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1. Apple reverses Atom Snow Leopard ban

   (Software/Software Features)

   OS X on a netbook Hackintosh Apple has reportedly restored support for Intel's Atom processor in the latest Snow Leopard build. "Atom appears to have resurrected itself zombie style in 10C535," confirmed ...

2. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Apple is acting just like the snotty monopolist it has become in electronic music distribution and combined that lousy attitude with the presumptive arrogance of a smartphone monopolist. Among its few ...

3. AMD: The netbook category is all a bit of a blur

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Lone Star Briefings While AMD rolled out its future strategy for notebooks, the conversation turned to categories of PCs. While AMD rolled out its future strategy for notebooks, the conversation turned ...

4. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened... Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened but then I can recall just a few years ...

5. RightNow's pre-emptive strike

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Opinion: The already competitive SaaS CRM market is getting more so. At least, that's if my reading of the news coming out of RightNow Technologies Inc. annual customer conference is accurate. Opinion: ...

6. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Opinion: Apple was blindsided by Windows 7. It wasn’t the product which they saw coming, it was the sustaining marketing budget and positive reviews from Apple loyalists like Walt Mossberg they ...

7. Rumor is Microsoft buying RIM

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   It is just a rumor but suffice it to say we've heard it from several unnamed sources It is just a rumor but suffice it to say we've heard it from several unnamed sources. In the last two days. Microsoft ...

8. Global warming debate hots up

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Cutting non-CO2 pollutants could buy the world a lot more time before global warming hits the critical two degrees celcius threshold, according to Nobel Laureate Dr Mario Molina. Cutting non-CO2 pollutants ...

9. Congress demands FCC probe of Google Voice

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   A bipartisan Congressional group has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate Google's alleged policy of blocking high-cost calls to rural areas. According to Reuters, the legislators ...

10. End of O2 iPhone monopoly is good news for UK users

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    ...  The end of O2’s iPhone exclusivity has great ramifications for the other networks, as both Orange and Vodafone have been struggling to find a handset that can compete on an equal footing, and to secure ...

11. Apple's new Macs better be cheap

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    ... effect, to wait for the new ones. Last time Apple updated its consumer line of personal computers it cut prices, but buyers continued to pay a premium for the Apple logo. Opinion: It's no surprise that ...

12. Digital ants seek out security threats

    (Security/Security Features)

    There's a sort of logic to it: security experts are fighting worms using a strategy modeled on the behaviour of ants. There's a sort of logic to it: security experts are fighting worms using a strategy ...

13. AT&T slams Google for 'systematically' blocking telephone calls

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    AT&T has accused Google of "systematically" blocking telephone calls to certain rural areas. The controversial strategy has allegedly permitted Google Voice to claim a "significant advantage" over providers ...

14. GameTree ports PC-based content to HD television sets

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    GameTree has partnered with Intel to offer an on-demand gaming platform for HD TV. The platform - known as GameTree.tv - is expected to run on Intel CE media processor powered set-top boxes and other ...

15. Nintendo lowers Wii price point to $200

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Nintendo has announced plans to slash the Wii's suggested retail price by $50. According to company spokesperson Cammie Dunaway, the new $200 price point - effective on September 27 - will help advance ...

16. AMD launches indigenous server platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD has launched its first server platform with an indigenous chipset and six-core Opteron processor. The platform - code-named Fiorano - supports Hyper Transport 3.0 technology, PCI Express 2.0, IO-virtualization ...

17. Samsung to expand Omnia smartphone line

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Samsung has confirmed plans to expand its Omnia smartphone line with five new devices, including the OmniaPRO B7610, OmniaPRO B7320, OmniaPRO B7330,  OmniaLITE (B7300) and Omnia II (I8000). San ...

18. Intel confirms top management shakeup

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    UPDATED: Despite officially denying anything untoward was happening earlier today, chip giant Intel today confirmed that Pat Gelsinger and Bruce Sewell are leaving the company. Despite officially denying ...

19. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Opinion This week was the big Apple iPod refresh and the interest was almost as focused on what Apple didn’t announce as it was on what they did.   I think the overarching news was that despite ...

20. AT&T upgrades 3G network with high speed packet access

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    At&T has announced plans to upgrade its 3G mobile broadband network with High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 technology. The carrier also confirmed that it would continue to add "critical" backhaul ...

21. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Interview Chip firm AMD has integrated its portfolio of products and platforms and has a strategy aimed at targeting the tech generation rather than talking pure tech to people who don’t want to understand bits ...

22. Report forecasts one billion mobile cloud users by 2014

    (Software/Software Features)

    A recently published report forecasts that the number of mobile cloud computing subscribers will increase exponentially over the next five years - from 42.8 million subscribers in 2008 to 998 million ...

23. Humbled Psystar hopes to 'coexist' with Apple

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Psystar has apparently adopted a radical new strategy in its legal offensive against Apple. The Mac clone manufacturer - which had previously vowed to fight Apple with 'guns blazin' - now claims that ...

24. Microsoft hits 'sweet spot' with new Xbox 360 prices

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    As predicted, Microsoft has lowered the price point of its Xbox 360 Elite console by $100 to $299.99. The Redmond-based company also slashed its Xbox 360 Pro console by $50 to $249.99.San Francisco (CA) ...

25. AMD aims to cut greenhouse gases by a third

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Chipmaker AMD says it is working toward reducing greenhouse gas  emissions by 33 percent by the end of 2010. The company says it has already reduced emissions by approximately 20 percent including ...

