified and brought to justice.
Spam Moves to Cellphones and Gets More Invasive
by By LAURA M. HOLSON
10 May 2008 at 12:02am
If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself for round two: spammers want to find you on your cellphone.
Bits: Google-Yahoo: Deal or No Deal?
by By MIGUEL HELFT
11 May 2008 at 5:48am
Google faces a conundrum. If it does a deal with Yahoo, it faces antitrust scrutiny. If it backs out, it leaves Yahoo hanging in the wind. Either way, it could harm its nice-guy image.
Bits: Can Facebook Build a Better Passport?
by By SAUL HANSELL
9 May 2008 at 8:07pm
Facebook said that it will let users bring information from their profiles onto other sites. It is also reviving the possibility of a universal logon, an idea tried unsuccessfully years ago by Microsoft.
DealBook: Did Microsoft Overpay for Its Facebook Stake?
by By DEALBOOK
10 May 2008 at 12:20am
Some are asking if Microsoft overpaid last year for its 1.6 percent stake in Facebook, the popular social networking Web site.
What?s Online: Blogging Against Barbie
by By DAN MITCHELL
10 May 2008 at 12:21am
An attempt by Mattel to market a Barbie doll collection around eco-consciousness has raised criticism from parents.
Business Briefing | Lawsuits: Microsoft Appeals $1.4 Billion Fine by Europe
by By BLOOMBERG NEWS
10 May 2008 at 9:43pm
Microsoft asked Europe?s second-highest court to overturn or reduce a record fine of 899 million euros ($1.4 billion) from the European Union.
F.B.I. Says the Military Had Bogus Computer Gear
by By JOHN MARKOFF
9 May 2008 at 11:07am
The prospect of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon.
Facebook Agrees to Devise Tools to Protect Young Users
by By BRAD STONE
9 May 2008 at 12:40pm
The company will require users under 18 to confirm they have read Facebook?s safety tips when they sign up; the site will also display a prominent ?report abuse? icon.
S.E.C. Fines Marvell $10 Million
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
9 May 2008 at 1:53pm
The Marvell Technology Group, a maker of semiconductors, agreed to pay a $10 million civil fine to settle regulators? accusations of improper backdating of stock options.
Bits: AT&T?s Wi-Fi Tease for iPhone Users
by By SAUL HANSELL
9 May 2008 at 6:22pm
IPhone customers found free Wi-Fi access at Starbucks. Then they didn?t. AT&T?s Web site promised free Wi-Fi. Then it didn?t. AT&T is likely going to offer free Wi-Fi, but it is mum about when the teasing will stop.
Bits: MySpace Turns Social Network Sharing in the Right Direction
by By SAUL HANSELL
9 May 2008 at 3:03pm
MySpace will make it easy to take photos and information from your profile and display it on profile pages of other Web sites.
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Nationalize Twitter? Hmm, not so fast
11 May 2008 at 12:00pm
A lot of chatter recently that Twitter has become vital to our daily lives--with some suggesting it to a question of national security.
Maybe Microsoft isn't completely useless on the web, after all
10 May 2008 at 9:35am
Microsoft makes web development easy, though not perfect or particularly powerful.
Google to launch Friend Connect for the social Web
10 May 2008 at 9:13am
Google is expected to join the data portability crowd with "Friend Connect," which will allow users to bring their data from social networks into third-party Web sites.
Is Microsoft stalking Powerset's search technology?
10 May 2008 at 8:12am
While Powerset is preparing for the public rollout of its semantic search engine, Microsoft is rumored to be interested in acquiring the start-up.
Google gains on Microsoft with hosted security offering
9 May 2008 at 7:36pm
The search giant's latest Web-hosted offering, Web Security for Enterprise, gives it a leg up on Microsoft in a digital world increasingly turning to cloud computing, experts say.
If Apple can go home again, why not Dell?
9 May 2008 at 7:26pm
Looking to Apple's past for a clue to his company's future, Michael Dell knows that reversal of fortune is a common theme in the PC industry's history.
JavaOne '08: Sun starts delivering
9 May 2008 at 7:02pm
At San Francisco conference, company touts a rich Internet application environment and a new cloud computing service. Plus, Neil Young sings Sun.
Adobe says Photoshop Express glitch fixed
9 May 2008 at 5:54pm
The software maker says it has fixed a bug that delayed an update to the free, Web-based photo editing tool. The planned updates are now available, it says.
Sun's Ian Murdock on OpenSolaris and Linux
9 May 2008 at 3:22pm
Sun's Ian Murdock is one of the more lucid thinkers on open source strategy at Sun.
Why Uncle Sam must stop subsidizing inefficient companies
9 May 2008 at 2:57pm
Nearly every recent FCC decision seems to promote incumbents instead of consumers. That contradicts the regulator's raison d'etre, says guest columnist Greg Rosston.
Microsoft to feed the starving nations...with phones
9 May 2008 at 2:44pm
Microsoft wants to bring an enriched mobile experience to the developing world. Microsoft has been doing little of interest in mobile for years, but has talked about it even less. This is a chance for Microsoft to innovate. Whether it will is, of cours
Wind power company Noble files for public offering
9 May 2008 at 2:11pm
Noble Environmental Power files to raise as much as $375 million in an initial public offering. Can wind power whip up a storm on Wall Street?
