RIAA: Net neutrality shouldn't inhibit antipiracy

From CNET News.com: The lobbying group for the top four recording companies wants to make sure that when regulations on Net neutrality are adopted, they don't impede antipiracy efforts.

That's why the Recording Industry Association of America on Thursday asked the Federal...

New IE hole exploited in attacks on U.S. firms

From CNET News.com: Attackers targeting Google and a host of other U.S. companies recently used software that exploits a new hole in Internet Explorer, Microsoft said on Thursday.

"Internet Explorer was one of the vectors" used in the attacks that Google disclosed earlier this week...

Intel earnings surge 875 percent

From CNET News.com: Intel posted a fourth-quarter net income of $2.3 billion, up 875 percent over the same period last year. Revenue came in at $10.6 billion, up 28 percent year over year.

Earnings per share was 40 cents. The analyst consensus for the fourth quarter called for 30...

AMD’s Executives Admitted Inability to Compete – Intel

From X-bit Labs: In a recently published official response (1, 2) to the accusations of the Federal Trade Commission, Intel Corp. said that AMD was unsuccessful on the market of commercial desktops and notebooks due to the fact that Intel had fully-integrated platforms, whereas AMD...

Mac sales can't keep pace with cheap PCs, Apple slips to No. 5

From InfoWorld: While Mac sales in the U.S. were up 31 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, Apple was unable to keep pace with exploding sales of cheap Windows PCs, and fell to the No. 5 spot, research firm IDC said Wednesday.

Rival analysts at Gartner, meanwhile, pegged Apple's...

Nexus One Success Hampered by Google Web Store

From PC World: As the dust and confetti settle in the wake of the Nexus One launch, early reports suggest that Google sold a meager 20,000 of the next-generation "superphone" during its first week. Google's other big launch--the Web-based store for purchasing the Nexus One--may play...

Microsoft brings kids developer tool to the PC

From CNET News.com: Microsoft researcher Matt MacLaurin came up for the idea for Kodu in his kitchen in the fall of 2006, noticing the way his three-year-old daughter watched her mom browse away on Facebook. MacLaurin saw how different computing is now than when he was a kid. While...

Verizon looks for more revenue in wireless data

From CNET News.com: Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless provider, is reportedly revamping its existing wireless data prices and is considering implementing a usage-based billing model for its upcoming 4G wireless services as it tries to squeeze out more revenue from...

ATI Video Shows Monkey Upgrading Radeon Video Card

From DailyTech: ATI has posted a new video on YouTube that is sure to go viral. The minute long video shows "Louie the monkey" performing a video card upgrade unassisted, and is entitled "Upgrading graphics - So easy, a monkey can do it!"

It is no coincidence that the graphics...

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