Microsoft Joins Effort for Laptops for Children
After a years-long dispute, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child said Thursday that they had reached an agreement to offer Windows on the organization's computers. —...
BREAKING: CBS Acquiring CNET For $1.8 Billion; 44.6 Percent Premium
CBS (NYSE: CBS) is acquiring CNET (NSDQ: CNET) for $1.8 billion in cash. The purchase price comes to $11.50 per share, representing a 44.6 percent premium over last night's closing price of $7.95.
Yahoo! Responds to Carl Icahn's Intention to Nominate Candidates for Election to Yahoo!'s Board of Directors
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News), a leading global Internet company, today sent the following letter in response to Carl Icahn's announcement regarding …
Icahn Sends Open Letter to Board of Directors of Yahoo!
SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY Carl C. Icahn AND HIS AFFILIATES FROM THE STOCKHOLDERS OF YAHOO! INC. FOR USE AT ...
Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first
Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, ...
At The Churchill Club: The Top 10 Tech Trends
I'm at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose tonight, for the Churchill Club's annual Top 10 Tech Trends Dinner. This is the club's 10th annual tech trend panel. Making the picks: — Steve Jurvetson, Drape...
Intel disclaims ZDNet report over larger iPhone or internet tablet
The Mac rumour sites have been buzzing about the idea of a MID (Mobile Internet Device) that could be considered an ultramobile Mac or large iPhone, especially since it was apparently “confirmed” by H...
Adobe Introduces P2P Flash Player, Kills CDNs
Today Adobe announced the public beta of a new Flash Player that is going to change the way we all use the Internet. More importantly, the new player changes the economics of the Internet. — Intere...
Ask.com: We're Not Dead
Jeeves, the former mascot of struggling search engine Ask.com, may be dead. But the site itself, CEO Jim Safka would like to remind everyone, is alive, and still dutifully serving up search results. ...
Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and ...
How Apple is changing DRM
As more stores and record labels abandon digital rights management, Apple may have an alternative plan for subscription services, writes Tim Anderson — When Apple approached record companies about s...
Comcast Gets Investigated While Cox Gets Free Pass
Introducing the Google Maps API for Flash
Here at Google, we receive a lot of feature requests - and it feels great every time we fulfill one of them. The ability to utilize the power of Google Maps from Flash is one of those requests that h...
Amazon May Sell $750 Million In Kindles by 2010 (That's A Lot Of Kindles)
The Kindle, Amazon's ugly but useful ebook reader that launched in November 2007, may be a burgeoning hit, says Citigroup Analyst Mark Mahaney. Citi expects Amazon to generate between $400 million an...