http://www.pcadvisor.co.uken-gb℗ & © 2007 IDG CommunicationsA must for techies, the PC Advisor podcast tackles the technology issues of the day, ranging from home entertainment PCs and PC security to smartphones for business and environmentally friendly computing.PC AdvisorA must for techies, the PC Advisor podcast tackles the technology issues of the day, ranging from home entertainment PCs and PC security to smartphones for business and environmentally friendly computing.A must for techies, the PC Advisor podcast tackles the technology issues of the day, ranging from home entertainment PCs and PC security to smartphones for business and environmentally friendly computing.PC Advisorletters@pcadvisor.co.uk℗ & © 2007 IDG CommunicationsTechnology/GadgetsnoPC Advisor's daily news update. Internet cafe operator Global Gaming Factory X will be delisted from a Swedish stock exchange if it engages in illegal activities involving the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, which it plans to acquire for 7.8 million dollars, a stock exchange official has warned. The latest rewrite of the web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content. Four advertising trade groups say online consumers should get more information about what data is being tracked and collected for the purposes of behavioural advertising, and they should have more control over that data. The US Department of Justice is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, July 3 2009PC Advisor's daily news update. Internet cafe operator Global Gaming Factory X will be delisted from a Swedish stock exchange if it engages in illegal activities involving the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, which it plans to acquire for 7.8 million dollars, a stock exchange official has warned. The latest rewrite of the web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content. Four advertising trade groups say online consumers should get more information about what data is being tracked and collected for the purposes of behavioural advertising, and they should have more control over that data. The US Department of Justice is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_july_03_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:01:00 GMT02:52PC Advisor's daily news update. Internet cafe operator Global Gaming Factory X will be delisted from a Swedish stock exchange if it engages in illegal activities involving the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, which it plans to acquire for 7.8 million dollars, a stock exchange official has warned. The latest rewrite of the web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content. Four advertising trade groups say online consumers should get more information about what data is being tracked and collected for the purposes of behavioural advertising, and they should have more control over that data. The US Department of Justice is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service. Daily technology news, from PC Advisor. Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone. A digital rights group is contesting a US music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public. Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said Tuesday. China has not lifted its requirement that an internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country, even though the plan was postponed this week, state media said Thursday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, July 2 2009Daily technology news, from PC Advisor. Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone. A digital rights group is contesting a US music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public. Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said Tuesday. China has not lifted its requirement that an internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country, even though the plan was postponed this week, state media said Thursday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_july_02_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:54:00 GMT02:44Daily technology news, from PC Advisor. Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone. A digital rights group is contesting a US music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public. Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said Tuesday. China has not lifted its requirement that an internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country, even though the plan was postponed this week, state media said Thursday. Technology news from PC Advisor. China postpones deadline to install web-filtering software... Juniper puts stop to presentation on hacking ATMs... US and Italy to tackle cybercrime.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, July 01 2009Technology news from PC Advisor. China postpones deadline to install web-filtering software... Juniper puts stop to presentation on hacking ATMs... US and Italy to tackle cybercrime.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/july_01_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:53:00 GMT03:11Technology news from PC Advisor. China postpones deadline to install web-filtering software... Juniper puts stop to presentation on hacking ATMs... US and Italy to tackle cybercrime.PC Advisor's daily technology news update. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has returned to work on schedule after taking a six-month leave of absence due to medical issues, the company said on Monday. Researchers in Japan have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) system that allows for control of a wheelchair using thought. IBM was granted a motion late on Friday that limits the duties of its former merger-and-acquisition chief at rival company Dell over concerns of misappropriating trade secrets. A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 30 2009PC Advisor's daily technology news update. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has returned to work on schedule after taking a six-month leave of absence due to medical issues, the company said on Monday. Researchers in Japan have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) system that allows for control of a wheelchair using thought. IBM was granted a motion late on Friday that limits the duties of its former merger-and-acquisition chief at rival company Dell over concerns of misappropriating trade secrets. A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_30_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:48:00 GMT03:03PC Advisor's daily technology news update. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has returned to work on schedule after taking a six-month leave of absence due to medical issues, the company said on Monday. Researchers in Japan have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) system that allows for control of a wheelchair using thought. IBM was granted a motion late on Friday that limits the duties of its former merger-and-acquisition chief at rival company Dell over concerns of misappropriating trade secrets. A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him. PC Advisor's daily technology news podcast. European customers will pay up to twice as much for Windows 7 compared to US users, even though the new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe, according to Microsoft. Michael Jackson's death on Thursday caused a spike in visits to news websites that affected the performance and availability of some of the biggest ones, according to web monitoring company Keynote Systems. China Telecom is in talks with Research In Motion (RIM) about offering the BlackBerry in China, as the carrier looks to expand the handset selection for its next-generation mobile network. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) needs more time to examine Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems beyond an initial review period, Oracle said Friday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 29, 2009PC Advisor's daily technology news podcast. European customers will pay up to twice as much for Windows 7 compared to US users, even though the new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe, according to Microsoft. Michael Jackson's death on Thursday caused a spike in visits to news websites that affected the performance and availability of some of the biggest ones, according to web monitoring company Keynote Systems. China Telecom is in talks with Research In Motion (RIM) about offering the BlackBerry in China, as the carrier looks to expand the handset selection for its next-generation mobile network. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) needs more time to examine Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems beyond an initial review period, Oracle said Friday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_26_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:51:00 GMT03:34PC Advisor's daily technology news podcast. European customers will pay up to twice as much for Windows 7 compared to US users, even though the new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe, according to Microsoft. Michael Jackson's death on Thursday caused a spike in visits to news websites that affected the performance and availability of some of the biggest ones, according to web monitoring company Keynote Systems. China Telecom is in talks with Research In Motion (RIM) about offering the BlackBerry in China, as the carrier looks to expand the handset selection for its next-generation mobile network. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) needs more time to examine Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems beyond an initial review period, Oracle said Friday. Daily technology news update, from PC Advisor. Google websites, including its English search engine, has become inaccessible in China. US bans imports of Sharp LCD panels and TVs, ruling that the company violated a patent held by Samsung. DOJ: Names should be kept secret in ISP investigation. Microsoft has announced online tools to help consumers reduce energy costs.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 25 2009 Daily technology news update, from PC Advisor. Google websites, including its English search engine, has become inaccessible in China. US bans imports of Sharp LCD panels and TVs, ruling that the company violated a patent held by Samsung. DOJ: Names should be kept secret in ISP investigation. Microsoft has announced online tools to help consumers reduce energy costs.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_25_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:39:00 GMT03:25China, Google, censorship, internet, united startes, sharp TV, important, department of justice, ISP investigationPC Advisor's round-up of the latest technology headlines. Intel and handset maker Nokia are teaming to develop new mobile computing device and chipset architectures, the companies have said. Former Apple Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki posts Twitter messages about a lot of different things, but the message he put up on Tuesday afternoon about a celebrity sex tape was really out of character. His message included a link that, after some further clicking, landed Kawasaki's followers on a fake porn site where online criminals try to install a nasty Trojan horse program on victim's computers. Samsung and Numonyx have said the companies will jointly develop specifications for phase-change memory, an upcoming memory technology for PCs and mobile devices. Google has created a website for developers that is focused exclusively on making web applications, sites and browsers faster. The site grew out of Google's decision to publicly share a set of best practices the search company has developed over the years.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 24 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the latest technology headlines. Intel and handset maker Nokia are teaming to develop new mobile computing device and chipset architectures, the companies have said. Former Apple Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki posts Twitter messages about a lot of different things, but the message he put up on Tuesday afternoon about a celebrity sex tape was really out of character. His message included a link that, after some further clicking, landed Kawasaki's followers on a fake porn site where online criminals try to install a nasty Trojan horse program on victim's computers. Samsung and Numonyx have said the companies will jointly develop specifications for phase-change memory, an upcoming memory technology for PCs and mobile devices. Google has created a website for developers that is focused exclusively on making web applications, sites and browsers faster. The site grew out of Google's decision to publicly share a set of best practices the search company has developed over the years.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_24_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:12:00 GMT03:10Intel, Nokia, chipset architectures, Apple, Mac, Guy Kawasaki sex, porn, Twitter, Trojan horseBreaking tech headlines from around the world. China's deadline for the installation of web-filtering software on new PCs hasn't changed, despite growing protests from the US government and Chinese internet users. Foreign and domestic PC makers are still required to ship the filter program with all PCs sold in China beginning on July 1. Apple employees at the company's US headquarters have reported that CEO Steve Jobs returned to work today. Japan is threatening to complain to the World Trade Organization if South Korea goes through with reported plans to require certification for lithium ion batteries. Publishers with custom domains hosted on Google's Blogger blog-publishing service have been losing traffic for the past week because of a bug affecting the way visitors get redirected from the Blogger domain to the publishers' own domains.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 23 2009Breaking tech headlines from around the world. China's deadline for the installation of web-filtering software on new PCs hasn't changed, despite growing protests from the US government and Chinese internet users. Foreign and domestic PC makers are still required to ship the filter program with all PCs sold in China beginning on July 1. Apple employees at the company's US headquarters have reported that CEO Steve Jobs returned to work today. Japan is threatening to complain to the World Trade Organization if South Korea goes through with reported plans to require certification for lithium ion batteries. Publishers with custom domains hosted on Google's Blogger blog-publishing service have been losing traffic for the past week because of a bug affecting the way visitors get redirected from the Blogger domain to the publishers' own domains.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_23_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:21:00 GMT03:19China censorship, web filter, censorship protests, Steve Jobs health, WTO, South Korea, Japan, lithium ion certification, Google Blogger, bug, glitch, technology newsBreaking technology news stories from across the globe, reported by PC Advisor. Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant about two months ago to treat an undisclosed medical condition, according a news report published in the Wall Street Journal late on Friday. Embattled Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services plans to use a new brand, Mahindra Satyam, to reflect its new ownership. Twitter grew more quickly than any other website in May, when its unique visitors rose almost 1,500 percent year-on-year to 18.2 million, according to Nielsen Online. Google has enhanced its search engine's capacity to index Adobe's Flash files, which are very popular on the web but tricky for search engine spiders.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 22 2009Breaking technology news stories from across the globe, reported by PC Advisor. Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant about two months ago to treat an undisclosed medical condition, according a news report published in the Wall Street Journal late on Friday. Embattled Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services plans to use a new brand, Mahindra Satyam, to reflect its new ownership. Twitter grew more quickly than any other website in May, when its unique visitors rose almost 1,500 percent year-on-year to 18.2 million, according to Nielsen Online. Google has enhanced its search engine's capacity to index Adobe's Flash files, which are very popular on the web but tricky for search engine spiders.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_22_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:30:00 GMT02:54Apple, Steve Jobs health, India outsourcing, Satyam Computer Services, Mahindra Satyam, Twitter, Nielsen, Google, Adobe Flash, search spider, technology, newsThe big technology news stories, on the day the iPhone 3G S launches. A woman who won a retrial after a $220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota. Microsoft's upcoming Zune HD media player is powered by nVidia's Tegra computing platform, a source familiar with the device's specifications confirmed on Friday. Research in Motion on Thursday saw a rare drop in subscriber growth when it reported its fiscal first quarter results, while shipment growth of its popular BlackBerry handsets apparently stalled. IBM on Thursday said it is now offering high-performance computing services to customers who want to get supercomputers up and running faster. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 19 2009The big technology news stories, on the day the iPhone 3G S launches. A woman who won a retrial after a $220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota. Microsoft's upcoming Zune HD media player is powered by nVidia's Tegra computing platform, a source familiar with the device's specifications confirmed on Friday. Research in Motion on Thursday saw a rare drop in subscriber growth when it reported its fiscal first quarter results, while shipment growth of its popular BlackBerry handsets apparently stalled. IBM on Thursday said it is now offering high-performance computing services to customers who want to get supercomputers up and running faster. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_19_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:07:00 GMT779388The big technology news stories, on the day the iPhone 3G S launches. A woman who won a retrial after a $220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota. Microsoft's upcoming Zune HD media player is powered by nVidia's Tegra computing platform, a source familiar with the device's specifications confirmed on Friday. Research in Motion on Thursday saw a rare drop in subscriber growth when it reported its fiscal first quarter results, while shipment growth of its popular BlackBerry handsets apparently stalled. IBM on Thursday said it is now offering high-performance computing services to customers who want to get supercomputers up and running faster. Your daily update on the world of technology, from PC Advisor. The restructuring continues at MySpace, whose staff will get cut by almost 30 percent, the News Corp division announced Tuesday. The US Internal Revenue Service is now recommending that a complicated law that would tax personal usage of business mobile phones be repealed, after the agency caused an uproar last week with attempts to simplify the law. A group of US senators plans to discuss possible issues with handset exclusivity deals this week, and they've asked the Federal Communications Commission to also examine the practice. Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 17 2009Your daily update on the world of technology, from PC Advisor. The restructuring continues at MySpace, whose staff will get cut by almost 30 percent, the News Corp division announced Tuesday. The US Internal Revenue Service is now recommending that a complicated law that would tax personal usage of business mobile phones be repealed, after the agency caused an uproar last week with attempts to simplify the law. A group of US senators plans to discuss possible issues with handset exclusivity deals this week, and they've asked the Federal Communications Commission to also examine the practice. Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_17_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:25:00 GMT03:08Your daily update on the world of technology, from PC Advisor. The restructuring continues at MySpace, whose staff will get cut by almost 30 percent, the News Corp division announced Tuesday. The US Internal Revenue Service is now recommending that a complicated law that would tax personal usage of business mobile phones be repealed, after the agency caused an uproar last week with attempts to simplify the law. A group of US senators plans to discuss possible issues with handset exclusivity deals this week, and they've asked the Federal Communications Commission to also examine the practice. Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday. PC Advisor's daily news update. Data Domain's board of directors has told shareholders to reject EMC's unsolicited takeover bid or risk being left without a buyer. Network maintenance that would have put Twitter offline for 90 minutes late Monday has been postponed due to the role the microblogging service is playing in Iran. French server and services vendor Bull has launched a water-cooled supercomputer. Norwegian browser company Opera Software wants to make computers both client and a server, using the browser to distribute content to other computers as well as to download it. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 16 2008PC Advisor's daily news update. Data Domain's board of directors has told shareholders to reject EMC's unsolicited takeover bid or risk being left without a buyer. Network maintenance that would have put Twitter offline for 90 minutes late Monday has been postponed due to the role the microblogging service is playing in Iran. French server and services vendor Bull has launched a water-cooled supercomputer. Norwegian browser company Opera Software wants to make computers both client and a server, using the browser to distribute content to other computers as well as to download it. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_16_newscast.mp3Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:32:00 GMT02:50PC Advisor's daily news update. Data Domain's board of directors has told shareholders to reject EMC's unsolicited takeover bid or risk being left without a buyer. Network maintenance that would have put Twitter offline for 90 minutes late Monday has been postponed due to the role the microblogging service is playing in Iran. French server and services vendor Bull has launched a water-cooled supercomputer. Norwegian browser company Opera Software wants to make computers both client and a server, using the browser to distribute content to other computers as well as to download it. Daily technology news update, from PC Advisor. An Italian magistrate has issued an international arrest warrant for a Filipino hacker suspected of causing millions of dollars of losses to telecommunications multinationals, and Italian police have arrested five Pakistani nationals accused of exploiting the hacker's work to defraud the telecom companies. Symantec's GoEverywhere online data-sharing service is going nowhere, it turns out. The company said it would begin notifying users Friday that it was terminating the product, which it has been beta testing since January. Microsoft has settled an antitrust case with Mississippi worth as much as $100 million, the state said on Thursday. Adobe Systems moved its Acrobat.com web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and offer for-fee subscriptions to provide what the company hopes will be a new way for business users to collaborate on document creation. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 15 2009Daily technology news update, from PC Advisor. An Italian magistrate has issued an international arrest warrant for a Filipino hacker suspected of causing millions of dollars of losses to telecommunications multinationals, and Italian police have arrested five Pakistani nationals accused of exploiting the hacker's work to defraud the telecom companies. Symantec's GoEverywhere online data-sharing service is going nowhere, it turns out. The company said it would begin notifying users Friday that it was terminating the product, which it has been beta testing since January. Microsoft has settled an antitrust case with Mississippi worth as much as $100 million, the state said on Thursday. Adobe Systems moved its Acrobat.com web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and offer for-fee subscriptions to provide what the company hopes will be a new way for business users to collaborate on document creation. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_15_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:38:00 GMT02:56Daily technology news update, from PC Advisor. An Italian magistrate has issued an international arrest warrant for a Filipino hacker suspected of causing millions of dollars of losses to telecommunications multinationals, and Italian police have arrested five Pakistani nationals accused of exploiting the hacker's work to defraud the telecom companies. Symantec's GoEverywhere online data-sharing service is going nowhere, it turns out. The company said it would begin notifying users Friday that it was terminating the product, which it has been beta testing since January. Microsoft has settled an antitrust case with Mississippi worth as much as $100 million, the state said on Thursday. Adobe Systems moved its Acrobat.com web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and offer for-fee subscriptions to provide what the company hopes will be a new way for business users to collaborate on document creation. Today?s technology news, from PC Advisor. Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer in Europe, in an effort by Microsoft to offer the product on time and without running afoul of competitive regulations in Europe. High-speed memory developer Rambus is close to settling a complaint brought against it by the European Commission in 2007. Google has released an early version of a new type of database whose approach to data management will be revolutionary, according to an analyst who has studied the technology behind it. IBM pushed further into the market for railroad management systems as it opened a base in Beijing for work on train maintenance and surveillance products. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 12 2009Today?s technology news, from PC Advisor. Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer in Europe, in an effort by Microsoft to offer the product on time and without running afoul of competitive regulations in Europe. High-speed memory developer Rambus is close to settling a complaint brought against it by the European Commission in 2007. Google has released an early version of a new type of database whose approach to data management will be revolutionary, according to an analyst who has studied the technology behind it. IBM pushed further into the market for railroad management systems as it opened a base in Beijing for work on train maintenance and surveillance products. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_12_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:56:00 GMT03:08Today?s technology news, from PC Advisor. Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer in Europe, in an effort by Microsoft to offer the product on time and without running afoul of competitive regulations in Europe. High-speed memory developer Rambus is close to settling a complaint brought against it by the European Commission in 2007. Google has released an early version of a new type of database whose approach to data management will be revolutionary, according to an analyst who has studied the technology behind it. IBM pushed further into the market for railroad management systems as it opened a base in Beijing for work on train maintenance and surveillance products. The biggest technology stories in the world, from PC Advisor. Just as the newest chapter in the storied history of Palm unfolds, the last remaining company founder is moving on. Hints of progress toward Apple's goal of selling the iPhone in China have appeared on its own website and that of a Chinese government organisation. Antivirus vendors Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay the New York Attorney General's office $375,000 in fines to settle charges that they automatically charged customers software subscription renewal fees without their permission. Microsoft plans to stop selling Money, its financial management software, at the end of the month. Microsoft Money products will no longer be available for purchase after June 30, the company said.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 11 2009The biggest technology stories in the world, from PC Advisor. Just as the newest chapter in the storied history of Palm unfolds, the last remaining company founder is moving on. Hints of progress toward Apple's goal of selling the iPhone in China have appeared on its own website and that of a Chinese government organisation. Antivirus vendors Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay the New York Attorney General's office $375,000 in fines to settle charges that they automatically charged customers software subscription renewal fees without their permission. Microsoft plans to stop selling Money, its financial management software, at the end of the month. Microsoft Money products will no longer be available for purchase after June 30, the company said.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_11_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:50:00 GMT02:44The biggest technology stories in the world, from PC Advisor. Just as the newest chapter in the storied history of Palm unfolds, the last remaining company founder is moving on. Hints of progress toward Apple's goal of selling the iPhone in China have appeared on its own website and that of a Chinese government organisation. Antivirus vendors Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay the New York Attorney General's office $375,000 in fines to settle charges that they automatically charged customers software subscription renewal fees without their permission. Microsoft plans to stop selling Money, its financial management software, at the end of the month. Microsoft Money products will no longer be available for purchase after June 30, the company said.PC Advisor's daily news update. The European Commission is asking if Microsoft has been pressuring PC makers and software rivals over its antitrust case concerning web browsers. Adobe has released critical security patches, fixing 13 bugs in its Reader and Acrobat software. More online music stores are closing down. Motorola plans to shut its Soundbuzz music store in Singapore and its MotoMusic India service next month, according to messages posted on their respective websites. Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new line of x86 servers for companies that operate massive computing facilities where shaving a few dollars off the energy or shipping costs for each system can add up to significant savings. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 10 2009PC Advisor's daily news update. The European Commission is asking if Microsoft has been pressuring PC makers and software rivals over its antitrust case concerning web browsers. Adobe has released critical security patches, fixing 13 bugs in its Reader and Acrobat software. More online music stores are closing down. Motorola plans to shut its Soundbuzz music store in Singapore and its MotoMusic India service next month, according to messages posted on their respective websites. Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new line of x86 servers for companies that operate massive computing facilities where shaving a few dollars off the energy or shipping costs for each system can add up to significant savings. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_june_10_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:48:00 GMT02:53PC Advisor's daily news update. The European Commission is asking if Microsoft has been pressuring PC makers and software rivals over its antitrust case concerning web browsers. Adobe has released critical security patches, fixing 13 bugs in its Reader and Acrobat software. More online music stores are closing down. Motorola plans to shut its Soundbuzz music store in Singapore and its MotoMusic India service next month, according to messages posted on their respective websites. Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new line of x86 servers for companies that operate massive computing facilities where shaving a few dollars off the energy or shipping costs for each system can add up to significant savings. Apple has unveiled a new version of the iPhone. the iPhone 3GS, which it says will launch applications and run software faster than the previous model. Spam volumes dropped by around 15 percent last week, after the US Federal Trade Commission ordered the disconnection of Pricewert, an internet service provider thought to be a safe haven for spammers. Dell is planning to include open-source software in bundles of hardware for small and medium-size businesses. T-Mobile confirmed on Tuesday that internal information posted on the Internet by hackers was stolen from its systems. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 9 2009Apple has unveiled a new version of the iPhone. the iPhone 3GS, which it says will launch applications and run software faster than the previous model. Spam volumes dropped by around 15 percent last week, after the US Federal Trade Commission ordered the disconnection of Pricewert, an internet service provider thought to be a safe haven for spammers. Dell is planning to include open-source software in bundles of hardware for small and medium-size businesses. T-Mobile confirmed on Tuesday that internal information posted on the Internet by hackers was stolen from its systems. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_june_09_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:35:00 GMT02:50Apple has unveiled a new version of the iPhone. the iPhone 3GS, which it says will launch applications and run software faster than the previous model. Spam volumes dropped by around 15 percent last week, after the US Federal Trade Commission ordered the disconnection of Pricewert, an internet service provider thought to be a safe haven for spammers. Dell is planning to include open-source software in bundles of hardware for small and medium-size businesses. T-Mobile confirmed on Tuesday that internal information posted on the Internet by hackers was stolen from its systems. The top stories from the world of technology today, from PC Advisor. China will require that web filtering software be included with all computers sold in the country, another step up in its efforts to control pornography and other content on the internet. NVidia?s problem with weak packaging material that caused some of its laptop graphics chips to fail prematurely hasn't hurt the company's relationships with laptop makers that use its chips. Intel's venture capital arm is investing US$43 million in a Tokyo-based WiMax operator that plans to launch the world's fastest WiMax service in July. The Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show ended Saturday after a week-long display of new gadgets, including netbooks, ultra thin laptops made with new Intel chips and several surprises surrounding Google's Android mobile phone operating system. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 8 2009The top stories from the world of technology today, from PC Advisor. China will require that web filtering software be included with all computers sold in the country, another step up in its efforts to control pornography and other content on the internet. NVidia?s problem with weak packaging material that caused some of its laptop graphics chips to fail prematurely hasn't hurt the company's relationships with laptop makers that use its chips. Intel's venture capital arm is investing US$43 million in a Tokyo-based WiMax operator that plans to launch the world's fastest WiMax service in July. The Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show ended Saturday after a week-long display of new gadgets, including netbooks, ultra thin laptops made with new Intel chips and several surprises surrounding Google's Android mobile phone operating system. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_09_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:11:00 GMT03:06The top stories from the world of technology today, from PC Advisor. China will require that web filtering software be included with all computers sold in the country, another step up in its efforts to control pornography and other content on the internet. NVidia?s problem with weak packaging material that caused some of its laptop graphics chips to fail prematurely hasn't hurt the company's relationships with laptop makers that use its chips. Intel's venture capital arm is investing US$43 million in a Tokyo-based WiMax operator that plans to launch the world's fastest WiMax service in July. The Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show ended Saturday after a week-long display of new gadgets, including netbooks, ultra thin laptops made with new Intel chips and several surprises surrounding Google's Android mobile phone operating system. The latest technology news from PC Advisor. Adobe Systems will deliver its first set of quarterly patches, all of them rated critical, next Tuesday, as it seeks to improve how it responds to security vulnerabilities in its widely used products. Several US lawmakers and an executive with the world's largest domain-name registrar have called on the US government to maintain oversight of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, after an agreement between the two expires in September. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on track to return from medical leave this month, and there is even speculation that he may be present at the company's annual software developers' conference next week at San Francisco, according to media reports. Via Technologies is on track to ship an improved version of its Nano processor later this year, with a dual-core version set to follow soon after. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 5 2009The latest technology news from PC Advisor. Adobe Systems will deliver its first set of quarterly patches, all of them rated critical, next Tuesday, as it seeks to improve how it responds to security vulnerabilities in its widely used products. Several US lawmakers and an executive with the world's largest domain-name registrar have called on the US government to maintain oversight of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, after an agreement between the two expires in September. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on track to return from medical leave this month, and there is even speculation that he may be present at the company's annual software developers' conference next week at San Francisco, according to media reports. Via Technologies is on track to ship an improved version of its Nano processor later this year, with a dual-core version set to follow soon after. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_june_05_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:57:00 GMT02:42The latest technology news from PC Advisor. Adobe Systems will deliver its first set of quarterly patches, all of them rated critical, next Tuesday, as it seeks to improve how it responds to security vulnerabilities in its widely used products. Several US lawmakers and an executive with the world's largest domain-name registrar have called on the US government to maintain oversight of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, after an agreement between the two expires in September. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on track to return from medical leave this month, and there is even speculation that he may be present at the company's annual software developers' conference next week at San Francisco, according to media reports. Via Technologies is on track to ship an improved version of its Nano processor later this year, with a dual-core version set to follow soon after. An update on technology news, from around the world today. A US federal judge has thrown out 46 civil lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies. Taiwanese consumer electronics maker BenQ plans to launch a netbook running Google's Android operating system next year, it announced at the Computex show in Taipei. Verizon has rolled out its first cloud-computing service aimed at giving enterprise customers a secure way to host applications on virtual resources and also on physical, dedicated network servers. Deduplication storage systems vendor Data Domain has accepted a revised cash-and-stock acquisition offer from NetApp, although rival EMC insists its all-cash offer is superior to NetApp's. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 4 2009An update on technology news, from around the world today. A US federal judge has thrown out 46 civil lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies. Taiwanese consumer electronics maker BenQ plans to launch a netbook running Google's Android operating system next year, it announced at the Computex show in Taipei. Verizon has rolled out its first cloud-computing service aimed at giving enterprise customers a secure way to host applications on virtual resources and also on physical, dedicated network servers. Deduplication storage systems vendor Data Domain has accepted a revised cash-and-stock acquisition offer from NetApp, although rival EMC insists its all-cash offer is superior to NetApp's. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_june_04_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:43:00 GMT02:55An update on technology news, from around the world today. A US federal judge has thrown out 46 civil lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies. Taiwanese consumer electronics maker BenQ plans to launch a netbook running Google's Android operating system next year, it announced at the Computex show in Taipei. Verizon has rolled out its first cloud-computing service aimed at giving enterprise customers a secure way to host applications on virtual resources and also on physical, dedicated network servers. Deduplication storage systems vendor Data Domain has accepted a revised cash-and-stock acquisition offer from NetApp, although rival EMC insists its all-cash offer is superior to NetApp's. Today's top tech news, from PC Advisor. Microsoft has confirmed that it will offer consumers "special deals" on an upgrade to Windows 7 if they buy a Vista-equipped PC before the launch of the new operating system. Adobe has created a web-hosted tool to help designers see how their sites look in a variety of browsers and operating systems, so they can adjust the layout as needed. Intuit has agreed to buy online payroll provider PayCycle for US$170 million in a move to expand its software-as-a-service offerings for smaller businesses. The ability to run a netbook all day on a single battery charge is one of the goals Intel has set for itself as it develops the Atom platform. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 3, 2009Today's top tech news, from PC Advisor. Microsoft has confirmed that it will offer consumers "special deals" on an upgrade to Windows 7 if they buy a Vista-equipped PC before the launch of the new operating system. Adobe has created a web-hosted tool to help designers see how their sites look in a variety of browsers and operating systems, so they can adjust the layout as needed. Intuit has agreed to buy online payroll provider PayCycle for US$170 million in a move to expand its software-as-a-service offerings for smaller businesses. The ability to run a netbook all day on a single battery charge is one of the goals Intel has set for itself as it develops the Atom platform. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_03_newscast.mp3Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:42:00 GMT03:52Today's top tech news, from PC Advisor. Microsoft has confirmed that it will offer consumers "special deals" on an upgrade to Windows 7 if they buy a Vista-equipped PC before the launch of the new operating system. Adobe has created a web-hosted tool to help designers see how their sites look in a variety of browsers and operating systems, so they can adjust the layout as needed. Intuit has agreed to buy online payroll provider PayCycle for US$170 million in a move to expand its software-as-a-service offerings for smaller businesses. The ability to run a netbook all day on a single battery charge is one of the goals Intel has set for itself as it develops the Atom platform. The action in IT today is in Taipei, where leading chip and system vendors have converged on the Computex trade show to provide a glimpse at what?s next in PCs and mobile devices. Intel?s new ultra-low voltage processor, the Pentium SU2700, is intended to power sleek laptops that are as light as netbooks but have larger screens and greater functionality. Intel expects PC makers to use the new chip in laptops that are less than an inch thick, have a full-sized keyboard and 12- to 14-inch screens. The ultrathin laptops are different from what Intel refers to as ultraportable laptops. The ultraportables use low-voltage versions of Intel's Core 2 chips. Computex provided a stage for the launch of some new smartphones based on the Android platform, but the Google-developed mobile OS is also finding its way into larger devices. The device carries the same Intel Atom microprocessor as on any Aspire One, and it sports a 10-inch screen. Meanwhile, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) showed off its first netbook with Android. Finally, Garmin-Asus plans to launch its first smartphone based on Android no later than the first quarter of next year, executives said Tuesday in Taipei. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 3 2009The action in IT today is in Taipei, where leading chip and system vendors have converged on the Computex trade show to provide a glimpse at what?s next in PCs and mobile devices. Intel?s new ultra-low voltage processor, the Pentium SU2700, is intended to power sleek laptops that are as light as netbooks but have larger screens and greater functionality. Intel expects PC makers to use the new chip in laptops that are less than an inch thick, have a full-sized keyboard and 12- to 14-inch screens. The ultrathin laptops are different from what Intel refers to as ultraportable laptops. The ultraportables use low-voltage versions of Intel's Core 2 chips. Computex provided a stage for the launch of some new smartphones based on the Android platform, but the Google-developed mobile OS is also finding its way into larger devices. The device carries the same Intel Atom microprocessor as on any Aspire One, and it sports a 10-inch screen. Meanwhile, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) showed off its first netbook with Android. Finally, Garmin-Asus plans to launch its first smartphone based on Android no later than the first quarter of next year, executives said Tuesday in Taipei. