Computing News
Microsoft In New Yahoo Talks?
Monday, December 1st @ 4:00am PST
A news story has Microsoft in a complicated transaction that involves buying Yahoo's search business for $20 billion.
Search Growth For Yahoo And Microsoft
Friday, November 28th @ 7:00am PST
Both Yahoo and Microsoft searches have experienced good levels of growth in October, according to new figures.
Microsoft Adds Malware Detector To Web Tool
Friday, November 28th @ 6:00am PST
Microsoft has added a new feature to its Crawl Tool that lets webmasters know if it detects malware on a site.
Atlantic Digital Revenues Exceed CD Sales
Friday, November 28th @ 4:00am PST
Atlantic has become the first record label to report digital sales moving ahead of the sale of CDs.
Spam On The Rise Again
Thursday, November 27th @ 6:00am PST
After a drop of two-thirds following the shutdown of networks hosted by McColo, spam levels are creeping back up again.
Apple Cutting Prices For The Holidays
Thursday, November 27th @ 4:00am PST
Apple is set to cut prices on some items by as much as 15% in order to compete against reseller stores.
Tech Companies Eye Holiday Shutdowns
Wednesday, November 26th @ 10:45am PST
In a sign of the times, tech companies like Cisco and Hewlett-Packard are closing up shop over the holidays in a bid to save money.
Free Laptop Upgrades From Fujitsu Siemens
Wednesday, November 26th @ 6:00am PST
Buy a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook and you can get a free upgrade every three years for life — but the offer only applies in the UK.
Lenovo Lets Users Disable Notebooks via SMS
Tuesday, November 25th @ 10:30am PST
Lenovo has announced plans for a new service that will let users render notebook PCs useless via a single text message command.
Google Wants Chrome To Come With New PCs
Tuesday, November 25th @ 4:00am PST
Google is looking to start doing deals that will see its Chrome browser come pre-installed on new PCs — and it could well happen.
Laptop Cool Table Sports USB Fans
Monday, November 24th @ 11:00am PST
If your notebook computer is too hot to use on your lap, the Laptop Cool Table not only lifts it up, but offers two USB-powered fans to keep it - and you - from overheating.
Final Judgement: SCO Owes Novell $2.5 Mln
Monday, November 24th @ 9:30am PST
In what (we hope!) will be the final word on SCO's dolorous infringement case over Unix, SCO must pay Novell more than $2.54 million...plus interest.
IBM Building Brain-Like Computer
Monday, November 24th @ 7:00am PST
IBM is to lead a government-funded project to build a computer that mimics the complexity of a cat's brain.
New Mac OS X Malware Found
Monday, November 24th @ 6:00am PST
Two new pieces of malware aimed at the Mac OS X surfaced last week, although only one of them presents any real danger.
