BlackBerry Storm Gets Official 5.0 OS

From PC World: Verizon Wireless yesterday became the first carrier to officially release Research In Motion's (RIM) latest major BlackBerry device software upgrade, BlackBerry OS 5.0 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. Storm users need only connect their devices to RIM's BlackBerry...

Facebook Users Criticize Site's Latest Makeover

From PC World: Three days after the latest makeover of Facebook's home page , hundreds of thousands of unhappy users are voicing their frustrations about the changes.

Facebook has been rolling out updates to its homepage pretty consistently and this isn't the first time that users...

Amazon's in-cloud database gets MySQL option

From CNET News.com: Expanding its cloud-computing storage services to a higher level, Amazon.com unveiled a new option called Amazon RDS for companies that want to store information in a database on the other side of the Internet.

The suite of Amazon Web Services (AWS) already...

Intel Releases TRIM Firmware for SSDs, Boosts Write Speed By 40%

From DailyTech: Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system launched to great fanfare last week, but one of the most important features for Solid State Drive owners has been commonly overlooked. That feature is the the Trim attribute of the ATA Data Set Management Command, commonly...

Dell Selling Multi-Touch LCD for Windows 7

From Tom's Hardware: Dell finally brought its multi-touch monitor here to the States after specs prematurely appeared online earlier this week. The SX2210T is the company's first dedicated multi-touch LCD display, and supports either one finer or two. The display is also compatible...

Western Digital Increases Investments into SSD Tech

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital, a leading maker of hard disk drives that recently acquired a maker of flash-based drives, said that it would boost investments into creation of more advanced solid-state drives (SSDs).

“Our current spending reflects increased investments in...

Windows 7 upgrade paralyzes some PCs with endless reboots

From InfoWorld: Some users trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 have seen their PCs crippled by an endless series of reboots, according to reports on Microsoft's support forum.

A Microsoft engineer writing on the same forum said the company was investigating users'...

Verizon Revenue up Slightly in Third Quarter

From PC World: Verizon Communications reported revenue of US $27.3 billion for the third quarter of 2009, up 10.2 percent from a year earlier, but up only 0.6 percent if revenue from the January acquisition of competitor AllTel is taken out.

Verizon's net income for the quarter was...

Netflix streaming coming to PS3

From CNET News.com: A Netflix press release spelled out the details of deal. The good news is that the streaming feature--which enables Netflix subscribers to access thousands of movies and TV shows on-demand via the Internet--is available at no extra charge beyond the monthly...

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