Tighter security coming in Firefox 4 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:03:01 PDT
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At Black Hat, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the browser to be more secure for users while nudging developers toward safer coding practices. Rare ruling favors Intel pricing policy Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:05 PDT
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A preliminary ruling rejected a claim that Intel's pricing practices hurt consumers. How to use App Tabs in Firefox (video) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:51:29 PDT
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Mozilla has given tabs some long-overdue love in the second Firefox 4 beta with App Tabs, a feature that annihilates your scramble to search for that one elusive open tab. Watch what it does in this How To video. Week in review: Jailbreaking goes legit Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:39 PDT
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Copyright office says bypass is legal, while Wikileaks publishes classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. Also: New Apple desktops. Samsung profit, sales up on TV and chip demand Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:05:32 PDT
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Second-quarter earnings shoot up 83 percent to record levels while sales rise 21 percent as the company sees surging demand for computer chips and TVs. Justice Department sues Oracle, alleging fraud Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:26 PDT
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Lawsuit claims government agencies, under a contract that involved "hundreds of millions of dollars in sales," got deals "far inferior" to those Oracle gave its commercial clients. Ballmer says Microsoft at work to rival iPad Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:35:22 PDT
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Though short on details, Microsoft's CEO said it is "job one" to make sure that Windows 7 is an attractive option for slates and tablets. Graphics chip market seeing big changes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:31:29 PDT
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As Nvidia falters, AMD's ATI graphics unit is on the rise, spurred by "radical" shifts in a notoriously fickle market, says Mercury Research. Ballmer talks up Microsoft's consumer business Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:16:03 PDT
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Microsoft's CEO takes the stage at the company's financial analyst meeting. CNET's Ina Fried is in Redmond with coverage live from the event. HTC revamps key management staff to spur growth Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:36:24 PDT
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Taiwan mobile phone maker announces series of new jobs and promotions in management staff as part of ongoing effort to drive future growth. VC confidence down after several up quarters Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:15:35 PDT
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Concerns over the U.S. and global economies and regulatory uncertainties prompt a drop in confidence among venture capitalists. IBM picks up data compression company Storwize Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:41:41 PDT
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Big Blue acquires privately held company and its technology for compressing data in real-time and making it available to analytics apps. Microsoft makes its case to Wall Street Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:32:09 PDT
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The software maker is kicking off a daylong analyst meeting in Redmond, Wash. CNET's Ina Fried will have live coverage of the meeting throughout the day. Sony returns to black, raises forecast Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:47:10 PDT
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Helped by robust computer and TV sales, the electronics giant posts net profit of 25.7 billion yen versus a net loss a year ago, while sales inch up for the quarter. Nintendo hit by loss on sluggish game sales Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:39:42 PDT
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Weak sales of its DS console and a dearth of hot new games trigger a net loss and lower revenue for Nintendo's first quarter. Microsoft touts cloud computing customers Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT
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Ahead of its financial analyst meeting in Redmond, the software maker announces that Hyatt Hotels, Dow Chemical and the University of Georgia will use its hosted e-mail and portal products. AMD tops Nvidia in graphics chip shipments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:20:50 PDT
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AMD passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a marketing research firm. Nvidia warns of second-quarter revenue shortfall Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:13:14 PDT
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Graphics chip supplier pares back revenue predictions, blaming increased memory costs and economic weakness in Europe and China. Microsoft's 'Street Slide' takes aim at StreetView Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:17:03 PDT
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A new mapping technology from Microsoft's Research team takes the idea of a panoramic street view and stitches it together into one long stream of map tiles. Office for Mac to get conversation view Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 PDT
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In video previews for next Mac Office, Microsoft confirms new Outlook will support conversation views, a longtime Gmail feature recently added to Windows Office.