Microsoft to appeal EC's $1.39 billion fine
9 May 2008 at 2:02pm
Microsoft announces it plans to appeal the European Commission's historic fine, which dinged the Redmond giant for failing to comply with hits previous antitrust orders.
Slouching toward telecommuting: IT's newest challenge
9 May 2008 at 1:39pm
The latest data suggests that energy prices are likely going higher. Now the big question is whether IT will be ready to handle the new demands put on it by more telecommuters.
Appeals court issues split ruling in Alcatel-Lucent patent case
9 May 2008 at 1:20pm
Appeals court says lower court erred in definition of "terminal device" but sides with Alcatel-Lucent in dispute against Microsoft and Dell over digital speech compression tech.
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Google TiSP Joke Becomes Reality
11 May 2008 at 8:04pm
Apparently, the folks in Bournesmouth, UK, didn't get the joke, as they're laying fiber optic cable through the sewer system. The intended result: blazing fast connections that don't require digging up anything...
Data Centers and Global Warming, Will the web crash?
11 May 2008 at 5:51pm
So you?ve heard the hype on going green, wouldn?t you like to know how the internet fits into the big picture of saving energy? Every time you search Google you could power an 11-watt light bulb for an hour?
IFPI Advises Kids to Use LimeWire and Kazaa
11 May 2008 at 5:27pm
Together with the charity Childnet, IFPI recently launched a campaign to educate kids, teachers and parents about the dangers of filesharing. Ironically, the legal alternatives they suggest direct the kids to LimeWire, Kazaa and sites that sell hardcore adult movies.
Happy Mothers Day Google Logo 2008
11 May 2008 at 2:07pm
Googles 2008 logo for Mothers Day - Happy Mothers Day to all the moms!
Fedora 9 released ! we have the first screenshots of Sulphur
11 May 2008 at 1:43pm
Here are some shots from the install. I will not go into detail when it comes to these. One thing that has changed is the encryption option (i did not test this), that allows you to make and install to an encrypted partition.uname -aLinux localhost.localdomain 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:28:41 EDT 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Zune breaks 2 million sold, stealing market from Creative
11 May 2008 at 12:29pm
Microsoft is still toiling away at the Zune, but there isn't a whole terrible much to show for it so far in regards to market impact. They just broke the 2 million mark, almost a year after they hit 1 million in May 2007. That means growth has hardly accelerated since the second-gen players hit the scene.
The (Virtual) Global Office
11 May 2008 at 9:33am
Moving beyond Second Life marketing, many companies are infiltrating virtual worlds for employee meetings, mixers, and recruiting
Preserving Old Movies, At 40 Degrees
11 May 2008 at 8:37am
While Scarlett O'Hara stayed cool at home, Dorothy Gale took a year out to go skipping down a digital yellow brick road in a Hollywood film lab.
DARPA Wants Matrix-style Virtual World for Cybergeddon
11 May 2008 at 8:15am
The US military's famed scientific wingnut farm, DARPA*, has released full details of its planned "National Cyber Range" - a mighty network which could be configured to simulate the cyberspace battlefields of the future. This would allow America's fighting nerds to train for the net conflicts of tomorrow, mounting attacks on simulated enemies..
Your Chance to Finish a Movie Microsoft Started
11 May 2008 at 8:14am
Microsoft Corporation is underwriting an online movie-making contest to stimulate sales and burnish the reputation of its Windows Vista operating system.
The 25 Year Old UNIX Bug
11 May 2008 at 3:01am
1983. The year of the IBM PC XT, the Apple Lisa, Pioneer 10 leaving the solar system, and Hooters opening up shop in Florida. It's also the birthyear of a 25 year old UNIX bug, squashed only a few days ago.
How Web 3.0 Will Work
11 May 2008 at 2:30am
You've decided to go see a movie and grab a bite to eat afterward. You're in the mood for a comedy and some incredibly spicy Mexican food. Booting up your PC, you open a Web browser and head to Google to search for theater, movie and restaurant information.
Google To Launch ?Friend Connect? On Monday
11 May 2008 at 12:15am
Don?t they say good things come in threes? Well, regardless, we?ve heard from multiple sources that Google will launch a new product on Monday called ?Friend Connect,? which will be a set of APIs for Open Social participants to pull profile information from social networks into third party websites.
Security Flaw Turns Gmail into Open-Relay Server
11 May 2008 at 12:02am
A newfound flaw in Google's Gmail allows would-be spammers to treat the service as an open-relay server. Compounding the issue is the fact that services such as Hotmail and Yahoo "trust" Gmail. This may facilitate e-mail delivery, but it also makes it easier for spammers to reach their intended targets.
Latest iPhone 2.0 Firmware Has 3G On/Off Option
10 May 2008 at 11:40pm
Earlier today we posted a screenshot on our iPhone section that claimed to depict an new On/Off option to enable 3G speeds. This new preference was found in the latest iPhone 2.0 Beta 5 distributed to developers. Be default, the preference is hidden, but one developer claims to have activated i...