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_2_idg_newscast.mp3Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:57:00 GMT02:54The action in IT today is in Taipei, where leading chip and system vendors have converged on the Computex trade show to provide a glimpse at what?s next in PCs and mobile devices. Intel?s new ultra-low voltage processor, the Pentium SU2700, is intended to power sleek laptops that are as light as netbooks but have larger screens and greater functionality. Intel expects PC makers to use the new chip in laptops that are less than an inch thick, have a full-sized keyboard and 12- to 14-inch screens. The ultrathin laptops are different from what Intel refers to as ultraportable laptops. The ultraportables use low-voltage versions of Intel's Core 2 chips. Computex provided a stage for the launch of some new smartphones based on the Android platform, but the Google-developed mobile OS is also finding its way into larger devices. The device carries the same Intel Atom microprocessor as on any Aspire One, and it sports a 10-inch screen. Meanwhile, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) showed off its first netbook with Android. Finally, Garmin-Asus plans to launch its first smartphone based on Android no later than the first quarter of next year, executives said Tuesday in Taipei. PC Advisor's daily news round-up. Google plans by the end of the year to give publishers a way to sell online digital versions of their books through a partner program, according to a statement. Amazon.com's new large-screen Kindle DX e-reader will ship earlier than expected, the company said this week. Acer plans to launch its first smartphone with Google's Android software on board in the fourth quarter of this year, it said on Monday. And AMD has announced six-core Opteron chips, which make them the fastest server chips the company has released to date.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, June 1 2009PC Advisor's daily news round-up. Google plans by the end of the year to give publishers a way to sell online digital versions of their books through a partner program, according to a statement. Amazon.com's new large-screen Kindle DX e-reader will ship earlier than expected, the company said this week. Acer plans to launch its first smartphone with Google's Android software on board in the fourth quarter of this year, it said on Monday. And AMD has announced six-core Opteron chips, which make them the fastest server chips the company has released to date.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/june_01_newscast.mp3Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:10:00 GMT03:51PC Advisor's daily news round-up. Google plans by the end of the year to give publishers a way to sell online digital versions of their books through a partner program, according to a statement. Amazon.com's new large-screen Kindle DX e-reader will ship earlier than expected, the company said this week. Acer plans to launch its first smartphone with Google's Android software on board in the fourth quarter of this year, it said on Monday. And AMD has announced six-core Opteron chips, which make them the fastest server chips the company has released to date.Your daily round-up of global technology news, from PC Advisor. Microsoft has picked Bing as the name for its new search engine, putting to rest months of speculation of what the next iteration of Live Search would be called. Government ministers from the European Union's member countries are calling for an investigation into the way Google Books handles copyright. Dell reported a 63 percent fall in net income during the three months to May 1, a result of reduced PC sales and a restructuring charge related to cost cutting. Revenue fell 23 percent, to 12.3 billion dollars. Google released to developers an early version of a collaboration and communication tool called Wave that consolidates features from email, instant messaging, blogging, wikis, multimedia management and document sharing in a continuous conversation across media.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 29 2009Your daily round-up of global technology news, from PC Advisor. Microsoft has picked Bing as the name for its new search engine, putting to rest months of speculation of what the next iteration of Live Search would be called. Government ministers from the European Union's member countries are calling for an investigation into the way Google Books handles copyright. Dell reported a 63 percent fall in net income during the three months to May 1, a result of reduced PC sales and a restructuring charge related to cost cutting. Revenue fell 23 percent, to 12.3 billion dollars. Google released to developers an early version of a collaboration and communication tool called Wave that consolidates features from email, instant messaging, blogging, wikis, multimedia management and document sharing in a continuous conversation across media.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_may_29_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 29 May 2009 16:02:00 GMT02:51Your daily round-up of global technology news, from PC Advisor. Microsoft has picked Bing as the name for its new search engine, putting to rest months of speculation of what the next iteration of Live Search would be called. Government ministers from the European Union's member countries are calling for an investigation into the way Google Books handles copyright. Dell reported a 63 percent fall in net income during the three months to May 1, a result of reduced PC sales and a restructuring charge related to cost cutting. Revenue fell 23 percent, to 12.3 billion dollars. Google released to developers an early version of a collaboration and communication tool called Wave that consolidates features from email, instant messaging, blogging, wikis, multimedia management and document sharing in a continuous conversation across media.The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a website that then spammed their contacts. The culprit is a website called TwitterCut. New Core i7 processors from Intel have surfaced on retail sites, giving early details of the new Nehalem-based processors ahead of the company's official launch of the chips. A precipitous fall in worldwide server shipments triggered a sharp decline in revenue for server makers during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said in a survey released on Thursday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 28 2009The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a website that then spammed their contacts. The culprit is a website called TwitterCut. New Core i7 processors from Intel have surfaced on retail sites, giving early details of the new Nehalem-based processors ahead of the company's official launch of the chips. A precipitous fall in worldwide server shipments triggered a sharp decline in revenue for server makers during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said in a survey released on Thursday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_28_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 28 May 2009 13:49:00 GMT03:01The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a website that then spammed their contacts. The culprit is a website called TwitterCut. New Core i7 processors from Intel have surfaced on retail sites, giving early details of the new Nehalem-based processors ahead of the company's official launch of the chips. A precipitous fall in worldwide server shipments triggered a sharp decline in revenue for server makers during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said in a survey released on Thursday. Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, with unsolicited email making up 90 percent of messages on corporate networks last month, according to Symantec. VMware is paying 20 million dollars for a 5 percent stake in Terremark, a partner that provides collocation and managed infrastructure services using VMware's virtualisation software. Intel?s eight-core Nehalem EX server processor will include error-correcting technology borrowed from the company?s high-end Itanium server chips. Greenpeace International gave Sun Microsystems and IBM highest scores in its Cool IT challenge, which rated IT companies on what they are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Sun has the best position on climate advocacy, and also scored well for reducing its own emissions, but needs to provide information on technologies it offers to reduce emissions in other parts of the economy, the campaign group said. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 27 2009Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, with unsolicited email making up 90 percent of messages on corporate networks last month, according to Symantec. VMware is paying 20 million dollars for a 5 percent stake in Terremark, a partner that provides collocation and managed infrastructure services using VMware's virtualisation software. Intel?s eight-core Nehalem EX server processor will include error-correcting technology borrowed from the company?s high-end Itanium server chips. Greenpeace International gave Sun Microsystems and IBM highest scores in its Cool IT challenge, which rated IT companies on what they are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Sun has the best position on climate advocacy, and also scored well for reducing its own emissions, but needs to provide information on technologies it offers to reduce emissions in other parts of the economy, the campaign group said. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_may_27_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 27 May 2009 08:50:00 GMT02:57Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, with unsolicited email making up 90 percent of messages on corporate networks last month, according to Symantec. VMware is paying 20 million dollars for a 5 percent stake in Terremark, a partner that provides collocation and managed infrastructure services using VMware's virtualisation software. Intel?s eight-core Nehalem EX server processor will include error-correcting technology borrowed from the company?s high-end Itanium server chips. Greenpeace International gave Sun Microsystems and IBM highest scores in its Cool IT challenge, which rated IT companies on what they are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Sun has the best position on climate advocacy, and also scored well for reducing its own emissions, but needs to provide information on technologies it offers to reduce emissions in other parts of the economy, the campaign group said. The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. The European Commission claims it is acting in the interests of consumers in pursuing an antitrust ruling against Microsoft for bundling its Internet Explorer into the Windows OS, but unbundling them would be a nightmare for independent software developers, said Jonathan Zuck, president of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), on Monday. Social networking site Facebook has been blocked in Iran since Saturday, according to the country's opposition, as opposition voters increasingly turn to online tools like social networking to promote their candidates. A Chinese man who extorted virtual items and currency from a fellow internet cafe user to improve his performance in online games was sentenced over the weekend. In an attempt to upset the netbook applecart, Lenovo on Monday planned to introduced a small and affordable laptop that can deliver full PC functionality without compromising features. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 26 2009The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. The European Commission claims it is acting in the interests of consumers in pursuing an antitrust ruling against Microsoft for bundling its Internet Explorer into the Windows OS, but unbundling them would be a nightmare for independent software developers, said Jonathan Zuck, president of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), on Monday. Social networking site Facebook has been blocked in Iran since Saturday, according to the country's opposition, as opposition voters increasingly turn to online tools like social networking to promote their candidates. A Chinese man who extorted virtual items and currency from a fellow internet cafe user to improve his performance in online games was sentenced over the weekend. In an attempt to upset the netbook applecart, Lenovo on Monday planned to introduced a small and affordable laptop that can deliver full PC functionality without compromising features. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_26_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 26 May 2009 10:41:00 GMT03:17The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. The European Commission claims it is acting in the interests of consumers in pursuing an antitrust ruling against Microsoft for bundling its Internet Explorer into the Windows OS, but unbundling them would be a nightmare for independent software developers, said Jonathan Zuck, president of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), on Monday. Social networking site Facebook has been blocked in Iran since Saturday, according to the country's opposition, as opposition voters increasingly turn to online tools like social networking to promote their candidates. A Chinese man who extorted virtual items and currency from a fellow internet cafe user to improve his performance in online games was sentenced over the weekend. In an attempt to upset the netbook applecart, Lenovo on Monday planned to introduced a small and affordable laptop that can deliver full PC functionality without compromising features. PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. A US judge is now considering whether to permit sales of RealDVD, after testimony on a pretrial injunction ended Thursday. Microsoft has stopped offering its Windows Live Messenger service to users in five countries that are subject to US sanctions, the company confirmed Friday. The number of IT workers in the U.S. has declined steadily since December, a trend that wasn't helped by Hewlett Packard's announcement last week that it is cutting 6,000 employees. The University of Michigan has become the first library to amend its book scanning deal with Google, following a proposed settlement that Google reached last year with authors and publishers that sued it.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 25 2009PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. A US judge is now considering whether to permit sales of RealDVD, after testimony on a pretrial injunction ended Thursday. Microsoft has stopped offering its Windows Live Messenger service to users in five countries that are subject to US sanctions, the company confirmed Friday. The number of IT workers in the U.S. has declined steadily since December, a trend that wasn't helped by Hewlett Packard's announcement last week that it is cutting 6,000 employees. The University of Michigan has become the first library to amend its book scanning deal with Google, following a proposed settlement that Google reached last year with authors and publishers that sued it.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_25_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 25 May 2009 10:38:00 GMT03:08PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. A US judge is now considering whether to permit sales of RealDVD, after testimony on a pretrial injunction ended Thursday. Microsoft has stopped offering its Windows Live Messenger service to users in five countries that are subject to US sanctions, the company confirmed Friday. The number of IT workers in the U.S. has declined steadily since December, a trend that wasn't helped by Hewlett Packard's announcement last week that it is cutting 6,000 employees. The University of Michigan has become the first library to amend its book scanning deal with Google, following a proposed settlement that Google reached last year with authors and publishers that sued it.The latest breaking news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft has cancelled plans to hold a face-to-face hearing with European antitrust authorities and rivals scheduled for the first week of June, claiming it wouldn't get a fair audience because senior EU officials will be absent. Twitter users who thought friends were directing them to a "funny blog" on Thursday ended up experiencing something completely different: a phishing scam. Xerox has announced the appointment of a new CEO, Ursula Burns, to replace current CEO and chairman Anne Mulcahy, who has announced her retirement from the post. Amazon's S3 cloud storage service has a new option, called AWS Import/Export, for quickly uploading large amounts of information to its data centres. It uses a well-developed, multimodal content delivery network that can transmit terabytes of data faster than a T-3 leased line.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 22 2009The latest breaking news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft has cancelled plans to hold a face-to-face hearing with European antitrust authorities and rivals scheduled for the first week of June, claiming it wouldn't get a fair audience because senior EU officials will be absent. Twitter users who thought friends were directing them to a "funny blog" on Thursday ended up experiencing something completely different: a phishing scam. Xerox has announced the appointment of a new CEO, Ursula Burns, to replace current CEO and chairman Anne Mulcahy, who has announced her retirement from the post. Amazon's S3 cloud storage service has a new option, called AWS Import/Export, for quickly uploading large amounts of information to its data centres. It uses a well-developed, multimodal content delivery network that can transmit terabytes of data faster than a T-3 leased line.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_22_newscast1.mp3Fri, 22 May 2009 13:59:00 GMT03:48Microsoft,antitrust,Twitter,phishing,Xerox,Anne Mulcahy,Amazon S3,cloud computing,cloud,storage,AWS Import/Export,T-3,data transfer,network,technology,news,breaking news,CEOToday's biggest technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Storage vendor NetApp has agreed to acquire Data Domain, a maker of disk-based backup products, for about $1.5 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. In an effort to draw attention to an long-standing security problem in Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a security researcher has posted attack code that exploits the flaw. The code exploits a nasty bug in the Java software that ships with Mac OS X. After eight months of hype VMware has finally delivered the update to its core virtualisation platform, announcing Thursday that vSphere 4 is generally available worldwide. The Conficker worm is still infecting systems at a brisk rate and continues to snag computers in Fortune 1000 companies, according to security researchers. The worm is infecting about 50,000 new PCs each day, according to researchers at Symantec. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 21 2009Today's biggest technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Storage vendor NetApp has agreed to acquire Data Domain, a maker of disk-based backup products, for about $1.5 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. In an effort to draw attention to an long-standing security problem in Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a security researcher has posted attack code that exploits the flaw. The code exploits a nasty bug in the Java software that ships with Mac OS X. After eight months of hype VMware has finally delivered the update to its core virtualisation platform, announcing Thursday that vSphere 4 is generally available worldwide. The Conficker worm is still infecting systems at a brisk rate and continues to snag computers in Fortune 1000 companies, according to security researchers. The worm is infecting about 50,000 new PCs each day, according to researchers at Symantec. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_21_newscast.mp3Thu, 21 May 2009 15:51:00 GMT04:02Today's biggest technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Storage vendor NetApp has agreed to acquire Data Domain, a maker of disk-based backup products, for about $1.5 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. In an effort to draw attention to an long-standing security problem in Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a security researcher has posted attack code that exploits the flaw. The code exploits a nasty bug in the Java software that ships with Mac OS X. After eight months of hype VMware has finally delivered the update to its core virtualisation platform, announcing Thursday that vSphere 4 is generally available worldwide. The Conficker worm is still infecting systems at a brisk rate and continues to snag computers in Fortune 1000 companies, according to security researchers. The worm is infecting about 50,000 new PCs each day, according to researchers at Symantec. The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Hewlett-Packard reported a 3 percent drop in revenue as its major lines of business continued to be hammered by the global recession. The Swedish court of appeals is investigating allegations that the judge who handled a case involving the Pirate Bay bit-torrent tracking site had a conflict interest. Gmail users can now automatically translate messages they receive into 41 languages with a new feature introduced by Google Labs. Sun Microsystems plans to launch an online app store for PC users, piggybacking it on the software that automatically updates the Java software running on most PCs. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 20 2009The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Hewlett-Packard reported a 3 percent drop in revenue as its major lines of business continued to be hammered by the global recession. The Swedish court of appeals is investigating allegations that the judge who handled a case involving the Pirate Bay bit-torrent tracking site had a conflict interest. Gmail users can now automatically translate messages they receive into 41 languages with a new feature introduced by Google Labs. Sun Microsystems plans to launch an online app store for PC users, piggybacking it on the software that automatically updates the Java software running on most PCs. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_may_20_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 20 May 2009 15:45:00 GMT02:35The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Hewlett-Packard reported a 3 percent drop in revenue as its major lines of business continued to be hammered by the global recession. The Swedish court of appeals is investigating allegations that the judge who handled a case involving the Pirate Bay bit-torrent tracking site had a conflict interest. Gmail users can now automatically translate messages they receive into 41 languages with a new feature introduced by Google Labs. Sun Microsystems plans to launch an online app store for PC users, piggybacking it on the software that automatically updates the Java software running on most PCs. PC Advisor's daily IT news round-up. China has issued new regulations to deal with cybercime, a growing problem in the country. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have expanded their partnership to develop and sell a common platform for delivering voice, video and messaging services to office workers. Twitter is steering clear of advertising as it prepares to launch new tools and services for businesses by the end of this year. Microsoft has opened the beta for its My Phone Windows Mobile backup service to anyone who wants to try it out. And finally, Sprint will sell the Palm Pre from June 6. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 19 2009PC Advisor's daily IT news round-up. China has issued new regulations to deal with cybercime, a growing problem in the country. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have expanded their partnership to develop and sell a common platform for delivering voice, video and messaging services to office workers. Twitter is steering clear of advertising as it prepares to launch new tools and services for businesses by the end of this year. Microsoft has opened the beta for its My Phone Windows Mobile backup service to anyone who wants to try it out. And finally, Sprint will sell the Palm Pre from June 6. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_may_19_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 19 May 2009 14:34:00 GMT03:01PC Advisor's daily IT news round-up. China has issued new regulations to deal with cybercime, a growing problem in the country. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have expanded their partnership to develop and sell a common platform for delivering voice, video and messaging services to office workers. Twitter is steering clear of advertising as it prepares to launch new tools and services for businesses by the end of this year. Microsoft has opened the beta for its My Phone Windows Mobile backup service to anyone who wants to try it out. And finally, Sprint will sell the Palm Pre from June 6. PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. Dell's new ultra-light server will use low-power processors designed for use in cheap laptops. The XS11-VX8 servers will use Nano netbook processors from Via Technologies to run light server workloads such as web hosting. The number of legitimate websites being hacked to host malware has hit startling highs in recent days, according to new figures from MessageLabs. The global DRAM memory chip industry continued to shrink in the first quarter of this year as revenue fell to an eight year low and losses mounted. There's renewed speculation in China that a Microsoft-Yahoo merger is on the cards, following a meeting between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Jack Ma, the CEO of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba, which controls Yahoo's operations in China. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 18 2009PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. Dell's new ultra-light server will use low-power processors designed for use in cheap laptops. The XS11-VX8 servers will use Nano netbook processors from Via Technologies to run light server workloads such as web hosting. The number of legitimate websites being hacked to host malware has hit startling highs in recent days, according to new figures from MessageLabs. The global DRAM memory chip industry continued to shrink in the first quarter of this year as revenue fell to an eight year low and losses mounted. There's renewed speculation in China that a Microsoft-Yahoo merger is on the cards, following a meeting between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Jack Ma, the CEO of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba, which controls Yahoo's operations in China. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_18_newcast.mp3Mon, 18 May 2009 17:23:00 GMT03:11PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. Dell's new ultra-light server will use low-power processors designed for use in cheap laptops. The XS11-VX8 servers will use Nano netbook processors from Via Technologies to run light server workloads such as web hosting. The number of legitimate websites being hacked to host malware has hit startling highs in recent days, according to new figures from MessageLabs. The global DRAM memory chip industry continued to shrink in the first quarter of this year as revenue fell to an eight year low and losses mounted. There's renewed speculation in China that a Microsoft-Yahoo merger is on the cards, following a meeting between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Jack Ma, the CEO of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba, which controls Yahoo's operations in China. Today's top technology news, from PC Advisor. The record fine against Intel for violating European competition laws could open the floodgates for civil actions. Once again lithium-ion batteries are the subject of a safety recall. Hewlett-Packard has recalled batteries used in some of its laptops, as they pose a fire hazard. Toshiba has filed suit against Imation and several manufacturers and distributors of recordable DVD media for the alleged infringement of its patents. The outage that took Google offline for scores of users on Thursday was caused by a traffic routing error, the company now says. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 15 2009Today's top technology news, from PC Advisor. The record fine against Intel for violating European competition laws could open the floodgates for civil actions. Once again lithium-ion batteries are the subject of a safety recall. Hewlett-Packard has recalled batteries used in some of its laptops, as they pose a fire hazard. Toshiba has filed suit against Imation and several manufacturers and distributors of recordable DVD media for the alleged infringement of its patents. The outage that took Google offline for scores of users on Thursday was caused by a traffic routing error, the company now says. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_15_idg_newscast.mp3Fri, 15 May 2009 15:31:00 GMT02:47Today's top technology news, from PC Advisor. The record fine against Intel for violating European competition laws could open the floodgates for civil actions. Once again lithium-ion batteries are the subject of a safety recall. Hewlett-Packard has recalled batteries used in some of its laptops, as they pose a fire hazard. Toshiba has filed suit against Imation and several manufacturers and distributors of recordable DVD media for the alleged infringement of its patents. The outage that took Google offline for scores of users on Thursday was caused by a traffic routing error, the company now says. The day's major technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Growth will have to come from higher productivity and innovation when the economy begins to recover, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told developers gathered Wednesday in Hyderabad for the company's India edition of the Tech Ed conference. Apple today announced that an executive team will deliver the keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 8, but didn't mention CEO Steve Jobs as one of those expected to take the stage. Antitrust regulators around the world, led chiefly by the European Commission, are testing the limits of the law in their pursuit of Intel and its practice of offering rebates to computer manufacturers and IT retailers, Intel Senior Vice President Bruce Sewell said Wednesday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 14 2009The day's major technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Growth will have to come from higher productivity and innovation when the economy begins to recover, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told developers gathered Wednesday in Hyderabad for the company's India edition of the Tech Ed conference. Apple today announced that an executive team will deliver the keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 8, but didn't mention CEO Steve Jobs as one of those expected to take the stage. Antitrust regulators around the world, led chiefly by the European Commission, are testing the limits of the law in their pursuit of Intel and its practice of offering rebates to computer manufacturers and IT retailers, Intel Senior Vice President Bruce Sewell said Wednesday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_14_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 14 May 2009 12:30:00 GMT03:11The day's major technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Growth will have to come from higher productivity and innovation when the economy begins to recover, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told developers gathered Wednesday in Hyderabad for the company's India edition of the Tech Ed conference. Apple today announced that an executive team will deliver the keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 8, but didn't mention CEO Steve Jobs as one of those expected to take the stage. Antitrust regulators around the world, led chiefly by the European Commission, are testing the limits of the law in their pursuit of Intel and its practice of offering rebates to computer manufacturers and IT retailers, Intel Senior Vice President Bruce Sewell said Wednesday. A round-up of the day's technology news, from PC Advisor. The European Commission Wednesday found Intel guilty of antitrust violations in the market for PC microprocessors and fined it ?1.06 billion. Windows 7 will be here by Christmas, Microsoft has revealed. Oracle's decision to acquire Sun Microsystems has created a larger market opportunity for Intel to put its Itanium chips into more enterprise servers, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said on Tuesday. Leadtek plans to unveil a prototype external video processor that brings the power of Toshiba's SpursEngine chip to portable platforms. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 13 2009A round-up of the day's technology news, from PC Advisor. The European Commission Wednesday found Intel guilty of antitrust violations in the market for PC microprocessors and fined it ?1.06 billion. Windows 7 will be here by Christmas, Microsoft has revealed. Oracle's decision to acquire Sun Microsystems has created a larger market opportunity for Intel to put its Itanium chips into more enterprise servers, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said on Tuesday. Leadtek plans to unveil a prototype external video processor that brings the power of Toshiba's SpursEngine chip to portable platforms. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_13_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 13 May 2009 14:12:00 GMT03:11A round-up of the day's technology news, from PC Advisor. The European Commission Wednesday found Intel guilty of antitrust violations in the market for PC microprocessors and fined it ?1.06 billion. Windows 7 will be here by Christmas, Microsoft has revealed. Oracle's decision to acquire Sun Microsystems has created a larger market opportunity for Intel to put its Itanium chips into more enterprise servers, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said on Tuesday. Leadtek plans to unveil a prototype external video processor that brings the power of Toshiba's SpursEngine chip to portable platforms. The top headlines from PC Advisor's Global IT News Update. Microsoft will make Windows 7 available to businesses and consumers in time for the typically busy holiday shopping season in the fourth quarter of the year, according to company officials. SAP is launching software for business intelligence and analytics, areas that are becoming integral to the strategy of the German enterprise applications company. Rackable Systems has completed its acquisition of Silicon Graphics and will change the name of the combined company to SGI. After five quarters of declining market share, Advanced Micro Devices gained ground in chip shipments over chief rival Intel during the first quarter of 2009, according to IDC. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 12 2009The top headlines from PC Advisor's Global IT News Update. Microsoft will make Windows 7 available to businesses and consumers in time for the typically busy holiday shopping season in the fourth quarter of the year, according to company officials. SAP is launching software for business intelligence and analytics, areas that are becoming integral to the strategy of the German enterprise applications company. Rackable Systems has completed its acquisition of Silicon Graphics and will change the name of the combined company to SGI. After five quarters of declining market share, Advanced Micro Devices gained ground in chip shipments over chief rival Intel during the first quarter of 2009, according to IDC. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1//Users/mattegan/Desktop/may_11_newscast.mp3Tue, 12 May 2009 16:19:00 GMT03:49The top headlines from PC Advisor's Global IT News Update. Microsoft will make Windows 7 available to businesses and consumers in time for the typically busy holiday shopping season in the fourth quarter of the year, according to company officials. SAP is launching software for business intelligence and analytics, areas that are becoming integral to the strategy of the German enterprise applications company. Rackable Systems has completed its acquisition of Silicon Graphics and will change the name of the combined company to SGI. After five quarters of declining market share, Advanced Micro Devices gained ground in chip shipments over chief rival Intel during the first quarter of 2009, according to IDC. PC Advisor's daily round-up of breaking technology news. The European Commission is expected to make one of the most significant antitrust decisions in its history on Wednesday when it punishes computer chip-maker Intel for stifling competition from smaller rivals. Sun Microsystems shareholders filed three separate lawsuits last month in an effort to halt the company's pending sale to Oracle, according to a filing Sun made with the US Securities & Exchange Commission Friday. Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 fake updates in the coming week, the company said Friday. The University of California at Berkeley Friday disclosed that hackers broke into restricted computer databases in the campus health-services centre, as the university began notifying current and former Berkeley students their personal information may have been taken. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 11 2009PC Advisor's daily round-up of breaking technology news. The European Commission is expected to make one of the most significant antitrust decisions in its history on Wednesday when it punishes computer chip-maker Intel for stifling competition from smaller rivals. Sun Microsystems shareholders filed three separate lawsuits last month in an effort to halt the company's pending sale to Oracle, according to a filing Sun made with the US Securities & Exchange Commission Friday. Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 fake updates in the coming week, the company said Friday. The University of California at Berkeley Friday disclosed that hackers broke into restricted computer databases in the campus health-services centre, as the university began notifying current and former Berkeley students their personal information may have been taken. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_11_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 11 May 2009 14:51:00 GMT03:23technology, news, PC Advisor's daily round-up of breaking technology news. The European Commission is expected to make one of the most significant antitrust decisions in its history on Wednesday when it punishes computer chip-maker Intel for stifling competition from smaller rivals. Sun Microsystems shareholders filed three separate lawsuits last month in an effort to halt the company's pending sale to Oracle, according to a filing Sun made with the US Securities & Exchange Commission Friday. Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 fake updates in the coming week, the company said Friday. The University of California at Berkeley Friday disclosed that hackers broke into restricted computer databases in the campus health-services centre, as the university began notifying current and former Berkeley students their personal information may have been taken. PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. General Electric will spend $6 billion over the next six years in an effort to improve healthcare quality and drive down costs to consumers, the company announced Thursday. Oracle plans to stay in the hardware business following its planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, CEO Larry Ellison has said, adding more detail to earlier statements made by the company. Reports that Dell might use Google's Android OS in a netbook raises questions about what the device might look like and whether Android is ready for use beyond smartphones. Indian security researchers have released proof-of-concept code that can be used to take over a computer running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, despite earlier promising not to make the code public for fear it could be misused. VBootkit 2.0 was developed by researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar and is now available for download under an open-source licence. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 8 2009PC Advisor's daily technology news round-up. General Electric will spend $6 billion over the next six years in an effort to improve healthcare quality and drive down costs to consumers, the company announced Thursday. Oracle plans to stay in the hardware business following its planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, CEO Larry Ellison has said, adding more detail to earlier statements made by the company. Reports that Dell might use Google's Android OS in a netbook raises questions about what the device might look like and whether Android is ready for use beyond smartphones. Indian security researchers have released proof-of-concept code that can be used to take over a computer running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, despite earlier promising not to make the code public for fear it could be misused. VBootkit 2.0 was developed by researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar and is now available for download under an open-source licence. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_08_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 08 May 2009 11:16:00 GMT03:18PC Advisor?s daily technology news round-up. General Electric will spend $6 billion over the next six years in an effort to improve healthcare quality and drive down costs to consumers, the company announced Thursday. Oracle plans to stay in the hardware business following its planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, CEO Larry Ellison has said, adding more detail to earlier statements made by the company. Reports that Dell might use Google's Android OS in a netbook raises questions about what the device might look like and whether Android is ready for use beyond smartphones. Indian security researchers have released proof-of-concept code that can be used to take over a computer running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, despite earlier promising not to make the code public for fear it could be misused. VBootkit 2.0 was developed by researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar and is now available for download under an open-source licence. PC Advisor's daily round-up of global technology news. Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced it was consolidating the operations of disparate business units in the company. Cisco Systems' revenue for its third fiscal quarter fell 17 percent from a year earlier, while net income plunged 21 percent to $1.3 billion, or $0.23 per share. Citing a slowdown in sales of its security and compliance products and weakness in international currencies, Symantec said Wednesday that it would post a $249 million loss for the quarter ending April 3. A group that includes Intel, Microsoft, Nokia and Panasonic plans to introduce a specification for short-range, gigabit-speed wireless networking by the end of this year. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 7 2009PC Advisor's daily round-up of global technology news. Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced it was consolidating the operations of disparate business units in the company. Cisco Systems' revenue for its third fiscal quarter fell 17 percent from a year earlier, while net income plunged 21 percent to $1.3 billion, or $0.23 per share. Citing a slowdown in sales of its security and compliance products and weakness in international currencies, Symantec said Wednesday that it would post a $249 million loss for the quarter ending April 3. A group that includes Intel, Microsoft, Nokia and Panasonic plans to introduce a specification for short-range, gigabit-speed wireless networking by the end of this year. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_07_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 07 May 2009 11:20:00 GMT03:02PC Advisor's daily round-up of global technology news. Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced it was consolidating the operations of disparate business units in the company. Cisco Systems' revenue for its third fiscal quarter fell 17 percent from a year earlier, while net income plunged 21 percent to $1.3 billion, or $0.23 per share. Citing a slowdown in sales of its security and compliance products and weakness in international currencies, Symantec said Wednesday that it would post a $249 million loss for the quarter ending April 3. A group that includes Intel, Microsoft, Nokia and Panasonic plans to introduce a specification for short-range, gigabit-speed wireless networking by the end of this year. What's happening in the world of technology, from PC Advisor. Microsoft on Tuesday announced new job cuts that are part of the 5,000 the company said in January that it expected to eliminate. The South Korean government could force Google to block access to its YouTube website in an ongoing dispute over user privacy, Google's deputy counsel said Monday. A Swedish man was indicted on Tuesday in connection with the alleged 2004 theft of source code for Cisco Systems' IOS (Internetwork Operating System) software. Blade servers based on microprocessors designed in China will power a supercomputer prototype to be revealed by a government-backed Chinese firm in September, the company said Tuesday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 6 2009What's happening in the world of technology, from PC Advisor. Microsoft on Tuesday announced new job cuts that are part of the 5,000 the company said in January that it expected to eliminate. The South Korean government could force Google to block access to its YouTube website in an ongoing dispute over user privacy, Google's deputy counsel said Monday. A Swedish man was indicted on Tuesday in connection with the alleged 2004 theft of source code for Cisco Systems' IOS (Internetwork Operating System) software. Blade servers based on microprocessors designed in China will power a supercomputer prototype to be revealed by a government-backed Chinese firm in September, the company said Tuesday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_06_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 06 May 2009 11:37:00 GMT03:15What's happening in the world of technology, from PC Advisor. Microsoft on Tuesday announced new job cuts that are part of the 5,000 the company said in January that it expected to eliminate. The South Korean government could force Google to block access to its YouTube website in an ongoing dispute over user privacy, Google's deputy counsel said Monday. A Swedish man was indicted on Tuesday in connection with the alleged 2004 theft of source code for Cisco Systems' IOS (Internetwork Operating System) software. Blade servers based on microprocessors designed in China will power a supercomputer prototype to be revealed by a government-backed Chinese firm in September, the company said Tuesday. The day's biggest technology news, from PC Advisor. Amazon may be working on a new device that is similar to the Kindle book reader but designed specifically for newspapers and magazines. Research In Motion is injecting the power of its popular BlackBerry push technology into the consumer arena by letting third-party developers write applications that tap into it. Google has unveiled a new service that will push Gmail and calendar items to the native client software on BlackBerry devices, stepping up the search giant's efforts in the enterprise market. A prosecutor in the northern Italian city of Bologna is investigating a website allegedly set up by left-wing extremists in order to harass and threaten the police. