Barnes & Noble Nook Is Finally Available

From X-bit Labs: After several months of delays, Barnes & Noble on Monday announced availability of its highly-anticipated Nook electronic book reader. Starting the 10th of February, Nook devices will be available in B&N online and retail stores.

“We are excited to announce that...

LG, Samsung go social with latest phones

From InfoWorld: South Korea's two biggest cell phone makers previewed on Tuesday handsets they plan to unveil at next week's Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona.

Both phones feature full-screen touch panels on their face, Wi-Fi and close links with social networking...

Cisco Picks up Where Starent Left off

From PC World: Cisco on Tuesday will show just how serious it is about mobile data with the introduction of its first product derived from its Starent acquisition, the ASR 5000.

The new platform for delivering mobile services, which is based on the Starent ST40, is being announced...

Former Intel exec pleads guilty in Galleon case

From CNET News.com: A former Intel executive pleaded guilty on Monday to providing insider information to Galleon Group's founder, Raj Rajaratnam.

The case revolves around Rajaratnam, who founded the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund that managed $7 billion in funds. In...

Netflix says ISPs could threaten Web video

From CNET News.com: Netflix, the Web's hottest video rental service, is worried that bandwidth providers could abuse their position as the gatekeepers of Internet access to hamstring competing Web-video distributors.

As the Federal Communications Commission continues to consider...

Google to Bring Wave, Voice to Businesses in 2010

From DailyTech: Google is working hard to fight Microsoft on several fronts. Google is the clear leader the search market in America, but Microsoft is working hard to gain on Google in search with Bing. At the same time, Google is putting pressure on Microsoft in the smartphone...

Verizon temporarily blocks some 4chan sites

From CNET News.com: Verizon temporarily blocked traffic from some Web sites affiliated with the 4chan online forum on Monday after finding that some affiliate sites were apparently launching network attacks.

"Our network security system found traffic from some 4Chan Web sites that...

Oracle Buys AmberPoint for SOA Management

From PC World: Oracle on Monday fattened up its already burgeoning middleware stack, announcing Monday that it has purchased SOA (service oriented architecture) management vendor AmberPoint. Terms were not disclosed.

SOA refers to a systems design approach that eschews monolithic...

Subscribe to Daily Computer + Technology News, Reviews, Discussion