The Alpha 5 version of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" is available for download, in advance of the planned full release in October. Canonical's Ubuntu project has made available an advance testing version of its popular Linux distribution, with the full 8.10, "Intrepid Ibex" release scheduled to be released in...
IBM reworks storage strategy

(Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:18:04 -0700)

IBM is making a major push to upgrade the computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to breath under mountainous piles of data. SAN JOSE, California--IBM is making a major push on Monday to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous...
Yahoo search arrives on AT&T mobile phones

(Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:09:40 -0700)

AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its base of up to 70 million U.S. customers. SAN FRANCISCO--AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its...
Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

(Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:28:40 -0700)

Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...
Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

(Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:16:50 -0700)

Experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Australia warn that JavaScript will continue to get speedier, making it the biggest rival of Silverlight technology. The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in...
EA's 'Spore' aims to create new worlds, businesses

(Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:26:53 -0700)

Electronic Arts's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker. RALEIGH, North Carolina--Electronic Arts's creature-building game Spore offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game...
Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

(Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:01:46 -0700)

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....
Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360

(Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:41:36 -0700)

Microsoft announced that it will cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console to $199, just in time for the holiday shopping season. SEATTLE--Microsoft said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console...
Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

(Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:39:01 -0700)

Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of its open source offering, Chrome. After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the...
Five reasons Chrome will take over the world

(Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:14:06 -0700)