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 5 2009The day's biggest technology news, from PC Advisor. Amazon may be working on a new device that is similar to the Kindle book reader but designed specifically for newspapers and magazines. Research In Motion is injecting the power of its popular BlackBerry push technology into the consumer arena by letting third-party developers write applications that tap into it. Google has unveiled a new service that will push Gmail and calendar items to the native client software on BlackBerry devices, stepping up the search giant's efforts in the enterprise market. A prosecutor in the northern Italian city of Bologna is investigating a website allegedly set up by left-wing extremists in order to harass and threaten the police. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_05_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 05 May 2009 16:11:00 GMT03:07The day's biggest technology news, from PC Advisor. Amazon may be working on a new device that is similar to the Kindle book reader but designed specifically for newspapers and magazines. Research In Motion is injecting the power of its popular BlackBerry push technology into the consumer arena by letting third-party developers write applications that tap into it. Google has unveiled a new service that will push Gmail and calendar items to the native client software on BlackBerry devices, stepping up the search giant's efforts in the enterprise market. A prosecutor in the northern Italian city of Bologna is investigating a website allegedly set up by left-wing extremists in order to harass and threaten the police. PC Advisor's daily round-up of technology news. Apple's iPhone marketing chief squared off against the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others Friday as the US Copyright Office considers whether to allow an exemption to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that would permit jailbreaking. Via Technologies may try to extend the use of its Nano processors from netbooks to servers in a potential challenge to Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, although the battle will be an uphill one, analysts said. LexisNexis acknowledged Friday that criminals used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data that was used to commit credit card fraud. The former IT director for a nonprofit organ and tissue donation centre pleaded guilty to a charge that she broke into the organisation's computer network and deleted organ donation database records, invoice files, and database and accounting software, the US Department of Justice said. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 4 2009PC Advisor's daily round-up of technology news. Apple's iPhone marketing chief squared off against the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others Friday as the US Copyright Office considers whether to allow an exemption to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that would permit jailbreaking. Via Technologies may try to extend the use of its Nano processors from netbooks to servers in a potential challenge to Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, although the battle will be an uphill one, analysts said. LexisNexis acknowledged Friday that criminals used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data that was used to commit credit card fraud. The former IT director for a nonprofit organ and tissue donation centre pleaded guilty to a charge that she broke into the organisation's computer network and deleted organ donation database records, invoice files, and database and accounting software, the US Department of Justice said. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_04_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 04 May 2009 16:08:00 GMT03:29PC Advisor's daily round-up of technology news. Apple's iPhone marketing chief squared off against the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others Friday as the US Copyright Office considers whether to allow an exemption to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that would permit jailbreaking. Via Technologies may try to extend the use of its Nano processors from netbooks to servers in a potential challenge to Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, although the battle will be an uphill one, analysts said. LexisNexis acknowledged Friday that criminals used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data that was used to commit credit card fraud. The former IT director for a nonprofit organ and tissue donation centre pleaded guilty to a charge that she broke into the organisation's computer network and deleted organ donation database records, invoice files, and database and accounting software, the US Department of Justice said. PC Advisor's daily IT news round-up. Microsoft plans to continue offering Windows XP for netbooks after the release of its next-generation operating system, Windows 7. A year after buying low-power processor designer PA Semi, Apple is looking for yet more chip design expertise. For the second time this year, a hacker has gained administrative access to a Twitter employee's account. The CEO of a Seattle-area consulting company was sentenced to three months of home confinement Thursday for destroying a client's website following a contract dispute.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, May 1 2009PC Advisor's daily IT news round-up. Microsoft plans to continue offering Windows XP for netbooks after the release of its next-generation operating system, Windows 7. A year after buying low-power processor designer PA Semi, Apple is looking for yet more chip design expertise. For the second time this year, a hacker has gained administrative access to a Twitter employee's account. The CEO of a Seattle-area consulting company was sentenced to three months of home confinement Thursday for destroying a client's website following a contract dispute.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/may_01_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 01 May 2009 09:47:00 GMT03:15PC Advisor's daily IT news round-up. Microsoft plans to continue offering Windows XP for netbooks after the release of its next-generation operating system, Windows 7. A year after buying low-power processor designer PA Semi, Apple is looking for yet more chip design expertise. For the second time this year, a hacker has gained administrative access to a Twitter employee's account. The CEO of a Seattle-area consulting company was sentenced to three months of home confinement Thursday for destroying a client's website following a contract dispute.Today's top technology stories, from PC Advisor. A widely watched court case pitting software maker RealNetworks against seven Hollywood studios will resume next week after court testimony took longer than expected Wednesday. Oracle has been sued for alleged patent infringement by supply chain management vendor i2 Technologies, i2 said on Wednesday. Beijing police have detained a man they say extorted cash from companies after launching cyberattacks on their websites, one of a handful of such arrests in China in recent years. Amazon is inviting students, educators and researchers to apply for grants that will give them free access to the company's hosted computing services. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 30 2009Today's top technology stories, from PC Advisor. A widely watched court case pitting software maker RealNetworks against seven Hollywood studios will resume next week after court testimony took longer than expected Wednesday. Oracle has been sued for alleged patent infringement by supply chain management vendor i2 Technologies, i2 said on Wednesday. Beijing police have detained a man they say extorted cash from companies after launching cyberattacks on their websites, one of a handful of such arrests in China in recent years. Amazon is inviting students, educators and researchers to apply for grants that will give them free access to the company's hosted computing services. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_30_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:28:00 GMT03:15Today's top technology stories, from PC Advisor. A widely watched court case pitting software maker RealNetworks against seven Hollywood studios will resume next week after court testimony took longer than expected Wednesday. Oracle has been sued for alleged patent infringement by supply chain management vendor i2 Technologies, i2 said on Wednesday. Beijing police have detained a man they say extorted cash from companies after launching cyberattacks on their websites, one of a handful of such arrests in China in recent years. Amazon is inviting students, educators and researchers to apply for grants that will give them free access to the company's hosted computing services. Top technology stories from PC Advisor. Advanced Micro Devices has pulled dual-core server processors from its product lineup, also cutting prices of some Opteron chips by close to 43 percent. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser took the stand Tuesday in his company's ongoing legal battle against the motion picture industry, arguing that RealNetworks' DVD-copying software is not designed to create a free-for-all of illegal copying. Top Chinese search engine Baidu forecast a recovery in its ad sales this spring as it reported a second consecutive decline in quarterly revenue on Tuesday. Nokia will layoff 450 employees as the Finnish phone giant refocuses its services to take better advantage of third-party developers, it announced on Tuesday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 29 2009Top technology stories from PC Advisor. Advanced Micro Devices has pulled dual-core server processors from its product lineup, also cutting prices of some Opteron chips by close to 43 percent. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser took the stand Tuesday in his company's ongoing legal battle against the motion picture industry, arguing that RealNetworks' DVD-copying software is not designed to create a free-for-all of illegal copying. Top Chinese search engine Baidu forecast a recovery in its ad sales this spring as it reported a second consecutive decline in quarterly revenue on Tuesday. Nokia will layoff 450 employees as the Finnish phone giant refocuses its services to take better advantage of third-party developers, it announced on Tuesday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_29_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:52:00 GMT03:13Top technology stories from PC Advisor. Advanced Micro Devices has pulled dual-core server processors from its product lineup, also cutting prices of some Opteron chips by close to 43 percent. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser took the stand Tuesday in his company's ongoing legal battle against the motion picture industry, arguing that RealNetworks' DVD-copying software is not designed to create a free-for-all of illegal copying. Top Chinese search engine Baidu forecast a recovery in its ad sales this spring as it reported a second consecutive decline in quarterly revenue on Tuesday. Nokia will layoff 450 employees as the Finnish phone giant refocuses its services to take better advantage of third-party developers, it announced on Tuesday. Breaking news from the world of IT, brought to you by PC Advisor. The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used US copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software. Europe needs a "Mister cyber security" to take control in the event of an attack on Internet infrastructure, Europe's telecommunications commissioner, Viviane Reding said Monday. US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a goal of ensuring 3 percent of the country's gross domestic product is spent on scientific research and development. Months after the issue first surfaced, Hewlett-Packard laptop owners continue to complain about defective nVidia graphics cards that could cause laptops to fail. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 28 2009Breaking news from the world of IT, brought to you by PC Advisor. The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used US copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software. Europe needs a "Mister cyber security" to take control in the event of an attack on Internet infrastructure, Europe's telecommunications commissioner, Viviane Reding said Monday. US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a goal of ensuring 3 percent of the country's gross domestic product is spent on scientific research and development. Months after the issue first surfaced, Hewlett-Packard laptop owners continue to complain about defective nVidia graphics cards that could cause laptops to fail. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_28_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:56:00 GMT03:15Breaking news from the world of IT, brought to you by PC Advisor. The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used US copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software. Europe needs a "Mister cyber security" to take control in the event of an attack on Internet infrastructure, Europe's telecommunications commissioner, Viviane Reding said Monday. US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a goal of ensuring 3 percent of the country's gross domestic product is spent on scientific research and development. Months after the issue first surfaced, Hewlett-Packard laptop owners continue to complain about defective nVidia graphics cards that could cause laptops to fail. A round-up of what's happen in the world of technology, from PC Advisor. Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, agreed to pay chip designer Broadcom $891 million to settle a long running patent dispute to end all courtroom proceedings globally. Some Microsoft developers will be able to download a near-final version of the company's Windows 7 operating system this week, Microsoft said Friday. India has ordered 250,000 laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization, while a human rights organization will supply 5,000 OLPC machines to Sierra Leone. The first commercial WiMax broadband wireless network in Taiwan opened for business on Monday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 27 2009A round-up of what's happen in the world of technology, from PC Advisor. Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, agreed to pay chip designer Broadcom $891 million to settle a long running patent dispute to end all courtroom proceedings globally. Some Microsoft developers will be able to download a near-final version of the company's Windows 7 operating system this week, Microsoft said Friday. India has ordered 250,000 laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization, while a human rights organization will supply 5,000 OLPC machines to Sierra Leone. The first commercial WiMax broadband wireless network in Taiwan opened for business on Monday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_27_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:33:00 GMT03:19A round-up of what's happen in the world of technology, from PC Advisor. Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, agreed to pay chip designer Broadcom $891 million to settle a long running patent dispute to end all courtroom proceedings globally. Some Microsoft developers will be able to download a near-final version of the company's Windows 7 operating system this week, Microsoft said Friday. India has ordered 250,000 laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization, while a human rights organization will supply 5,000 OLPC machines to Sierra Leone. The first commercial WiMax broadband wireless network in Taiwan opened for business on Monday. Friday's technology news update. Microsoft revenue drops 6 percent. MySpace CEO quits. Ubuntu 9.04 is ready.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 24 2009Friday's technology news update. Microsoft revenue drops 6 percent. MySpace CEO quits. Ubuntu 9.04 is ready.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_24_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:31:00 GMT02:45Friday's technology news update. Microsoft revenue drops 6 percent. MySpace CEO quits. Ubuntu 9.04 is ready.PC Advisor's daily technology news update. A US district court judge will extend portions of an antitrust decree governing Microsoft's actions for 18 months. A gang of six criminals has built a botnet of 1.9 million hacked computers, including systems within US and UK government networks, according to security vendor Finjan. Despite a 3 percent decline in Mac sales, Apple reported strong revenue for its second fiscal quarter, driven by the popularity of the iPhone 3G. VMware reported a profit and a rise in revenue for the first quarter. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 23 2009PC Advisor's daily technology news update. A US district court judge will extend portions of an antitrust decree governing Microsoft's actions for 18 months. A gang of six criminals has built a botnet of 1.9 million hacked computers, including systems within US and UK government networks, according to security vendor Finjan. Despite a 3 percent decline in Mac sales, Apple reported strong revenue for its second fiscal quarter, driven by the popularity of the iPhone 3G. VMware reported a profit and a rise in revenue for the first quarter. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_23_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:28:00 GMT02:43PC Advisor's daily technology news update. A US district court judge will extend portions of an antitrust decree governing Microsoft's actions for 18 months. A gang of six criminals has built a botnet of 1.9 million hacked computers, including systems within US and UK government networks, according to security vendor Finjan. Despite a 3 percent decline in Mac sales, Apple reported strong revenue for its second fiscal quarter, driven by the popularity of the iPhone 3G. VMware reported a profit and a rise in revenue for the first quarter. Today's top technology stories, from PC Advisor. AMD reported a net loss of $416m for the first quarter of 2009, a bigger loss than a year earlier. Yahoo's profit and revenue fell sharply in the first quarter as the beleaguered Internet company added a softening online ad market to its list of woes. Mozilla has patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0, four of them considered critical. Inhabitants of Second Life, the virtual world run by Linden Lab, will soon have new options to customise how they see the world. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 22 2009Today's top technology stories, from PC Advisor. AMD reported a net loss of $416m for the first quarter of 2009, a bigger loss than a year earlier. Yahoo's profit and revenue fell sharply in the first quarter as the beleaguered Internet company added a softening online ad market to its list of woes. Mozilla has patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0, four of them considered critical. Inhabitants of Second Life, the virtual world run by Linden Lab, will soon have new options to customise how they see the world. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_21_newscast.mp3Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:10:00 GMT03:11Today's top technology stories, from PC Advisor. AMD reported a net loss of $416m for the first quarter of 2009, a bigger loss than a year earlier. Yahoo's profit and revenue fell sharply in the first quarter as the beleaguered Internet company added a softening online ad market to its list of woes. Mozilla has patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0, four of them considered critical. Inhabitants of Second Life, the virtual world run by Linden Lab, will soon have new options to customise how they see the world. The biggest technology news of the day, from PC Advisor. VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long awaited overhaul of its core virtualisation platform which is designed to aggregate the virtual resources in the data center into one centrally managed computing pool. Taiwan?s Industrial Technology Research Institute is pushing Resistive RAM as an alternative to today?s memory technologies. Organisations representing small and medium-size enterprises are taking a keen interest in the European Commission?s latest antitrust action against Microsoft, this time over its bundling of the Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system. A lawyer for one of the defendants in the Pirate Bay case has already filed an appeal against the guilty verdict handed down by a Stockholm court on Friday, and lawyers for the other three defendants are gearing up to do the same. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 21 2009The biggest technology news of the day, from PC Advisor. VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long awaited overhaul of its core virtualisation platform which is designed to aggregate the virtual resources in the data center into one centrally managed computing pool. Taiwan?s Industrial Technology Research Institute is pushing Resistive RAM as an alternative to today?s memory technologies. Organisations representing small and medium-size enterprises are taking a keen interest in the European Commission?s latest antitrust action against Microsoft, this time over its bundling of the Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system. A lawyer for one of the defendants in the Pirate Bay case has already filed an appeal against the guilty verdict handed down by a Stockholm court on Friday, and lawyers for the other three defendants are gearing up to do the same. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_21_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:01:00 GMT02:42The biggest technology news of the day, from PC Advisor. VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long awaited overhaul of its core virtualisation platform which is designed to aggregate the virtual resources in the data center into one centrally managed computing pool. Taiwan?s Industrial Technology Research Institute is pushing Resistive RAM as an alternative to today?s memory technologies. Organisations representing small and medium-size enterprises are taking a keen interest in the European Commission?s latest antitrust action against Microsoft, this time over its bundling of the Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system. A lawyer for one of the defendants in the Pirate Bay case has already filed an appeal against the guilty verdict handed down by a Stockholm court on Friday, and lawyers for the other three defendants are gearing up to do the same. The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Oracle has agreed to purchase Sun Microsystems for $7.4bn. The deal comes after Sun reportedly walked away from an offer from IBM a few weeks ago. Adobe Systems has unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that will allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market. Companies looking for outsourcing services are no longer going straight to India, but are instead including other countries in their evaluation, according to research by Gartner. Microsoft researchers in Beijing are developing applications that mine online data to track human relationships and help with translation, lab managers there said Monday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 20 2009The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Oracle has agreed to purchase Sun Microsystems for $7.4bn. The deal comes after Sun reportedly walked away from an offer from IBM a few weeks ago. Adobe Systems has unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that will allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market. Companies looking for outsourcing services are no longer going straight to India, but are instead including other countries in their evaluation, according to research by Gartner. Microsoft researchers in Beijing are developing applications that mine online data to track human relationships and help with translation, lab managers there said Monday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_20_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:08:00 GMT02:36The day's technology news, from PC Advisor. Oracle has agreed to purchase Sun Microsystems for $7.4bn. The deal comes after Sun reportedly walked away from an offer from IBM a few weeks ago. Adobe Systems has unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that will allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market. Companies looking for outsourcing services are no longer going straight to India, but are instead including other countries in their evaluation, according to research by Gartner. Microsoft researchers in Beijing are developing applications that mine online data to track human relationships and help with translation, lab managers there said Monday. PC Advisor's daily round up of technology news. A host of chip makers, including IBM, yesterday announced a partnership to develop low-power chips for mobile devices, which could challenge Intel's burgeoning presence in the space. Sun Microsystems would be willing to revive acquisition talks with IBM if the latter company "makes a stronger commitment to complete the purchase," according to Bloomberg News. Google grew its profit and revenue in the first quarter, ended March 31, despite a tough economic environment that is affecting online advertising spending, the company's main revenue engine. Dell and Hewlett-Packard announced netbooks that support China's 3G standard Thursday as China Mobile, which is promoting the next-generation mobile technology, seeks new ways to attract scarce users. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 17 2009PC Advisor's daily round up of technology news. A host of chip makers, including IBM, yesterday announced a partnership to develop low-power chips for mobile devices, which could challenge Intel's burgeoning presence in the space. Sun Microsystems would be willing to revive acquisition talks with IBM if the latter company "makes a stronger commitment to complete the purchase," according to Bloomberg News. Google grew its profit and revenue in the first quarter, ended March 31, despite a tough economic environment that is affecting online advertising spending, the company's main revenue engine. Dell and Hewlett-Packard announced netbooks that support China's 3G standard Thursday as China Mobile, which is promoting the next-generation mobile technology, seeks new ways to attract scarce users. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_17_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:29:00 GMT03:22PC Advisor's daily round up of technology news. A host of chip makers, including IBM, yesterday announced a partnership to develop low-power chips for mobile devices, which could challenge Intel's burgeoning presence in the space. Sun Microsystems would be willing to revive acquisition talks with IBM if the latter company "makes a stronger commitment to complete the purchase," according to Bloomberg News. Google grew its profit and revenue in the first quarter, ended March 31, despite a tough economic environment that is affecting online advertising spending, the company's main revenue engine. Dell and Hewlett-Packard announced netbooks that support China's 3G standard Thursday as China Mobile, which is promoting the next-generation mobile technology, seeks new ways to attract scarce users. Top technology news from PC Advisor. PC shipments declined less than expected in the first quarter, propped up by consumers' continuing interest in low-cost netbooks, IDC said in a report Wednesday. Yahoo agreed to sell its stake in South Korean e-commerce site Gmarket on Thursday following eBay's offer to buy the company's outstanding shares, part of a bid to strengthen its presence in South Korea. Yahoo may announce a new round of layoffs next week, the third since early 2008 and the first staff-trimming under new CEO Carol Bartz, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are reporting. China launched a satellite marking a new phase of deployment for its global positioning network aimed at ending reliance on similar foreign systems early Wednesday morning. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 16 2009Top technology news from PC Advisor. PC shipments declined less than expected in the first quarter, propped up by consumers' continuing interest in low-cost netbooks, IDC said in a report Wednesday. Yahoo agreed to sell its stake in South Korean e-commerce site Gmarket on Thursday following eBay's offer to buy the company's outstanding shares, part of a bid to strengthen its presence in South Korea. Yahoo may announce a new round of layoffs next week, the third since early 2008 and the first staff-trimming under new CEO Carol Bartz, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are reporting. China launched a satellite marking a new phase of deployment for its global positioning network aimed at ending reliance on similar foreign systems early Wednesday morning. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_16_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:45:00 GMT03:18Top technology news from PC Advisor. PC shipments declined less than expected in the first quarter, propped up by consumers' continuing interest in low-cost netbooks, IDC said in a report Wednesday. Yahoo agreed to sell its stake in South Korean e-commerce site Gmarket on Thursday following eBay's offer to buy the company's outstanding shares, part of a bid to strengthen its presence in South Korea. Yahoo may announce a new round of layoffs next week, the third since early 2008 and the first staff-trimming under new CEO Carol Bartz, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are reporting. China launched a satellite marking a new phase of deployment for its global positioning network aimed at ending reliance on similar foreign systems early Wednesday morning. PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. eBay plans to spin off Skype via an initial public offering (IPO) because the Internet telephony unit doesn't mesh with the company's two other businesses - e-commerce and online payments. Intel on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profit for the first quarter, but the company's CEO said the PC industry is showing signs of recovery. Struggling to stay afloat during the recession, ultramobile PC maker OQO is seeking buyers, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. Intel's new Westmere microprocessors are being sampled by PC makers and will ship in volume later this year. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 15 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. eBay plans to spin off Skype via an initial public offering (IPO) because the Internet telephony unit doesn't mesh with the company's two other businesses - e-commerce and online payments. Intel on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profit for the first quarter, but the company's CEO said the PC industry is showing signs of recovery. Struggling to stay afloat during the recession, ultramobile PC maker OQO is seeking buyers, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. Intel's new Westmere microprocessors are being sampled by PC makers and will ship in volume later this year. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_15_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:48:00 GMT03:04PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. eBay plans to spin off Skype via an initial public offering (IPO) because the Internet telephony unit doesn't mesh with the company's two other businesses - e-commerce and online payments. Intel on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profit for the first quarter, but the company's CEO said the PC industry is showing signs of recovery. Struggling to stay afloat during the recession, ultramobile PC maker OQO is seeking buyers, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. Intel's new Westmere microprocessors are being sampled by PC makers and will ship in volume later this year. Technology news from around the globe. Web retailer Amazon.com blamed a glitch that knocked gay-and-lesbian-themed books out of its main product search engine on a "ham-fisted cataloging error" and disputed one man's claim that he had hacked the site to make this happen. It has become a regular ritual during Oracle's quarterly earnings conference calls. Company executives point to the vendor's lucrative revenue stream from maintenance -- paid annually by customers as a percentage of their license fees -- and bask in the approving glow of the financial analysts on the line. Dell is in talks with China Mobile to offer a smartphone based on the carrier's mobile operating system, a move that would take Dell into a huge but competitive market in China, an analyst said Monday. The founders of web recommendation site StumbleUpon have bought it back from eBay, making the company independent again after nearly two years. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 14 2009Technology news from around the globe. Web retailer Amazon.com blamed a glitch that knocked gay-and-lesbian-themed books out of its main product search engine on a "ham-fisted cataloging error" and disputed one man's claim that he had hacked the site to make this happen. It has become a regular ritual during Oracle's quarterly earnings conference calls. Company executives point to the vendor's lucrative revenue stream from maintenance -- paid annually by customers as a percentage of their license fees -- and bask in the approving glow of the financial analysts on the line. Dell is in talks with China Mobile to offer a smartphone based on the carrier's mobile operating system, a move that would take Dell into a huge but competitive market in China, an analyst said Monday. The founders of web recommendation site StumbleUpon have bought it back from eBay, making the company independent again after nearly two years. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_14_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:15:00 GMT03:31Technology news from around the globe. Web retailer Amazon.com blamed a glitch that knocked gay-and-lesbian-themed books out of its main product search engine on a "ham-fisted cataloging error" and disputed one man's claim that he had hacked the site to make this happen. It has become a regular ritual during Oracle's quarterly earnings conference calls. Company executives point to the vendor's lucrative revenue stream from maintenance -- paid annually by customers as a percentage of their license fees -- and bask in the approving glow of the financial analysts on the line. Dell is in talks with China Mobile to offer a smartphone based on the carrier's mobile operating system, a move that would take Dell into a huge but competitive market in China, an analyst said Monday. The founders of web recommendation site StumbleUpon have bought it back from eBay, making the company independent again after nearly two years. PC Advisor's technology news update. Microsoft's hiring of a chip designer Marc Tremblay from Sun Microsystems could be part of a giant push by the software giant to develop hardware and software for parallel computing. Corporate IT staffers will get a double whammy this week, as both Microsoft and Oracle are set to release critical security updates on the same day, including a likely fix for an Excel bug that has been used by cybercriminals. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have made a breakthrough with light technology that could eventually help chip makers create finer circuits. Top Chinese search engine Baidu has launched a portal that caters to the middle-aged and the elderly with oversized links and few ads. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 13 2009PC Advisor's technology news update. Microsoft's hiring of a chip designer Marc Tremblay from Sun Microsystems could be part of a giant push by the software giant to develop hardware and software for parallel computing. Corporate IT staffers will get a double whammy this week, as both Microsoft and Oracle are set to release critical security updates on the same day, including a likely fix for an Excel bug that has been used by cybercriminals. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have made a breakthrough with light technology that could eventually help chip makers create finer circuits. Top Chinese search engine Baidu has launched a portal that caters to the middle-aged and the elderly with oversized links and few ads. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_13_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:13:00 GMT03:21PC Advisor's technology news update. Microsoft's hiring of a chip designer Marc Tremblay from Sun Microsystems could be part of a giant push by the software giant to develop hardware and software for parallel computing. Corporate IT staffers will get a double whammy this week, as both Microsoft and Oracle are set to release critical security updates on the same day, including a likely fix for an Excel bug that has been used by cybercriminals. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have made a breakthrough with light technology that could eventually help chip makers create finer circuits. Top Chinese search engine Baidu has launched a portal that caters to the middle-aged and the elderly with oversized links and few ads. The day's technology news. Cuts in fiber-optic lines near Silicon Valley early Thursday shut down two IBM facilities and affected an organisation in charge of internet domain names. Corporate IT staffers will get a double whammy next Tuesday, as both Microsoft and Oracle are set to release critical security updates on the same day, including a likely fix for an Excel bug that has been used by cybercriminals. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied the existence of malware attacks designed to shut down the US electrical grid in a time of war. Facebook has ended its brief relationship with The Pirate Bay, the controversial BitTorrent search engine. SAP has engaged 25 to 30 contract attorneys and spent millions of dollars to defend itself against a lawsuit brought last year by Waste Management over an allegedly failed ERP implementation, according to a document filed April 2 in a Texas district court. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 10 2009The day's technology news. Cuts in fiber-optic lines near Silicon Valley early Thursday shut down two IBM facilities and affected an organisation in charge of internet domain names. Corporate IT staffers will get a double whammy next Tuesday, as both Microsoft and Oracle are set to release critical security updates on the same day, including a likely fix for an Excel bug that has been used by cybercriminals. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied the existence of malware attacks designed to shut down the US electrical grid in a time of war. Facebook has ended its brief relationship with The Pirate Bay, the controversial BitTorrent search engine. SAP has engaged 25 to 30 contract attorneys and spent millions of dollars to defend itself against a lawsuit brought last year by Waste Management over an allegedly failed ERP implementation, according to a document filed April 2 in a Texas district court. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_10_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:09:00 GMT03:09The day's technology news. Cuts in fiber-optic lines near Silicon Valley early Thursday shut down two IBM facilities and affected an organisation in charge of internet domain names. Corporate IT staffers will get a double whammy next Tuesday, as both Microsoft and Oracle are set to release critical security updates on the same day, including a likely fix for an Excel bug that has been used by cybercriminals. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied the existence of malware attacks designed to shut down the US electrical grid in a time of war. Facebook has ended its brief relationship with The Pirate Bay, the controversial BitTorrent search engine. SAP has engaged 25 to 30 contract attorneys and spent millions of dollars to defend itself against a lawsuit brought last year by Waste Management over an allegedly failed ERP implementation, according to a document filed April 2 in a Texas district court. Technology news from around the world. A jury has found Microsoft guilty of patent infringement, ordering it to pay 388 million dollars to Uniloc, the patent holder. Buyers are circling Nortel Networks, the telecommunications infrastructure vendor that sought bankruptcy protection in January. Nokia Siemens Networks, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise Communications have all made offers for parts of the troubled company, according to news reports. The general manager of Microsoft's Data Center Services division, Michael Manos, is leaving the company to work for wholesale data center provider Digital Realty Trust. Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defences while also trying to attack more machines. Conficker takes advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft's software. The French National Assembly has rejected a law that threatened to suspend the internet access of those caught downloading copyright works without permission. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 9 2009Technology news from around the world. A jury has found Microsoft guilty of patent infringement, ordering it to pay 388 million dollars to Uniloc, the patent holder. Buyers are circling Nortel Networks, the telecommunications infrastructure vendor that sought bankruptcy protection in January. Nokia Siemens Networks, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise Communications have all made offers for parts of the troubled company, according to news reports. The general manager of Microsoft's Data Center Services division, Michael Manos, is leaving the company to work for wholesale data center provider Digital Realty Trust. Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defences while also trying to attack more machines. Conficker takes advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft's software. The French National Assembly has rejected a law that threatened to suspend the internet access of those caught downloading copyright works without permission. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_09_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:43:00 GMT03:00Technology news from around the world. A jury has found Microsoft guilty of patent infringement, ordering it to pay 388 million dollars to Uniloc, the patent holder. Buyers are circling Nortel Networks, the telecommunications infrastructure vendor that sought bankruptcy protection in January. Nokia Siemens Networks, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise Communications have all made offers for parts of the troubled company, according to news reports. The general manager of Microsoft's Data Center Services division, Michael Manos, is leaving the company to work for wholesale data center provider Digital Realty Trust. Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defences while also trying to attack more machines. Conficker takes advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft's software. The French National Assembly has rejected a law that threatened to suspend the internet access of those caught downloading copyright works without permission. Breaking global news from the world of technology. Intel announced a new microprocessor aimed at storage products and embedded applications at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing today. The processor, code named Jasper Forest, is a variant on the Nehalem server processor. Google has updated its Google App Engine platform, adding preliminary support for industry-standard Java applications. Fake security software programs were one of the biggest online threats encountered by Internet users in the last half of 2008, according to Microsoft's latest security report. Acer is aiming at smaller and smaller demographic slices of the PC market with the two dozen products it launched yesterday, ranging from widescreen, all-in-one PCs to tiny nettops.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 8 2009Breaking global news from the world of technology. Intel announced a new microprocessor aimed at storage products and embedded applications at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing today. The processor, code named Jasper Forest, is a variant on the Nehalem server processor. Google has updated its Google App Engine platform, adding preliminary support for industry-standard Java applications. Fake security software programs were one of the biggest online threats encountered by Internet users in the last half of 2008, according to Microsoft's latest security report. Acer is aiming at smaller and smaller demographic slices of the PC market with the two dozen products it launched yesterday, ranging from widescreen, all-in-one PCs to tiny nettops.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_08_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:12:00 GMT02:37Intel Developer Forum,microprocessor,Jasper Forest,Nehalem,Google App Engine,Java,security software,Microsoft,Acer,all-in-one PC,nettop,netbookPC Advisor's daily update on the world's technology news. The Italian earthquake had victims and concerned observers communicating through emergency use of mobile devices and reaching out for help and information via Facebook and YouTube. The AP plans to take legal action against web portals and other sites that use its content without paying for a licence. Google and Yahoo have launched special sites dedicated to coverage of the federal elections starting April 16 in India in a bid to build their brands among internet users in the country. Google launched on Monday an online elections centre (www.google.co.in/loksabha2009) in both English and Hindi. Continuing its focus on proving cost-savings, VMware announced on Monday a promotional program with the bold claim that it guarantees customers can save at least 50 percent on server hardware. