Monthly Archives: July 2009
Dell Refreshes Online PC Power Calculator
Dell has refreshed its online power consumption calculator and is promoting its energy-efficient PCs and workstations in conjunction with the new federal Energy Star...
iPhone: Exclusive ATandT Ride May Be Ending
CEO Randall Stephenson admitted July 23 that AT&T's partnership with Apple as the exclusive provider of the iPhone will inevitably end and network quality...
Palm Pre OS Update Reconnects to Apple’s iTunes
What appears destined to become a digital cat-and-mouse game between Palm's touch-screen Pre smartphone and Apple's iTunes digital media player took another turn this...
Google Open Sources Heart and Soul of Google Wave Code
Google programmers continue to advance the Google Wave prototype application, which strives to put e-mail, instant messaging communication and file-sharing collaboration functionality in one...
Microsoft’s Bottom Line Harmed by Economy, PC Sales, Netbooks
Microsoft's devastating financial results for last quarter were due to a number of factors, including a flagging economy, lowered sales in traditional PCs and...
Amazon CEO Bezos Apologizes for Orwell Deletion from Kindle
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos tendered an apology on his site for last week's deletion of two George Orwell e-books from users' Kindle devices.Around July...
Digg’s Kevin Rose to Ask Google’s Marissa Mayer About Bing, Biggest Threat and Skynet
Since August 2008, Digg has sporadically run a content feature called Digg Dialogg, which is essentially an interview of "notable leaders and luminaries."Of course,...
Bill Gates Urges India Toward High-End Research and Development
Bill Gates advised India to expand its IT horizons and concentrate more on high-end research and development, as opposed to its current focus on...
Google Lobbying the Government to the Tune of Nearly $1M
Amid the sturm and drang about what Obama's top antitrust attorney might do to or about Google comes a new treat from the Wall...
Nokia Acquires Social Networking Software Company Cellity
Nokia said July 24 it has acquired Cellity, a German social networking software company that specializes in consolidating address management from different sources such...