HP won Palm in six-company bidding war

From CNET News.com: Hewlett-Packard landed Palm by raising its bid following interest from other suitors after intellectual property and a potential licensing arrangement for the WebOS.

The proxy statement, which sparked a good bit of discussion, provides an interesting read on how...

Microsoft to pay $200 million in patent dispute

From CNET News.com: Microsoft will pay VirnetX Holding $200 million to settle a patent dispute over VPN technology in Windows, the companies announced Monday.

As part of the settlement, Microsoft will also obtain a license to use VirnetX technology in Microsoft products.

VirnetX...

YouTube, Internet's Third Most Visited Site, Turns Five

From DailyTech: In February 2005, three former PayPal employees -- Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim – founded a video sharing site called YouTube. At the time, there were a handful of video sharing sites, but none had proved particularly successful. YouTube, however, proved a...

The Pirate Bay Site Taken Offline Again

From DailyTech: Piracy is one of those subjects that raise strong arguments on both sides of the issue. The major film and music studios along with major software companies claim they lose millions to piracy each year. At the same time, the legal campaigns and lawsuits brought...

Logitech G500 Review

Engineered for advanced precision and control. That was the slogan used on the retail box of Logitech's MX500 high performance optical mouse way back in the day (Funny how I still remember it so clearly so many years later, haha). The Logitech MX500 was undoubtedly a success when it was released in 2003, and it was held in very high regard by enthusiasts and gamers alike. In fact, the same Logitech MX500 I purchased in Hong Kong...

Nvidia GeForce GTX 465 Tested by Chinese Site

From Tom's Hardware: It's been no well-kept secret, and now we see early, semi-real evidence that there will soon be a new addition to the Fermi family.

A GeForce GTX 460 with 1GB RAM has been spotted on several European e-tailer websites.

Now adding to that today is a discovery of...

Google Apps gets big boost from Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim

From InfoWorld: Google's full-court marketing blitz to counter the Microsoft Office 2010 upgrade includes a familiar face to assure old-school IT executives that cloud computing can be trusted: Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun.

Bechtolsheim is fully embracing cloud computing...

Nvidia CFO: Manufacturing Yield Problems Are 'easing'

From PC World: Manufacturing problems that delayed the release of Nvidia's high-end Fermi chip family have eased, giving the company a boost in terms of sales and gross margin, the company's chief financial officer said Thursday.

Fermi is the code name for a graphics chip...

RIM tablet said to be 'companion device'

From CNET News.com: Boy Genius Report said on Thursday that it confirmed with multiple sources that the upcoming Research In Motion tablet will be a "companion device." Where have you heard that before? Oh right: The ill-fated Palm Foleo. The "best idea" Palm founder Jeff Hawkins'...

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