International Domains Get ICANN Thumbs Up

From PC World: Starting in mid-November, countries and territories will be able to apply to show domain names in their native language, a major technical tweak to the Internet designed to increase language accessibility.

On Friday, the Internet's addressing authority approved a Fast...

Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit

From CNET News.com: Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment Thursday against self-described "spam king" Sanford Wallace.

Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook's application for a default judgment against Wallace...

Can the Droid save Motorola?

From CNET News.com: Judging from the hype surrounding the new smartphone, which is the first device to use the Google Android 2.0 operating system, there is a good chance the Droid could be the breakthrough device that helps Motorola rise from the ashes. But it will likely take more...

Apple Kills Palm Pre Syncing (Again)

From DailyTech: Apple likes to keep its popular products within tight cages where it stands to maximize its revenue and profits. Unfortunately, they keep slipping out. From Psystar unleashing super-simple software support for creating Snow Leopard Hackintoshes, to the iPhone...

Blizzard Releases Race Changer for WoW

From Tom's Hardware: After putting countless hours into World of Warcraft, some players may be tired of their characters. Instead of starting over again just for a change, Blizzard is now offering a paid race changing service. For just $25, you can change your race as long as you...

Sony Recalls AC Adapters For Shock Hazard

From Tom's Hardware: While Sony may have figured out its laptop battery technology, there is now an unfortunate case for the recall of some of the company's AC adapters that pose a shock hazard to its users.

Owners of the AC adapter model VGP-AC19V17, used on the Vaio all-in-one...

Nvidia Readies GeForce 300M Graphics Chip Lineup

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. prepares to release a new GeForce 300M series of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed for notebooks, a listing at the company’s web-site revealed. Specifications of the new graphics chips are unclear at this point.

Based on a list of chips located...

Google hit with patent suit related to Chrome browser

From InfoWorld: Israeli company Red Bend filed a lawsuit this week against Google, charging the search giant with infringing one of its patents.

The suit alleges that Google uses Red Bend's patented technology in Courgette, a method Google uses to compress updates and send them to...

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