Developers Urged To Test-Drive IE9 Dell Seeks Damages from LCD Cartel FCC Wants More Internet Fast Lanes Xeon 5600 for Servers, Workstations BlackBerry Users Eye iPhone, Android Dot-Com Address Began 25 Years Ago Microsoft has invited developers to test-drive Internet Explorer 9. The software behemoth released an early version of its new browser to developers during the MIX10 event in Las Vegas. Dell is accusing five Japanese and Taiwanese companies of price-fixing on LCD panels. The computer maker is seeking damages from Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba, Seiko Epson, and HannStar. Federal regulators have unveiled an ambitious plan to bring high-speed Internet service to millions of Americans who can't get it today, while boosting delivery speeds and lowering prices for subscribers. Intel has rolled out a new range of Xeon processor chips that are based on the chipmaker's 32nm logic technology featuring second-generation high-k metal gate transistors. Research In Motion may find many of its customers are in motion, a survey suggests. Asked about their next phone purchase, 39 percent of 159 BlackBerry users expressed interest in Apple's iPhone. It's not only Julius Caesar who should take note of the Ides of March. So should every business with a dot-com address, since that was the date of the first dot-com address -- 25 years ago. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY
Cybercriminals Steal Virtual Objects Get Rid of Graffiti with Your iPhone Fighting Flood of Bogus Tech Products Recession Recovery: One-Hit Wonder Remove 'Bloatware' from a Win 7 PC Tiny Laptops Offer Fancy Features Computer gamers are increasingly finding that there's a serious side to their virtual fun: their hard-earned virtual objects are being stolen from them, and in some cases their entire game as well. Graffiti? There's an app for that. The old-school practice of American graffiti may have met its match in some high-tech programs designed to report and remove the blight from city and private property. In the past five years, counterfeit computer chips, routers, and other electronic products have become an epidemic, with fake gear costing the IT industry an estimated $100 billion a year. The recovery is losing steam, with the U.S. economy growing at half the brisk 5.9 percent pace at which the government estimated it grew last quarter. Was the year-end growth spurt a one-hit wonder? Buy a new Win 7 computer, and you'll likely be in for some surprises -- both pleasant and unpleasant. On the unpleasant side will be the many applications PC makers preinstall on their computers. A rash of new laptops set for display at the CeBIT computing trade show underlines the growing shift in the market to tinier machines with fancier features such as 3-D graphics and touch screens. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY
Intel Boosts PC Speed with New $125 Solid-State Drive Intel says booting up PCs will be faster with its new 40GB X25-V Value SATA solid-state drive used in dual-drive notebook configurations or added to a desktop with an existing hard drive.
iPad Will Read Books Aloud, Support Open EPUB Format Along with accepting advance orders for its iPad, Apple has revealed a details about how e-books will be handled. The iPad will read the contents of pages and use the open EPUB format.
HP Turns Steve Jobs' Flash Snub Against Apple's iPad No watered-down Internet. No sacrifices. That's the promise Hewlett-Packard Vice President and CTO Phil McKinney offered consumers in a blog post about the PC giant's upcoming tablet.
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Lenovo Plans Mobile-Internet Business Focus Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said.
Palm Teeters in Crowded Smartphone Market Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smartphone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.
Legal System Catches Up To Texting Jurors Enough with the tweets, the blogs, the Internet searches. That's the message being communicated by courts across the country as jurors using their portable electronic devices cause chaos.
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Dell Sues To Recover LCD Overcharges from Asian Cartel Dell is accusing five Japanese and Taiwanese companies of price-fixing on LCD panels. The computer maker is seeking damages from Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba, Seiko Epson, and HannStar.
Low-Power Xeon 5600 Boosts Servers, Workstations Intel has rolled out a new range of Xeon processor chips that are based on the chipmaker's 32nm logic technology featuring second-generation high-k metal gate transistors.
Dubious Honor Bestowed on Federal CIOs As the Justice Department hunts for the latest batch of missing federal e-mails, the officials who oversee spending of the $71 billion a year IT budget received a dubious honor from an oversight group.
Microsoft Gives Rival Browsers a Lift
Palm Teeters in Crowded Market
Windows Phone 7 Uses Familiar Skills
British Getting Tough on Piracy
Intel Boosts PC Speed with New $125 Solid-State Drive
iPad Will Read Books Aloud, Support Open EPUB Format
HP Turns Steve Jobs' Flash Snub Against Apple's iPad
Lenovo Plans Mobile-Internet Business Focus
Palm Teeters in Crowded Smartphone Market
Legal System Catches Up To Texting Jurors
Dell Sues To Recover LCD Overcharges from Asian Cartel
Low-Power Xeon 5600 Boosts Servers, Workstations
Dubious Honor Bestowed on Federal CIOs
