Google is Making the PAC-MAN Doodle Permanent

From Tom's Hardware: That Google PAC-MAN doodle was incredible, right? Everyone had so much fun and despite most Doodles only sticking around for 24 hours, this one was in place from Friday to Sunday. We were sad to see it go but it turns out our tears were shed too soon. Google is...

Salesforce.com CEO calls Microsoft a patent troll

From InfoWorld: Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff Tuesday declined to comment on the patent lawsuit brought against his company by Microsoft, but that didn't stop him from calling his rival names.

Last week, Microsoft sued Salesforce.com, alleging that the company...

No MeeGo Upgrade for the N900, Says Nokia

From PC World: Users who have bought Nokia's flagship smartphone, the Maemo-based N900, won't be able to upgrade the device to MeeGo, Nokia said in a blog post on Tuesday.

The MeeGo OS, announced in February, merges Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo Linux-based operating systems. The...

Intel rolls mobile CPUs for ultrathin notebooks

From EETimes: Intel Corp. announced Monday (May 24) notebook processors geared to create a new class of ultra-thin, ultralow power portables. The new Intel Core 2010 processors are expected to power as many as 40 systems designs less than an inch thick and weighing just two to five...

Google discloses AdSense revenue share

From CNET News.com: Google has finally revealed how it shares advertising revenue with AdSense customers who run Google ads on their own sites.

AdSense customers are publishers who run "Ads by Google" ads on their pages as well as those who use a custom Google search box on their...

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Promises Simpler Privacy Settings

From CRN: Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged Monday that the social networking site goofed a bit when it came to users' privacy but promised that in the near future the site planned to implement simpler privacy settings.

In an Op-Ed piece to The Washington Post...

Microsoft eases access to Outlook data

From InfoWorld: Microsoft revealed on Monday two open source projects intended to improve interoperability with Microsoft Outlook files and even enable easier migrations from Outlook.

Projects include tools to make it easier for developers to read and write data out of Microsoft...

Adobe's PDF Reader app comes to Android phones

From CNET News.com: Amid the flurry of Android news as part of Google's annual I/O Conference last week, a news item that slipped through the cracks was that Adobe released a native PDF reading app for Android phones.

The software, which went up in the Android Marketplace Friday...

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