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 7 2009PC Advisor's daily update on the world's technology news. The Italian earthquake had victims and concerned observers communicating through emergency use of mobile devices and reaching out for help and information via Facebook and YouTube. The AP plans to take legal action against web portals and other sites that use its content without paying for a licence. Google and Yahoo have launched special sites dedicated to coverage of the federal elections starting April 16 in India in a bid to build their brands among internet users in the country. Google launched on Monday an online elections centre (www.google.co.in/loksabha2009) in both English and Hindi. Continuing its focus on proving cost-savings, VMware announced on Monday a promotional program with the bold claim that it guarantees customers can save at least 50 percent on server hardware. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/april_7_09_newscast.mp3Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:03:00 GMT03:39PC Advisor, technology news, Italian earthquake, mobile devices, Facebook , YouTube, AP , web portals , sites , Google , Yahoo, India, internet, www.google.co.in/loksabha2009, English , Hindi, VMware, server hardware. More news from the world of technology, brought to you by PC Advisor. Merger talks between IBM and Sun Microsystems broke down over the weekend, with the two companies unable to agree on the terms of a deal. French internet users who share music or videos without permission from the copyright holders are one step closer to losing their internet access, after the French National Assembly approved the final reading of a new law last week. FBI agents have raided a Dallas ISP, knocking Core IP Networks and almost 50 of its clients offline. The Japanese government learned on Saturday that its emergency information network works. The system successfully alerted millions of Japanese to the launch of a satellite by North Korea.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 6 2009More news from the world of technology, brought to you by PC Advisor. Merger talks between IBM and Sun Microsystems broke down over the weekend, with the two companies unable to agree on the terms of a deal. French internet users who share music or videos without permission from the copyright holders are one step closer to losing their internet access, after the French National Assembly approved the final reading of a new law last week. FBI agents have raided a Dallas ISP, knocking Core IP Networks and almost 50 of its clients offline. The Japanese government learned on Saturday that its emergency information network works. The system successfully alerted millions of Japanese to the launch of a satellite by North Korea.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_april_11_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:10:00 GMT02:51technology, news, PC Advisor, Merger, IBM, Sun Microsystems, internet, music, videos, copyright , Internet access, French National Assembly, law, FBI, ISP, Core IP Networks, satellite, North Korea, JapanPC Advisor keeps you up to date with the latest technology news stories. IBM and Sun Microsystems are close to a deal under which IBM will acquire Sun Microsystems for about $9.50 per share, The New York Times reported in its online edition yesterday afternoon. Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing has detailed his firm's strategy to break into rising economies with low-price products before moving its focus to mature markets. IBM is the second company in two days to suggest that the number of computers infected by the Conficker.C worm may be higher than previously thought. After scanning 2 million computers over the past 24 hours, IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) division said it had spotted the worm on 4 percent of the IP addresses it monitored. Clearwire is teaming up with Google, Cisco Systems and Intel to build a WiMax network in Silicon Valley for software developers to try out new applications on the fourth-generation mobile broadband technology.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 3 2009PC Advisor keeps you up to date with the latest technology news stories. IBM and Sun Microsystems are close to a deal under which IBM will acquire Sun Microsystems for about $9.50 per share, The New York Times reported in its online edition yesterday afternoon. Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing has detailed his firm's strategy to break into rising economies with low-price products before moving its focus to mature markets. IBM is the second company in two days to suggest that the number of computers infected by the Conficker.C worm may be higher than previously thought. After scanning 2 million computers over the past 24 hours, IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) division said it had spotted the worm on 4 percent of the IP addresses it monitored. Clearwire is teaming up with Google, Cisco Systems and Intel to build a WiMax network in Silicon Valley for software developers to try out new applications on the fourth-generation mobile broadband technology.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_03_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:21:00 GMT03:05IBM,Sun Microsystems,Lenovo,Conficker.C,worm,virus,PC security,Clearwire,Google,Cisco Systems,Intel,WiMax,Silicon Valley,software,mobile broadbandTechnology news from around the world, brought to you by PC Advisor. Rackable Systems said Wednesday it plans to buy the assets of bankrupt Silicon Graphics for roughly $25 million in cash, and will also assume certain liabilities. Research In Motion opened its on-device application store, App World, on Wednesday at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas. As expected, Microsoft Wednesday introduced a version of its Windows Server OS for small businesses with 15 users or less, filling in what the company sees as a gap in its server offerings. As pundits debate what strategy Twitter should follow, the company's job openings provide a peek at its plans, which seem to include boosting partnerships, leveraging a massive data warehouse, strengthening its search engine and solidifying its Japan service. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 2 2009Technology news from around the world, brought to you by PC Advisor. Rackable Systems said Wednesday it plans to buy the assets of bankrupt Silicon Graphics for roughly $25 million in cash, and will also assume certain liabilities. Research In Motion opened its on-device application store, App World, on Wednesday at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas. As expected, Microsoft Wednesday introduced a version of its Windows Server OS for small businesses with 15 users or less, filling in what the company sees as a gap in its server offerings. As pundits debate what strategy Twitter should follow, the company's job openings provide a peek at its plans, which seem to include boosting partnerships, leveraging a massive data warehouse, strengthening its search engine and solidifying its Japan service. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_02_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:42:00 GMT03:12Technology news, PC Advisor, Rackable Systems, Silicon Graphics, Research In Motion, RIM, on-device application store, App World, CTIA conference, Las Vegas, Microsoft, Windows Server, OS, operating system, small businesses , server , Twitter, data warehouse, search engineThe biggest technology news on April 1 2009, from PC Advisor. An expected activation of the Conficker.c worm at midnight on April 1 passed without incident, despite sensationalised fears that the internet itself might be affected, but security researchers said users aren't out of the woods yet. Hewlett-Packard confirmed Tuesday that it is testing Google's Android operating system as a possible alternative to Windows in some of its netbook computers. Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it would release "very low-power" Shanghai processors within three months, a move that could intensify its ongoing chip battle with rival Intel. Wikia Search, Jimmy Wales' long-shot attempt at disrupting Google's search-engine dominance, is closing. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, April 1 2009The biggest technology news on April 1 2009, from PC Advisor. An expected activation of the Conficker.c worm at midnight on April 1 passed without incident, despite sensationalised fears that the internet itself might be affected, but security researchers said users aren't out of the woods yet. Hewlett-Packard confirmed Tuesday that it is testing Google's Android operating system as a possible alternative to Windows in some of its netbook computers. Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it would release "very low-power" Shanghai processors within three months, a move that could intensify its ongoing chip battle with rival Intel. Wikia Search, Jimmy Wales' long-shot attempt at disrupting Google's search-engine dominance, is closing. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/apr_01_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:30:00 GMT02:49technology news, PC Advisor, Conficker.c, worm, April 1, internet, security researchers, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Google Android, Google, operating system, Windows, netbook, computers, Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, "very low-power", Shanghai , processors, chip battle, Intel, Wikia Search, Jimmy Wales, search-engine PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology stories. Sun Microsystems is laying off about 1,500 employees this week in a follow-up to a restructuring plan announced a few months ago, the company confirmed Monday. If you weren't expecting Intel to release its latest line of server chips Monday in the US, you may be the only one who was surprised. Microsoft is shutting down its Encarta encyclopedia websites and will also discontinue its Student and Premium Encarta software products. 2008 was the busiest year yet for online fraudsters according to an annual Internet Crime Report released Monday by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 31 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology stories. Sun Microsystems is laying off about 1,500 employees this week in a follow-up to a restructuring plan announced a few months ago, the company confirmed Monday. If you weren't expecting Intel to release its latest line of server chips Monday in the US, you may be the only one who was surprised. Microsoft is shutting down its Encarta encyclopedia websites and will also discontinue its Student and Premium Encarta software products. 2008 was the busiest year yet for online fraudsters according to an annual Internet Crime Report released Monday by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_31_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:46:00 GMT03:05PC Advisor, technology, Sun Microsystems, Intel, server chips, Microsoft, Encarta, encyclopedia websites, Student and Premium Encarta, software, online fraudsters, Internet Crime Report, US Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe day?s technology news, from PC Advisor. A 10-month cyberespionage investigation has found that 1,295 computers in 103 countries and belonging to international institutions have been spied on, with some circumstantial evidence suggesting China may be to blame. Google Docs users shouldn't lose sleep over the security concerns a security analyst has raised about the hosted suite of office productivity applications, Google said late Friday. Intel is expected to refresh its line of laptop chips Monday with new ultra-low-voltage processors that should make ultraportable laptops operate faster without sacrificing battery life. The US Library of Congress has begun uploading its audio archives to iTunes, and it will soon begin to post videos on YouTube, in an effort to make its materials easier for the public to access. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 30 2009The day?s technology news, from PC Advisor. A 10-month cyberespionage investigation has found that 1,295 computers in 103 countries and belonging to international institutions have been spied on, with some circumstantial evidence suggesting China may be to blame. Google Docs users shouldn't lose sleep over the security concerns a security analyst has raised about the hosted suite of office productivity applications, Google said late Friday. Intel is expected to refresh its line of laptop chips Monday with new ultra-low-voltage processors that should make ultraportable laptops operate faster without sacrificing battery life. The US Library of Congress has begun uploading its audio archives to iTunes, and it will soon begin to post videos on YouTube, in an effort to make its materials easier for the public to access. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_30_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:39:00 GMT03:17technology news, PC Advisor, cyberespionage, computers, China, Google Docs, security, security analyst, hosted suite, office productivity, applications, Google, Intel , laptop, processors, ultraportable laptops, battery life, US Library of Congress, iTunes, YouTube, Today's technology news, from PC Advisor. nVidia on Thursday countersued Intel, alleging the rival chip company of breach of contract related to a chip licensing agreement between the companies. Proving that it is not immune to the economic downturn, Google plans to lay off 200 people in its sales and marketing group, an executive said on Thursday. A lawsuit that accuses Dell of discriminating against women and older workers continues to make its way though the courts. Amid reports that it is moving thousands of jobs from the US to India, IBM said Thursday it is notifying employees that some jobs are being eliminated. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 27 2009Today's technology news, from PC Advisor. nVidia on Thursday countersued Intel, alleging the rival chip company of breach of contract related to a chip licensing agreement between the companies. Proving that it is not immune to the economic downturn, Google plans to lay off 200 people in its sales and marketing group, an executive said on Thursday. A lawsuit that accuses Dell of discriminating against women and older workers continues to make its way though the courts. Amid reports that it is moving thousands of jobs from the US to India, IBM said Thursday it is notifying employees that some jobs are being eliminated. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_27_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:14:00 GMT02:57technology, news, PC Advisor, nVidia, Intel, chip company, economic downturn, Google, sales and marketing, lawsuit, Dell, IBM PC Advisor's round up of the day's technology news. IBM is planning to cut "a large number" of US jobs in its Global Business Services division, with many positions being switched over to workers in India. Trying to shed its reputation as an inexpensive hardware vendor, Dell is taking steps to sharpen its enterprise offerings so it can compete more effectively with rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Cisco has released eight security updates for the Internetwork Operating System software used to power its routers. Lawyers for Google Wednesday challenged the jurisdiction of a Milan court over a privacy case that sees four Google executives accused of defamation.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 26 2009PC Advisor's round up of the day's technology news. IBM is planning to cut "a large number" of US jobs in its Global Business Services division, with many positions being switched over to workers in India. Trying to shed its reputation as an inexpensive hardware vendor, Dell is taking steps to sharpen its enterprise offerings so it can compete more effectively with rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Cisco has released eight security updates for the Internetwork Operating System software used to power its routers. Lawyers for Google Wednesday challenged the jurisdiction of a Milan court over a privacy case that sees four Google executives accused of defamation.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_26_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:00 GMT03:00PC Advisor, technology news, IBM, Global Business Services, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Cisco, security updates , Internetwork Operating System, software , routers, GoogleToday's technology news, from PC Advisor. Google has given its web search engine an injection of semantic technology. Intel's upcoming Xeon server chips incorporate significant advancements that could form the basis for future chips that could handle high-performance computing tasks. The founders of widely used BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay are getting ready to launch IPREDator, a network service that makes people online more anonymous by using a VPN. Apple's mobile-device user interface has made it so much easier to access the internet compared to other mobile devices that its iPod Touch, which isn't even a mobile phone, beats out all mobile phones except the iPhone in terms of volume of internet access, according to data released by AdMob.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 25 2009Today's technology news, from PC Advisor. Google has given its web search engine an injection of semantic technology. Intel's upcoming Xeon server chips incorporate significant advancements that could form the basis for future chips that could handle high-performance computing tasks. The founders of widely used BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay are getting ready to launch IPREDator, a network service that makes people online more anonymous by using a VPN. Apple's mobile-device user interface has made it so much easier to access the internet compared to other mobile devices that its iPod Touch, which isn't even a mobile phone, beats out all mobile phones except the iPhone in terms of volume of internet access, according to data released by AdMob.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_25_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:35:00 GMT02:58Google,semantic technology,web search,Intel Xeon,server chip,BitTorrent,The Pirate Bay,IPREDator,network,VPN,Apple,mobile device,iPod touch,mobile phone,iPhone,internet accessToday's top technology news, from PC Advisor. Intel on Monday said it has frozen salaries of employees across the company, including top executives, in an effort to reduce spending and control costs. A former employee at the US Department of State has been sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service for illegally accessing more than 150 confidential passport applications files, the US Department of Justice said. Hewlett-Packard has released a free development tool that finds vulnerabilities in Flash, Adobe System's widely used but occasionally buggy interactive web technology. Oracle said Monday it is purchasing Relsys International, a maker of drug safety and risk management software, a move that ties into its ongoing strategy to tap verticals. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 24 2009Today's top technology news, from PC Advisor. Intel on Monday said it has frozen salaries of employees across the company, including top executives, in an effort to reduce spending and control costs. A former employee at the US Department of State has been sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service for illegally accessing more than 150 confidential passport applications files, the US Department of Justice said. Hewlett-Packard has released a free development tool that finds vulnerabilities in Flash, Adobe System's widely used but occasionally buggy interactive web technology. Oracle said Monday it is purchasing Relsys International, a maker of drug safety and risk management software, a move that ties into its ongoing strategy to tap verticals. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_24_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:01:00 GMT03:15technology, news, PC Advisor, PC, Intel , US Department of State, US Department of Justice, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Flash, Adobe System, web, Oracle, Relsys International, verticals PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. China Unicom, the company rumoured to have won a contract to sell iPhones in China, plans to start trials of its 3G network within the next few months. Symantec said on Monday that credit card information relating to three of its customers may have been leaked from its call centre contractor in India. Toshiba will begin selling its first direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery chargers later than expected after it ran into problems securing certain components for them, it said Monday. Lawyers for IBM are examining Sun Microsystems' contracts and other documents in a due diligence process that could precede an acquisition, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 23 March 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. China Unicom, the company rumoured to have won a contract to sell iPhones in China, plans to start trials of its 3G network within the next few months. Symantec said on Monday that credit card information relating to three of its customers may have been leaked from its call centre contractor in India. Toshiba will begin selling its first direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery chargers later than expected after it ran into problems securing certain components for them, it said Monday. Lawyers for IBM are examining Sun Microsystems' contracts and other documents in a due diligence process that could precede an acquisition, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_23_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:19:00 GMT03:29PC Advisor, technology, China Unicom, iPhone, China, 3G, Symantec, credit card information, call centre, India, Toshiba , direct methanol fuel cell, DMFC, battery chargers, IBM, Sun Microsystem, due diligence, Wall Street JournalToday's top technology news, from PC Advisor. As promised, AT&T will begin selling iPhones in the US without requiring a two-year contract, but the devices will be so expensive that few people are likely to want to buy them. Palm's revenue plunged in its most recent quarter as the struggling company, preparing for the release of its next-generation device, sold 42 percent fewer smartphones than in the same period last year. A US judge denied a request for judgment in the Microsoft Vista Capable suit, instead sending the case along to trial with a ruling Wednesday. GPS device maker TomTom has shot back at Microsoft with a claim of patent infringement, after the software giant raised concerns in the Linux community with a recent lawsuit against TomTom. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 20 2009Today's top technology news, from PC Advisor. As promised, AT&T will begin selling iPhones in the US without requiring a two-year contract, but the devices will be so expensive that few people are likely to want to buy them. Palm's revenue plunged in its most recent quarter as the struggling company, preparing for the release of its next-generation device, sold 42 percent fewer smartphones than in the same period last year. A US judge denied a request for judgment in the Microsoft Vista Capable suit, instead sending the case along to trial with a ruling Wednesday. GPS device maker TomTom has shot back at Microsoft with a claim of patent infringement, after the software giant raised concerns in the Linux community with a recent lawsuit against TomTom. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_20_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:47:00 GMT03:04technology, news, PC Advisor, AT&T , iPhone, contract, Palm, smartphone, Microsoft, Vista Capable, GPS , TomTom, Linux, lawsuitIT news from around the world, brought to you by PC Advisor. Global technology giant IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a deal that would expand its server market share. Microsoft is blaming a routine OS upgrade for an outage that hit its Windows Azure cloud-computing infrastructure over the weekend. Two Texas men have settled US Securities and Exchange Commission charges that they created a huge email spam campaign to drive up demand for low-value stocks they owned, with one of the men agreeing to pay $3.8m to settle the charges. Oracle on Wednesday said its third-quarter revenues were $5.45 billion, a 2 percent hike, but net income fell 1 percent to $1.3 billion. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 19 2009IT news from around the world, brought to you by PC Advisor. Global technology giant IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a deal that would expand its server market share. Microsoft is blaming a routine OS upgrade for an outage that hit its Windows Azure cloud-computing infrastructure over the weekend. Two Texas men have settled US Securities and Exchange Commission charges that they created a huge email spam campaign to drive up demand for low-value stocks they owned, with one of the men agreeing to pay $3.8m to settle the charges. Oracle on Wednesday said its third-quarter revenues were $5.45 billion, a 2 percent hike, but net income fell 1 percent to $1.3 billion. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_19_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:37:00 GMT02:55IT news, PC Advisor, technology, IBM, Sun Microsystems, server, market share, Microsoft, OS, Windows Azure, cloud-computing, US Securities and Exchange Commission, email spam, OraclePC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. iPhone users and app developers got a sneak preview at what the future holds for them on Tuesday, when Apple showcased its upcoming iPhone 3.0 software. Diebold has released a security fix for its Opteva automated teller machines after cyber criminals apparently broke into the systems at one or more businesses in Russia and installed malicious software. Less than a month after delivering the second version of its Kindle ebook reader, Amazon has been hit with an intellectual property lawsuit from Discovery Communications, the company behind the Discovery Channel. Users of Microsoft's cloud-computing network Windows Azure suffered an overnight outage over the weekend during which their applications being hosted on the network weren't available, Microsoft confirmed late Monday.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 18 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. iPhone users and app developers got a sneak preview at what the future holds for them on Tuesday, when Apple showcased its upcoming iPhone 3.0 software. Diebold has released a security fix for its Opteva automated teller machines after cyber criminals apparently broke into the systems at one or more businesses in Russia and installed malicious software. Less than a month after delivering the second version of its Kindle ebook reader, Amazon has been hit with an intellectual property lawsuit from Discovery Communications, the company behind the Discovery Channel. Users of Microsoft's cloud-computing network Windows Azure suffered an overnight outage over the weekend during which their applications being hosted on the network weren't available, Microsoft confirmed late Monday.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_18_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:18:00 GMT03:10PC Advisor, technology news, iPhone , app developers, Apple , iPhone 3.0, software, Diebold, security fix, Opteva, cyber criminals, malicious software, Kindle ebook, Amazon, Discovery Communications, Discovery Channel, Microsoft, cloud-computing, Windows Azure, applications, hosted, networkThe biggest technology news stories of the day, brought to you by PC Advisor. In a much-anticipated announcement, Cisco Systems yesterday launched its Unified Computing System, comprising virtualisation technology, services and blade servers aimed at helping enterprises develop and manage what it calls "next-generation data centres?. Chip maker Intel on Monday sent a notice to rival Advanced Micro Devices that it violated a patent cross-licensing agreement when it spun off a manufacturing arm into a separate company. Dell on Tuesday is finally expected to launch the mysterious Adamo, a "luxury" laptop that could be the PC maker's response to ultra-thin laptops including Apple's stylish MacBook Air. SAP laid off an undisclosed number of employees last week as part of its previously announced plan to trim 3,000 jobs, a company spokesman confirmed Monday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 17 2009The biggest technology news stories of the day, brought to you by PC Advisor. In a much-anticipated announcement, Cisco Systems yesterday launched its Unified Computing System, comprising virtualisation technology, services and blade servers aimed at helping enterprises develop and manage what it calls "next-generation data centres?. Chip maker Intel on Monday sent a notice to rival Advanced Micro Devices that it violated a patent cross-licensing agreement when it spun off a manufacturing arm into a separate company. Dell on Tuesday is finally expected to launch the mysterious Adamo, a "luxury" laptop that could be the PC maker's response to ultra-thin laptops including Apple's stylish MacBook Air. SAP laid off an undisclosed number of employees last week as part of its previously announced plan to trim 3,000 jobs, a company spokesman confirmed Monday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_17_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:57:00 GMT02:57technology, news, PC Advisor, Cisco, Cisco Systems, unified Computing System, virtualisation, enterprise, data centre, chip, processor, Intel, AMD, Advanced Micro Devices, patent, Dell, Adamo, laptop, notebook, Apple Macbook Air, SAP, job cutsPC Advisor's daily round-up of technology news. The Office of US Trade Representative (USTR), part of President Barack Obama's office, has denied a company's request for information about a secretive anticounterfeiting trade agreement being negotiated, citing national security concerns. Microsoft's share of internet searches in the US fell to a 12-month low according to Comscore's report of Internet search queries for February. Swedish company Mobispine has launched iSendMMS, an application that lets iPhone users send MMS messages. Yahoo released on Friday an application that lets Facebook members share their physical location with those on their list of friends. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 16 2009PC Advisor's daily round-up of technology news. The Office of US Trade Representative (USTR), part of President Barack Obama's office, has denied a company's request for information about a secretive anticounterfeiting trade agreement being negotiated, citing national security concerns. Microsoft's share of internet searches in the US fell to a 12-month low according to Comscore's report of Internet search queries for February. Swedish company Mobispine has launched iSendMMS, an application that lets iPhone users send MMS messages. Yahoo released on Friday an application that lets Facebook members share their physical location with those on their list of friends. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_16_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:46:00 GMT03:06PC Advisor, technology news, Office of US Trade Representative (USTR), President Barack Obama, anticounterfeiting, trade agreement, national security, Microsoft, internet, searches, US, Comscore, Internet search queries, Swedish, Mobispine , SendMMS, application, iPhone, MMS, Yahoo, application, Facebook Today?s top tech news stories, from PC Advisor. IBM unveiled an application on Thursday that guides users toward strong privacy settings in Facebook's online marketplace and could be developed into a management tool for companies or across websites for users. Microsoft on Thursday said it will discontinue its adCenter Analytics service at the end of the year, and it appears that the company does not plan to replace it. Nortel Networks may have no choice but to sell off key parts of its business, industry analysts said after reports that the company is in talks with competitors to do just that. A Microsoft-led group set up three years ago has backed away from its original goal of pushing for comprehensive US privacy legislation.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 13 2009Today?s top tech news stories, from PC Advisor. IBM unveiled an application on Thursday that guides users toward strong privacy settings in Facebook's online marketplace and could be developed into a management tool for companies or across websites for users. Microsoft on Thursday said it will discontinue its adCenter Analytics service at the end of the year, and it appears that the company does not plan to replace it. Nortel Networks may have no choice but to sell off key parts of its business, industry analysts said after reports that the company is in talks with competitors to do just that. A Microsoft-led group set up three years ago has backed away from its original goal of pushing for comprehensive US privacy legislation.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_13_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:53:00 GMT02:54technology, news, PC Advisor, IBM, application, privacy, Facebook, online marketplace, website, Microsoft, adCenter Analytics, Nortel Networks, PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. Dell on Wednesday said it had laid off staff at different sites worldwide in an effort to cut costs and streamline operations. One Laptop Per Child is set to dump x86 processors, instead opting to put low-power Arm-based processors in its next-generation XO-2 laptop with the aim of improving battery life. SAP is teaming with Sybase to offer its business applications on mobile devices, including the iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian and Palm devices. America Online will close a research and development base in Beijing but keep trying to break into China's market amid the sliding global economy. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 12 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. Dell on Wednesday said it had laid off staff at different sites worldwide in an effort to cut costs and streamline operations. One Laptop Per Child is set to dump x86 processors, instead opting to put low-power Arm-based processors in its next-generation XO-2 laptop with the aim of improving battery life. SAP is teaming with Sybase to offer its business applications on mobile devices, including the iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian and Palm devices. America Online will close a research and development base in Beijing but keep trying to break into China's market amid the sliding global economy. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_12_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:08:00 GMT02:54PC Advisor', IT, technology, news, Dell, One Laptop Per Child, OLPC, x86, processors, Arm, processors, XO-2, laptop, battery life, SAP, Sybase, applications, mobile devices, iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian, Palm, America Online, research and development, Beijing, China, market, global economy A round-up of the day's biggest technology news, from PC Advisor. After a year's delay, Sun Microsystems' 16-core "Rock" server chip is on track for delivery in the fall, the head of Sun's systems business said Monday. Microsoft has released software patches fixing a handful of critical bugs in the Windows kernel, as well as flaws in the Windows Directory Name System and SChannel security software. Germany has become the latest country to ratify the only international treaty concerning computer crime. Google will block an iPhone application that harnesses its Google Talk chat program to provide a free text-message service after too many users flocked to download it. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 11 2009A round-up of the day's biggest technology news, from PC Advisor. After a year's delay, Sun Microsystems' 16-core "Rock" server chip is on track for delivery in the fall, the head of Sun's systems business said Monday. Microsoft has released software patches fixing a handful of critical bugs in the Windows kernel, as well as flaws in the Windows Directory Name System and SChannel security software. Germany has become the latest country to ratify the only international treaty concerning computer crime. Google will block an iPhone application that harnesses its Google Talk chat program to provide a free text-message service after too many users flocked to download it. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_11_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:25:00 GMT02:54technology, news, PC Advisor, Sun Microsystems, 16-core, Rock, server chip, system, business, Microsoft, software, patches, critical bugs, Windows, kernel, flaws, Windows Directory Name System, SChannel, security software, Germany, Google, iPhone, application, Google Talk, chat program, text-message service, downloadToday's top technology stories from PC Advisor. Removing one barrier to a potential Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo, a judge approved a settlement that will roll back a Yahoo employee severance plan that critics described as a poison pill. The University of Tennessee college student accused of illegally accessing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account was formally charged Monday on new fraud and obstruction of justice charges. Clearwire has named former Vodafone executive William Morrow as its new CEO in a move that may spur its hoped-for transition from a scrappy competitive service provider into a nationwide carrier that can take on AT&T and Verizon. Perhaps as many as ten million PCs are infected with sneaky programs designed to steal sensitive financial information, antivirus vendor Panda Security reports.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 10 2009Today's top technology stories from PC Advisor. Removing one barrier to a potential Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo, a judge approved a settlement that will roll back a Yahoo employee severance plan that critics described as a poison pill. The University of Tennessee college student accused of illegally accessing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account was formally charged Monday on new fraud and obstruction of justice charges. Clearwire has named former Vodafone executive William Morrow as its new CEO in a move that may spur its hoped-for transition from a scrappy competitive service provider into a nationwide carrier that can take on AT&T and Verizon. Perhaps as many as ten million PCs are infected with sneaky programs designed to steal sensitive financial information, antivirus vendor Panda Security reports.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_10_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:09:00 GMT03:10technology, PC Advisor, Microsoft, Yahoo, University of Tennessee, Sarah Palin, email, fraud, Clearwire, Vodafone, William Morrow, CEO, AT&T, Verizon, ten million PCs, PC , programs, Trojan, data, antivirus, Panda Security, TrojanThe top IT news stories in the world today, from PC Advisor. Google's share of Internet search in China moved up a hair last year, statistics from the government's number cruncher show, indicating the company continues to struggle against market leader Baidu. CeBIT, Europe's largest IT fair, saw an almost 20 percent drop in visitors this year but those that did turn up to the six day event in Hanover were on average a higher quality of attendee than in the past, organisers said late Sunday. A Microsoft contract worker who organised a protest against the company's plan to cut contractors' pay has abandoned that effort and accepted his pay cut. California's landmark data-breach notification law will get another update, if State Senator Joe Simitian gets his way. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 9 2009The top IT news stories in the world today, from PC Advisor. Google's share of Internet search in China moved up a hair last year, statistics from the government's number cruncher show, indicating the company continues to struggle against market leader Baidu. CeBIT, Europe's largest IT fair, saw an almost 20 percent drop in visitors this year but those that did turn up to the six day event in Hanover were on average a higher quality of attendee than in the past, organisers said late Sunday. A Microsoft contract worker who organised a protest against the company's plan to cut contractors' pay has abandoned that effort and accepted his pay cut. California's landmark data-breach notification law will get another update, if State Senator Joe Simitian gets his way. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_09_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:23:00 GMT03:18IT, news, PC, PC Advisor, Google, China, internet search, Baidu, ceBIT, IT trade fair, Microsoft, protest, California, data breach, data protectionPC Advisor collects breaking news stories from the world of technology. Taiwan plans to merge its indebted DRAM memory chip makers into a single company called Taiwan Memory Co in an attempt to stem losses and prevent loan defaults that could further harm the island's banking sector. China is offering subsidies to people in rural areas who buy PCs as part of a massive economic stimulus package the government hopes will keep the country from sliding into recession. Prospects for a quick conclusion to talks about a change in Europe's telecom rules were dashed late on Wednesday, with blame for the stalled negotiations levelled at the Czech government by, among others, the author of the reforms, Commissioner Viviane Reding. Clearwire plans to launch its WiMax wireless broadband service in at least nine more markets around the US this year and to reach as many as 120 million people by the end of 2010, the company said yesterday as it disclosed its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 6 2009PC Advisor collects breaking news stories from the world of technology. Taiwan plans to merge its indebted DRAM memory chip makers into a single company called Taiwan Memory Co in an attempt to stem losses and prevent loan defaults that could further harm the island's banking sector. China is offering subsidies to people in rural areas who buy PCs as part of a massive economic stimulus package the government hopes will keep the country from sliding into recession. Prospects for a quick conclusion to talks about a change in Europe's telecom rules were dashed late on Wednesday, with blame for the stalled negotiations levelled at the Czech government by, among others, the author of the reforms, Commissioner Viviane Reding. Clearwire plans to launch its WiMax wireless broadband service in at least nine more markets around the US this year and to reach as many as 120 million people by the end of 2010, the company said yesterday as it disclosed its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_06_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:11:00 GMT02:54PC, news, technology, IT, Taiwan, DRAM, chip, chip makers, telecom, Clearwire, WiMax, wireless, broadband, Technology news from around the world, brought to you by PCA. Five years after its landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft, the European Commission has decided it no longer needs to monitor the company's compliance with the ruling. nVidia may develop an integrated x86-based chip for use in low-cost computers, an nVidia executive said this week, a move that would step up its rivalry with Intel. US government agencies may have a difficult time promptly allocating the $7.2bn for broadband deployment in an economic stimulus package recently passed by the US Congress. A large percentage of the money for broadband in the stimulus package, passed in mid-February, won't be spent until 2011 or later. Motorola fired former chief financial officer Paul Liska for cause last month, the company disclosed in a proxy statement for its upcoming annual shareholder meeting.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 5 2009Technology news from around the world, brought to you by PCA. Five years after its landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft, the European Commission has decided it no longer needs to monitor the company's compliance with the ruling. nVidia may develop an integrated x86-based chip for use in low-cost computers, an nVidia executive said this week, a move that would step up its rivalry with Intel. US government agencies may have a difficult time promptly allocating the $7.2bn for broadband deployment in an economic stimulus package recently passed by the US Congress. A large percentage of the money for broadband in the stimulus package, passed in mid-February, won't be spent until 2011 or later. Motorola fired former chief financial officer Paul Liska for cause last month, the company disclosed in a proxy statement for its upcoming annual shareholder meeting.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_05_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:22:00 GMT03:27Microsoft,antitrust,European Commission,nVidia,x86,chip,processor,Intel,US government,broadband,economic stimulus package,Motorola,Paul Liska,chief financial officerPCA brings you the latest IT news. Microsoft has confirmed it is testing a new search engine called Kumo, based on technology from its Powerset acquisition, that is likely to be an early version of a soon-to-be-rebranded Live Search product. Apple has jumped ahead of Intel in launching the chip maker's quad-core Xeon chips, announcing two workstations that carry the upcoming processors. US president Barack Obama has nominated Julius Genachowski as chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission. Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP and a prominent supporter of the US Republican Party, had surgery for breast cancer on Monday. The surgery was successful and Fiorina has an "excellent" chance of making a full recovery, according to her spokeswoman.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 4 2009PCA brings you the latest IT news. Microsoft has confirmed it is testing a new search engine called Kumo, based on technology from its Powerset acquisition, that is likely to be an early version of a soon-to-be-rebranded Live Search product. Apple has jumped ahead of Intel in launching the chip maker's quad-core Xeon chips, announcing two workstations that carry the upcoming processors. US president Barack Obama has nominated Julius Genachowski as chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission. Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP and a prominent supporter of the US Republican Party, had surgery for breast cancer on Monday. The surgery was successful and Fiorina has an "excellent" chance of making a full recovery, according to her spokeswoman.