Mobile Firefox Reaches Beta, Only Out for Nokia N810

From DailyTech: Mobile browsers generally are lacking in features and compatibility. Some independent browser makers like Opera seek to conquer the low end, pushing lightweight browsers like Opera Mini across more of the market while other seek to conquer the high end smartphone...

Via design targets first-time Netbook makers

From CNET News.com: Via Technologies has released a new Netbook reference design aimed at PC manufacturers that want to start selling Netbooks for the first time.

The reference design for the Via Surfboard C855 mainboard, unveiled Tuesday, includes the Taiwanese chip company's new...

Google project promotes Chrome, JavaScript

From CNET News.com: Ever since Google launched Chrome in September 2008, Google has been touting how fast its browser can run Web-based programs written in JavaScript. Now the company has launched a site called Chrome Experiments designed to show off what fast JavaScript can enable...

Report: Atom to be 62% Cheap PC Sales by Q4 '09

From Tom's Hardware: When it comes to computers, the trend is always headed straight towards making things faster and power capable. But now the low-cost, low-power (in both senses of the word) Intel Atom processor could end up in more than half of entry-level desktop sales at the...

Acer to launch first non-Windows smartphone this year

From InfoWorld: Acer plans to launch its first non-Windows smartphone in the second half of this year, according to company representatives.

The world's third largest PC vendor last month announced its first ever family of smartphones, called Tempo. All of the handsets use Microsoft...

Toshiba Names Power Systems Chief as Next President

From PC World: Toshiba's board of directors has nominated Norio Sasaki, the head of its nuclear power and infrastructure business, to become its new president from the middle of this year.

The proposal requires shareholder approval but comes with the recommendation of Atsutoshi...

Sun's new mantra: Call us the 'cloud company'

From CNET News.com: During the Internet bubble era, Sun Microsystems profited as one of the big suppliers of networking computing technology to IT. Now it's hoping to similarly benefit from another tech trend as the computer industry slowly migrates toward cloud computing.

On...

Discovery Hits Amazon.com With Patent Lawsuit

From DailyTech: Discovery Communications has filed a patent lawsuit against Amazon.com regarding Amazon's extremely popular Kindle e-book reader. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware, accusing Amazon of violating a patent Discovery registered in November...

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