26. Yahoo buys Arab online community

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Search portal Yahoo said it has bought maktoob.com, described as the leading online community in the Arab world. Search portal Yahoo said it has bought maktoob.com, described as the leading online community ...

27. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Analyst Opinion - Some companies are gluttons for punishment. Dell, apparently, is one of them. Analyst Opinion - Some companies are gluttons for punishment. Dell, apparently, is one of them. In ...

28. Desktop PCs are not quite dead yet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Opinion - There's a report on Taiwanese newswrite digitimes.com today that casts serious doubt on the future of the desktop PC.Opinion - There's a report on Taiwanese newswrite digitimes.com today that ...

29. Nokia challenges RIM with Microsoft-Symbian alliance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... and services. "Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development and marketing of productivity solutions for the mobile professional, bringing ...

30. Apple working on super secret social networking app?

    (Software/Software Features)

    So we have known for a while that iTunes 9 is pretty much ante portas, and daily rumors of the new version of the software is simply what you would expect at this stage. As far as we are concerned, ...

31. It just won’t die: Windows 7 XP Mode RC released

    (Software/Software Features)

    Windows 7 is Microsoft’s savior to delete the Windows Vista disaster from its memory. But while Windows 7 will undoubtedly replace Windows Vista very quickly, Microsoft knows that it will be different ...

32. "Intel's" TSMC declares war on "AMD's" Globalfoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) told reporters that he expected to triumph in a protracted and bloody war with GlobalFoundries. The septuagenarian compared himself to Stalin. ...

33. Microhoo is not just about traffic. It’s about data. Period.

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... it is somewhat apparent that this is a very complex partnership with much more intentions than Microsoft has revealed so far. Microsoft can’t be so naïve to believe that the deal will allow the company ...

34. Will Windows Mobile become extinct?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Analyst Opinion - Microsoft has been a key player in the mobile device market since the early days of smartphones with its Windows Mobile Operating System (OS). And because of its affinity to the Windows desktop ...

35. Researchers claim breakthrough in LED technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... as traditional OLED structures. The developers say it has the potential to be twice as efficient as compact fluorescent lights, which also contain mercury and present a disposal problem. "With our new ...

36. Apple’s Cocktail: How to make you buy what you don’t want

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Opinion - I always found it amazing how certain sales people can talk you into buying virtually anything, even if it was be sand on a beach. Now it seems that the four largest music publishers will ...

37. Plastic Logic inks AT&T 3G deal

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Plastic Logic has inked a lucrative deal with AT&T to provide 3G connectivity for its Wi-Fi enabled eReader. However, the company declined to disclose financial terms of the deal. San Francisco ...

38. Government faces geek shortage

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... to a private study. The study, drafted by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton, says that the Federal IT workforce is fragmented with no one in charge of overall planning and government ...

39. Microsoft hands 20,000 lines of code to Linux community

    (Software/Software Features)

    The Great Satan of software, Microsoft, today handed over 20,000 lines of code to the open source community, including three Linux device drivers. REDMOND (WA) - The Great Satan of software, Microsoft, ...

40. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Analyst Opinion - It can be entertaining to watch companies that have learned to manage expectations. They set low bars, generally fail at what they attempt, and yet the folks in charge of the programs ...

41. Toshiba may surrender to Blu-ray, finally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Toshiba may finally concede in the high-def disc format war if we believe a media report claiming that the company may roll out its first Blu-ray player before the end of the year. Of course, if true, ...

42. Analysis: Microsoft prepares to dominate global console market

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Analysis - The Nintendo Wii is currently the number one selling console. However, there are indications that Microsoft has unleashed a carefully devised strategy to ensure its global domination of the ...

43. Pachter: Apple prepping game console for 2013 launch

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Apple will launch a game console by 2013. According to Pachter, the company was following a "deliberate strategy" to transform Apple TV into ...

44. BlackBerry to get music download service

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Research in Motion (RIM) is aiming to fix one of the most glaring omissions in its fight to take on Apple and Nokia, by adding a wireless music download service. London, UK - Research in Motion (RIM) ...

45. Sprint’s NowNetwork now in Ericsson’s hands

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sprint today said that it will outsource network operations to Ericsson in a deal valued at about $5 billion over the next seven years. 6000 Sprint employees will be transitioned to Ericsson to make ...

46. TI changes ad strategy after Better Business Bureau investigation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Texas Instruments (TI) has discontinued "certain advertising claims" related to its DLP Front Projector Optical Systems. The decision was made following the submission of a complaint to the Council of ...

47. CSI criticizes Microsoft's hack-and-patch strategy

    (Security/Security Features)

    The Cyber Secure Institute (CSI) has criticized Microsoft's current "hack-and-patch" strategy. According to executive director Rob Housman, the industry would be better off focusing on the deployment ...

48. Silver surfers snap up Facebook use

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    A report claims that people over the age of 55 plus are turning to Facebook with alacrity, or what passes for alacrity in those close to retirement.A report claims that people over the age of 55 plus ...

49. Microsoft pukes one up

    (Software/Software Features)

    Analyst Opinion - In the YouTube era, the ultimate sign of credibility is for one of our videos to go viral. Who among us hasn't secretly wished to be the next Susan Boyle - well, except for the frumpiness ...

50. Oxford University wonders whether Internet more important than Gutenberg

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Every week for god knows how long Oxford University prints out its Gazette on rather nice paper. On Friday, the 26th of June, we'd got up to Vol 139, number 4887. Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, Europe, ...