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Corporations will start buying new PCs with Windows 7 in the second quarter after SP1 comes out, they say
IDT will be able to focus money and R&D on chip design as a result of the move
Current laws mainly tackle pollution from manufacturing and do not deal with e-waste
Hackers are moving up the stack to the application level, Gartner analyst warns
Palm's grassroots effort to draw some 1,800 Palm Pre fans to 80 cities worldwide
The Zii Egg features high-def video output, massive processing power
Once notoriously unreliable, site's uptime improvement has been notable
The popular micro-blogging site was unavailable Thursday as the company defended itself against the attack
Frustrated Twitterers take to Facebook, other sites
Money moves fast and can be gone for good in ACH fraud
Without broadband, U.S. residents won't be able to engage in civic debate, some groups tell the FCC
Advance notice offers clues Microsoft will update software hit by deep dev bug
With a repair bill of nearly $38 million, particle collider needs to work on some science
While Twitter was knocked offline this morning, Facebook fared better against the assault
Investments will “shrink dramatically,” according to Michael Fitzgerald
Microsoft's DirectX 11 will see a performance boost with graphics hardware
A change in the interpretation of tax laws prompted the shift
But it reports better earnings than expected
Employed IT professionals dealing with cut budgets and techies looking for work need to keep high-tech skills sharp during the downturn
The software giant will pay Yahoo $50 million per year over the first three years of the agreement
ION LE bucks Windows 7 with price tag-focused mobile platform
The men were charged with exporting thermal cameras and integrated circuits with potential military uses
Sony also committed itself to making available more free e-books and other digital material
Aneesh Chopra outlined plans to overcome "challenges" in US public policy
The auction of two major portions of chip tools ends Sep. 21
New MobileIron platform for BlackBerry, iPhone, and others promises to make smartphone management enterprise-class
The LCD panel maker is also moving into the solar energy business
Blames firm that runs store's backend ops; no details on what was accessed, when or how
The regulator is evaluating if there is enough spectrum for more operators
The company is profiting by selling ads to organized crime gangs running fake pharmacy sites, report alleges
Microsoft's Form 10-K shows who the software giant is singling out
Two new wireless routers let users connect to WiMAX network with Wi-Fi devices
Massive memory leak appears related to the OS' core file system. Could it delay Windows 7?
The welcome to new customers allows them two days of service at no extra cost
An apparent fatal flaw in the NTFS driver stack may bring Microsoft's Windows 7 impending victory parade to a grinding halt
200 years later, sixth president's diary excerpts posted as tweetss
'You are using an outdated browser' offer follows similar moves by Facebook, YouTube
Flames are raging after my post about Glenn Beck and the Obama 'conspiracy' to take over your computer.
The $106M deal will give Google cutting-edge video technology, analyst says
