Sun's Chief Executive Tweets His Resignation
Jonathan Schwartz, the last chief executive of Sun Microsystems, has become the first Fortune 200 boss to tweet his resignation. — Late Wednesday night, Mr. Schwartz used Twitter to publish a haiku ...
Intel Details Upcoming Mobile and Six-Core Processors
With the International Solid-State Circuits Conference less than a week away, Intel has released additional details on its hexa-core desktop, next generation mobile and dual-core Westmere processors. ...
New Digital Protocol Lets You Sign Secure, Legally Binding Contracts Over the Phone
Alexander Graham Bell He helped replace the telegraph. He never knew he might replace the fountain pen as well. — Bringing a new connotation to the term “verbal contract,” researchers …
Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks
The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity. — Under an agreement that is still being f...
Facebook comes out swinging at critics of settlement offer in Beacon lawsuit
Offer to spend $9.5 million on privacy foundation fair and adequate, company says — Computerworld - Facebook has come out swinging at those opposing a settlement offer it made last year in a privacy...
Apple prohibits App Store devs from using location-based ads
Apple has notified App Store developers that they will be prohibited from using location-based information for mobile advertising. The company claims the GPS data can only be used to provide “benefic...
Buy Office 2007, get 2010 free? Microsoft posts, pulls deal
Microsoft has accidentally posted details about a promotion it will be running for those who buy Office 2007 a few months before and after the release of Office 2010 in June 2010. It is called the “M...
Boxee responds to NBC's Jeff Zucker
Congress held a hearing today examining the proposed acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast. Speaking before the committee were Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast and Jeff Zucker, President ...