Dell: Netbooks not a replacement for laptops

From InfoWorld: Netbooks may have won over many users with their relatively low cost and small size, but Dell doesn't see the lightweight machines ever replacing laptops with more powerful processors inside.

"There's been some over-exuberance on this product in the marketplace,"...

Android Music Store to Take on Apple iTunes

From PC World: All gloves are off between Google and Apple, after the search giant unveiled a host of products to compete with the Cupertino company. Following Google TV and Flash on Android, Google will also take on Apple's iTunes through the acquisition of music streaming service...

Facebook sent some user data to advertisers

From CNET News.com: Facebook's privacy policy promises, in no uncertain terms, that it doesn't "share your information with advertisers without your consent." Only "non-personally identifiable" data, it says, are shared.

But the social-networking site confirmed late Thursday that it...

Ubisoft to Roll Out Used Game Fees Too, Gamestop Cheers Idea

From DailyTech: One hot current debate in the video game industry is the topic of used games. While this may seem surprising as used game sales -- both private and commercial – have been around for years, video game makers are now turning on the time honored practice, looking to...

Report: Sony Launching $70 PSN Premium at E3

From Tom's Hardware: Sony may not be launching a new iteration of its handheld PSP console this year at E3 but that doesn’t mean the company won't have a big reveal for the annual games convention. VG247 cites sources that say Sony will introduce us to a new version of PSN next month...

Nvidia Expects Android Operating System to Prosper

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. believes that the second generation of the company’s system-on-chip (SoC) devices for mobile gadgets will be successful because of increasing popularity of Google Android operating system. In fact, Nvidia seems to pin most of...

Google Wave won't be quick hit in the enterprise, analysts say

From InfoWorld: Google may hope that the widespread release of Google Wave serves as a new entry into the enterprise, but some analysts don't expect that businesses will rush to adopt it.

The company announced at its I/O developer conference Wednesday that the Google Wave...

Non-U.S. iPad Users Get First Glimpse of Their App Store

From PC World: Country-specific iPad App Stores are showing up one week early than expected for international users who bought an iPad from eBay or Craigslist, before the tablet officially becomes available in their country.

Perks aside, it turns out that they will also have to...

Microsoft warns of 64-bit Windows 7 hole

From CNET News.com: Microsoft is working on a patch to fix a hole in a 64-bit Windows 7 graphics display component that could be exploited to crash the system or potentially take control of the computer by running code remotely.

The company is investigating a new publicly reported...

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