Windows XP: Finally on its Way Out?

From PC World: The biggest danger to Windows 7 and Windows Vista isn't Mac OS X or Linux --- it's Windows XP, whose the aging operating system. But it looks as if XP may finally be on the way out, which is good news for Microsoft.

Computeworld reports that according to the Web...

Microsoft gets reprieve in Word case

From InfoWorld: An appeals court has granted Microsoft's request to put off an injunction that could have forced it to stop selling its Microsoft Word software next month.

Microsoft had appealed a court decision from mid-August that gave it 60 days to stop selling Word products that...

Google tweaking Android Market

From CNET News.com: The Android app store will soon launch several new updates in its upcoming 1.6 version, according to an Android Developers blog post from Google's Eric Chu on Thursday.

Developers will be able to provide screenshots, icons, and descriptions to better promote and...

PS3 Sales Grew 104% During First Week of Slim Availability

From DailyTech: Sony had been under heavy pressure to offer a price cut on the PS3 console and some developers even went so far as to threaten to abandon the platform if cuts weren't made.

Sony maintained for the longest time that no price cuts were coming and that cutting the price...

Better Later Than Never: iPhone Finally Gets MMS on September 25

From DailyTech: AT&T promised early this year to have MMS ready for the iPhone during the summer. After all, it didn't seem like that was too tall an order considering its other phones offered MMS and the iPhone OS v3.0 came with built-in support for MMS.

Now AT&T has finally...

Workstation Market Begins to Stabilize – Analysts

From X-bit Labs: The market of workstations and professional graphics hardware showed stabilization in the second quarter of 2009, according to data recently published by Jon Peddie Research. Even though the market grew slightly both in terms of units and dollars, it is hard to say...

Red Hat releases first KVM support with RHEL 5.4

From InfoWorld: Red Hat for the first time included KVM hypervisor technology in a release of its Enterprise Linux operating system, kicking off the vendor's plans to earn a significant role in the virtualization market.

"We intend to invest heavily in this area," said Red Hat CEO...

Philips Set to Debut Wireless HDMI

From PC World: Philips has announced a wireless HDMI product that lets consumers connect home electronics products, like a television and a Blu-Ray player, without using any wires, it said on Thursday.

Philips will start shipping the Wireless HDMI Link September in Germany. Details...

EU to investigate Oracle-Sun deal

From CNET News.com: Final regulatory approval of Oracle's $7.4 billion takeover of Sun has just hit a snag, courtesy of the European regulators.

The European Commission announced Thursday that it has launched an in-depth investigation into the proposed merger between Oracle and Sun...

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