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Motorola Clings to Third Place in Mobile Market
Motorola clung on to third place in the mobile phone market in the second quarter, far behind Nokia and Samsung, but just…News
UK: Web Giants Should Screen User-generated Content
Web giants such as Google and Facebook should pre-screen user content before it goes online, according to a U.K. government…News
TSMC Q2 Results Shine, but Says Business Is Slowing
TSMC reported strong second quarter growth, but warned of a slowing growth in the third quarter.Community Scoop
New Search Site, Vista Redux, Guitar Hero Preview
Readers try out a search engine named Cuil, debate whether Vista deserves a second chance, and mull over Guitar Hero's song list.News
Report: Google to Set up VC Fund
Google is planning to start a venture-capital arm, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.News
MIC: Netbook Shipments to Exceed 8 Million This Year
Global shipments of netbooks could hit 8.02 million units this year, says market researcher MIC.News
Adobe: Flash Gaining Traction in the Enterprise
Adobe says Flash is beginning to catch on more among enterprise customers.News
What’s in a Name? Better Not Ask Cuil
Irish language enthusiasts are challenging Cuil.com's definition of the word cuil to mean knowledge.Erik Larkin on the Web
Norton Safe Web Beta Competes with SiteAdvisor
Symantec pulls the curtains from its Web search safety rating tool, but it has some catching up to doNews
JavaFX SDK Preview Release Imminent
Sun is about to release a preview SDK for its long-anticipated JavaFX development framework.News
Intel Working on Third Generation of Classmate PCs
Intel will announce details of the next generation of its Classmate PCs soon.News
Extradition Appeal for British Hacker Dismissed
UPDATE: A British hacker who broke into U.S. military computers looks set to be extradited to the U.S. after a British court ruling.News
Some Web Sites Blocked at China Olympic Press Center
ournalists connecting to the Internet at the Beijing International Media Center are discovering China is still blocking access to some Web sites.News
India’s ‘$10 Laptop’ to Cost US$100 After All
Indian government promoted low-cost laptop will cost US$100 and not $10 as earlier stated.News
Nintendo, Software Makers Target DS Game Piracy
Nintendo and major Japanese software companies are going after 5 companies they say sold devices to play pirated DS games.News
New AMD CPUs: Midrange Speed, Low Power Draw
AMD's new Phenom X4 CPUs cost and perform about the same as Intel's older quad-cores–and they trail Intel's best chips by a big margin.News
Via’s Nano Processor Tops Intel’s Atom in First Reviews
Reviewers say Via's Nano processor outperforms Intel's Atom.News
Cuil ‘Crunches’ Gmail, Shanghai Entrepreneur
New search engine Cuil seems to be off to a rocky start, associating some unrelated logos and photos with other content.News
LG to Use Dolby Mobile Audio System in Cell Phones
LG Electronics plans to start adding Dolby Mobile to high-end phones later this year, it said Wednesday.Privacy Watch
Check Your Personal Data Before Your Employer Does
Conducting your own preemptive background check can stave off nasty surprises.News
DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation
One week after releasing attack code, HD Moore has fallen victim to a cache poisoning attack.News
Microsoft Prepares for End of Windows With Midori
With the Internet increasingly taking on the role of the PC operating system and the growing prevalence of virtualization…News
Most Sensitive Data on Government Laptops Unencrypted
Some 70 percent of sensitive data on US government laptops and mobile devices was not encrypted as of last September, a new…News
Mobile Phones and the Digital Divide
Whether you're building an application for the 3G iPhone in the United States or trying to figure out how to deliver health…News
India Developing US$10 Laptop
India is developing a laptop that will cost US$10, for use in higher education.News
Alcatel-Lucent Revenue Declines, CEO and Chairman Leave
Alcatel-Lucent's second-quarter revenue dropped 5.2 percent year on year, while its reported net loss doubled due to…News
Toshiba to End Direct-to-handset Satellite Broadcasts
Toshiba will end its direct-to-handset satellite broadcasting service in Japan in March after several years of losses caused…News
Gas Crisis Fuels Dubious Online Offers
Beware of Internet sites promising cheap gas, free gas, or savings of 60 percent at the pump.News
Dell Shrinks the Desktop With Studio Hybrid
Dell on Tuesday introduced an ultra-small desktop that the company says is 80 percent smaller than standard desktops.News
Dell Takes Heat for Faulty Nvidia Chips
Users are questioning Dell's decision to fix the problem of faulty Nvidia graphics cards with a software patch.News
Cuil Stumbles out of the Gate
Cuil, the latest self-appointed Google killer search engine, fared badly on its debut Monday.News
Mobile Executives Spar Over IPhone
Mobile executives at a Silicon Valley roundtable discussion challenged Symbian, Android and other software platforms to match…News
Researchers Help Define Next-generation Social Networking
Academics who gathered at an annual event at Microsoft discussed shortcomings to current social-networking platforms.News
Google Italy Could Face Criminal Charges Over Video
Italian prosecutors are considering criminally charging four Google executives for failing to stop the upload of a video of a…News
New PlayStation 3 Console Gains FCC Approval
A new PlayStation 3 console was approved by the U.S. FCC last week, according to the agency's online filings database.News
Ex-Googler, Husband Launch New Cuil Search Engine
A ex-Googler and her husband launched the Cuil search engine on Monday.News
‘World’s Cheapest Laptop’ Now Available
A Taiwanese company is selling what it calls the "world's cheapest laptop."Neil McAllister on Software
SourceForge Award Winners Announced
Open source software projects took center stage at a ceremony to honor the best and brightest of free software.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 4: The Doctor Isn’t In but Can Still See You
How telehealth is changing the way America gets well.News
Gateway to Stop Selling PCs Through Web Site
Gateway on Friday said it would not directly sell PCs through its Web site any more, but will now sell PCs through retail and…News
Google Counts More Than 1 Trillion Unique Web URLs
Google has identified more than 1 trillion unique URLs on the Web.News
Microsoft: Stodgy or Innovative? It’s All About Perception
Microsoft executives responded to many analyst questions about how it can solve negative perception problems in the market.News
San Francisco DA Discloses City’s Network Passwords
San Francisco's district attorney has published passwords to the city's VPN software as part of its case against network…News
‘Last Lecture’ Computer-science Professor Randy Pausch Dies
Carnegie Mellon computer-science professor Randy Rausch, known for his globally famous "Last Lecture," passed away Friday at…News
Microsoft Gives Apache Cash to Promote Open Source
Microsoft on Friday expanded its support for the open-source community by donating cash to the Apache Software Foundation.News
AOL to Shut Down Xdrive, Other Services
AOL will axe several services that haven't achieved enough popularity, as it struggles to grow its online ad business.News