Microsoft: We Do Not Need a New Game Console

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Xbox 360 turns five years old this year and it is set to receive a major update in the form of code-named Natal motion sensor. But while the console will get morally old in the next couple of years, Microsoft Corp.’s officials claim that the Xbox 360 has a...

Symbian lays out mobile OS road map

From InfoWorld: Symbian Foundation, responsible for development of the Symbian mobile OS, is readying its Symbian^3 and Symbian^4 versions of the platform, with version 3 likely to be feature-complete next month, a Symbian blogger said this week.

The general releases of versions 3...

Windows Mobile 7 Delayed Until 2011?

From PC World: Google's Android mobile operating system is stealing the spotlight from Windows Mobile 7, so much so that reports say Microsoft's latest OS is delayed (again) due to Google's success.

Windows Mobile 7 was expected to arrive this year, bringing a considerable bunch of...

Supreme Court blocks YouTube from Calif.'s Prop. 8 trial

From CNET News.com: Here's a historic first you won't be seeing today: Coverage of a federal trial via YouTube.

The U.S. Supreme Court has put a halt, at least temporarily, to plans to let Google's video site stream coverage of the "Proposition 8" trial, which kicked off Monday in a...

Google releases Android 2.1 SDK after complaints

From CNET News.com: Google has released the software development kit for Android 2.1, the version of its mobile operating system that powers the Nexus One smartphone.

When the Nexus One was launched a week ago, developers complained that they had not been given the SDK, making it...

Code Posted Online Takes Advantage of Mac OS X Flaw

From DailyTech: Security is a big concern for many computer users. The concern for security is bigger than simply the need to protect personal information online; users are also concerned about the security of files and data stored on their local computers.

Proof of concept code has...

Long-Time DirectX Supporter Epic Games Joins Khronos Group

From X-bit Labs: Epic Games, a leading developer of graphics engines and popular Unreal-series video games, this week said that it had joined Khronos Group, an industry group that develops open standards for graphics. Although Epic has supported DirectX for about a decade now, it has...

Microsoft asks for rehearing in Word case

From InfoWorld: Microsoft asked an appeals court for a rehearing in the patent case that requires the software giant to pay $290 million in damages and prevents it from selling the current version of Word starting on Monday.

The suit charged Microsoft with using a patent owned by...

Microsoft Will Patch Mac Word to Comply With Court Order

From PC World: Microsoft will patch Word on the Mac to comply with a federal court's ruling requiring it to remove custom XML technology from its popular word processing software, the company confirmed last week.

On Saturday, Microsoft issued an update for Word 2003 for Windows to...

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