The smartphone and tablet revolution is propelled along by clever designs, but also by clever hardware, and Marvell's just revealed a 1.5GHz, triple-core mobile CPU that delivers the kind of processing power your current-gen phone merely dreams of.READ»
Microsoft's venerable Internet Explorer has been known as Internet Exploder for some time, due to its sluggishness and out-of-date feature set. But the new IE9 beta is netting millions of downloads. Is the curse finally broken?READ»
The Black Hat conference should be renamed the "Bad News for Netizens" conference: There's news that hackers can easily force ATMs to spew cash, and that millions of folks were duped by an Android app. READ»
HTC's efforts to un-suckify Windows Mobile with Sense UI were laudable. But what happens when dealing with an OS, like Windows Phone 7, that might not suck so much? Will Sense survive on Windows Phone 7?READ»
Microsoft's quarterly (and yearly) earnings report came out today, and it's mostly good news: major sales for Windows 7 and Xbox, with Bing losing money but showing positive growth.READ»
Windows Live just got refreshed, and as it's Microsoft's social-interconnection front end, the company felt the need to explain how it's improving user privacy. At great length. Because, you know, "people care very much about" it. ...READ»
If you've got a smartphone that can run apps like the iPhone,
BlackBerry or an Android phone, you've got a pocket computer--and when
you're on the road, you want to load up on the apps that can help you
get where you need to ...READ»
The Computex trade show in Taiwan is the venue of choice for new processor announcements from Intel and Qualcomm. Intel's includes the world's thinnest netbook platform, and Qualcomm's announces the company as the smartphone chipmaker to beat.READ»
The Financial Times reports that Google has decided to ditch the use of Microsoft's Windows OS among its employees, citing security risks. Google and Microsoft are competitors, sure, but this has to sting.READ»
Microsoft has, for the first time, been beaten in market cap by Apple. At the close of the market today, Apple sat at $222.12 billion, a gain of 1.8%, while Microsoft went down 1% to $219.18 billion. That makes Apple, according to ...READ»
The infant version of Google's Android mobile OS, 2.2 Froyo, is just rolling out to a single device (the Google Nexus One) now. You can check out more in-depth impressions here, but perhaps the most buzzed-about feature is the ...READ»
According to used software dealers the savings can be as much as 50% compared to purchasing new licenses. But there are still risks involved in purchasing used software and continuing court cases in Europe on this subject oblige vigilance from multi-national organizations. READ»
One name missing from the latest wave of social networking is Microsoft, which may be why it's pushing its new Spindex service onto the world. Instead of being a social net by itself, it aggregates your online life for you, making it ...READ»
SoftwareOperating System and NetworkMicrosoft Windows XP-Pro and Windows Server 2008There are other options but Windows is far and away the industry leader. Using an alternative like Linux or Mac is possible but very limiting.Windows ...READ»
My mum is scared of technology. Clammy hands terrified. To the point where she gets a rash when we talk to her about getting a new computer. Anyone would think I was proposing she install a gargoyle with snakes for hair as the new ...READ»
Product Name: Solar Wireless Mouse Product Details: Support System: Windows 98. Windows ME. Windows 2000. Windows XP. Windows Server2003. Windows Vista. Charge Description: place the mouse direct sunlight, the red charging indicator ...READ»
A flawed update from anti-virus software maker McAfee is causing tens of thousands of Windows computers to become inoperable--and McAfee's response time is not inspiring.READ»
Meet four minor App developers with major ideas. All age 16 or younger, they're part of a generation raised with multi-touch and social media, and they're cranking out profitable ideas for new devices and platforms as fast as manufacturers let them.READ»
Is Apple loosening its despotic grip on the App Store? Opera Mini, a very successful competitor to Apple's own Mobile Safari, has just been approved and is available now in the App Store.READ»
AdMob released its mobile Web usage data for both the U.S. and the world, and the most surprising statistic has got to be Android's huge leap in the past few months--it now has the iPhone in its sights.READ»
HTC's Evo 4G is big. Big in every way. It's the most powerful, the fastest, the most capable, and flat-out the best Android phone yet. If you live in a 4G city, it'll blow your mind.READ»
Jonathan Schwartz, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has stepped up to defend Google (in a roundabout way, via HTC) from the patent attacks recently leveled by Apple. If you want to be truly disturbed at how virulent the patent ...READ»
Modern Apple computers are viable alternatives to Microsoft Windows computers in just about every way, except in one lucrative market: Gaming. Historically, Windows has been the only choice for computer gamers--until now. Steam is ...READ»
