DOJ: Thumbs Down Again to Google Book Search

From PC World: In a big blow to Google's efforts to build a massive digital-books marketplace and library, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has come out against the revised agreement to settle copyright lawsuits brought against Google by authors and publishers.

Google, the...

Asustek Plans Eee Book E-reader and Tablet PC to Rival IPad

From PC World: Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer plans to launch its own e-reader and a tablet PC to rival Apple's iPad in the second half of this year.

The company will focus on bringing content providers on board when it releases its tablet PC, said Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek...

Microsoft to patch 26 holes in Windows, Office

From CNET News.com: Microsoft will patch 26 holes next week, including critical ones in Windows, one affecting the kernel of 32-bit versions, and several holes in Office, the company said Thursday in a preview of its Patch Tuesday.

Five of the 13 bulletins affect vulnerabilities...

Report: Apple paying 15 percent refund on broken 27-inch iMacs

From CNET News.com: For those who've had repeated problems with their 27-inch iMac, it appears Apple is ready to make it up to you, somewhat.

Gizmodo is reporting several readers who've been given a 15 percent cash refund for having to return a broken 27-inch iMac. It's been widely...

Amazon, Google Prepare iPad Competitors

From DailyTech: Amazon is understandably a bit troubled by Apple's entry into the tablet market. The iPad represents perhaps the most significant threat to Amazon's e-Book empire yet (Amazon currently holds around 60 percent of the market).

Apple dealt an indirect blow to Amazon...

AT&T green-lights SlingPlayer on iPhone

From CNET News.com: It has taken almost a year, but on Thursday AT&T said it will start allowing Sling Media's SlingPlayer to work over its 3G network on the iPhone.

SlingPlayer, which redirects TV signals from a home TV over the Internet so it can be viewed on a portable device...

Former VP Says Microsoft is "Failing" Despite Windows 7 Profits

From DailyTech: Windows 7 may be immensely popular, but not everyone is impressed with Microsoft's performance. Just days after Microsoft took 10 percent of the market with Windows 7 in only 4 months -- a feat that took Windows Vista 16 months to accomplish -- a former Microsoft...

Microsoft readies Office 2010 upgrade program

From CNET News.com: It is not uncommon for Microsoft to launch a "technology guarantee" program ahead of a new version of Office or Windows, offering buyers of a product late in one cycle an upgrade to the new version once it comes out. So it's not a shocker that Microsoft has one...

More Details on Galaxy's Dual-GPU GTS 250

From Tom's Hardware: A few weeks ago, we reported that Galaxy is working on a dual-core graphics card that uses two 55nm G92 GPUs (each sporting 128 processing cores) on a single PCB. Each GPU is backed by a dedicated 1 GB of DDR3 memory and a 256-bit memory interface. Without SLI...

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