Windows 7 share surges 40% in first week of release

From InfoWorld: Windows 7's market share surged nearly 40 percent in the week following its release, according to Web measurement company Net Applications.

Overall, Windows continued to lose share globally, dropping 0.23 of a percentage point during October, while Apple's Mac OS X...

Android Gets a Facelift with Sony Ericsson's 'Rachel'

From PC World: Sony Ericsson's rumored Android-based Xperia handset is expected to launch on Tuesday, with a brand new user interface codenamed Rachel. As we wait for the device to launch, two YouTube videos about the device have surfaced in recent weeks. One is a promo for the new...

Inside the Motorola Droid, an iPhone likeness

From CNET News.com: The internal similarities begin with performance: both devices are fast. The iPhone 3GS is already distinguished for its speed. And the Droid is quickly garnering similar accolades.

"The Droid makes a big leap in internal performance. Compared with its rather...

White House Embraces Open Source, Utilizes Drupal

From DailyTech: The Obama administration has been more willing than previous administrations to implement open source technology, as the new WhiteHouse.gov content management software (CMS) system has been switched over to the open source Drupal.

Open source is already used by the U...

Yahoo Looks to Undergo Changes, Come Back Strong

From DailyTech: Yahoo hopes to rebound in the coming years after multiple years of losing visitors, and plans to triple its operating profit by 2012, according to numerous media reports.

The company reportedly fixed some of its short-term problems -- but it should be interesting to...

International Domains Get ICANN Thumbs Up

From PC World: Starting in mid-November, countries and territories will be able to apply to show domain names in their native language, a major technical tweak to the Internet designed to increase language accessibility.

On Friday, the Internet's addressing authority approved a Fast...

Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit

From CNET News.com: Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment Thursday against self-described "spam king" Sanford Wallace.

Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook's application for a default judgment against Wallace...

Can the Droid save Motorola?

From CNET News.com: Judging from the hype surrounding the new smartphone, which is the first device to use the Google Android 2.0 operating system, there is a good chance the Droid could be the breakthrough device that helps Motorola rise from the ashes. But it will likely take more...

Subscribe to Daily Computer & Technology News, Reviews, Discussion