Former Xbox Executive Leaves Microsoft for Apple

From DailyTech: A Microsoft executive who most recently led the company's Xbox business unit in Europe is departing the company after taking a job at Apple's European offices.

Richard Teversham worked at Microsoft for 15 years and most recently was a senior director of business...

Sprint's losses mount in first quarter

From CNET News.com: Troubled wireless operator Sprint Nextel continued to lose customers in the first quarter of 2009 as financial losses mounted amid stiff competition in the wireless market.

Sprint reported a loss of $594 million or 21 cents per share for the three months ended...

APH Networks Reviews: Radius Atomic Bass

"Jonathan Kwan, where are the reviews!?" - "Dear the chc, where have you been lately? I really miss your reviews :(" - "WHY ARE YOU SO LAZY JON!" -- there have been more than a handful of similar feedback I've received lately. Before we get started on this review today, I would...

Google Sued Over 'Android' Name

From PCWorld: The owner of an obscure Illinois software development company is suing Google and everyone else in the Open Handset Alliance over their use of the word "Android."

The suit has made public the fact that Google's own attempts to trademark the word have been rejected by...

Reports: Apple to Cut Its Mac Computer Prices

From DailyTech: Faced with slumping sales and stinging criticism from competitor Microsoft over its high prices, Apple is reportedly going to try a price cut to spur its computer sales. While Apple's general sales have been saved by its iPhone, its computer sales, both for laptops...

Microsoft IE 8 Default Browser Controversy

From DailyTech: The blogosphere is heating up over some some interesting options in the Internet Explorer 8 installation process. Eager to spread its shiny next-generation browser, IE 8, to the masses, Microsoft has included an option which resets the user's default browser in what...

Google bulks up Gmail with built-in search

From CNET News.com: Google has added the ability to search Google directly within Gmail, a move that increases the centrality of the e-mail service and gives Google a new opportunity to show advertisements.

The experimental feature, part of Gmail Labs, presents a search box to the...

Toshiba and Fujitsu Finalize Hard Drive Business Transaction

From X-bit Labs: Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Limited on Thursday announced that they had concluded a definitive agreement on the transfer of Fujitsu's hard disk drive (HDD) business to Toshiba. The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the companies in...

Intel releases power management tool for datacenters

From InfoWorld: Intel on Thursday announced Data Center Manager, a software tool kit that can reduce the power drawn by servers in datacenters by tapping into hardware resources.

This software development tool kit allows companies to build software to manage or cap power consumption...

Use Windows 7 Free (for Awhile)

From PC World: Microsoft Corp. will let users run Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) for more than a year, giving them free use of the new operating system for a significantly longer time than it did Vista's previews.

Windows 7 RC, slated for download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers...

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