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_04_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:15:00 GMT03:17Microsoft,Kumo,search engine,Powerset,Live Search,Apple,Intel,quad core,Xeo,processor,Barack Obama,Julius Genachowski,US Federal Communications Commission,Carly Fiorina,breast cancer,HPGlobal technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. EMC gave improper kickbacks to partners and overcharged the US General Services Administration, the Department of Justice has alleged, intervening in a suit brought by whistleblowers. Intel has announced a partnership that could provide access to the chip design of its low-cost Atom processor to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co). AMD has closed a deal with two Abu Dhabi investment firms that spins off its manufacturing operations into a separate company. Heart patients will be able to check their electrocardiogram on an iPhone, using a new system demonstrated by Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 3 2009Global technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. EMC gave improper kickbacks to partners and overcharged the US General Services Administration, the Department of Justice has alleged, intervening in a suit brought by whistleblowers. Intel has announced a partnership that could provide access to the chip design of its low-cost Atom processor to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co). AMD has closed a deal with two Abu Dhabi investment firms that spins off its manufacturing operations into a separate company. Heart patients will be able to check their electrocardiogram on an iPhone, using a new system demonstrated by Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_03_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:17:00 GMT03:00EMC,DoJ,whistleblower,Intel,Atom,TSMC,AMD,Abu Dhabi,electrocardiogram,Apple iPhone,Deutsche Telekom,T-Systems,Cebit,technology,newsPC Advisor's daily round-up of the day's biggest technology news. Amazon.com will let copyright holders opt out of having their books read aloud on the company's Kindle 2 book reader, in an apparent concession to concerns raised about the device's text-to-speech feature. Europe's largest IT fair, CeBIT, will see its lowest number of exhibitors in a decade as companies slash marketing expenditures due to the global recession. Buried in US President Barack Obama's budget blueprint for 2009 is a new-but-undefined spectrum licence user fee that would increase from $50 million in 2009 to $550 million four years later. Oracle is set to unveil Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5 on Tuesday, framing the upgrade as a major step forward for the company's wide-ranging application management platform.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, March 2 2009PC Advisor's daily round-up of the day's biggest technology news. Amazon.com will let copyright holders opt out of having their books read aloud on the company's Kindle 2 book reader, in an apparent concession to concerns raised about the device's text-to-speech feature. Europe's largest IT fair, CeBIT, will see its lowest number of exhibitors in a decade as companies slash marketing expenditures due to the global recession. Buried in US President Barack Obama's budget blueprint for 2009 is a new-but-undefined spectrum licence user fee that would increase from $50 million in 2009 to $550 million four years later. Oracle is set to unveil Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5 on Tuesday, framing the upgrade as a major step forward for the company's wide-ranging application management platform.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/mar_02_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:35:00 GMT03:29PC Advisor, technology news, Amazon.com, copyright holders, Amazon Kindle 2, book reader, text-to-speech, Europe, IT fair, Cebit, exhibitors, marketing expenditures, global recession, US President Barack Obama, budget blueprint, 2009, licence user fee, Oracle , Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5, application management platformToday's technology news, from PC Advisor. British authorities said yesterday they won't prosecute Gary McKinnon - a hacker who would prefer to face trial in his own country rather than face extradition to the US. The National Science Foundation on Thursday said that it had requested a budget of $7 billion for fiscal year 2010 to fund basic science and technology research at US universities. Yahoo's new CEO has implemented a management restructuring, as the company continues to struggle in a search market dominated by Google. Dell's net income dropped 48 percent for the fourth quarter, the company said Thursday, as it also announced it is increasing its cost-cutting goal to $4 billion by the end of fiscal 2011 as it tries to come to terms with the recession.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 27 2009Today's technology news, from PC Advisor. British authorities said yesterday they won't prosecute Gary McKinnon - a hacker who would prefer to face trial in his own country rather than face extradition to the US. The National Science Foundation on Thursday said that it had requested a budget of $7 billion for fiscal year 2010 to fund basic science and technology research at US universities. Yahoo's new CEO has implemented a management restructuring, as the company continues to struggle in a search market dominated by Google. Dell's net income dropped 48 percent for the fourth quarter, the company said Thursday, as it also announced it is increasing its cost-cutting goal to $4 billion by the end of fiscal 2011 as it tries to come to terms with the recession.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_27_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:19:00 GMT02:57technology news, PC Advisor, Gary McKinnon, hacker, extradition, US, National Science Foundation, science and technology research, US universities, funding, Yahoo, management restructuring, search market, Google, Dell, cost-cutting, recession.PC Advisor rounds up the breaking tech news stories. Intel says it has joined Dell and other companies in an attempt to free the term 'netbook' from the clutches of PC maker Psion Teklogix. In a legal filing earlier this month, Intel asked the court to cancel a trademark for the term 'netbook', which is held by Psion. AMD has demonstrated the first working models of Istanbul chips, the company's upcoming line of server processors with six cores. Federal agencies, including the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, have begun investigating Heartland Payment Systems following a massive data breach at the payment processing company. People who bought an unlocked version of the Android G1 phone are no longer allowed to download new paid applications from the Market, after a change Google made late last week. Google is prohibiting users of the unlocked phones from viewing copy-protected applications, including those that cost to download.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 26 2009PC Advisor rounds up the breaking tech news stories. Intel says it has joined Dell and other companies in an attempt to free the term 'netbook' from the clutches of PC maker Psion Teklogix. In a legal filing earlier this month, Intel asked the court to cancel a trademark for the term 'netbook', which is held by Psion. AMD has demonstrated the first working models of Istanbul chips, the company's upcoming line of server processors with six cores. Federal agencies, including the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, have begun investigating Heartland Payment Systems following a massive data breach at the payment processing company. People who bought an unlocked version of the Android G1 phone are no longer allowed to download new paid applications from the Market, after a change Google made late last week. Google is prohibiting users of the unlocked phones from viewing copy-protected applications, including those that cost to download.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_26_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:20:00 GMT03:07Intel,Dell,netbook,pc,psion teklogix,AMD,Istanbul,server,processor,six core,us federal trade commission,us securities and exchange commission,heartland payment systems,data breach,Android,G1,Google,Market,phonePC Advisor's global IT news update. Microsoft plans to continue spending and trying to increase market share in key areas despite the current global recession, which can be a good opportunity to invest strategically for the economy's eventual turnaround, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said yesterday. It sounds crazy to use processors designed for tiny netbooks in data centres, with their potentially massive computing requirements, but Microsoft is experimenting with doing just that and finding that it may lead to cost savings. Nonprofit organisation One Laptop Per Child is shying away from small deployments of XO laptops to focus on large-scale deployments as it restructures to cope with the recession. Microsoft is pushing out a software update to some Windows users that fixes a bug in the Windows AutoRun software, used to automatically launch programs when DVDs or USB devices are introduced to the PC. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 25 2009PC Advisor's global IT news update. Microsoft plans to continue spending and trying to increase market share in key areas despite the current global recession, which can be a good opportunity to invest strategically for the economy's eventual turnaround, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said yesterday. It sounds crazy to use processors designed for tiny netbooks in data centres, with their potentially massive computing requirements, but Microsoft is experimenting with doing just that and finding that it may lead to cost savings. Nonprofit organisation One Laptop Per Child is shying away from small deployments of XO laptops to focus on large-scale deployments as it restructures to cope with the recession. Microsoft is pushing out a software update to some Windows users that fixes a bug in the Windows AutoRun software, used to automatically launch programs when DVDs or USB devices are introduced to the PC. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_25_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:55:00 GMT03:32PC Advisor, global IT news, Microsoft, market share, global recession, economy, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, processors, netbooks, data centers, computing, requirements, Nonprofit, One Laptop Per Child, XO laptops, software update, Windows , Windows AutoRun, software, DVD, USB, PCPC Advisor brings you the top IT news stories. A dangerous and unpatched vulnerability in Adobe's PDF-reading software has been around a lot longer than previously realized. The bug is not expected to be patched by Adobe for several weeks. Amazon.com has begun shipping its Kindle 2 e-book reader a day earlier than originally planned. Micron Technology will lay off as many as 2,000 additional people as demand for DRAM products continues to decline. Microsoft will let about two dozen laid-off workers who were overpaid severance keep the money, the company's head of human resources said yesterday afternoon.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 24 2009PC Advisor brings you the top IT news stories. A dangerous and unpatched vulnerability in Adobe's PDF-reading software has been around a lot longer than previously realized. The bug is not expected to be patched by Adobe for several weeks. Amazon.com has begun shipping its Kindle 2 e-book reader a day earlier than originally planned. Micron Technology will lay off as many as 2,000 additional people as demand for DRAM products continues to decline. Microsoft will let about two dozen laid-off workers who were overpaid severance keep the money, the company's head of human resources said yesterday afternoon.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_24_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT03:10adobe,pdf,bug,patch,malware,amazon,kindle 2,e-book reader,micron,redundancy,lay-offs,microsoft,severance pay,technology,newsPC Advisor's round-up of the day's top technology news stories. Suspicious phone conversations on Skype could be targeted for tapping as part of a pan-European crackdown on what law authorities believe is a massive technical loophole in current wiretapping laws, allowing criminals to communicate without fear of being overheard by the police. iPhone users have short attention spans. At least that's the conclusion from data collected by Pinch Media, a company that helps developers track the use of their iPhone applications. A new proof-of-concept application from Microsoft's research arm integrates elements from the Windows OS and its Windows Azure cloud infrastructure to let users share files from their desktops with web users via social networking. Equipment vendors are trying to convince mobile operators to spend money upgrading their networks to deliver faster internet access, with two technologies battling for the bucks: LTE and WiMax. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 23 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the day's top technology news stories. Suspicious phone conversations on Skype could be targeted for tapping as part of a pan-European crackdown on what law authorities believe is a massive technical loophole in current wiretapping laws, allowing criminals to communicate without fear of being overheard by the police. iPhone users have short attention spans. At least that's the conclusion from data collected by Pinch Media, a company that helps developers track the use of their iPhone applications. A new proof-of-concept application from Microsoft's research arm integrates elements from the Windows OS and its Windows Azure cloud infrastructure to let users share files from their desktops with web users via social networking. Equipment vendors are trying to convince mobile operators to spend money upgrading their networks to deliver faster internet access, with two technologies battling for the bucks: LTE and WiMax. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_23_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:42:00 GMT03:18PC Advisor, technology news, phone conversations, Skype, tapping, pan-European crackdown, law authorities, technical loophole, wiretapping laws, iPhone, attention spans, Pinch Media, developers, iPhone applications, proof-of-concept, application, Microsoft, research, Windows, OS, Windows Azure, cloud infrastructure, share files, desktops, web users, social networking, equipment, vendors, mobile operators, networks, internet access, LTE, WiMax Top headlines from the world of technology, brought to you by PC Advisor. Despite declines nearly across the board, Hewlett-Packard just barely managed an increase in revenue for its fiscal first quarter of 2009. Meanwhile, Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services said Thursday it will implement a range of cost-cutting measures to survive the global recession. Microsoft won a motion to end the class-action status of the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit on Wednesday, but lost a motion that could have ended the suit without a trial. Hackers defaced the Swedish website of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry on Wednesday as The Pirate Bay trial continued. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 19 2009Top headlines from the world of technology, brought to you by PC Advisor. Despite declines nearly across the board, Hewlett-Packard just barely managed an increase in revenue for its fiscal first quarter of 2009. Meanwhile, Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services said Thursday it will implement a range of cost-cutting measures to survive the global recession. Microsoft won a motion to end the class-action status of the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit on Wednesday, but lost a motion that could have ended the suit without a trial. Hackers defaced the Swedish website of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry on Wednesday as The Pirate Bay trial continued. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_19_newscast.mp3Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:18:00 GMT03:29headlines, technology, PC Advisor, Hewlett-Packard, HP, increase, revenue, fiscal, first quarter, 2009, Indian outsourcer, Satyam Computer Services, cost-cutting measures, global recession, Microsoft, class-action status, Windows Vista Capable, lawsuit, trial, Hackers, Swedish, website, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, The Pirate BayToday's technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. A Swedish prosecutor on Tuesday dropped a charge levied against four men on trial for running The Pirate Bay, one of the most popular BitTorrent search engines and trackers on the internet. Facebook has removed language for its terms of use that appeared to give the company vast, perpetual control over any data posted to the social-networking site. Verizon said today it will start to roll out its LTE network in two cities in the US late this year, and then expand to 25 to 30 markets in 2010. Perhaps pre-alpha was a bit too early for Mozilla to release its Fennec mobile browser for Windows Mobile. Early adopters who downloaded the application after it was announced February 10 found it simply doesn't work. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 18 2009Today's technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. A Swedish prosecutor on Tuesday dropped a charge levied against four men on trial for running The Pirate Bay, one of the most popular BitTorrent search engines and trackers on the internet. Facebook has removed language for its terms of use that appeared to give the company vast, perpetual control over any data posted to the social-networking site. Verizon said today it will start to roll out its LTE network in two cities in the US late this year, and then expand to 25 to 30 markets in 2010. Perhaps pre-alpha was a bit too early for Mozilla to release its Fennec mobile browser for Windows Mobile. Early adopters who downloaded the application after it was announced February 10 found it simply doesn't work. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_18_newscast.mp3Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:38:00 GMT03:50technology news, PC Advisor, prosecutor, charge, trial, The Pirate Bay, BitTorrent, search engine, Internet, Facebook, terms of use , data, social-networking site, Verizon, LTE network, pre-alpha, Mozilla, Fennec ,mobile browser, Windows Mobile, Early adopters, downloaded, applicationThe top news stories from the world of technology. Mobile World Congress is happening this week in Barcelona, with a variety of vendors offering applications and devices for rival platforms including the Google-backed Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Chinese telecom company Huawei has announced its first Android-powered smartphone, to be commercially available in the third quarter. HTC has unveiled its second Google Android-based smartphone, the HTC Magic, with mobile service provider Vodafone. LG Electronics CEO Skott Ahn had a little time on his hands before the company's news conference, so in front of an audience he called up his buddy Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, for a video chat on a prototype wristwatch phone. The LG-GD910 watch phone can make voice calls over GSM networks and video calls over 3G networks. Microsoft has introduced an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software. Windows Marketplace for Mobile will come with Windows Mobile 6.5, the newest version of the operating system, and will give users access to thousands of applications. Acer has jumped headfirst into the smartphone market with its Tempo family of devices. Skype is developing a VoIP software client for Nokia's top-of-the-range N97 smartphone.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 17 2009The top news stories from the world of technology. Mobile World Congress is happening this week in Barcelona, with a variety of vendors offering applications and devices for rival platforms including the Google-backed Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Chinese telecom company Huawei has announced its first Android-powered smartphone, to be commercially available in the third quarter. HTC has unveiled its second Google Android-based smartphone, the HTC Magic, with mobile service provider Vodafone. LG Electronics CEO Skott Ahn had a little time on his hands before the company's news conference, so in front of an audience he called up his buddy Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, for a video chat on a prototype wristwatch phone. The LG-GD910 watch phone can make voice calls over GSM networks and video calls over 3G networks. Microsoft has introduced an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software. Windows Marketplace for Mobile will come with Windows Mobile 6.5, the newest version of the operating system, and will give users access to thousands of applications. Acer has jumped headfirst into the smartphone market with its Tempo family of devices. Skype is developing a VoIP software client for Nokia's top-of-the-range N97 smartphone.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_17_newscast.mp3Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:56:00 GMT03:19Mobile World Congress,Google Android,Windows Mobile,Symbian,Huawei,HTC Magic,Vodafone,LG,Microsoft,LG-GD910,Windows Marketplace for Mobile,Acer,Tempo,Skype,NokiaThe biggest technology news stories across the globe, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft is introducing an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software, launched today at the giant Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Windows Marketplace for Mobile will come with Windows Mobile 6.5. Also at the Mobile World Congress, Adobe is showing off progress on its Flash Player 10 for smartphones, and plans to deliver a new software development kit that should make reading documents on small screens easier. Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Service, otherwise known as BOSS, will have a variety of commercial models including revenue sharing on advertising and co-branding of sites, apart from a fee-based model that the company announced last week. A special electronics show aimed at enticing people in Taiwan into spending special economic stimulus vouchers ended Monday in Taipei with many people picking up new gadgets on the cheap. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 16 2009The biggest technology news stories across the globe, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft is introducing an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software, launched today at the giant Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Windows Marketplace for Mobile will come with Windows Mobile 6.5. Also at the Mobile World Congress, Adobe is showing off progress on its Flash Player 10 for smartphones, and plans to deliver a new software development kit that should make reading documents on small screens easier. Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Service, otherwise known as BOSS, will have a variety of commercial models including revenue sharing on advertising and co-branding of sites, apart from a fee-based model that the company announced last week. A special electronics show aimed at enticing people in Taiwan into spending special economic stimulus vouchers ended Monday in Taipei with many people picking up new gadgets on the cheap. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_16_newscast.mp3Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:40:00 GMT03:40technolog, news, stories, PC Advisor, Microsoft , application store, Windows Mobile, software, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Windows Mobile 6.5, Adobe, Flash Player 10 for smartphones, software development kit, reading documents , small screens, Yahoo, Build Your Own Search Service, BOSS, revenue sharing, advertising, sites, fee-based model, electronics show, Taiwan, economic stimulus vouchers, Taipei, gadgets, cheapTechnology news from around the globe, brought to you by PC Advisor. LG and Samsung will next week unveil mobile phones that you definitively won't want to keep in your pocket: they've developed prototype handsets that are recharged by solar panels built into the case. Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has "fizzled" as a competitor to Adobe's Flash. China Unicom is reportedly sending top executives to meet with Apple in the US next month, amid rumours that the operator plans to bring the iPhone to China. Asus plans to offer fewer versions of its Eee PC netbooks this year to avoid confusion and lower production costs.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 13 2009Technology news from around the globe, brought to you by PC Advisor. LG and Samsung will next week unveil mobile phones that you definitively won't want to keep in your pocket: they've developed prototype handsets that are recharged by solar panels built into the case. Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has "fizzled" as a competitor to Adobe's Flash. China Unicom is reportedly sending top executives to meet with Apple in the US next month, amid rumours that the operator plans to bring the iPhone to China. Asus plans to offer fewer versions of its Eee PC netbooks this year to avoid confusion and lower production costs.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_13_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:14:00 GMT03:15LG,Samsung,mobile phone,solar panel,microsoft,adobe,silverlight,adobe flash,china unicom,apple,iphone,eee pc,netbook,technology,newsThe biggest technology news stories in the world today. A commercial Iridium communications satellite and decommissioned Russian satellite both appear to have been destroyed after an unprecedented collision in space. Chip vendors Qualcomm and Nvidia have thrown their support behind the Windows 7 OS for netbooks, announcing efforts to bring better graphics and continuous 3G connectivity to the devices. Microsoft warned enterprise customers this week that the migration path from XP to Windows 7 won't be any easier than it is to Vista, and offered recommendations for how companies can move from older versions of Windows to one of its newer client OSes. Yahoo is enhancing its service for building custom search engines with access to structured data, and is also introducing fees for using its BOSS search service in order to support its plan to offer developers service-level agreements and increased daily query limits. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 12 2009The biggest technology news stories in the world today. A commercial Iridium communications satellite and decommissioned Russian satellite both appear to have been destroyed after an unprecedented collision in space. Chip vendors Qualcomm and Nvidia have thrown their support behind the Windows 7 OS for netbooks, announcing efforts to bring better graphics and continuous 3G connectivity to the devices. Microsoft warned enterprise customers this week that the migration path from XP to Windows 7 won't be any easier than it is to Vista, and offered recommendations for how companies can move from older versions of Windows to one of its newer client OSes. Yahoo is enhancing its service for building custom search engines with access to structured data, and is also introducing fees for using its BOSS search service in order to support its plan to offer developers service-level agreements and increased daily query limits. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_12_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:54:00 GMT03:09technology, Iridium communications satellite, Russian satellite, collision, space, Chip, vendors, Qualcomm , Nvidia, Windows 7, OS, netbooks, graphics, 3G connectivity, Microsoft , enterprise customers, migration , XP , Windows, Vista, client OSes, Yahoo, search engines, structured data, BOSS search service, developers, service-level agreements, increased daily query limitsPC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. Intel will spend $7bn over the next two years to revamp three US manufacturing plants, and the company's CEO called on other US companies to also invest in the future as a way to combat the recession. AMD has been forced to give its shareholders an extra week to vote on a plan to sell off its manufacturing operations, after too few shares were voted at its stockholder meeting Tuesday morning. Microsoft has beefed up the Malicious Software Removal Tool that ships with its Windows operating system so that it will detect and root out the notorious Srizbi botnet code. PC microprocessor shipments slowed in the fourth quarter and will continue to decline this year, according to an IDC survey released on Wednesday. Nokia is closing a research and development site in central Finland and will lay off 320 employees there. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 11 2009PC Advisor's round-up of the day's technology news. Intel will spend $7bn over the next two years to revamp three US manufacturing plants, and the company's CEO called on other US companies to also invest in the future as a way to combat the recession. AMD has been forced to give its shareholders an extra week to vote on a plan to sell off its manufacturing operations, after too few shares were voted at its stockholder meeting Tuesday morning. Microsoft has beefed up the Malicious Software Removal Tool that ships with its Windows operating system so that it will detect and root out the notorious Srizbi botnet code. PC microprocessor shipments slowed in the fourth quarter and will continue to decline this year, according to an IDC survey released on Wednesday. Nokia is closing a research and development site in central Finland and will lay off 320 employees there. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_feb_11_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:42:00 GMT02:53PC Advisor, technology, news, Intel, manufacturing, CEO, invest, recession, AMD, shareholders, Microsoft, Malicious Software Removal Tool, Windows, operating system, Srizbi, botnet, PC, microprocessor, fourth quarter, IDC, Nokia, FinlandA round-up of the day's biggest technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. Google is testing a system that tracks a household's electricity consumption, allowing users of the iGoogle personalised homepage service to monitor their consumption in real time and perhaps reduce it by as much as 15 percent. A highly disruptive internet worm has claimed a new victim: the French navy. The worm, known as Conficker, forced the navy to cut network connectivity to stop the worm from spreading on its Intramar network last month. IBM and Juniper on Monday provided a sneak peek at technology that lets enterprise IT managers easily reallocate computing resources between a private and a public cloud. Intel's yearly Intel Developer Forum in Taipei is the latest victim of the economic downturn. Personal data belonging to more than 45,000 employees and retirees of the US Federal Aviation Administration was stolen after hackers broke into a computer server, the agency said Monday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 10 2009A round-up of the day's biggest technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. Google is testing a system that tracks a household's electricity consumption, allowing users of the iGoogle personalised homepage service to monitor their consumption in real time and perhaps reduce it by as much as 15 percent. A highly disruptive internet worm has claimed a new victim: the French navy. The worm, known as Conficker, forced the navy to cut network connectivity to stop the worm from spreading on its Intramar network last month. IBM and Juniper on Monday provided a sneak peek at technology that lets enterprise IT managers easily reallocate computing resources between a private and a public cloud. Intel's yearly Intel Developer Forum in Taipei is the latest victim of the economic downturn. Personal data belonging to more than 45,000 employees and retirees of the US Federal Aviation Administration was stolen after hackers broke into a computer server, the agency said Monday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_feb_10_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:16:00 GMT02:53technology news, PC Advisor, Google, electricity consumption, iGoogle, internet, worm, French navy, Conficker, network connectivity, Intramar, network, IBM, Juniper , enterprise, IT managers, computing resources, cloud, Intel, Intel Developer Forum, Taipei, economic downturn, data, US Federal Aviation Administration, hackers, computer serverToday's top technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. The European Commission has granted Mozilla, which distributes the open-source Firefox web browser, the right to join its antitrust case against Microsoft. A US judge has ruled that Mac clone-maker Psystar can continue its countersuit against Apple. Amazon is announcing the second generation of its Kindle reader today. The next version of the Linux-based mobile platform LiMo is getting closer to launch and a number of operators are promising handsets during 2009. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 9 2009Today's top technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. The European Commission has granted Mozilla, which distributes the open-source Firefox web browser, the right to join its antitrust case against Microsoft. A US judge has ruled that Mac clone-maker Psystar can continue its countersuit against Apple. Amazon is announcing the second generation of its Kindle reader today. The next version of the Linux-based mobile platform LiMo is getting closer to launch and a number of operators are promising handsets during 2009. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_09_idg_newscast.mp3Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:23:00 GMT02:30technology, news, PC Advisor, European Commission, EC, Mozilla, open-source, Firefox, web browser, antitrust, Microsoft, Mac clone, Mac, Psystar, countersuit, Apple, Amazon, second generation, Kindle, reader, Linux, mobile platform, LiMo, launch, operators , handsets, 2009 PCA's rundown of the top breaking tech news. Rumours that Microsoft will launch its own smartphones have gained steam again, with one analyst predicting that the device may be introduced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in two weeks. RIM and several of its top executives have settled with Canada's Ontario Securities Commission over charges that the company improperly backdated stock options. Four executives, including RIM's co-CEOs and chief operating officer, will pay fines totalling about $75m. Intel has confirmed that it is shipping the Atom N280 processor to PC makers, which should bring more performance and improved graphics capabilities to netbooks. Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software next week. In total, the company will issue four security updates, including two critical fixes as well as patches for Microsoft SQL Server and its Microsoft Office Visio.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 6 2009PCA's rundown of the top breaking tech news. Rumours that Microsoft will launch its own smartphones have gained steam again, with one analyst predicting that the device may be introduced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in two weeks. RIM and several of its top executives have settled with Canada's Ontario Securities Commission over charges that the company improperly backdated stock options. Four executives, including RIM's co-CEOs and chief operating officer, will pay fines totalling about $75m. Intel has confirmed that it is shipping the Atom N280 processor to PC makers, which should bring more performance and improved graphics capabilities to netbooks. Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software next week. In total, the company will issue four security updates, including two critical fixes as well as patches for Microsoft SQL Server and its Microsoft Office Visio.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_06_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:45:00 GMT02:51microsoft,smartphones,gsma mobile world congress,RIM,Ontario Securities Commission,stock,fine,Intel,Atom N280,PC,Internet Explorer,Exchange Server,technology,newsThe top technology news stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Lenovo Group President and CEO William Amelio resigned yesterday as the company reported a $97 million quarterly loss. The US House of Representatives voted yesterday to delay a transition to digital television signals until June 12, extending the original deadline by four months. Koryolink, the North Korean 3G cellular network established in mid-December by Egypt's Orascom Telecom, has attracted about 6,000 subscribers in the two weeks since it began accepting applications. Porn is often said to be the driver for new internet technologies - and that seems to go for attacks on websites too. Intel has confirmed that the eight-core, 2.3bn transistor processor it plans to detail next week is the Nehalem EX chip. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 5 2009The top technology news stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Lenovo Group President and CEO William Amelio resigned yesterday as the company reported a $97 million quarterly loss. The US House of Representatives voted yesterday to delay a transition to digital television signals until June 12, extending the original deadline by four months. Koryolink, the North Korean 3G cellular network established in mid-December by Egypt's Orascom Telecom, has attracted about 6,000 subscribers in the two weeks since it began accepting applications. Porn is often said to be the driver for new internet technologies - and that seems to go for attacks on websites too. Intel has confirmed that the eight-core, 2.3bn transistor processor it plans to detail next week is the Nehalem EX chip. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_feb_05_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:47:00 GMT03:05technology, news, IT, PC Advisor, Lenovo, William Amelio , resigned , US House of Representatives, digital television, Koryolink, North Korean, 3G, cellular, network, Orascom Telecom, Porn, Internet, technologies, Intel, eight-core, 2.3bn transistor, processor, Nehalem EX, chip. The top stories in the technology world, brought to you by PC Advisor. The trial of four Google executives charged with privacy violations opened in Milan yesterday in a ground-breaking test of European internet law. Intel has delayed the release of the quad-core Tukwila chip, its next-generation 64-bit Itanium processor designed for use in enterprise servers. Microsoft yesterday unveiled a plan to release six editions of Windows 7 and said all of them will run on a range of hardware, including netbooks. Three more executives have been indicted for their alleged roles in an LCD price-fixing scheme, the US Department of Justice said yesterday. The new charges allege that these executives from Chunghwa and LG tried to harm competition by fixing the price of TFT-LCDs. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 4 2009The top stories in the technology world, brought to you by PC Advisor. The trial of four Google executives charged with privacy violations opened in Milan yesterday in a ground-breaking test of European internet law. Intel has delayed the release of the quad-core Tukwila chip, its next-generation 64-bit Itanium processor designed for use in enterprise servers. Microsoft yesterday unveiled a plan to release six editions of Windows 7 and said all of them will run on a range of hardware, including netbooks. Three more executives have been indicted for their alleged roles in an LCD price-fixing scheme, the US Department of Justice said yesterday. The new charges allege that these executives from Chunghwa and LG tried to harm competition by fixing the price of TFT-LCDs. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_04_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:40:00 GMT02:57technology, PC Advisor, Google, privacy violations, trial, Milan, European, Internet, law, Intel, quad-core, Tukwila, chip, 64-bit, Itanium, processor, enterprise, servers, Microsoft, Windows 7, hardware, netbooks, LCD price-fixing scheme, US Department of Justice, Chunghwa, LG, TFT-LCDsToday's biggest technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. In what is believed to be the first instance of a privacy executive being held accountable for his firm's actions, Google's global privacy counsel is scheduled to appear before a criminal court in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday on charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data. Online retailers are taking orders for Intel's new Xeon server chips, providing early details of the new Nehalem-based processors ahead of the company's official launch. Microsoft is denying that there is a security hole in the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows 7 after a blogger reported it last week and posted what he said was a fix for it. Satyam Computer Services bagged 15 contracts in January, a company spokeswoman said on Monday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 3 2009Today's biggest technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. In what is believed to be the first instance of a privacy executive being held accountable for his firm's actions, Google's global privacy counsel is scheduled to appear before a criminal court in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday on charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data. Online retailers are taking orders for Intel's new Xeon server chips, providing early details of the new Nehalem-based processors ahead of the company's official launch. Microsoft is denying that there is a security hole in the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows 7 after a blogger reported it last week and posted what he said was a fix for it. Satyam Computer Services bagged 15 contracts in January, a company spokeswoman said on Monday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_03_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:05:00 GMT03:01technology news , PC Advisor, Google, privacy counsel, criminal court, Milan, Italy, defamation, personal data, Online retailers, Intel, Xeon, server chips, Nehalem, processors, Microsoft, security hole, User Account Control (UAC), Windows 7, blogger, Satyam Computer ServicesPC Advisor brings you the biggest technology news stories. Human error caused a glitch that returned the message "this site may harm your computer" for all Google search results for about an hour Saturday morning. Intel filed a lawsuit against an insurer over failure to cover legal fees on an antitrust lawsuit filed by rival chipmaker AMD. DRAM chip prices spiked last week over supply concerns after chip maker Qimonda filed for bankruptcy protection in Germany, and prices will likely continue to climb. AMD will soon introduce processors that are capable of supporting DDR3 memory, earlier than the company had anticipated. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, February 2 2009PC Advisor brings you the biggest technology news stories. Human error caused a glitch that returned the message "this site may harm your computer" for all Google search results for about an hour Saturday morning. Intel filed a lawsuit against an insurer over failure to cover legal fees on an antitrust lawsuit filed by rival chipmaker AMD. DRAM chip prices spiked last week over supply concerns after chip maker Qimonda filed for bankruptcy protection in Germany, and prices will likely continue to climb. AMD will soon introduce processors that are capable of supporting DDR3 memory, earlier than the company had anticipated. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/feb_02_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:53:00 GMT03:12PC Advisor, technology news stories, "this site may harm your computer", Google, search results, Intel, lawsuit, antitrust lawsuit, chipmaker, AMD, DRAM, chip, Qimonda, AMD , DDR3PC Advisor brings you the biggest technology news stories in the world today. New US President Barack Obama promised during his campaign to post all nonemergency legislation on WhiteHouse.gov before signing it as a way to allow the public to review and comment on it ? but yesterday, Obama appeared to break that promise with the first piece of legislation he signed into law. Oracle has issued 102 subpoenas to 99 former customers of TomorrowNow, the now-shuttered SAP subsidiary at the heart of Oracle's lawsuit against SAP, according to a court document filed this week. Nortel Networks has pulled out of a deal to resell WiMax equipment from Alvarion and help fund development of Alvarion's WiMax base stations. Sandisk yesterday armed itself with financial flexibility, announcing a deal to restructure its chip-manufacturing joint venture with Toshiba. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 30 2009PC Advisor brings you the biggest technology news stories in the world today. New US President Barack Obama promised during his campaign to post all nonemergency legislation on WhiteHouse.gov before signing it as a way to allow the public to review and comment on it ? but yesterday, Obama appeared to break that promise with the first piece of legislation he signed into law. Oracle has issued 102 subpoenas to 99 former customers of TomorrowNow, the now-shuttered SAP subsidiary at the heart of Oracle's lawsuit against SAP, according to a court document filed this week. Nortel Networks has pulled out of a deal to resell WiMax equipment from Alvarion and help fund development of Alvarion's WiMax base stations. Sandisk yesterday armed itself with financial flexibility, announcing a deal to restructure its chip-manufacturing joint venture with Toshiba. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_30_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:55:00 GMT03:20PC Advisor, technology news, US President, Barack Obama , WhiteHouse.gov, Obama, legislation, Oracle, TomorrowNow, SAP, Nortel Networks, WiMax, Alvarion, Sandisk, chip ,ToshibaBreaking technology news from around the world, brought to you by PC Advisor. PC vendor Acer sent out a notice to media announcing the launch of its first smartphones in mid-February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Lenovo has acquired a secretive startup called Switchbox Labs that was cofounded by a former Microsoft Windows executive. Intel plans to detail an eight-core Xeon processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month, offering an early look at what appears to be the company's first eight-core chip. SAP intends to reduce its global workforce to 48,500 staff by the end of this year, from 51,500 now. