Thursday, April 3, 2008

Latest News
CIO Douglas Merrill is leaving Google to join EMI Music as president of its digital business division. 03-Apr-2008

Dutch film that says the Koran incites violence prompts outrage in Indonesia, may cause YouTube ban. 03-Apr-2008

Microsoft's Surface coffee-tables find a home in AT&T stores. 03-Apr-2008

Adobe is introducing a 64-bit version of Creative Suite 4 for Windows Vista; Mac users will have to wait. 03-Apr-2008

Nickelodeon is working on a virtual world based on "SpongeBob SquarePants" and developing a new social networking site/game. 03-Apr-2008

Google will lay off about 25 percent of DoubleClick's U.S. workers, sell part of its Performics division. 03-Apr-2008

Beijing organizers have assured the IOC that reporters covering the Olympic Games won't be affected by Internet censorship. 03-Apr-2008

Research shows that many mobile phone users would be happy to receive nonintrusive ads in exchange for free content. 03-Apr-2008

Comcast is launching a new premium service that offers download speeds starting at 50 mbps. 03-Apr-2008

MIDs running Intel's touted Centrino Atom chip are unlikely to appear until the end of the year. 03-Apr-2008
Microsoft and Symantec have asked a court to dismiss their ongoing lawsuit over storage management technology. 03-Apr-2008

Sprint Nextel's April Xohm WiMax rollout is delayed due to problems setting up microwave wireless links. 03-Apr-2008

Research In Motion beat industrywide slowdown with 14 million shipments in 2007, a record high in the Q4. 03-Apr-2008

Sony's HDR-TG1 weighs only 10.6 ounces and records 1920-by-1080 digital video to a memory card. 03-Apr-2008

Motorola is closing its high-end cell-phone factory in Singapore; R&D facilities to remain open. 03-Apr-2008

Apple released a slew of patches for QuickTime, fixing a variety of security problems. 03-Apr-2008

Intel unveiled an updated version of its Classmate PC laptop, but changes made to the device are largely cosmetic--at least for now. 02-Apr-2008

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that it is shipping its DualShock 3 game controller for the PlayStation 3 game console this week for $54.99. 02-Apr-2008

AT&T plans to sell phones based on Google's Android operating system, after being assured by the search giant that it won't be forced to offer all-Google applications, the company said today. 02-Apr-2008

Adobe announces the Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta program, following up on the successful beta for the first version of the photography workflow application. 02-Apr-2008

EA Sports confirms that the latest Madden game will not be coming to PC. 02-Apr-2008

Online phone services offer stand-out features for small businesses that can't afford their own full-scale systems. 02-Apr-2008

Mozilla also says it will move on to the release candidate stage by freezing changes as early as next week. 02-Apr-2008

The new server and desktop variants of Ubuntu Linux version 8.04 will include features aimed at making the open source operating system easier to use and to deploy. 02-Apr-2008

PayPal seems to be having technical difficulties with a debit card that allows users instant access to the money in their PayPal accounts. 02-Apr-2008

U.S. carriers say they are developing commercial services that will take advantage of IPv6. 02-Apr-2008

Yahoo opens some of its search technology to third-party content providers. 02-Apr-2008

FCC chair urges fellow commissioners to dismiss a petition filed last year asking carriers to open up their networks. 02-Apr-2008

Five laptop makers have signed on to use Qualcomm's Gobi technology, a cell modem that can switch between the two dominant worldwide 3G standards: EVDO and UMTS/HSPA. 02-Apr-2008

Valve and Ubisoft announced a partnership to deliver 40 new games via the Steam digital distribution service. 02-Apr-2008

Web filters go head-to-head in battle to block Web porn. 02-Apr-2008

Google's Gmail lacks spit and polish but it still shines. Diverse features and ease of use make Gmail a superb option. 02-Apr-2008

Sophos warns Mac users against "iMunizator" download calling the software "scareware." 02-Apr-2008

Major League Baseball's MLB.TV online broadcasting service encountered serious technical difficulties for the second straight day. 02-Apr-2008

Microsoft may be set to extend Windows XP's availability in some cases, but it's not expected to give the aging operating system a general reprieve. 02-Apr-2008