Monthly Archives: December 2009
CDT Launches Privacy Campaign
The Center for Democracy & Technology launched a Take Back Your Privacy campaign Dec. 3 that the privacy advocates hope will eventually lead to...
WiMax Growing, but a Mixed Picture, Says Report
Mobile WiMax subscribers are expected to reach 2 million by the end of 2009, according to a Dec. 3 report from ABI Research. As...
Oracle Denies Report About Offering Compromise on MySQL to Quell EC
Oracle denied a Dec. 4 report in the New York Post that it is ready to compromise with the European Commission over the status...
Cisco Gains More Than 90 Percent of Tandberg
Cisco Systems now has enough shares of Tandberg stock under its control to force the sale of the Norwegian company.Cisco officials announced Dec. 3...
ATandT Offers Holiday Sales on BlackBerry Smartphones
AT&T is now offering half-price BlackBerry smartphones for a limited time, as part of two additional holiday promotions it announced on Dec. 3.As of...
FTC Still Eyeing Intel over Nvidia Dispute: Report
Intel maybe have settled its legal disputes with rival Advanced Micro Devices, but the giant chip maker apparently is still being investigated by federal...
FlipShare TV Mostly a Flop
In its short lifetime the Flip video camcorder has set a very high standard for usability and simplicity. The Flip took something that was...
Adobe Investigates Security Vulnerability as Attack Code Surfaces
Adobe Systems is investigating reports of a new security vulnerability affecting its Illustrator software.Proof-of-concept code for an attack was publicized this week and is...
Acer Beats Dell for Q3 PC Market Share, Reports iSuppli
In the global PC market, Taiwan's Acer bested Texas-based Dell during the third quarter of 2009. It was the first time an Asian OEM...
Bing Outage Due to System Error, Says Microsoft
Microsoft's Bing search engine experienced about 30 minutes of downtime on the evening of Dec. 3, in what Redmond called a system error. During...