PayPal to Open Platform to Third-party Developers

From PC World: PayPal will soon open up its platform to third-party developers, allowing them to build applications with a range of money transfer options.

PayPal, which is owned by eBay, is developing what it calls the Adaptive Payments Service, which consists of a set of APIs...

Google plans Chrome-based Web operating system

From CNET News.com: The company announced Google Chrome OS on its blog Tuesday night, saying lower-end PCs called Netbooks from unnamed manufacturers will include it in the second half of 2010. Linux will run under the covers of the open-source project, but the applications will run...

Dell Unveils Digital Forensics Package for Police

From DailyTech: The world of computer forensics is growing rapidly as police and governments realize that the wealth of digital information on a suspected criminal's computer can be hard to retrieve. To help legal agencies convict criminals, Dell has announced a new product offering...

Sony Unveils VAIO W Netbook

From DailyTech: Netbooks are still burning up the computer sales charts as consumers continue to buy the small machines for their low price tags and portability. Most major computer makers now offer a netbook, but Apple still holding out.

Earlier this year, Sony announced its VAIO...

Google Apps shed beta label

From CNET News.com: Google Apps have all grown up.

No longer must Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Talk carry the beta tag of shame; they are all now full-fledged members of the Google family of products. Google has been hinting this was coming over the past few...

Chrome's new-tab page gets more interactive

From CNET News.com: Opening a new tab in a browser is a moment ripe with opportunity, and Google has begun testing a version of Chrome that can present new options when users do so.

Chrome's current new-tab interface, which also shows by default when the browser is first launched...

Seagate May Delay Own Solid-State Drives Till 2011, Claim Analysts

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology, the world’s largest maker of hard disk drives, may delay introduction of its solid-state drives to 2011 because of the issues with relationships between LSI Corp. and Seagate. According to analysts from Pacific Crest Securities, Seagate will have...

Qimonda Sells Manufacturing Equipment – Liquidation Begins

From X-bit Labs: After not finding an investor eager to acquire the whole company, Qimonda AG has appointed several companies to sell 300mm production equipment from the firm’s manufacturing facilities in Germany and the USA. This may easily mean that the company does not have hope...

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