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 29 2009Breaking technology news from around the world, brought to you by PC Advisor. PC vendor Acer sent out a notice to media announcing the launch of its first smartphones in mid-February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Lenovo has acquired a secretive startup called Switchbox Labs that was cofounded by a former Microsoft Windows executive. Intel plans to detail an eight-core Xeon processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month, offering an early look at what appears to be the company's first eight-core chip. SAP intends to reduce its global workforce to 48,500 staff by the end of this year, from 51,500 now. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_29_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:04:00 GMT03:20technology news, PC Advisor, PC, vendor, Acer, smartphones, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Lenovo, Switchbox Labs , Microsoft, Windows , Intel, eight-core, Xeon, processor, International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, eight-core chip, SAPThe top stories from PC Advisor's Global IT News Update. A European court on Tuesday rejected a request from Intel to postpone a deadline in the European Commission's antitrust proceedings against the company. A union that is trying to organise workers at IBM is reporting that the company cut more than 2,800 jobs recently, but an IBM spokesman would only confirm that some layoffs have occurred. Tokyo Electric Power is increasing its investment in solar energy with plans to build a 10-megawatt solar plant near Tokyo. The board of Satyam Computer Services has appointed The Boston Consulting Group as management advisor, and Goldman Sachs and Avendus, an Indian investment bank, as investment bankers to advise the company on various strategic options, including bringing in a large investor in the company. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 28 2009The top stories from PC Advisor's Global IT News Update. A European court on Tuesday rejected a request from Intel to postpone a deadline in the European Commission's antitrust proceedings against the company. A union that is trying to organise workers at IBM is reporting that the company cut more than 2,800 jobs recently, but an IBM spokesman would only confirm that some layoffs have occurred. Tokyo Electric Power is increasing its investment in solar energy with plans to build a 10-megawatt solar plant near Tokyo. The board of Satyam Computer Services has appointed The Boston Consulting Group as management advisor, and Goldman Sachs and Avendus, an Indian investment bank, as investment bankers to advise the company on various strategic options, including bringing in a large investor in the company. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_28_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:13:00 GMT03:15PC Advisor, Global IT News Update, Intel , European Commission, antitrust, IBM, layoffs, Tokyo Electric Power , solar energy, Satyam Computer Services, The Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs , AvendusToday?s biggest technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. US President Barack Obama ran a successful Web 2.0 campaign last year. Now, as president, he's got to deal with a very Web 2.0 problem: hackers abusing the social networking features of his website. Virtualisation software vendor VMware reported solid results for its fourth quarter, a sign that businesses were prepared to keep spending on technologies that give a fairly quick return on investment. Sentilla has released a product that measures the electricity being consumed by individual servers in a data centre and makes recommendations based on those usage levels to help cut energy bills, the company announced Tuesday. AMD yesterday said it has no replacement planned for the aging Geode low-power processor, creating uncertainty for its use in products like future XO laptops made for the One Laptop Per Child project. Fujitsu plans to end production of read/write heads for hard-disk drives at the end of March, as part of a wider review of its disk drive business. And finally, you have a little more time to download and test the beta version of Windows 7. Microsoft has prolonged availability of the beta software to February 10, saying that the extension is due to the software's popularity. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 27 2009Today?s biggest technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. US President Barack Obama ran a successful Web 2.0 campaign last year. Now, as president, he's got to deal with a very Web 2.0 problem: hackers abusing the social networking features of his website. Virtualisation software vendor VMware reported solid results for its fourth quarter, a sign that businesses were prepared to keep spending on technologies that give a fairly quick return on investment. Sentilla has released a product that measures the electricity being consumed by individual servers in a data centre and makes recommendations based on those usage levels to help cut energy bills, the company announced Tuesday. AMD yesterday said it has no replacement planned for the aging Geode low-power processor, creating uncertainty for its use in products like future XO laptops made for the One Laptop Per Child project. Fujitsu plans to end production of read/write heads for hard-disk drives at the end of March, as part of a wider review of its disk drive business. And finally, you have a little more time to download and test the beta version of Windows 7. Microsoft has prolonged availability of the beta software to February 10, saying that the extension is due to the software's popularity. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_jan_27_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:07:00 GMT02:54technology news, PC Advisor, Barack Obama, Web 2.0, president, hackers, social networking, website, Virtualisation, software, vendor, VMware , technologies, investment, Sentilla, electricity, servers, data centre , energy bills, AMD, Geode, low-power, processor, XO, laptops, One Laptop Per Child, Fujitsu, hard-disk drives, download , test, beta, Windows 7, Microsoft, software, February 10PC Advisor?s daily update of breaking technology news stories. Sprint Nextel will lay off about 8,000 employees as part of an effort to cut annual costs by ?1.2bn, after making a huge loss during the first three quarters of 2008. Recruitment website Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including email addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen from its database. Microsoft will postpone construction of a data centre it planned to build in Iowa, but will go ahead with its data centres in Chicago and Dublin. Startup Topaz Bridge has landed the major pharmaceutical company Merck as an initial customer for Topaz Bridge S2, a native Microsoft SharePoint application that allows users to work with SAP human resources data through the SharePoint interface. And finally, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said will give $255m to help eliminate polio, a disease which affected 1,625 children worldwide last year. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 26 2009PC Advisor?s daily update of breaking technology news stories. Sprint Nextel will lay off about 8,000 employees as part of an effort to cut annual costs by ?1.2bn, after making a huge loss during the first three quarters of 2008. Recruitment website Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including email addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen from its database. Microsoft will postpone construction of a data centre it planned to build in Iowa, but will go ahead with its data centres in Chicago and Dublin. Startup Topaz Bridge has landed the major pharmaceutical company Merck as an initial customer for Topaz Bridge S2, a native Microsoft SharePoint application that allows users to work with SAP human resources data through the SharePoint interface. And finally, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said will give $255m to help eliminate polio, a disease which affected 1,625 children worldwide last year. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_jan_26_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:33:00 GMT02:41PC Advisor, technology news, Sprint Nextel , website, Monster.com, email addresses, names, phone numbers, database, Microsoft, data centre, Topaz Bridge, Merck, Microsoft SharePoint, application, SAP, SharePoint, Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationToday?s big technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Speaking to financial analysts on the heels of Microsoft's announcement of layoffs and a disappointing second quarter, CEO Steve Ballmer referred to current economic conditions as an entire recalibration that means the economy likely won't return to its previous prosperity. President Barack Obama will keep his beloved BlackBerry, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Thursday. AMD reported a steep loss and declining revenue for its fourth quarter as the chipmaker continued to suffer amid the faltering economy. Intel has asked for a meeting with AMD to discuss how its formation of The Foundry Co may affect long-standing cross-licensing agreements between the two companies. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 23 2009Today?s big technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Speaking to financial analysts on the heels of Microsoft's announcement of layoffs and a disappointing second quarter, CEO Steve Ballmer referred to current economic conditions as an entire recalibration that means the economy likely won't return to its previous prosperity. President Barack Obama will keep his beloved BlackBerry, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Thursday. AMD reported a steep loss and declining revenue for its fourth quarter as the chipmaker continued to suffer amid the faltering economy. Intel has asked for a meeting with AMD to discuss how its formation of The Foundry Co may affect long-standing cross-licensing agreements between the two companies. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_23_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:59:00 GMT03:08technology, news, PC Advisor, Microsoft, layoffs, Steve Ballmer, economic conditions, economy, President Barack Obama, BlackBerry, White House, Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, AMD, chipmaker, Intel , The Foundry CoA round-up of the day's top technology news, from PC Advisor. Intel will close four facilities and cut up to 6,000 jobs in a restructuring of its manufacturing operations announced yesterday. Apple beat expectations with its financial results for the holiday shopping quarter, a period that treated many consumer electronics companies badly. But Apple executives offered no new information about the health of CEO Steve Jobs during the company's first-quarter earnings report. Rackable Systems has turned to low-cost desktop components for a new server design that aims to provide a cheaper alternative for companies running busy web applications. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 22 2009A round-up of the day's top technology news, from PC Advisor. Intel will close four facilities and cut up to 6,000 jobs in a restructuring of its manufacturing operations announced yesterday. Apple beat expectations with its financial results for the holiday shopping quarter, a period that treated many consumer electronics companies badly. But Apple executives offered no new information about the health of CEO Steve Jobs during the company's first-quarter earnings report. Rackable Systems has turned to low-cost desktop components for a new server design that aims to provide a cheaper alternative for companies running busy web applications. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_22_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:34:00 GMT03:09technology, news, PC Advisor, Intel, Apple, CEO, Steve Jobs , Rackable Systems , low-cost desktop components, server, web applicationsThe biggest technology news in the world today. The swearing in of US President Barack Obama and the other presidential inauguration activities generated massive web traffic yesterday, leading to site slowdowns but not to a general meltdown of the internet. IBM yesterday reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2008 earnings of $3.28 per share, a 17 percent increase year-over-year, but said total revenue for the quarter dropped 6 percent to $27 billion. Qualcomm has acquired AMD?s handheld chip division for about $65 million, looking to bring greater multimedia capabilities to handsets based on its chips. Google continues to trim off its underperforming services, this time cutting one that had been met with skepticism when it launched but nevertheless garnered some support. On Tuesday, the search giant announced it would close its Print Ads service. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 21 2009The biggest technology news in the world today. The swearing in of US President Barack Obama and the other presidential inauguration activities generated massive web traffic yesterday, leading to site slowdowns but not to a general meltdown of the internet. IBM yesterday reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2008 earnings of $3.28 per share, a 17 percent increase year-over-year, but said total revenue for the quarter dropped 6 percent to $27 billion. Qualcomm has acquired AMD?s handheld chip division for about $65 million, looking to bring greater multimedia capabilities to handsets based on its chips. Google continues to trim off its underperforming services, this time cutting one that had been met with skepticism when it launched but nevertheless garnered some support. On Tuesday, the search giant announced it would close its Print Ads service. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_21_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:22:00 GMT03:14technology, news, swearing, US President, Barack Obama, presidential inauguration, web traffic, site slowdowns, internet, IBM, fiscal, 2008, earnings, revenue, Qualcomm, AMD, handheld chip, multimedia, handsets, chips, Google, Print Ads Today?s technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Intel on Monday announced price cuts across a wide range of chips used in mobile and desktop PCs, including cuts of up to 40 percent for its quad-core chips. On Monday, IBM introduced LotusLive, which it describes as a portfolio of integrated internet-hosted services for social networking and collaboration in workplaces. Chip maker AMD will shed 1,100 more jobs and cut salaries as it tries to reduce costs in a tough economic environment. IBM's Chinese subsidiary last week acquired a stake worth $15.8m in Chinese television set maker Changhong Electric. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 20 2009Today?s technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Intel on Monday announced price cuts across a wide range of chips used in mobile and desktop PCs, including cuts of up to 40 percent for its quad-core chips. On Monday, IBM introduced LotusLive, which it describes as a portfolio of integrated internet-hosted services for social networking and collaboration in workplaces. Chip maker AMD will shed 1,100 more jobs and cut salaries as it tries to reduce costs in a tough economic environment. IBM's Chinese subsidiary last week acquired a stake worth $15.8m in Chinese television set maker Changhong Electric. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_20_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:23:00 GMT03:01technology, news, PC Advisor, Intel, price cuts, chips, mobile, desktop PCs, quad-core, IBM, LotusLive, internet, hosted services , social networking, collaboration, workplaces, Chip maker, AMD, Changhong Electric. PC Advisor?s daily technology news update. Asian PC shipments were down 5 percent during the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the same period one year ago, marking the first time in a decade the region, normally known for growth, has seen shipments fall, market research firm IDC said on Monday. Microsoft's Silverlight technology has been chosen to stream US President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony live on the Presidential Inaugural Committee's website. The Indian government is reportedly veering towards the view that funds may have been siphoned out of financially troubled Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services. Three of the biggest names in consumer electronics have launched a joint nationwide recycling program in the US that allows consumers to return end-of-life gadgets at no cost for recycling. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 19 2009PC Advisor?s daily technology news update. Asian PC shipments were down 5 percent during the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the same period one year ago, marking the first time in a decade the region, normally known for growth, has seen shipments fall, market research firm IDC said on Monday. Microsoft's Silverlight technology has been chosen to stream US President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony live on the Presidential Inaugural Committee's website. The Indian government is reportedly veering towards the view that funds may have been siphoned out of financially troubled Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services. Three of the biggest names in consumer electronics have launched a joint nationwide recycling program in the US that allows consumers to return end-of-life gadgets at no cost for recycling. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_19_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:01:00 GMT03:03PC Advisor, technology, news, update, Asian PC, Microsoft, Silverlight, US President, Barack Obama, Presidential Inaugural Committee, website, Indian government, Satyam Computer Services, recyclingToday?s technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Intel's fourth-quarter profit plunged 90 percent, as the chip maker battled a worsening economy and recorded a steep loss from investments. The Ministry of Defence is in the midst of an electronic fight with a computer virus that rapidly spread through its computer. Losses at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications widened in the fourth quarter, as the company sold 6.6 million fewer phones than during the fourth quarter of 2007. Microsoft has released the first public beta of a tool that solves one of the chief complaints businesses have with Windows Vista: that older Windows applications aren't compatible with the new OS. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 16 2009Today?s technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Intel's fourth-quarter profit plunged 90 percent, as the chip maker battled a worsening economy and recorded a steep loss from investments. The Ministry of Defence is in the midst of an electronic fight with a computer virus that rapidly spread through its computer. Losses at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications widened in the fourth quarter, as the company sold 6.6 million fewer phones than during the fourth quarter of 2007. Microsoft has released the first public beta of a tool that solves one of the chief complaints businesses have with Windows Vista: that older Windows applications aren't compatible with the new OS. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_jan_16_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT02:58technology, news, PC Advisor, Intel, chip maker, economy, Ministry of Defence, virus, computer, Sony Ericsson, Mobile Communications, phones , Microsoft, beta, Windows Vista, applications, OSToday?s top technology stories, from PC Advisor. Google is planning to lay off 100 recruiters, and is closing down engineering offices in Texas, Norway, and Sweden. Google also announced it will either shut down or stop supporting several free web-based services, including Google Video, which it launched before acquiring YouTube, and Jaiku, a microblogging platform similar to the better-known Twitter. Motorola plans to lay off another 4,000 employees, mostly from its Mobile Device business, on top of the 3,000 layoffs it announced last quarter. Steve Jobs has said his health issues are more complex than he originally thought. He told Apple employees yesterday that he will take a leave of absence until the end of June. Nortel Networks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US on Wednesday, and is also seeking protection from its creditors in Canada and Europe. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 15 2009Today?s top technology stories, from PC Advisor. Google is planning to lay off 100 recruiters, and is closing down engineering offices in Texas, Norway, and Sweden. Google also announced it will either shut down or stop supporting several free web-based services, including Google Video, which it launched before acquiring YouTube, and Jaiku, a microblogging platform similar to the better-known Twitter. Motorola plans to lay off another 4,000 employees, mostly from its Mobile Device business, on top of the 3,000 layoffs it announced last quarter. Steve Jobs has said his health issues are more complex than he originally thought. He told Apple employees yesterday that he will take a leave of absence until the end of June. Nortel Networks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US on Wednesday, and is also seeking protection from its creditors in Canada and Europe. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_jan_15_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:58:00 GMT02:54technology, PC Advisor, Google, web-based services, Google Video, YouTube, Jaiku, Twitter, Motorola, Mobile Device, Steve Jobs, health issues , Apple , Nortel Networks PC Advisor?s round up of the day?s technology news. Yahoo has chosen former Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz as its next CEO to replace Jerry Yang, who announced his intention to step down in November. Microsoft this week issued its first patch for the just-released Windows 7 beta, but it passed on plugging a hole in an important file-sharing protocol that it fixed in older versions of the operating system. Google will launch on Wednesday a reseller program for the paid version of its Apps hosted collaboration and communication suite. The board of Satyam Computer Services has hired two accounting firms to restate the accounts of the scandal-ridden company. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 14 2009PC Advisor?s round up of the day?s technology news. Yahoo has chosen former Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz as its next CEO to replace Jerry Yang, who announced his intention to step down in November. Microsoft this week issued its first patch for the just-released Windows 7 beta, but it passed on plugging a hole in an important file-sharing protocol that it fixed in older versions of the operating system. Google will launch on Wednesday a reseller program for the paid version of its Apps hosted collaboration and communication suite. The board of Satyam Computer Services has hired two accounting firms to restate the accounts of the scandal-ridden company. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_jan_14_newscast.mp3Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:54:00 GMT03:30PC Advisor, technology news, Yahoo, Autodesk, CEO, Carol Bartz, Jerry Yang, Microsoft, patch,Windows 7 beta, Google, Satyam Computer Services The top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. I?m Peter Sayer in Paris. Join us again later for more news from the world of technology. Global IT spending has reached the end of a seven-year boom, according to analysts at Forrester Research. A bug found in all major browsers could make it easier for criminals to steal online banking credentials using a new type of attack called "in-session phishing," according to researchers at security vendor Trusteer. Microsoft is among the companies investing 24 million dollars in N-trig, a developer of multitouch technology. Paris Hilton's website has been hacked, serving visitors a malicious Trojan program designed to steal sensitive information from their computers. Intel may introduce ultra-low-voltage processors for inexpensive thin laptops later this year. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 13 2009The top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. I?m Peter Sayer in Paris. Join us again later for more news from the world of technology. Global IT spending has reached the end of a seven-year boom, according to analysts at Forrester Research. A bug found in all major browsers could make it easier for criminals to steal online banking credentials using a new type of attack called "in-session phishing," according to researchers at security vendor Trusteer. Microsoft is among the companies investing 24 million dollars in N-trig, a developer of multitouch technology. Paris Hilton's website has been hacked, serving visitors a malicious Trojan program designed to steal sensitive information from their computers. Intel may introduce ultra-low-voltage processors for inexpensive thin laptops later this year. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_jan_13_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:01:00 GMT02:58software, Forrester, bug, browser, PC, IT, technology, computer, techToday?s top technology news stories. Microsoft was forced to add resources to its website on Saturday to keep up with attempts to download the beta version of its next operating system, Windows 7. The Indian government appointed three members to the board of outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services on Sunday, promising that the new board will provide direction to the company, which is reeling from a financial scandal. The World Bank has barred Indian outsourcer Wipro from direct contracts with the bank, after family and friends of the bank's CIO and other senior executives purchased Wipro shares under a program set up by the company. Microsoft's latest ad campaign will try to convince businesses that software can save them money even in a turbulent economy. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 12 2009Today?s top technology news stories. Microsoft was forced to add resources to its website on Saturday to keep up with attempts to download the beta version of its next operating system, Windows 7. The Indian government appointed three members to the board of outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services on Sunday, promising that the new board will provide direction to the company, which is reeling from a financial scandal. The World Bank has barred Indian outsourcer Wipro from direct contracts with the bank, after family and friends of the bank's CIO and other senior executives purchased Wipro shares under a program set up by the company. Microsoft's latest ad campaign will try to convince businesses that software can save them money even in a turbulent economy. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_jan_12_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:58:00 GMT02:58technology, news, Windows 7, Windows, software, download, MicrosoftThe top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Troubled Satyam Computer Services attempted on Thursday to reassure customers and investors that it could keep the company afloat, but did not discuss specific measures. Palm is hoping to get back on track with its new Pre touch phone, which comes equipped with the equally new operating system webOS, both announced on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show. Asustek Computer, the world's largest motherboard maker and developer of the popular Eee PC line of netbooks, slashed its fourth quarter shipment outlook on Thursday, citing slower than expected demand for its products. Advanced Micro Devices CEO Dirk Meyer on Thursday said the company will deliver high-definition gaming and movies to devices like smartphones in an attempt to bring more usability and interactivity to the devices. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 9, 2009The top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Troubled Satyam Computer Services attempted on Thursday to reassure customers and investors that it could keep the company afloat, but did not discuss specific measures. Palm is hoping to get back on track with its new Pre touch phone, which comes equipped with the equally new operating system webOS, both announced on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show. Asustek Computer, the world's largest motherboard maker and developer of the popular Eee PC line of netbooks, slashed its fourth quarter shipment outlook on Thursday, citing slower than expected demand for its products. Advanced Micro Devices CEO Dirk Meyer on Thursday said the company will deliver high-definition gaming and movies to devices like smartphones in an attempt to bring more usability and interactivity to the devices. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_09_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:15:00 GMT03:01IDG Global IT News Update, PC Advisor, Satyam Computer Services, Palm, Pre, touchscreen, phone, operating system, webOS, Consumer Electronics Show, Asustek Computer, motherboard maker, Eee PC, netbooks, Advanced Micro Devices, CEO, Dirk Meyer, high-definition, gaming , movies, smartphonesThe biggest technology news in the world today, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia, the head of the company's server and tools division, to president, making him one of a handful of senior executives who carry this title. An independent website for IBM employees has been buzzing with rumours that the company will make significant layoffs this month. Security researchers said they've found a way to circumvent an Intel vPro security feature used to protect PCs and the programs that they run from tampering. China's government launched a month-long campaign to stamp out internet pornography on Monday, with Google's search engine topping the list of websites it wants to see crack down on pornographic content. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 6 2009The biggest technology news in the world today, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia, the head of the company's server and tools division, to president, making him one of a handful of senior executives who carry this title. An independent website for IBM employees has been buzzing with rumours that the company will make significant layoffs this month. Security researchers said they've found a way to circumvent an Intel vPro security feature used to protect PCs and the programs that they run from tampering. China's government launched a month-long campaign to stamp out internet pornography on Monday, with Google's search engine topping the list of websites it wants to see crack down on pornographic content. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_06_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:16:00 GMT03:16technology, news, today, PC Advisor, Microsoft, Bob Muglia, server , tools , website, IBM, layoffs ,Security, researchers, Intel, Intel vPro, PCs, programs, China, campaign, internet pornography, Google The top technology stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft's Zune 30GB music player just wasn't ready for a leap year. That's what owners of the devices discovered last week when they awoke to find their players frozen and unworkable. A court in Shenzhen, China, sentenced 11 members of a software counterfeiting operation last week, with the defendants getting between one and a half and six and half years in prison. The Wikimedia Foundation has raised the necessary funds to operate Wikipedia until the end of June. Samsung Electronics plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that's as thin as just 6.5mm at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, January 5 2009The top technology stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft's Zune 30GB music player just wasn't ready for a leap year. That's what owners of the devices discovered last week when they awoke to find their players frozen and unworkable. A court in Shenzhen, China, sentenced 11 members of a software counterfeiting operation last week, with the defendants getting between one and a half and six and half years in prison. The Wikimedia Foundation has raised the necessary funds to operate Wikipedia until the end of June. Samsung Electronics plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that's as thin as just 6.5mm at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/jan_05_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:05:00 GMT02:58technology, news, stories, News Update, PC Advisor, Microsoft, Zune, 30GB, music player, leap year, Shenzhen, China, software counterfeiting, operation, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, Samsung Electronics, flat-panel TV, 6.5mm, International Consumer Electronics Show, Las VegasPC Advisor's round-up of the top tech stories. Just days after patching a critical flaw in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is now warning users of a serious bug in its SQL Server database software. One day after Apple took a 3.6 percent stake in Imagination Technologies, the company that developed the technology used in the 3G iPhone's graphics chips, Intel responded by increasing its own stake in the company to 3.04 percent, and said it would consider an outright acquisition of Imagination if another bid emerged. Smartphone maker Palm has received a cash infusion from a venture capital firm that could lift the company from its sagging fortunes. Under terms of the agreement, Elevation Partners will provide $100m and increase its investment in Palm. HP has launched an application that allows users to print pictures wirelessly from an iPhone: iPrint Photo. The software also runs on the iPod Touch device.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 23 December 2008PC Advisor's round-up of the top tech stories. Just days after patching a critical flaw in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is now warning users of a serious bug in its SQL Server database software. One day after Apple took a 3.6 percent stake in Imagination Technologies, the company that developed the technology used in the 3G iPhone's graphics chips, Intel responded by increasing its own stake in the company to 3.04 percent, and said it would consider an outright acquisition of Imagination if another bid emerged. Smartphone maker Palm has received a cash infusion from a venture capital firm that could lift the company from its sagging fortunes. Under terms of the agreement, Elevation Partners will provide $100m and increase its investment in Palm. HP has launched an application that allows users to print pictures wirelessly from an iPhone: iPrint Photo. The software also runs on the iPod Touch device.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_23_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:21:00 GMT02:42internet,explorer,microsoft,sql,server,apple,imagination,technologies,iphone,3g,intel,graphics,chip,smartphone,palm,elevation,partners,hp,ipod,touch,iprint,photoPCA's rundown of the latest tech news. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has said it will no longer pursue its controversial legal strategy of filing large numbers of lawsuits against individuals for alleged music piracy. The trade group now plans to work more closely with ISPs to identify alleged copyright infringers and persuade them to stop. The global bailout of DRAM chip makers moved forward on Sunday, with Qimonda announcing a $452.3m financing deal with three parties: the German state of Saxony, a financial institution in Portugal and majority shareholder Infineon Technologies. Lenovo Group has announced the release of a ThinkPad laptop that takes the 'desktop replacement' category of notebook PCs to a new level. The ThinkPad W700ds appears to be the first laptop ever to sport two LCD screens: a 17in primary and a 10.6in secondary screen. And finally, Shanghai police have detained a woman, identified only by her surname Huang, for allegedly filming herself having sex and then posting the video on the internet.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 22 December 2008PCA's rundown of the latest tech news. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has said it will no longer pursue its controversial legal strategy of filing large numbers of lawsuits against individuals for alleged music piracy. The trade group now plans to work more closely with ISPs to identify alleged copyright infringers and persuade them to stop. The global bailout of DRAM chip makers moved forward on Sunday, with Qimonda announcing a $452.3m financing deal with three parties: the German state of Saxony, a financial institution in Portugal and majority shareholder Infineon Technologies. Lenovo Group has announced the release of a ThinkPad laptop that takes the 'desktop replacement' category of notebook PCs to a new level. The ThinkPad W700ds appears to be the first laptop ever to sport two LCD screens: a 17in primary and a 10.6in secondary screen. And finally, Shanghai police have detained a woman, identified only by her surname Huang, for allegedly filming herself having sex and then posting the video on the internet.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_22_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:09:00 GMT03:13recording,industry,association,america,riaa,music,piracy,isp,dram,qimonda,infineon,technologies,lenovo,thinkpad,laptop,dual,screen,w700ds,shanghai,huang,sex,internetThe latest technology news headlines from PC Advisor. Brazilian PC maker Positivo Informatica said it has rejected Lenovo's offer to acquire the company, but that it was open to entering an alliance with Lenovo. Sony could raise the European prices of some of its products by more than 33 percent as a result of the strengthening of the Japanese yen versus the UK pound and the euro. Research In Motion announced financial results on Thursday that matched a warning it gave earlier this month, but executives said sales of the BlackBerry Storm touch-screen handset and other new products are brightening the company's future. Red Hat has unveiled a new service aimed at making it more cost-effective for its customers to run and maintain one version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for a longer period of time, reducing management and administration costs: xtended Update Support.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 19 December 2008The latest technology news headlines from PC Advisor. Brazilian PC maker Positivo Informatica said it has rejected Lenovo's offer to acquire the company, but that it was open to entering an alliance with Lenovo. Sony could raise the European prices of some of its products by more than 33 percent as a result of the strengthening of the Japanese yen versus the UK pound and the euro. Research In Motion announced financial results on Thursday that matched a warning it gave earlier this month, but executives said sales of the BlackBerry Storm touch-screen handset and other new products are brightening the company's future. Red Hat has unveiled a new service aimed at making it more cost-effective for its customers to run and maintain one version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for a longer period of time, reducing management and administration costs: xtended Update Support.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_19_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:55:00 GMT02:49positivo,informatica,lenovo,sony,prices,yen,pound,euro,research,in,motion,rim,blackberry,storm,red,hat,enterprise,linux,xtended,update,support,technology,newsWhat's happening in the world of technology, brought to you by PC Advisor. Yahoo said yesterday that it will anonymize most of the data it collects about people's web searches after three months, a move that could put further pressure on competitors Google and Microsoft to do the same due to privacy concerns. Motorola will cut the 2009 salaries of its co-CEOs, suspend matching contributions to employee retirement accounts and freeze its pension plans in an effort to reduce costs. Speculation surrounding Wal-Mart carrying the iPhone reached fever pitch on Wednesday, with a leaked memo saying the retailer would start selling the smartphone on December 28. Mozilla has issued eight patches for its Firefox web browser, three of which fix problems classified as critical. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 18 December 2008What's happening in the world of technology, brought to you by PC Advisor. Yahoo said yesterday that it will anonymize most of the data it collects about people's web searches after three months, a move that could put further pressure on competitors Google and Microsoft to do the same due to privacy concerns. Motorola will cut the 2009 salaries of its co-CEOs, suspend matching contributions to employee retirement accounts and freeze its pension plans in an effort to reduce costs. Speculation surrounding Wal-Mart carrying the iPhone reached fever pitch on Wednesday, with a leaked memo saying the retailer would start selling the smartphone on December 28. Mozilla has issued eight patches for its Firefox web browser, three of which fix problems classified as critical. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_18_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:02:00 GMT03:04technology, PC Advisor, Yahoo, anonymize, data , web searches , Google , Microsoft , privacy concerns, Motorola , salaries, co-CEOs, pension plans , reduce costs, Wal-Mart , iPhone , leaked memo, smartphone,Mozilla ,patches ,Firefox ,Web browser, criticalAll the big technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. In a move likely to spark renewed questions about CEO Steve Jobs' health, Apple yesterday said that the keynote speech at next month's Macworld Conference & Expo will be delivered by Philip Schiller, the company's senior product marketing executive. Hoping to avert a meltdown among its five major DRAM makers, Taiwan yesterday announced plans to help them both technologically and financially. A spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs defended government censorship efforts that block access to some foreign websites, saying they had broken Chinese laws by promoting the idea that "two Chinas" exist. The amount of excess chips waiting to be placed inside gadgets is likely to triple in the final three months of this year because demand is falling at a much faster pace than anticipated, iSuppli said yesterday.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 17 December 2008All the big technology news stories, brought to you by PC Advisor. In a move likely to spark renewed questions about CEO Steve Jobs' health, Apple yesterday said that the keynote speech at next month's Macworld Conference & Expo will be delivered by Philip Schiller, the company's senior product marketing executive. Hoping to avert a meltdown among its five major DRAM makers, Taiwan yesterday announced plans to help them both technologically and financially. A spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs defended government censorship efforts that block access to some foreign websites, saying they had broken Chinese laws by promoting the idea that "two Chinas" exist. The amount of excess chips waiting to be placed inside gadgets is likely to triple in the final three months of this year because demand is falling at a much faster pace than anticipated, iSuppli said yesterday.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_17_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:19:00 GMT02:54technology, news,technology news, PC Advisor, CEO, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs health, CEO Steve Jobs, Apple , keynote speech, Macworld Conference & Expo, Philip Schiller, senior product marketing executive, DRAM makers, Taiwan, technologically , financially, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs , government censorship, foreign websites, websites, internet, web, China, Chinese laws, excess chips, demand, iSuppli The top technology news stories from around the world. Amidst signs that the long-running drama over China's 3G (third-generation) mobile licence plans is finally at an end, Motorola announced today that it was awarded a "next-generation" mobile equipment contract with China. North Korea has taken a massive leap forward in telecommunications and launched a 3G cellular network but details about the service, how much it costs and who is eligible to use it remain a mystery. A decision in the Estonian parliament has opened the door for mobile phones to be used for authenticating voters in its 2011 election. Google said yesterday it has not backed away from its support for net neutrality principles, despite a report to the contrary. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 16 December 2008The top technology news stories from around the world. Amidst signs that the long-running drama over China's 3G (third-generation) mobile licence plans is finally at an end, Motorola announced today that it was awarded a "next-generation" mobile equipment contract with China. North Korea has taken a massive leap forward in telecommunications and launched a 3G cellular network but details about the service, how much it costs and who is eligible to use it remain a mystery. A decision in the Estonian parliament has opened the door for mobile phones to be used for authenticating voters in its 2011 election. Google said yesterday it has not backed away from its support for net neutrality principles, despite a report to the contrary. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_16_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:01:00 GMT03:18technology, news, stories, China, 3G, (third-generation), mobile, licence, Motorola, mobile equipment contract, North Korea, telecommunications, 3G cellular network, Estonian parliament , mobile phones, election, Google , net neutralityToday's biggest technology news stories. Alcatel-Lucent will cut its investment in WiMax as it tries to reduce costs. Instead, it will pin its fourth-generation mobile broadband hopes on the rival LTE technology aimed at telecommunications operators, it said last week. Intel is inviting programmers to develop programs that can take advantage of the parallel computing capabilities on its future multicore processors. Microsoft may have to warn Wall Street that it will fall short of its expectations for its fiscal 2009 second quarter because of the flagging PC market, according to financial analysts who follow the company. Softening demand for a wide range of products has taken its toll on the worldwide semiconductor industry, which recorded an estimated revenue decline of $12bn for 2008 compared to last year, Gartner said in a study released on Friday.