10% of Microsoft Global Workforce Uses Apple's iPhone

From DailyTech: The rivalry between Microsoft and Apple is one of legend. The two firms battle in many major categories including computers, mobile phones, and music players. The rivalry between the two firms has grown to epic proportions and in some instances; employees at Microsoft...

Yahoo top ad moneymaker leaving for Demand Media

From CNET News.com: According to several sources, Yahoo's Senior Vice President of U.S. Revenue and Market Development is planning on leaving the Internet giant to take a new position as chief revenue officer of online content upstart Demand Media.

The surprise move is sure to have...

Google's Plans to Leave China are 99.9% Certain

From X-bit Labs: Not too long ago, Google threatened to shut down Google.cn and walk out of China. The threat was a response to a mid-December hack originating from China as well as an anti-censorship protest. On Friday, the Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Li...

Say Goodbye to Your iPad When the Battery Fails

From X-bit Labs: Over the weekend it emerged that iPad users would also have to send their devices to Apple if they wanted a replacement battery. However, unlike iPhones and MacBooks, Apple isn't going to crack open your iPad and replace the battery, it's going to send you a new one...

Intel releases affordable SSD

From InfoWorld: On the heels of OCZ Technology Group's release of its first sub-$100 solid-state drive (SSD), Intel is shipping a $125 SSD called the X25-V Value SATA SSD.

Affordable is the word Intel wants associated with this drive, but the price per gigabyte is the same as that...

IBM Says Rivals Behind Anti-IBM Report in India

From PC World: IBM has slammed a report critical of the adoption of its mainframes in India, saying the report was driven by IBM competitors and has no credibility.

The report was sponsored by OpenMainframe.org, an online forum for news and information related to creating an open...

HP Starts Damage Control After China Laptop Buyer Complaint

From PC World: Hewlett-Packard extended the warranties on motherboards in certain laptops in China as it came under increasing criticism there for problems including overheating in some of its computers.

HP is also working with a Chinese government agency to resolve issues that...

Apple loses key chip executive

From CNET News.com: Dan Dobberpuhl, the PA Semi founder and CEO who came to Apple with the acquisition of his company, has apparently jumped ship to work at a chip-related start-up.

Apple acquired PA Semi in April of 2008 for $278 million. At the time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the...

China warns Google partners: Look for backup

From CNET News.com: The Chinese government has warned Google business partners to prepare for a day when they can't use Google services such as a search bar on their Web sites, according to a New York Times report Sunday.

Google has significant if not dominant share of the search...

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