News
-
CES 2010: Picks and Pans
We saw 3D HDTVs, tiny iPhone accessories, and tablets, tablets, and more tablets. Here’s the best and the worst of our week...
-
HTC HD 2 heads CES smartphone debuts
HTC’s HD 2 smartphone got its big North American debut at the Consumer Electronics Show this week and will be released this...
-
MSI netbook has two touchscreens
MSI is demonstrating a number of prototype PCs and laptops on its CES stand, including two dual-screen netbooks. The products use two...
-
Microsoft asks for rehearing in Word case
Microsoft asked an appeals court for a rehearing in the patent case that requires the software giant to pay $290 million in...
-
Mozilla ships Firefox 3.6 release candidate, nears final
Mozilla shipped a release candidate build of Firefox 3.6 that, barring problems, will become the final, finished version of the upgrade. Firefox...
-
Chrome sets browser security standard, says expert
All browser makers should take a page from Google’s Chrome and isolate untrusted data from the rest of the operating system, a...
-
Asustek unveils netbook that unfolds to big-screen tablet
Asustek Computer showed off its new ‘wave’ design concept in a few devices at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), including a...
-
Intel CEO shows first Moorestown smartphone
Intel showed the first smartphone based on its upcoming Moorestown platform for mobile devices. The GW990 smartphone will be made by LG...
-
Wireless power group sees standard within 6 months
The group developing a standard for wireless charging expects to complete its first specification within six months, opening the door for makers...
-
Genius launches Genius Tablet EasyPen M610
Genius Computer Technology launches Genius tablet EasyPen M610 for the Middle East market. EasyPen M610 has better resolution, fashionable, slim and more...
-
Intel’s 2010 Clarkdale Desktop CPUs: What to Expect
Clarkdale to Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad (and the North Bridge): Hasta la Vista, baby. Intel’s latest processor iteration has...
-
Cisco’s Chambers demonstrates home TelePresence
Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers demonstrated how the company’s TelePresence videoconferencing technology could be developed into a consumer product, showing...
-
Microsoft joins SVG working group
Microsoft, which has been criticized for its lack of support of the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) specification in its Internet Explorer (IE)...
-
Y2K all over again in 2010?
A decade after the Y2K crisis, date changes still pose technology problems, making some security software upgrades difficult and locking millions of...
-
Microsoft dumps upgrade pricing for Office 2010
Microsoft disclosed retail prices for Office 2010, and said it has no plans to offer "upgrade" editions — the discounted versions for...