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 15 December 2008Today's biggest technology news stories. Alcatel-Lucent will cut its investment in WiMax as it tries to reduce costs. Instead, it will pin its fourth-generation mobile broadband hopes on the rival LTE technology aimed at telecommunications operators, it said last week. Intel is inviting programmers to develop programs that can take advantage of the parallel computing capabilities on its future multicore processors. Microsoft may have to warn Wall Street that it will fall short of its expectations for its fiscal 2009 second quarter because of the flagging PC market, according to financial analysts who follow the company. Softening demand for a wide range of products has taken its toll on the worldwide semiconductor industry, which recorded an estimated revenue decline of $12bn for 2008 compared to last year, Gartner said in a study released on Friday.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_15_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:41:00 GMT02:48technology, news, stories, Alcatel-Lucent, investment , WiMax, mobile broadband, LTE technology, telecommunications, Intel, programmers, programs, developers, parallel, parallel computing, multicore, multicore processors, Microsoft, Wall Street, fiscal 2009, second quarter, flagging PC, PC market, financial analysts, semiconductor, Gartner Sony falls victim to the worldwide economic crisis, the US military shows off plans for insect-sized robots, and Asustek introduces a desktop version of its hit Eee PC. All that news and more on this week?s world technology round-up.PC AdvisorWorld technology round-up, December 13 2008Sony falls victim to the worldwide economic crisis, the US military shows off plans for insect-sized robots, and Asustek introduces a desktop version of its hit Eee PC. All that news and more on this week?s world technology round-up.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/1212-wtu43_AUDIO.mp3Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:36:00 GMT08:02Sony, worldwide economic crisis, US military, insect-sized robots, robots, Asustek, Asus, desktop, desktop PC, Eee PC, Asus Eee PC, netbook, PC, computer, world technology round-upToday's top technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Lenovo is in talks to acquire PC makers, a sign that it is taking advantage of a stagnant market to expand its worldwide presence. Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser, potentially putting millions of computer users at risk -- but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw. Hewlett-Packard and Symantec are warning employees that their names and Social Security numbers may have recently fallen into criminal hands following two separate laptop thefts. Research In Motion hopes to add a content delivery platform to its offerings with a planned acquisition of Chalk Media. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 12 December 2008Today's top technology news stories, from PC Advisor. Lenovo is in talks to acquire PC makers, a sign that it is taking advantage of a stagnant market to expand its worldwide presence. Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser, potentially putting millions of computer users at risk -- but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw. Hewlett-Packard and Symantec are warning employees that their names and Social Security numbers may have recently fallen into criminal hands following two separate laptop thefts. Research In Motion hopes to add a content delivery platform to its offerings with a planned acquisition of Chalk Media. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_12_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:21:00 GMT03:25technology, news, PC Advisor, Lenovo, PC, PC makers, stagnant market, China, security, researchers, code, hack, vulnerability, Microsoft, Internet Explorer 7, browser, web browser, computer, risk, exploit, flaw, Hewlett-Packard, HP , Symantec, Social Security numbers, criminal, laptop, laptop thefts, Research In Motion, RIM, Chalk MediaThe top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Window Snyder, the head of security at Mozilla, will resign her position at the end of the year, she said in a blog post yesterday. As a bookend to a tumultuous year, Yahoo has begun handing out pink slips to about 1,500 employees, acting on an earlier announcement that it would cut at least 10 percent of its staff before year's end. Apple has registered Grand Central as a trademark. A subsidiary of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has started the hostile takeover bid for security vendor Certicom that it disclosed plans for last week.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 11 2008The top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Window Snyder, the head of security at Mozilla, will resign her position at the end of the year, she said in a blog post yesterday. As a bookend to a tumultuous year, Yahoo has begun handing out pink slips to about 1,500 employees, acting on an earlier announcement that it would cut at least 10 percent of its staff before year's end. Apple has registered Grand Central as a trademark. A subsidiary of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has started the hostile takeover bid for security vendor Certicom that it disclosed plans for last week.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_11_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:28:00 GMT02:55IDG Global IT News Update, technology news, IT news, IT, technology, PC Advisor, Window Snyder, security, Mozilla, Yahoo, 1,500 employees, Apple, Grand Central, trademark, BlackBerry , Research In Motion PC Advisor?s round-up of technology news. Google's new Flu Trends tool, which collects and analyzes search queries to predict flu outbreaks around the country, is raising concern with privacy groups. A fast-charging laptop battery that promises to last at least three years without any degradation in performance is coming to the market as an option with Hewlett-Packard laptops. Intel on Wednesday said it finished development work on manufacturing technology that will allow it to produce chips with circuitry just 32-nanometers in size, a billionth of a meter, by the fourth quarter of next year. Along with its biggest patch release in five years, Microsoft warned on Tuesday of another potentially dangerous vulnerability in its software. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 10 2008PC Advisor?s round-up of technology news. Google's new Flu Trends tool, which collects and analyzes search queries to predict flu outbreaks around the country, is raising concern with privacy groups. A fast-charging laptop battery that promises to last at least three years without any degradation in performance is coming to the market as an option with Hewlett-Packard laptops. Intel on Wednesday said it finished development work on manufacturing technology that will allow it to produce chips with circuitry just 32-nanometers in size, a billionth of a meter, by the fourth quarter of next year. Along with its biggest patch release in five years, Microsoft warned on Tuesday of another potentially dangerous vulnerability in its software. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_10_newscast.mp3Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:19:00 GMT03:37PC Advisor, technology, technology news, Google, google Flu Trends, tool, search queries, flu outbreaks, privacy, laptop, laptop battery, three years, degradation, performance, market , Hewlett-Packard, laptops, Intel, manufacturing, chips, circuitry, 32-nanometers, nanometers, fourth quarter, patch release, Microsoft, vulnerability , softwareThe top technology news stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. AMD and its Abu Dhabi investment fund partners have renegotiated the terms of their agreement, giving AMD a smaller share of its new foundry company and less money for selling a stake of the remaining chip-designing company, likely because of AMD's plunging stock price. Dell and EMC have agreed to extend their worldwide storage partnership, even though the existing deal doesn't end until 2011. For the first time, UK internet service providers have censored a Wikipedia article, one that includes an album cover image of a naked and possibly underage girl. Microsoft has released an early version of an open-source content management platform that developers can use to build sophisticated blogs or large websites, called Oxite.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, 9 December 82008The top technology news stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. AMD and its Abu Dhabi investment fund partners have renegotiated the terms of their agreement, giving AMD a smaller share of its new foundry company and less money for selling a stake of the remaining chip-designing company, likely because of AMD's plunging stock price. Dell and EMC have agreed to extend their worldwide storage partnership, even though the existing deal doesn't end until 2011. For the first time, UK internet service providers have censored a Wikipedia article, one that includes an album cover image of a naked and possibly underage girl. Microsoft has released an early version of an open-source content management platform that developers can use to build sophisticated blogs or large websites, called Oxite.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_09_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:53:00 GMT02:58technology, news, stories, PC Advisor, AMD, Abu Dhabi investment fund, agreement, chip-designing company, , stock price, Dell, EMC, worldwide storage partnership, storage, UK, internet service providers, ISPs, censored, Wikipedia, article, Microsoft , open-source, content management platform, blogs, websites, OxiteA round-up of today?s technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Google has made available an unlocked version of the G1 Google Android mobile phone. Salesforce announced Monday that it is connecting its Force.com development platform with Google's App Engine. Global economic woes haven't dampened enthusiasm for technology companies planning to go to Computex Taipei next year. In fact, 2009 will be the biggest year ever for the show. Rolling out broadband and putting more computers in schools will be pieces of a massive economic recovery package proposed by US President-elect Barack Obama.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 82008A round-up of today?s technology news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Google has made available an unlocked version of the G1 Google Android mobile phone. Salesforce announced Monday that it is connecting its Force.com development platform with Google's App Engine. Global economic woes haven't dampened enthusiasm for technology companies planning to go to Computex Taipei next year. In fact, 2009 will be the biggest year ever for the show. Rolling out broadband and putting more computers in schools will be pieces of a massive economic recovery package proposed by US President-elect Barack Obama.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/120808newscast.mp3Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:48:00 GMT03:42technology, news, technology news, PC Advisor, Google, G1, Google Android, mobile phone, Salesforce, Force.com, Google App Engine, economic woes, technology companies, Computex Taipei, 2009, broadband, computers, schools, Barack Obama.Today?s top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. AMD expects revenue for its fourth quarter to be 25 percent lower than its third-quarter revenue, it said yesterday. Microsoft confirmed yesterday that it has tapped former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its struggling Online Services Group. It's starting to look like attendance at the upcoming International Consumer Electronics Show will be considerably affected by the financial crisis that has gripped many of the companies the show serves. Third-quarter growth in the global smartphone market was its weakest year-on-year since Gartner started tracking the market, but Apple's iPhone stood apart with strong gains. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 5 2008Today?s top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. AMD expects revenue for its fourth quarter to be 25 percent lower than its third-quarter revenue, it said yesterday. Microsoft confirmed yesterday that it has tapped former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its struggling Online Services Group. It's starting to look like attendance at the upcoming International Consumer Electronics Show will be considerably affected by the financial crisis that has gripped many of the companies the show serves. Third-quarter growth in the global smartphone market was its weakest year-on-year since Gartner started tracking the market, but Apple's iPhone stood apart with strong gains. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_05_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:16:00 GMT02:48news, technology, IDG Global IT News Update, PC Advisor, AMD, fourth quarter, 25 percent, third-quarter , revenue, Microsoft , Yahoo, Qi Lu, Online Services Group, International Consumer Electronics Show, CES, financial crisis, Third-quarter growth, smartphone, market,Gartner ,Apple iPhoneTop stories from the PC Advisor technology news update today. Hit by the global economic slowdown, Adobe Systems said yesterday that it would cut 600 jobs and lowered its revenue expectations for the fourth quarter. AMD has accused Intel of deliberately stalling an EU antitrust investigation through Intel's appeal to Europe's second highest court in October. BlackBerry maker RiM's preliminary results for its just-concluded fiscal third quarter fell below its earlier forecast, with economic woes and product delays the prime culprits. A networking problem made Yahoo's website unreachable for many users on Wednesday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 4 2008Top stories from the PC Advisor technology news update today. Hit by the global economic slowdown, Adobe Systems said yesterday that it would cut 600 jobs and lowered its revenue expectations for the fourth quarter. AMD has accused Intel of deliberately stalling an EU antitrust investigation through Intel's appeal to Europe's second highest court in October. BlackBerry maker RiM's preliminary results for its just-concluded fiscal third quarter fell below its earlier forecast, with economic woes and product delays the prime culprits. A networking problem made Yahoo's website unreachable for many users on Wednesday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_04_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:43:00 GMT03:21PC Advisor, technology, news, update, global economic slowdown, Adobe Systems, revenue expectations, AMD, Intel , EU antitrust investigation, BlackBerry , RiM, , networking problem, Yahoo, websiteThe top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services. nVidia officials this week reiterated the company's interest in the mini-laptop space but said it would wait for the market to mature before jumping in. The global mobile phone handset market will contract next year as consumers hang on to their handsets longer amid tough economic times, market-research company iSuppli said today. VMware this weekreleased VMware View 3, new software aimed at providing desktop virtualisation, application virtualisation and management of virtual desktops in one product. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 3 2008The top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services. nVidia officials this week reiterated the company's interest in the mini-laptop space but said it would wait for the market to mature before jumping in. The global mobile phone handset market will contract next year as consumers hang on to their handsets longer amid tough economic times, market-research company iSuppli said today. VMware this weekreleased VMware View 3, new software aimed at providing desktop virtualisation, application virtualisation and management of virtual desktops in one product. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_02_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:56:00 GMT03:00Global IT News Update, PC Advisor, Microsoft, Windows Live, social-networking, online services, nVidia, mini-laptop space, mobile phone, phone, handset , VMware , VMware View 3, software,desktop virtualisation, application virtualisation, management of virtual desktops, product. The biggest technology news stories. Microsoft is making payback quicker on its Cashback program after the service suffered an outage last week and failed to give some people discounts they were eligible for. Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide US WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators. Global semiconductor revenue is expected to fall this year as demand for PCs and consumer electronics slows down, with the trend continuing to affect chip makers next year, analyst firm iSuppli said on Monday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 2 2008The biggest technology news stories. Microsoft is making payback quicker on its Cashback program after the service suffered an outage last week and failed to give some people discounts they were eligible for. Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide US WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators. Global semiconductor revenue is expected to fall this year as demand for PCs and consumer electronics slows down, with the trend continuing to affect chip makers next year, analyst firm iSuppli said on Monday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_02_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:49:00 GMT03:02technology news stories, Microsoft, Cashback, discounts, Sprint Nextel, wireless wide-area network operator, Clearwire , new company , nationwide, US WiMax network , WiMax, Intel, Google, cable operators, semiconductor,revenue is ,PCs , consumer electronics,chip makers, iSuppliThe biggest IT stories across the globe today. European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad. British prosecutors are investigating whether incumbent operator BT illegally tested an online advertising system without users' consent. The inquiry focuses on Webwise, a system from the company Phorm, which monitors a person's web browsing and search terms in order to serve up related advertisements. Nokia is developing a device to link mobile phones to home automation systems. Using a mobile phone, consumers will be able monitor and control security.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, December 1 2008The biggest IT stories across the globe today. European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad. British prosecutors are investigating whether incumbent operator BT illegally tested an online advertising system without users' consent. The inquiry focuses on Webwise, a system from the company Phorm, which monitors a person's web browsing and search terms in order to serve up related advertisements. Nokia is developing a device to link mobile phones to home automation systems. Using a mobile phone, consumers will be able monitor and control security.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/dec_01_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:21:00 GMT03:05IT , technology, news, European, telecommunications ministers, SMS, text messages, SMS text messages , browsing , Internet , mobile phones , abroad ,prosecutors , BT, online advertising system, Webwise, Phorm, web browsing , search terms ,advertisements, NokiaThe EU's antitrust investigation of Intel is "discriminatory and partial", the chip maker complained in an action that's detailed in a recent edition of the EU's official journal, saying it's not being permitted to properly defend itself against the charges. Bloggers pitched in offering information and other help to people worldwide as Indian police and commandos battled it out on Friday with armed terrorists in two top hotels and a residential complex in south Mumbai. The world's largest mobile phone maker is pulling out of one of the world's biggest cellular markets. Nokia said yesterday that it will stop developing handsets for NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, effectively ending a push that began five years ago when Nokia re-entered the Japanese market with the launch of 3G services there. Asus plans to debut a nature-friendly laptop PC with a casing made of bamboo on Saturday at Taiwan's IT Month exhibition. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 28 2008The EU's antitrust investigation of Intel is "discriminatory and partial", the chip maker complained in an action that's detailed in a recent edition of the EU's official journal, saying it's not being permitted to properly defend itself against the charges. Bloggers pitched in offering information and other help to people worldwide as Indian police and commandos battled it out on Friday with armed terrorists in two top hotels and a residential complex in south Mumbai. The world's largest mobile phone maker is pulling out of one of the world's biggest cellular markets. Nokia said yesterday that it will stop developing handsets for NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, effectively ending a push that began five years ago when Nokia re-entered the Japanese market with the launch of 3G services there. Asus plans to debut a nature-friendly laptop PC with a casing made of bamboo on Saturday at Taiwan's IT Month exhibition. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_28_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:12:00 GMT03:24EU, antitrust,investigation , Intel ,chip maker,Bloggers ,Indian police,terrorists,Mumbai,mobile phone, maker,Nokia,NTT DoCoMo , Softbank Mobile,3G, Japan, Asus, laptop, PC,Taiwan'The biggest technology news stories in the world today, brought to you by PC Advisor. Terrorist attacks last night in Mumbai are unlikely to make multinational technology companies change their strategies for India. The ASA has banned a video advertisement for Apple's 3G iPhone, saying yesterday that the ad exaggerates the phone's speed and is misleading. Some used PCs are being purchased not for the hardware but because people want to get their hands on a copy of Windows XP. A Missouri woman accused of creating a fake MySpace account to torment a girl who later committed suicide has been convicted on three misdemeanour counts but acquitted of felony charges.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 27 2008The biggest technology news stories in the world today, brought to you by PC Advisor. Terrorist attacks last night in Mumbai are unlikely to make multinational technology companies change their strategies for India. The ASA has banned a video advertisement for Apple's 3G iPhone, saying yesterday that the ad exaggerates the phone's speed and is misleading. Some used PCs are being purchased not for the hardware but because people want to get their hands on a copy of Windows XP. A Missouri woman accused of creating a fake MySpace account to torment a girl who later committed suicide has been convicted on three misdemeanour counts but acquitted of felony charges.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_27_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:31:00 GMT03:18technology, news, PC Advisor, Terrorist attacks, Mumbai, multinational technology companies, strategies, India, ASA , banned , video advertisement, Apple, 3G iPhone, phone, speed, PCs,hardware,Windows XP,MySpace,suicideToday?s top technology news. Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said yesterday. YouTube has just signed a site-wide licensing agreement for its content and is telling Japanese content owners that user-uploads of copyrighted content aren't necessarily a threat. The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project on Tuesday released Fedora 10, the latest version of the free Linux-based operating system.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 26 2008Today?s top technology news. Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said yesterday. YouTube has just signed a site-wide licensing agreement for its content and is telling Japanese content owners that user-uploads of copyrighted content aren't necessarily a threat. The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project on Tuesday released Fedora 10, the latest version of the free Linux-based operating system.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_26_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:04:00 GMT03:15technology news, Apple, iPod, iPhone, Apple software, software, Linux, operating system, Electronic Frontier Foundation, YouTube, website, licensing agreement, content , Japanese, copyright, Red Hat, Fedora Project , Fedora 10PC Advisor?s round-up of the biggest technology news stories in the world today. The US Federal Trade Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which the agency accused memory-maker Rambus of anticompetitive behaviour in deceiving a standards-setting body. Intel joined Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Chunghwa Telecom to launch Giga-byte Technology's M528 mobile Internet device on Monday in Taipei. A company owned jointly by Intel and memory maker Micron Technology started mass producing NAND flash memory chips using tiny 34-nanometer technology. NAND flash memory is used to store songs, movies and more in iPods, iPhones and a range of other consumer electronics goods. Sirius XM Radio has quietly fixed a bug in its satellite radio system that provided a way for former subscribers to gain free access to the Sirius service since 2002, according to security vendor TippingPoint Technologies. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 25 2008PC Advisor?s round-up of the biggest technology news stories in the world today. The US Federal Trade Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which the agency accused memory-maker Rambus of anticompetitive behaviour in deceiving a standards-setting body. Intel joined Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Chunghwa Telecom to launch Giga-byte Technology's M528 mobile Internet device on Monday in Taipei. A company owned jointly by Intel and memory maker Micron Technology started mass producing NAND flash memory chips using tiny 34-nanometer technology. NAND flash memory is used to store songs, movies and more in iPods, iPhones and a range of other consumer electronics goods. Sirius XM Radio has quietly fixed a bug in its satellite radio system that provided a way for former subscribers to gain free access to the Sirius service since 2002, according to security vendor TippingPoint Technologies. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/Nov_25_idg_newscast.mp3Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:09:00 GMT03:04PC Advisor,technology, news, US Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Supreme Court ,memory, Rambus , anticompetitive, standards-setting body, Intel , Taiwanese mobile phone service provider, Chunghwa Telecom ,Giga-byte Technology, M528 mobile Internet device,Taipei,Micron Technology,NAND flash,chips,34-nanometer technology,iPods, iPhones ,consumer electronics,Sirius XM Radio,bug,satellite radio system,security vendor, TippingPoint Technologies. The top news stories from PC Advisor. A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold with an older Microsoft OS were labeled 'Vista Capable' when in fact they could only run a basic version of Vista. Symantec is warning of a sharp jump in online attacks that appear to be targeting a recently patched bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system, an analysis that some other security companies disputed last week. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 24 2008The top news stories from PC Advisor. A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold with an older Microsoft OS were labeled 'Vista Capable' when in fact they could only run a basic version of Vista. Symantec is warning of a sharp jump in online attacks that appear to be targeting a recently patched bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system, an analysis that some other security companies disputed last week. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_24_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:08:00 GMT02:58news, PC Advisor, PC , judge, Seattle, Microsoft, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, testify, class action lawsuit, marketing campaign , Windows Vista, operating system, computers , OS, 'Vista Capable' , Vista Basic, Symantec, online attacks, patch, bug, analysis, security companies, malware, virusYahoo?s CEO says goodbye, Intel introduces a new processor, and robots run wild. All that news and more on this week?s World Tech Update.PC AdvisorPC Advisor world technology update, November 21 2008Yahoo?s CEO says goodbye, Intel introduces a new processor, and robots run wild. All that news and more on this week?s World Tech Update.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/1121-wtu40.mp3Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:32:00 GMT07:04World technology, news, update, Intel, processor, robots, Yahoo, Google, MicrosoftWhat's happening today in the world of technology. Dell's revenue dropped 3 percent and net income fell 5 percent in the third quarter of 2008, but there was some good news amongst the gloom. Verizon Wireless has suspended several employees who accessed account information for a phone formerly used by President-elect Barack Obama, the company said yesterday. The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will slightly different in 2009: many of the biggest hotels in Las Vegas still have open rooms for CES week and some are even reducing prices. And astronauts living on the International Space Station next month will install what could be a life-saving gadget - an electronic nose. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 21 2008What's happening today in the world of technology. Dell's revenue dropped 3 percent and net income fell 5 percent in the third quarter of 2008, but there was some good news amongst the gloom. Verizon Wireless has suspended several employees who accessed account information for a phone formerly used by President-elect Barack Obama, the company said yesterday. The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will slightly different in 2009: many of the biggest hotels in Las Vegas still have open rooms for CES week and some are even reducing prices. And astronauts living on the International Space Station next month will install what could be a life-saving gadget - an electronic nose. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_21_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:43:00 GMT02:48technology, news, Dell, revenue, income, 2008, Verizon Wireless, phone, US President, Barack Obama, International Consumer Electronics Show, CES, Las Vegas, 2009, International Space Station, gadget , electronic nose, PC, computer, system, software, IT The top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. A change at the helm of Yahoo won't revive a Microsoft takeover offer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday. Microsoft has announced changes to the terms of its Zune Pass subscription service, allowing subscribers to keep some tracks each month. IBM Research is to uncover work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time. A Boston-area teenager has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking and placing fake emergency phone calls in hopes of summoning police tactical response teams to the homes of his victims.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 20 2008The top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by PC Advisor. A change at the helm of Yahoo won't revive a Microsoft takeover offer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday. Microsoft has announced changes to the terms of its Zune Pass subscription service, allowing subscribers to keep some tracks each month. IBM Research is to uncover work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time. A Boston-area teenager has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking and placing fake emergency phone calls in hopes of summoning police tactical response teams to the homes of his victims.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_20_idg_newscast.mp3Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:44:00 GMT03:09PC, news, IT, technology, PC Advisor,Yahoo,Microsoft, takeover , Steve Ballmer ,Microsoft ,Zune Pass ,subscription service,IBM Research ,brain, processing power, computers,PCs,data ,hackingMore news from the world of technology. Computer systems at three London hospitals were down yesterday morning after PCs were apparently infected with a virus. Two years after trying to build a consumer antivirus business, Microsoft has decided to throw in the towel - ending retail sales of its Windows Live OneCare product at the end of June next year. Instead, it will offer Windows users free antivirus software. Judge William Alsup dismissed a Psystar lawsuit against Apple that alleged the company violated federal and state antitrust laws. Sun has added a new query analysis tool to its MySQL Enterprise.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 19 2008More news from the world of technology. Computer systems at three London hospitals were down yesterday morning after PCs were apparently infected with a virus. Two years after trying to build a consumer antivirus business, Microsoft has decided to throw in the towel - ending retail sales of its Windows Live OneCare product at the end of June next year. Instead, it will offer Windows users free antivirus software. Judge William Alsup dismissed a Psystar lawsuit against Apple that alleged the company violated federal and state antitrust laws. Sun has added a new query analysis tool to its MySQL Enterprise.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_19_newscast.mp3Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:56:00 GMT03:18news , technology , Computer systems , London hospitals, PCs , virus, antivirus , Microsoft , Windows Live OneCare, Windows , free antivirus, software, Psystar, Apple , antitrust , Sun, MySQL EnterpriseWhat's happening in the world of IT on November 18 2008. After a bungled buyout offer from Microsoft, a deal with Google that fell apart and two rounds of layoffs, Jerry Yang is calling it quits and stepping aside as chief executive of the company he cofounded, Yahoo. Symantec CEO John Thompson is retiring, too. China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone service provider, plans to open its own mobile applications store similar to those run by Apple for the iPhone and Google for its Android operating system. Support for Mac OS X and improved document format support are some of the improvements in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 9, which was released yesterday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 18 2008What's happening in the world of IT on November 18 2008. After a bungled buyout offer from Microsoft, a deal with Google that fell apart and two rounds of layoffs, Jerry Yang is calling it quits and stepping aside as chief executive of the company he cofounded, Yahoo. Symantec CEO John Thompson is retiring, too. China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone service provider, plans to open its own mobile applications store similar to those run by Apple for the iPhone and Google for its Android operating system. Support for Mac OS X and improved document format support are some of the improvements in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 9, which was released yesterday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_18_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:31:00 GMT02:53Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, software, business, internet, online, IT, Jerry Yang, Symantec, John Thompson, China Mobile, mobile, mobile phone, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Mac, Mac OS X, Sun, Sun Microsystems, StarOffice 9The biggest technology news stories from around the world. On Saturday night Intel kicked off worldwide sales of its new Core i7 processor. The One Laptop Per Child association launched its Give 1 Get 1 program for a second time, allowing people to buy one of their iconic green mini-laptops and donate one to a child in the developing world at the same time. Adobe, facing greater competition from Microsoft, is updating its Flash platform with new tools for building user interfaces for web and enterprise applications. Taiwan's largest mobile phone service provider will launch the iPhone 3G in December, a deal that may foretell a launch in China. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 17 2008The biggest technology news stories from around the world. On Saturday night Intel kicked off worldwide sales of its new Core i7 processor. The One Laptop Per Child association launched its Give 1 Get 1 program for a second time, allowing people to buy one of their iconic green mini-laptops and donate one to a child in the developing world at the same time. Adobe, facing greater competition from Microsoft, is updating its Flash platform with new tools for building user interfaces for web and enterprise applications. Taiwan's largest mobile phone service provider will launch the iPhone 3G in December, a deal that may foretell a launch in China. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_17_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:47:00 GMT02:45technology, news , Intel, Core i7, processor, One Laptop Per Child, OLPC, Give 1 Get 1, program, mini-laptops, Adobe, Microsoft, Flash, user interfaces, web, enterprise, applications, Taiwan, mobile phone, service provider, iPhone 3G, China, iPhoneNASA?s Mars lander meets an icy death, iPods present some health hazards and OLPC gets a boost. All that news and more on this week?s World Tech Update.PC AdvisorPC Advisor world technology update, November 15 2008NASA?s Mars lander meets an icy death, iPods present some health hazards and OLPC gets a boost. All that news and more on this week?s World Tech Update.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/1114-wtu39_audio.mp3Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:41:00 GMT06:31NASA, Mars lander, iPods, health hazards, OLPC, XO, Laptop, computer, space, MP3, audio, digital audio, home entertainmentTop IT news stories on Friday November 14 2008. Hoping to spark sales as companies put the squeeze on capital spending, Microsoft said new customers of its Dynamics ERP and CRM applications in some parts of the world can apply for zero-percent, 36-month financing. Barack Obama hasn't even appointed a chief technology officer yet, but thousands of people are using a website to suggest and vote on ideas they think his CTO should work on. Speculation has such high-profile leaders as Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in the running. Microsoft last week unveiled a revamped Live Search API that developers can use to embed search on websites. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, Novemer 14 2008Top IT news stories on Friday November 14 2008. Hoping to spark sales as companies put the squeeze on capital spending, Microsoft said new customers of its Dynamics ERP and CRM applications in some parts of the world can apply for zero-percent, 36-month financing. Barack Obama hasn't even appointed a chief technology officer yet, but thousands of people are using a website to suggest and vote on ideas they think his CTO should work on. Speculation has such high-profile leaders as Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in the running. Microsoft last week unveiled a revamped Live Search API that developers can use to embed search on websites. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_14_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:35:00 GMT03:02IT, news, Microsoft, Dynamics ERP, CRM, applications, Barack Obama, chief technology officer, website, CTO, Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, Microsoft, CEO, Steve Ballmer, Live Search, API , developers, search , websites , web development , technologies, technologyWorld technology news round-up. Intel yesterday cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter, the latest sign that the global financial crisis is leading to a sharp slowdown in IT spending. Dell's chief technology officer, who has been with the company for 13 years, will retire in mid-January, Dell said on Wednesday. Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 will go on sale in the US the day after Thanksgiving.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 13 2008World technology news round-up. Intel yesterday cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter, the latest sign that the global financial crisis is leading to a sharp slowdown in IT spending. Dell's chief technology officer, who has been with the company for 13 years, will retire in mid-January, Dell said on Wednesday. Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 will go on sale in the US the day after Thanksgiving.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_13_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:41:00 GMT03:09technology, Intel, global financial crisis, IT, IT spending, Dell, Sony Ericsson, Xperia X1, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1PC Advisor brings you its daily update of the biggest technology news stories from around the world. Microsoft released two security updates for its Windows operating system yesterday to patch flaws that could give attackers new ways to install malicious software on a victim's computer. SAP on Tuesday confirmed that it has hired former Oracle applications executive John Wookey. One Laptop Per Child confirmed it will start selling the XO laptop through Amazon.com on Monday. Facebook said that use of its mobile products has tripled since the beginning of the year and the popularity of some features has surprised the company. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 12 2008PC Advisor brings you its daily update of the biggest technology news stories from around the world. Microsoft released two security updates for its Windows operating system yesterday to patch flaws that could give attackers new ways to install malicious software on a victim's computer. SAP on Tuesday confirmed that it has hired former Oracle applications executive John Wookey. One Laptop Per Child confirmed it will start selling the XO laptop through Amazon.com on Monday. Facebook said that use of its mobile products has tripled since the beginning of the year and the popularity of some features has surprised the company. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_12_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:52:00 GMT02:07PC Advisor, technology, news , Microsoft, security updates, Windows, operating system, flaws, malicious software, computer, SAP, Oracle, applications, John Wookey, One Laptop Per Child, OLPC, XO, laptop, Amazon.com, Facebook, mobileToday?s biggest technology news stories. The Storm network of hacked computers, used for sending spam, could be generating as much as $2.5 million per year peddling drugs such as Viagra, according to research. John Wookey, former senior vice president of applications development at Oracle, is taking a job with Oracle's bitter rival, SAP, according to a source with knowledge of his plans. Computer systems that run the world's critical infrastructure are not as secure as they should be and insiders are mad. That's according to a survey released yesterday.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 11 2008Today?s biggest technology news stories. The Storm network of hacked computers, used for sending spam, could be generating as much as $2.5 million per year peddling drugs such as Viagra, according to research. John Wookey, former senior vice president of applications development at Oracle, is taking a job with Oracle's bitter rival, SAP, according to a source with knowledge of his plans. Computer systems that run the world's critical infrastructure are not as secure as they should be and insiders are mad. That's according to a survey released yesterday.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_11_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:21:00 GMT03:19Storm, P2P, spam, email, Viagra, John Wookey, Oracle, SAP, The biggest technology news stories from around the world. Intel on Sunday launched a home healthcare device that helps patients manage chronic conditions and connect with their doctors. The Intel Health Guide PHS6000 looks like a mini-desktop computer and collects patient data such as blood pressure, weight and blood-glucose levels. Hackers have launched a massive web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers, security vendor Kaspersky Lab warned Friday. The acquisition of Gateway's professional services unit in 2007 has come back to bite computer assembler MPC, which filed for bankruptcy Friday. Data thieves are threatening to release millions of patient records held by a US prescription drug management company unless the company pays up. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 10 2008The biggest technology news stories from around the world. Intel on Sunday launched a home healthcare device that helps patients manage chronic conditions and connect with their doctors. The Intel Health Guide PHS6000 looks like a mini-desktop computer and collects patient data such as blood pressure, weight and blood-glucose levels. Hackers have launched a massive web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers, security vendor Kaspersky Lab warned Friday. The acquisition of Gateway's professional services unit in 2007 has come back to bite computer assembler MPC, which filed for bankruptcy Friday. Data thieves are threatening to release millions of patient records held by a US prescription drug management company unless the company pays up. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_10_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:26:00 GMT03:17technology, news, IT, stories, news update, Intel, home healthcare, Intel Health Guide PHS6000, hackers, web-hacking, malware, internet, online, web, hacking, security, Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky, Gateway, MPC, data thievesYour daily global technology news update. nVidia plans to ship its new Tegra system-on-a-chip for mobile devices by the middle of next year. Google's Android mobile platform doesn't "bubble up to the top" of Microsoft's list of toughest competitors to Windows Mobile in the market for smartphone OSes, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. Apple's iPhone 3G passed Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry to take second place in third-quarter global smartphone rankings, according to a report by market researcher Canalys. Wages for US tech jobs fell significantly in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the IT staffing company Yoh Services said Thursday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 7 2008Your daily global technology news update. nVidia plans to ship its new Tegra system-on-a-chip for mobile devices by the middle of next year. Google's Android mobile platform doesn't "bubble up to the top" of Microsoft's list of toughest competitors to Windows Mobile in the market for smartphone OSes, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. Apple's iPhone 3G passed Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry to take second place in third-quarter global smartphone rankings, according to a report by market researcher Canalys. Wages for US tech jobs fell significantly in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the IT staffing company Yoh Services said Thursday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_07_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:17:00 GMT02:55technology news, nVidia, Tegra, Google Android, Microsoft, Windows Mobile, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Apple iPhone 3G, Research In Motion, RIM, BlackBerry, smartphonePC Advisor?s podcast rounds up the big technology news stories of the day. Intel will launch the next-generation Nehalem processor on November 17. Cisco saw a dramatic downturn in orders during October, a month few other large companies have yet reported on. Dell will add a new wireless option to future laptops by installing radio chips that provide connectivity over the unused television spectrum known as white spaces. Hackers have found a way to circumvent controls in the Google Android operating system used on T-Mobile's G1 mobile phone, allowing them to get around restrictions created by the phone's designers. