Browserless Windows 7 E Edition Likely Canceled

From Tom's Hardware: Last week we learned of Microsoft's proposal to the EU for a browser ballot screen where users will be able to choose which browser they'd wish to have installed and default on the system.

The European Commission seemed to be accepting on the idea, which now has...

Sony PlayStation 3 Now Costs Around $250 to Manufacture – Company

From X-bit Labs: Chief financial officer of Sony Corp. said during the company’s conference call with financial analysts that manufacturing cost of Sony PlayStation 3 has dropped by 70% since the introduction. This may mean that production cost of the PS3 is now about $250 and Sony...

Apple accused of hushing up exploding iPod Touch claims

From InfoWorld: Apple attempted to silence a father and 11-year old daughter with a gagging order reports The Times newspaper after an iPod Touch allegedly burst into flames.

The Times reports Apple would only offer the family a full refund only if they were willing to sign a...

OpenGL 3.2 Released

From PC World: The Khronos Group, the industry consortium responsible for the care and feeding of the OpenGL graphics standard, on Monday announced the release of OpenGL 3.2.

The new release adds features to improve performance, quality, accelerated geometry processing and easier...

Google's Schmidt resigns from Apple board

From CNET News.com: In a move that comes as little surprise, Apple announced Monday that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from its board of directors.

"Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple...

New Attack Compromises Apple Keyboards

From DailyTech: No one wants to get their computer hacked or infected with viruses. For a long time, Windows PCs were the only real target of hackers and nefarious users, but as Apple Mac computers have become more popular hacks for these systems are now becoming more common.

A new...

TSMC’s 40nm Yields Improved to 60% - Company

From X-bit Labs: Morris Chang, the chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, said during a conference in Taipei, Taiwan, said that yield rate of the company’s 40nm manufacturing process is now considerably higher than it was earlier this year. This is a good news for...

Firefox to hit 1 billion downloads Friday

From InfoWorld: The Firefox Web browser is fast approaching its billionth download and is likely to hit that milestone some time on Friday.

Mozilla has a Web site and a Twitter feed where people can keep track of the total. On Thursday afternoon, the feed showed more than 999,180...

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