Microsoft Reports Second-Quarter Results
Modest revenue growth despite difficult economy; announces cost management initiatives. — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $16.63 billion for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2008, a 2% i...
Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Dark Ages of Technology
If the Obama campaign represented a sleek, new iPhone kind of future, the first day of the Obama administration looked more like the rotary-dial past. — Two years after launching the most technologi...
Nokia Cuts 2009 View After Grim Q4 Report; Stock Slides
Nokia (NOK) this morning reported a dismal Q4 - and forecast more grim days ahead. — The world's largest handset maker posted sales of 12.67 billion Euros, down 19.5% from 15.7 billion a year ago. ...
Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust
This will be a big year for new operating systems. Apple plans a new version of its Macintosh operating system, to be called Snow Leopard. Palm plans an all-new smart phone operating system called P...
Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0
Encyclopedia Britannica president Jorge Cauz. Inset: Wikipedia's cofounder Jimmy Wales. — In a move to take on Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica is inviting the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and...
Hands-on with HTC Touch Cruise (Iolite)
Live images of the HTC Touch Cruise — Table of Contents: — Do you remember how many spy shots and gossips surrounded the release of the mysterious HTC Polaris that tuned out to be the Touch Cruise...
Best Yet: OS 4.7.0.90 Leaked for the Storm 9530 & 9500!
So long .86! Another week, another leaked OS for the BlackBerry Storm. Can I hear a w00t?! A helpful friend put OS 4.7..90 into the wild for the both the BlackBerry Storm 9530 and 9500 and the init...
A Twitter Sex Guide
Violet Blue: A Twitter Sex Guide — Do you Tweet during sex? You might moan or squeal, but even if you've never heard of the free, minimalist social networking service that allows users to write, se...
Publisher Rethinks the Daily: It's Free and Printed and Has Blogs All Over
SAN FRANCISCO — Amid the din of naysayers who insist that newspapers are on the verge of death, a new company wants to start dozens of new ones — with a twist. — The Printed Blog, a Chicago start-up...
Sony Expects $3 Billion Loss for the Year
Sony, the Japanese electronics company, said Thursday that it expected to post a record annual operating loss of nearly $3 billion because of the rapid deterioration of the global economy. It also an...
Securities watchdog pursues record fine for RIM execs
Regulator seeks up to $100-million in stock option controversy — The Ontario Securities Commission is seeking a record penalty — one that could be as high as $100-million — from the top two executiv...
Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide
A new digital plague has hit the Internet, infecting millions of personal and business computers in what seems to be the first step of a multistage attack. The world's leading computer security exper...
YAHOO=Yet Another Hiring Over and Out (Hadley Heads Back to Microsoft)
One of Yahoo's top marketing execs, Eric Hadley, who came to the company with a lot of acclaim in only November, is set to leave for a new job in working in branding and global marketing for Microsoft...
More Web Design Trends For 2009
Last week we presented 10 Web Design Trends For 2009, our review of the most promising developments and techniques in web design that may become big in 2009. In the first part we covered embossing le...
Apple Still Oblivious to Netbook Opportunity
During its quarterly earnings call Wednesday, Apple reinforced its skepticism in netbooks, saying their low-powered CPUs, cramped keyboards and small displays are not enough to satisfy customers. — ...
Treo PRO now available from Sprint for $249
Palm and Sprint might have a pickle on their hands. Now that the Palm Pre is the hottest upcoming phone of 2009, how are they going to sell the Treo PRO when the Pre is rumored to launch next month? ...
Skype's Growth Starts to Slow
eBay today turned in a lukewarm performance for the fourth quarter of 2008, posting sales of $2.04 billion vs. an average forecast of $2.12 billion. Earnings per share were a penny better than expect...
Watch videos right in Gmail chat
My friends always hate it when I multi-task in other tabs while chatting with them (they can tell because of my obviously delayed reactions...). But sometimes it's not my fault: if they send me a lin...
Bank crisis rule changes lift Autonomy
Autonomy, the Cambridge-based search software company, hailed a “momentous” year as tighter corporate regulation helped it post record results for 2008. — The group, which provides software that sea...