| Tighter security coming in Firefox 4 |
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:03:01 PDT Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
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 Source: CNET News.com |
In video previews for next Mac Office, Microsoft confirms new Outlook will support conversation views, a longtime Gmail feature recently added to Windows Office. |