Parallels unveils Windows 7 upgrade tool

From CNET News.com: Parallels is indeed coming out with a product that uses virtualization to help ease the transition to Windows 7.

The software, the existence of which was first reported by CNET on Wednesday, takes one's files and programs from a Windows XP or Vista PC and...

Google's Android OS: Rise of the Apps

From DailyTech: Android is booming. It more than doubled its market share last quarter, knocking off Palm for the fourth place spot in the smartphone market. It stands about one good quarter away from jumping Microsoft and seizing third place, nipping at the heels of second place...

Intel: Itanium Will Survive Even Without Microsoft’s Support

From InfoWorld: In spite of rapid increase of performance and feature-set of x86 server microprocessors, Intel Corp. believes that IA64 micro-architecture and Itanium central processing units (CPUs) has long and bright future.

Intel recently launched its new Xeon EX platform that...

Corsair Memory Speeds Up 16GB, 24GB Memory Kits

From X-bit Labs: Corsair Memory on Tuesday released new high-density 4GB memory modules that are capable of operating at 1600MHz. The new modules are designed for workstations based on Intel Core i7/i5 microprocessors with dual-channel or triple-channel memory sub-systems.

The new...

Adobe considers changes to mitigate PDF attack

From X-bit Labs: Adobe Systems is considering modifying its PDF applications to counter a way to run arbitrary code on Windows computers by embedding it in a malicious PDF file.

Last week, security researcher Didier Stevens detailed a way to run executable code using a different...

Vodafone, Opera Push Mobile Internet in Emerging Markets

From PC World: Vodafone is working with Opera Software to embed the company's Mini 5 browser on 20 low-cost phones designed for emerging markets.

The phones and browser will first be rolled out in India, South Africa, Turkey, Tanzania and Egypt. Other markets are expected to follow...

Google Adds Buzz to Mobile Gmail, Sort of

From PC World: Google is integrating its social networking service Buzz into the Web-based version of Gmail for the iPhone and Android phones, but there's no word on an official dedicated Buzz app for either of the popular mobile platforms.

If you are one of the few that use the Web...

Nokia planning new touch-screen tablet?

From CNET News.com: Didn't it seem like just yesterday that everyone and their brother was announcing plans to launch an e-reader? Well, now that the Apple iPad has landed, we wouldn't be surprised to see the floodgates opening and tablet announcements flying just as fast and...

Google trying anew for a 3D Web

From CNET News.com: Two related projects from Mozilla and Google, each with the similar goal of bringing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the Web, appear to be joining forces after a change in Google tactics.

The two projects emerged at nearly the same time in 2009: the O3D...

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