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Ballmer says Microsoft at work to rival iPad Thursday, 29 July 2010, 4:35 pm
Though short on details, Microsoft's CEO said it is "job one" to make sure that Windows 7 is an attractive option for slates and tablets.Source: CNET News.com |
Graphics chip market seeing big changes Thursday, 29 July 2010, 4:31 pm
As Nvidia falters, AMD's ATI graphics unit is on the rise, spurred by "radical" shifts in a notoriously fickle market, says Mercury Research.Source: CNET News.com |
Ballmer talks up Microsoft's consumer business Thursday, 29 July 2010, 4:16 pm
Microsoft's CEO takes the stage at the company's financial analyst meeting. CNET's Ina Fried is in Redmond with coverage live from the event.Source: CNET News.com |
HTC revamps key management staff to spur growth Thursday, 29 July 2010, 12:36 pm
Taiwan mobile phone maker announces series of new jobs and promotions in management staff as part of ongoing effort to drive future growth.Source: CNET News.com |
VC confidence down after several up quarters Thursday, 29 July 2010, 12:15 pm
Concerns over the U.S. and global economies and regulatory uncertainties prompt a drop in confidence among venture capitalists.Source: CNET News.com |
IBM picks up data compression company Storwize Thursday, 29 July 2010, 11:41 am
Big Blue acquires privately held company and its technology for compressing data in real-time and making it available to analytics apps.Source: CNET News.com |
Microsoft makes its case to Wall Street Thursday, 29 July 2010, 11:32 am
The software maker is kicking off a daylong analyst meeting in Redmond, Wash. CNET's Ina Fried will have live coverage of the meeting throughout the day.Source: CNET News.com |
Sony returns to black, raises forecast Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9:47 am
Helped by robust computer and TV sales, the electronics giant posts net profit of 25.7 billion yen versus a net loss a year ago, while sales inch up for the quarter.Source: CNET News.com |
Nintendo hit by loss on sluggish game sales Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9:39 am
Weak sales of its DS console and a dearth of hot new games trigger a net loss and lower revenue for Nintendo's first quarter.Source: CNET News.com |
Microsoft touts cloud computing customers Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9:00 am
Ahead of its financial analyst meeting in Redmond, the software maker announces that Hyatt Hotels, Dow Chemical and the University of Georgia will use its hosted e-mail and portal products.Source: CNET News.com |
AMD tops Nvidia in graphics chip shipments Thursday, 29 July 2010, 1:20 am
AMD passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a marketing research firm.Source: CNET News.com |
Nvidia warns of second-quarter revenue shortfall Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 7:13 pm
Graphics chip supplier pares back revenue predictions, blaming increased memory costs and economic weakness in Europe and China.Source: CNET News.com |
Microsoft's 'Street Slide' takes aim at StreetView Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 5:17 pm
A new mapping technology from Microsoft's Research team takes the idea of a panoramic street view and stitches it together into one long stream of map tiles.Source: CNET News.com |
Office for Mac to get conversation view Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:00 pm
In video previews for next Mac Office, Microsoft confirms new Outlook will support conversation views, a longtime Gmail feature recently added to Windows Office.Source: CNET News.com |
Comcast sales rise but earnings slip Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 9:10 am
Second-quarter revenue climbs 6 percent for the cable provider, but earnings drop almost 9 percent as a result of costs related to its planned purchase of NBC Universal.Source: CNET News.com |
Open-source Lustre gets supercomputing nod Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 9:00 am
High-performance Lustre file system is getting its day in the sun as new start-up Whamcloud unwraps commercial offerings.Source: CNET News.com |
Adobe buys Day Software for $240 million Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 8:34 am
The acquisition of the Swiss maker of content management software is intended to bolster Adobe's enterprise lineup.Source: CNET News.com |
The new muscle inside the new iMac, Mac Pro Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 2:26 am
Apple's refresh of desktop lineup taps Intel chips in a way it never has before.Source: CNET News.com |
Tabs get tweaked in Firefox 4 beta 2 Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 5:34 pm
Firefox 4 beta 2 continues Mozilla's push to release new features and under-the-hood improvements to beta testers faster.Source: CNET News.com |
Apple partnership boosting Foxconn market share Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 2:26 pm
Though it's had to wrestle with controversy over a rash of plant suicides this year, Foxconn is grabbing more revenue and higher market share.Source: CNET News.com |