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 6 2008PC Advisor?s podcast rounds up the big technology news stories of the day. Intel will launch the next-generation Nehalem processor on November 17. Cisco saw a dramatic downturn in orders during October, a month few other large companies have yet reported on. Dell will add a new wireless option to future laptops by installing radio chips that provide connectivity over the unused television spectrum known as white spaces. Hackers have found a way to circumvent controls in the Google Android operating system used on T-Mobile's G1 mobile phone, allowing them to get around restrictions created by the phone's designers. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_06_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:50:00 GMT02:29technology, news, technology news, IT, PC, Windows, computer, Intel, Nethalem, processor, Cisco, Dell, wireless, hackers, malware, Google, Google Android, G1, google Android G1, T-Mobile G1, phone, mobile phone, mobile, internet, broadband, online, webThe biggest technology stories on the day the US elects its first black president. Dell hopes it can better weather the economic storm by implementing a number of new cost-cutting measures, including an enhanced severance package for employees who voluntarily leave the company. The US Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to approve rules that would allow new broadband devices to operate in unused television spectrum. AT&T is capping the monthly bandwidth use of new DSL users in Reno, Nevada, to try out a system for easing the impact of heavy network users. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 5 2008The biggest technology stories on the day the US elects its first black president. Dell hopes it can better weather the economic storm by implementing a number of new cost-cutting measures, including an enhanced severance package for employees who voluntarily leave the company. The US Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to approve rules that would allow new broadband devices to operate in unused television spectrum. AT&T is capping the monthly bandwidth use of new DSL users in Reno, Nevada, to try out a system for easing the impact of heavy network users. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_05_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:42:00 GMT02:49Dell, PC, computer, desktop, laptop, IT, technology, news, broadband, online, internet, software, AT&TToday?s biggest technology news stories. Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the batteries for Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba, and the recall mirrors -- yet appears a lot smaller than -- a similar one that occurred two years ago. Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has agreed to buy Sanyo Electric, the Nikkei business daily reported today. Alibaba is no longer advertising with Chinese search engine Baidu, but said that the decision is not linked to the latter's launch this week of an e-commerce site. As the US Department of Justice prolongs its review of their search advertising deal, Google and Yahoo lean further toward scrapping their plans, The Wall Street Journal reported last week. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, November 3 2008Today?s biggest technology news stories. Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the batteries for Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba, and the recall mirrors -- yet appears a lot smaller than -- a similar one that occurred two years ago. Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has agreed to buy Sanyo Electric, the Nikkei business daily reported today. Alibaba is no longer advertising with Chinese search engine Baidu, but said that the decision is not linked to the latter's launch this week of an e-commerce site. As the US Department of Justice prolongs its review of their search advertising deal, Google and Yahoo lean further toward scrapping their plans, The Wall Street Journal reported last week. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/nov_03_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:06:00 GMT03:10technology news, technology, IT, news, tech, laptop, battery, laptop battery, recall, notebook, PC, computer, Sony, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Panasonic, Sanyo, Alibaba, Baidu, google, YahooThe top IT news stories in the world today. OpenOffice.org has released two patches for security flaws in older versions of its open-source office productivity suite. Sun Microsystems reported a $1.68 billion dollar loss for the quarter ended September 28, a performance even worse than analysts had forecast. Symantec expects to begin laying off employees next month, anticipating a slowdown in IT spending. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 31 2008The top IT news stories in the world today. OpenOffice.org has released two patches for security flaws in older versions of its open-source office productivity suite. Sun Microsystems reported a $1.68 billion dollar loss for the quarter ended September 28, a performance even worse than analysts had forecast. Symantec expects to begin laying off employees next month, anticipating a slowdown in IT spending. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_31_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:21:00 GMT03:02IT news, OpenOffice.org, office productivity suite, Sun Microsystems, SymantecThe latest breaking technology news stories. A malicious program that sprang up on Facebook in late July has surfaced again, this time using Google's websites to sneak around security filters. Networks will be the next frontier in energy efficiency if a program kicked off by router maker Juniper Networks and test-equipment vendor Ixia gains a wider following. With new compliance regulations looming in Europe, a group of vendors have formed an initiative to help businesses store and manage email. A steep decline in sales of home electronics and lower sales of car electronics led Pioneer to replace its president on Thursday, and to sharply lower financial estimates for the entire year. Mitsubishi Electric is less badly affected: it still expects to make a profit for the year to the end of March. And finally, Nintendo reported higher demand for its console and handheld gaming platforms in the third quarter. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 30 2008The latest breaking technology news stories. A malicious program that sprang up on Facebook in late July has surfaced again, this time using Google's websites to sneak around security filters. Networks will be the next frontier in energy efficiency if a program kicked off by router maker Juniper Networks and test-equipment vendor Ixia gains a wider following. With new compliance regulations looming in Europe, a group of vendors have formed an initiative to help businesses store and manage email. A steep decline in sales of home electronics and lower sales of car electronics led Pioneer to replace its president on Thursday, and to sharply lower financial estimates for the entire year. Mitsubishi Electric is less badly affected: it still expects to make a profit for the year to the end of March. And finally, Nintendo reported higher demand for its console and handheld gaming platforms in the third quarter. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_30_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:25:00 GMT03:09technology, news, Facebook, Google, Networks, Juniper Networks, Ixia, Pioneer, Mitsubishi Electric, NintendoToday?s top technology stories. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is seeking comments on a proposal that would open up the market for generic top-level domains on the internet, basically allowing anyone with $185,000 to create a new top level domain. An investment fund backed by BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has announced its first three investments. SAP is considering selling its application hosting division ahead of the launch of its long-awaited Business ByDesign on-demand ERP product. Google is beefing up its enterprise strategy with experimental features that Google Apps administrators can download and plug into their domains, quickly extending the collaboration suite's core capabilities. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 29 2008Today?s top technology stories. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is seeking comments on a proposal that would open up the market for generic top-level domains on the internet, basically allowing anyone with $185,000 to create a new top level domain. An investment fund backed by BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has announced its first three investments. SAP is considering selling its application hosting division ahead of the launch of its long-awaited Business ByDesign on-demand ERP product. Google is beefing up its enterprise strategy with experimental features that Google Apps administrators can download and plug into their domains, quickly extending the collaboration suite's core capabilities. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_29_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:02:00 GMT02:46technology, news, IT, update, computer, laptop, PC, Windows, software, internet, broadband, web, online, ICANN, domain name, BlackBerry, RiM, Mobile, phone, handset, SAP, Google, Enterprise, Google AppsThe top technology stories from the IDG Global IT News Update. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are publishing a common code of conduct relating to freedom of expression and the protection of privacy online - through a new organisation, the Global Network Initiative. Microsoft and Yahoo are also working together, with two other partners, to educate internet surfers about bogus emails abusing their brands to convince unwitting recipients that they?ve won a lottery. Software vendors are meeting later this week to discuss how to improve antivirus product tests, now often regarded as flawed or incomplete. SAP saw its profit for the third quarter fall 5 percent year on year.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 28 2008The top technology stories from the IDG Global IT News Update. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are publishing a common code of conduct relating to freedom of expression and the protection of privacy online - through a new organisation, the Global Network Initiative. Microsoft and Yahoo are also working together, with two other partners, to educate internet surfers about bogus emails abusing their brands to convince unwitting recipients that they?ve won a lottery. Software vendors are meeting later this week to discuss how to improve antivirus product tests, now often regarded as flawed or incomplete. SAP saw its profit for the third quarter fall 5 percent year on year.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_28_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:06:00 GMT02:45news, technology, IT, computer, PC, laptop, software, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, online, internet, privacy, malware, security, broadband, web, antivirusPC Advisor's rundown of the latest tech news stories. The algorithm used to secure RFID access control systems such as Boston's CharlieCard has been released as an open-source project; the code could potentially be used to travel for free or gain unauthorised access to buildings. Yahoo will launch its platform for web developers this week, part of an effort to attract more visitors to its websites by adding Facebook-like social networking features. Shares in Japan's major electronics companies slid again today, as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index hit its lowest level in 26 years and the yen strengthened against the dollar. Share prices aren't the only things shrinking in Japan: laptops are too. Toshiba released its first netbook in Japan over the weekend, with an 8.9in display.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 27 2008PC Advisor's rundown of the latest tech news stories. The algorithm used to secure RFID access control systems such as Boston's CharlieCard has been released as an open-source project; the code could potentially be used to travel for free or gain unauthorised access to buildings. Yahoo will launch its platform for web developers this week, part of an effort to attract more visitors to its websites by adding Facebook-like social networking features. Shares in Japan's major electronics companies slid again today, as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index hit its lowest level in 26 years and the yen strengthened against the dollar. Share prices aren't the only things shrinking in Japan: laptops are too. Toshiba released its first netbook in Japan over the weekend, with an 8.9in display.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_27_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:37:00 GMT02:58RFID charliecard open source algorithm yahoo facebook social networking japan nikkei 225 share prices yen dollar laptop netbook toshiba technology newsToday's biggest technology news stories. Just hours after Microsoft posted details of a critical Windows bug, new attack code that exploits the flaw has surfaced. Amazon Web Services yesterday launched a public beta of its cloud-computing service running Windows Server and SQL Server, marking the first time developers and businesses can use the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to build and host applications on Microsoft's software. SAP's venture capital arm has sunk an undisclosed sum of money into LinkedIn, the business-oriented social-networking site. Google has finally solved a problem that kept recent subscribers to its Apps suite from accessing their new Gmail accounts. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 24 2008Today's biggest technology news stories. Just hours after Microsoft posted details of a critical Windows bug, new attack code that exploits the flaw has surfaced. Amazon Web Services yesterday launched a public beta of its cloud-computing service running Windows Server and SQL Server, marking the first time developers and businesses can use the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to build and host applications on Microsoft's software. SAP's venture capital arm has sunk an undisclosed sum of money into LinkedIn, the business-oriented social-networking site. Google has finally solved a problem that kept recent subscribers to its Apps suite from accessing their new Gmail accounts. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_24_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:27:00 GMT02:48PC, technology, laptop, computer, IT, news, Microsoft, Windows, bug, internet, broadband, web, security, malware, Amazon Web Services, Windows Server, SQL Server, Cloud Computing, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, SAP, LinkedIn, Google, GmailThe biggest, breaking technology news stories from around the world. A handful of early voters in West Virginia have complained that electronic voting machines there switched their votes in the US Presidential Election, but voting officials and the e-voting vendor discounted the problem. The first day of sales for Google's Android phone hasn't quite echoed the frenzy surrounding initial iPhone sales, but a few hardy souls across the country got up early to buy the first devices available in stores. A 22-year-old University of Pennsylvania student has been sentenced to three months in prison and probation time, following a worldwide botnet computer bust. EMC reported double-digit revenue growth for the third quarter on Wednesday and forecast another revenue gain in the fourth quarter despite global economic woes. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 23 2008The biggest, breaking technology news stories from around the world. A handful of early voters in West Virginia have complained that electronic voting machines there switched their votes in the US Presidential Election, but voting officials and the e-voting vendor discounted the problem. The first day of sales for Google's Android phone hasn't quite echoed the frenzy surrounding initial iPhone sales, but a few hardy souls across the country got up early to buy the first devices available in stores. A 22-year-old University of Pennsylvania student has been sentenced to three months in prison and probation time, following a worldwide botnet computer bust. EMC reported double-digit revenue growth for the third quarter on Wednesday and forecast another revenue gain in the fourth quarter despite global economic woes. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_23_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:32:00 GMT02:43PC, technology, IT, computer, laptop, news, internet, software, broadband, online, e-voting, Android, Google, mobile phone, EMCMore breaking news stories from the world of technology. The first mobile phone based on Google's Android platform went on sale yesterday evening in San Francisco ahead of the start of sales across the US today. Next year, AMD plans to release the first of its Fusion chip family, which combines processor cores and a graphics engine on the same chip. Intel also plans to combine graphics capabilities with its processors, including low-cost Atom chips for laptops and desktops. Apple has reported a $1.14bn profit for its fiscal fourth quarter. Quarterly iPhone sales were 6.8 million units. Google is set to announce that the source code for its mobile operating system, Android, is now available for anyone to use for free.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 22 2008More breaking news stories from the world of technology. The first mobile phone based on Google's Android platform went on sale yesterday evening in San Francisco ahead of the start of sales across the US today. Next year, AMD plans to release the first of its Fusion chip family, which combines processor cores and a graphics engine on the same chip. Intel also plans to combine graphics capabilities with its processors, including low-cost Atom chips for laptops and desktops. Apple has reported a $1.14bn profit for its fiscal fourth quarter. Quarterly iPhone sales were 6.8 million units. Google is set to announce that the source code for its mobile operating system, Android, is now available for anyone to use for free.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_22_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:52:00 GMT02:59google android san francisco amd intel fusion chip processor graphics engine atom laptop desktop pc apple iphone financial results technology ITTop IT news stories from PC Advisor. Sun has warned of a big loss for the first quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, issuing preliminary results that also showed revenue falling. LG Electronics plans to construct two new production lines for solar cells at a plant in South Korea. As many as 75 percent of UK children have seen images online which have 'disturbed' them, according to the results of an online poll run by the NSPCC. Researchers have created an optical network component that they say can encrypt data traveling at 100Gbps, far outpacing current electronic encryption technologies. And finally, cyberthieves have stolen money from the personal bank account of France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 21 2008Top IT news stories from PC Advisor. Sun has warned of a big loss for the first quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, issuing preliminary results that also showed revenue falling. LG Electronics plans to construct two new production lines for solar cells at a plant in South Korea. As many as 75 percent of UK children have seen images online which have 'disturbed' them, according to the results of an online poll run by the NSPCC. Researchers have created an optical network component that they say can encrypt data traveling at 100Gbps, far outpacing current electronic encryption technologies. And finally, cyberthieves have stolen money from the personal bank account of France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_21_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:54:00 GMT02:42sun microsystems fiscal results lg electronics solar cells south korea nspcc survey optical network component encryption cybercrime nicolas sarkozy technology newsToday's breaking tech stories, starting off at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei. The first versions of the Nehalem chip will be here next month with the scheduled launch of the Core i7 desktop processors. But the mobile version of Nehalem, codenamed Clarksfield, won't be here until at least the second half of 2009, Intel has said. Intel's upcoming Moorestown chip platform will include optional support for Wimax and HSPA high-speed cellular data services when it hits the market in 2009 or 2010. Toshiba will partially buy out SanDisk's stake in two flash memory production joint ventures the companies are running in Japan under a provisional deal. Engineers at Panasonic in Japan have succeeded in reducing the size of a prototype methanol fuel cell so that it is no larger than a laptop battery pack but provides all-day power. And finally, Red Hat president and CEO Jim Whitehurst expects the enterprise open-source software business to emerge from the economic crisis in relatively better shape than the proprietary market.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 20 2008Today's breaking tech stories, starting off at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei. The first versions of the Nehalem chip will be here next month with the scheduled launch of the Core i7 desktop processors. But the mobile version of Nehalem, codenamed Clarksfield, won't be here until at least the second half of 2009, Intel has said. Intel's upcoming Moorestown chip platform will include optional support for Wimax and HSPA high-speed cellular data services when it hits the market in 2009 or 2010. Toshiba will partially buy out SanDisk's stake in two flash memory production joint ventures the companies are running in Japan under a provisional deal. Engineers at Panasonic in Japan have succeeded in reducing the size of a prototype methanol fuel cell so that it is no larger than a laptop battery pack but provides all-day power. And finally, Red Hat president and CEO Jim Whitehurst expects the enterprise open-source software business to emerge from the economic crisis in relatively better shape than the proprietary market.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_20_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:14:00 GMT03:15intel developer forum taipei nehalem core i7 processors mobile clarksfield moorestown wimax toshiba sandisk flash memory panasonic methanol fuel cell red hat open sourcePC Advisor brings you breaking news stories from the world of IT. A prolonged, ongoing Gmail outage has some Google Apps administrators pulling their hair out as their end users, including high-ranking executives, complain loudly while they wait for service to be restored. AMD reported a narrower loss than expected for its third quarter on increased sales of its microprocessors and graphics chips. Microsoft has said it is not pursuing an acquisition of Yahoo, despite public comments by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggesting a deal between the two companies might still be on the table. Microsoft is considering giving its Windows client OS the capability to be turned on very rapidly by allowing users only limited access to the OS, a concept it's calling 'Instant On', according to a survey Microsoft conducted.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 17 2008PC Advisor brings you breaking news stories from the world of IT. A prolonged, ongoing Gmail outage has some Google Apps administrators pulling their hair out as their end users, including high-ranking executives, complain loudly while they wait for service to be restored. AMD reported a narrower loss than expected for its third quarter on increased sales of its microprocessors and graphics chips. Microsoft has said it is not pursuing an acquisition of Yahoo, despite public comments by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggesting a deal between the two companies might still be on the table. Microsoft is considering giving its Windows client OS the capability to be turned on very rapidly by allowing users only limited access to the OS, a concept it's calling 'Instant On', according to a survey Microsoft conducted.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_17_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:43:00 GMT03:00google gmail amd third quarter results microprocessors graphics chips microsoft yahoo steve ballmer windows client operating system instant onUp-to-the-minute news stories from the world of technology. Adobe Systems has released a new version of its Flash Player software, fixing a critical security bug that could make the internet a dangerous place for web surfers. Intel has acquired the assets of NetEffect, a maker of ethernet chips and adaptors for high-performance computing clusters, for $8m. A woman accused of helping spam kingpin Alan Ralsky send out tens of millions of unwanted email messages each day has pleaded guilty to spam charges. Prototype wireless broadband devices operating in television spectrum were frequently, but not always, able to sense TV stations and wireless microphones operating in the spectrum and avoid causing interference, according to a report by the US Federal Communications Commission.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 16 2008Up-to-the-minute news stories from the world of technology. Adobe Systems has released a new version of its Flash Player software, fixing a critical security bug that could make the internet a dangerous place for web surfers. Intel has acquired the assets of NetEffect, a maker of ethernet chips and adaptors for high-performance computing clusters, for $8m. A woman accused of helping spam kingpin Alan Ralsky send out tens of millions of unwanted email messages each day has pleaded guilty to spam charges. Prototype wireless broadband devices operating in television spectrum were frequently, but not always, able to sense TV stations and wireless microphones operating in the spectrum and avoid causing interference, according to a report by the US Federal Communications Commission.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_16_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT02:58adobe flash player intel neteffect ethernet spam email alan ralsky wireless broadband interference tv spectrum technologyToday?s top technology news. Despite the ongoing financial crisis that is weighing down some tech companies, Intel earnings were up in the third quarter, narrowly beating analyst expectations. Google will appeal two German court decisions that found it violated copyright law by showing thumbnails of works by two artists in search results. Microsoft is sticking with the name Windows 7 when it releases the next version of its client operating system, according to Mike Nash, corporate vice president of product management. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 15 2008Today?s top technology news. Despite the ongoing financial crisis that is weighing down some tech companies, Intel earnings were up in the third quarter, narrowly beating analyst expectations. Google will appeal two German court decisions that found it violated copyright law by showing thumbnails of works by two artists in search results. Microsoft is sticking with the name Windows 7 when it releases the next version of its client operating system, according to Mike Nash, corporate vice president of product management. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_15_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:59:00 GMT02:31technology, news, update, IT, computer, PC, laptop, internet, software, tech, online, broadband, web, Intel, Google, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7PC Advisor?s daily round-up of the biggest technology news stories. Scammers are sending out phoney emails that claim to include critical Windows security alerts, Microsoft warned yesterday. The US DoJ won't file criminal charges over the pricing and marketing strategies of graphics chipmaker ATI, now owned by AMD, the company said yesterday. Sun Microsystems has doubled the capacity of its Niagara servers with the four-socket Sparc Enterprise T5440 system, designed for running corporate databases and ERP applications. The release of a new version of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite hit a snag yesterday when the community experienced website problems that made downloading the suite extremely slow and at times impossible for users. IDGNSPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 14 2008PC Advisor?s daily round-up of the biggest technology news stories. Scammers are sending out phoney emails that claim to include critical Windows security alerts, Microsoft warned yesterday. The US DoJ won't file criminal charges over the pricing and marketing strategies of graphics chipmaker ATI, now owned by AMD, the company said yesterday. Sun Microsystems has doubled the capacity of its Niagara servers with the four-socket Sparc Enterprise T5440 system, designed for running corporate databases and ERP applications. The release of a new version of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite hit a snag yesterday when the community experienced website problems that made downloading the suite extremely slow and at times impossible for users. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_14_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:02:00 GMT02:41technology, news, IT, software, PC, computer, laptop, internet, broadband, Windows, security, malware, spam, scam, Microsoft, AMD, ATI, DoJ, chips, processor, manufacturer, Sun Microsystems, Niagara, servers, Sparc Enterprise T5440, database, corporate, ERP, OpenOffice.org, office, productivity suiteMore news from the world of technology. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said last week that his company will emerge unscathed from the current economic situation, and in fact may "come out of this downturn stronger than we ever have before?. Microsoft is suing DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in Texas. A number of servers at the World Bank were repeatedly breached for more than a year by different intruders but it is not clear how much data might have been compromised in the attacks, Fox News reported Friday. LG Electronics will later this year launch an updated version of its Prada phone with a qwerty keyboard that slides out to the lefthand side of the handset. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 13 2008More news from the world of technology. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said last week that his company will emerge unscathed from the current economic situation, and in fact may "come out of this downturn stronger than we ever have before?. Microsoft is suing DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in Texas. A number of servers at the World Bank were repeatedly breached for more than a year by different intruders but it is not clear how much data might have been compromised in the attacks, Fox News reported Friday. LG Electronics will later this year launch an updated version of its Prada phone with a qwerty keyboard that slides out to the lefthand side of the handset. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/oct_13_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:16:00 GMT02:44news, technology, IT, computer, laptop, stories, update, Oracle, economic, Microsoft, Xbox, World Bank, data breach, LG, LG Prada, qwerty, tech, internet, software, broadband, PCThe latest breaking IT news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft plans to improve Windows Vista's much-maligned user account control feature, UAC, in the next version of its Windows client OS. Microsoft will ship 11 security updates - four of them rated critical - for next week's Patch Tuesday. Amazon's cloud computing subsidiary will introduce a tiered pricing structure for its S3 hosted storage service next month, cutting prices for high-volume customers. Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest outsourcer, saw slower growth in third-quarter revenue and profits, reflecting the impact of the economic crisis in the US, its largest market.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 10 2008The latest breaking IT news, brought to you by PC Advisor. Microsoft plans to improve Windows Vista's much-maligned user account control feature, UAC, in the next version of its Windows client OS. Microsoft will ship 11 security updates - four of them rated critical - for next week's Patch Tuesday. Amazon's cloud computing subsidiary will introduce a tiered pricing structure for its S3 hosted storage service next month, cutting prices for high-volume customers. Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest outsourcer, saw slower growth in third-quarter revenue and profits, reflecting the impact of the economic crisis in the US, its largest market.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_10_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:46:00 GMT02:35microsoft windows vista uac patch tuesday amazon cloud computing s3 hosted storage infosys technologies india it tech computingToday?s top technology news. Network operators Vodafone and Verizon Wireless will sell Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm smartphone from next month. Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new low-cost desktop PC the Eee Box that the machine shipped with a virus. Citigroup has sold its Indian business process outsourcing arm Citigroup Global Services to Tata Consultancy Services for about $505 million. Wikia Search is rolling out a platform that developers can use to create applications for this open-source search engine. Called Wikia Intelligent Search Extensions, or WISE, the platform aims to encourage programmers to create applications that sharpen the search engine's ability to answer queries right from the search results page. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 8 2008Today?s top technology news. Network operators Vodafone and Verizon Wireless will sell Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm smartphone from next month. Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new low-cost desktop PC the Eee Box that the machine shipped with a virus. Citigroup has sold its Indian business process outsourcing arm Citigroup Global Services to Tata Consultancy Services for about $505 million. Wikia Search is rolling out a platform that developers can use to create applications for this open-source search engine. Called Wikia Intelligent Search Extensions, or WISE, the platform aims to encourage programmers to create applications that sharpen the search engine's ability to answer queries right from the search results page. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_08_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:45:00 GMT03:02news, technology, IT, computer, PC, laptop, Vodafone, Verizon, software, mobile, mobile phone, internet, broadband, RIM, Research in Motion, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, smartphone, Asus, Asustek, Eee, Eee PC, Eee Box, virus, malware, security, Wikia, Search, Wikipedia, WISEThe latest breaking news stories from the world of IT. AMD is preparing to spin off its chip manufacturing operations into a joint venture in an attempt to cut costs. SAP is suffering from the turmoil in the world's stock markets over the past several weeks. Toshiba plans to release its first commercial direct methanol fuel cell by the end of March. Researchers have published a cryptographic algorithm and source code that could be used to duplicate smart cards used by several major transit systems, including the London Oyster card. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 7 2008The latest breaking news stories from the world of IT. AMD is preparing to spin off its chip manufacturing operations into a joint venture in an attempt to cut costs. SAP is suffering from the turmoil in the world's stock markets over the past several weeks. Toshiba plans to release its first commercial direct methanol fuel cell by the end of March. Researchers have published a cryptographic algorithm and source code that could be used to duplicate smart cards used by several major transit systems, including the London Oyster card. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_07_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:11:00 GMT02:41news, IT, PC, stories, update, laptop, computer, software, broadband, internet, AMD, chip, processor, SAP, Toshiba, Oyster card, expert advice you can trust, technologyThe top technology news stories, every day. T-Mobile has admitted losing a disk containing personal information on about 17 million of its customers in early 2006. Microsoft will help PC makers to downgrade Windows Vista to Windows XP for six months longer than it originally planned. Republican campaigners in Missouri are beefing up security after a laptop containing strategic information was stolen from a campaign field office of presidential contender John McCain. Japanese cellular operator Softbank Mobile has signed its first major corporate contract for the iPhone 3G. It will sell 1,000 of the phones to management and technology consultancy BearingPoint. eBay will lay off 1,000 staff worldwide, saving it around 150 million dollars a year. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 6 2008The top technology news stories, every day. T-Mobile has admitted losing a disk containing personal information on about 17 million of its customers in early 2006. Microsoft will help PC makers to downgrade Windows Vista to Windows XP for six months longer than it originally planned. Republican campaigners in Missouri are beefing up security after a laptop containing strategic information was stolen from a campaign field office of presidential contender John McCain. Japanese cellular operator Softbank Mobile has signed its first major corporate contract for the iPhone 3G. It will sell 1,000 of the phones to management and technology consultancy BearingPoint. eBay will lay off 1,000 staff worldwide, saving it around 150 million dollars a year. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_06_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:49:00 GMT03:05technology, news, IT, PC, laptop, mobile phone, internet, broadband, software, 3G, T-Mobile, data, security, disk, Microsoft, Windows, XP, Vista, eBayThe biggest IT news stories across the globe. Finnish phone maker Nokia launched its first touch-screen phone on Thursday, intending to one-up Apple's iPhone on features and be competitively priced. Skype?s president said yesterday he had no idea that the Tom-Skype software distributed to Skype users in China was logging chat messages and storing them on a publicly accessible server. California has become the second US state to pass a law making it illegal to steal data from RFID (radio frequency identification) cards. Internet infrastructure vendors are working on patches for a set of security flaws that could help hackers knock servers offline with very little effort. Two European men have been indicted for allegedly orchestrating cyberattacks against two online sellers of satellite TV receivers, a continuation of the first successful US investigation ever into distributed denial-of-service attacks, according to the US Department of Justice.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 3 2008The biggest IT news stories across the globe. Finnish phone maker Nokia launched its first touch-screen phone on Thursday, intending to one-up Apple's iPhone on features and be competitively priced. Skype?s president said yesterday he had no idea that the Tom-Skype software distributed to Skype users in China was logging chat messages and storing them on a publicly accessible server. California has become the second US state to pass a law making it illegal to steal data from RFID (radio frequency identification) cards. Internet infrastructure vendors are working on patches for a set of security flaws that could help hackers knock servers offline with very little effort. Two European men have been indicted for allegedly orchestrating cyberattacks against two online sellers of satellite TV receivers, a continuation of the first successful US investigation ever into distributed denial-of-service attacks, according to the US Department of Justice.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_03_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:29:00 GMT02:58It, news, technology, software, tech, computer, laptop, PC, online, broadband, internet, Finnish, nokia, touch-screen, phone, mobile, Apple iPhone, iPhone, Apple, Skype, China, RFID, California, web, cybercrime, PC security, malware, cyberattacks, More news from the world of technology. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed a few details on Wednesday of a forthcoming operating system that will help developers write internet-based applications. The data on the radio chips in so-called e-passports can be cloned and modified without detection, representing a gaping security hole in next-generation border control systems, according to security researchers. Nintendo is refreshing its two-year old DS Lite handheld game console with a thinner version with two digital cameras. IDGNSPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 2 2008More news from the world of technology. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed a few details on Wednesday of a forthcoming operating system that will help developers write internet-based applications. The data on the radio chips in so-called e-passports can be cloned and modified without detection, representing a gaping security hole in next-generation border control systems, according to security researchers. Nintendo is refreshing its two-year old DS Lite handheld game console with a thinner version with two digital cameras. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_02_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:12:00 GMT02:54PC, laptop, news, software, technology, IT, internet, broadband, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, operating system, cloud, Windows, e-passports, Nintendo, DS LiteToday?s biggest breaking IT news stories. Nokia plans to buy Oz Communications, a Canadian company that develops mobile phone software for accessing instant-messaging services from AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft. RealNetworks and the Motion Picture Association of America have filed dueling lawsuits against one other over a product that allows people to copy DVDs. AMD said its Shanghai processor is on track to ship in servers by the end of the year and sought to reassure customers that the problems that delayed its previous server chip, Barcelona, are a thing of the past. NTT DoCoMo's Separate Phone prototype dramatically rethinks what a cellular phone can be like, but the handset isn't for the absent minded. The Separate Phone comes in two parts, one with a touch-sensitive display and another with a keypad. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, October 1 2008Today?s biggest breaking IT news stories. Nokia plans to buy Oz Communications, a Canadian company that develops mobile phone software for accessing instant-messaging services from AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft. RealNetworks and the Motion Picture Association of America have filed dueling lawsuits against one other over a product that allows people to copy DVDs. AMD said its Shanghai processor is on track to ship in servers by the end of the year and sought to reassure customers that the problems that delayed its previous server chip, Barcelona, are a thing of the past. NTT DoCoMo's Separate Phone prototype dramatically rethinks what a cellular phone can be like, but the handset isn't for the absent minded. The Separate Phone comes in two parts, one with a touch-sensitive display and another with a keypad. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_oct_01_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:29:00 GMT02:38 News, technology, IT, computer, laptop, software, broadband, mobile, internet, web, PC, Nokia, Oz Communications, mobile phone, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft, IM, Real Networks, MPAA, DVD, AMD, Shanghai, Barcelona, Chip, processor, servers, NTT DoCoMo, keypadThe biggest technology news stories in the world today. PC makers Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba, along with network operators Orange, Telef?nica, Telecom Italia, T-Mobile and Vodafone and seven other companies have come up with a new brand, ?Mobile Broadband,? that will use to identify compatible devices and services. A security researcher plans to detail a browser clickjacking vulnerability that is indirectly related to Adobe Systems' products next month. IBM has released a version of Lotus Notes for Apple's iPhone as a free download from the AppStore. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed technology that can fence off microprocessor bugs and keep them from seizing up a PC. Nokia said it will stop developing its enterprise mobile email platform Intellisync.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 30 2008The biggest technology news stories in the world today. PC makers Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba, along with network operators Orange, Telef?nica, Telecom Italia, T-Mobile and Vodafone and seven other companies have come up with a new brand, ?Mobile Broadband,? that will use to identify compatible devices and services. A security researcher plans to detail a browser clickjacking vulnerability that is indirectly related to Adobe Systems' products next month. IBM has released a version of Lotus Notes for Apple's iPhone as a free download from the AppStore. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed technology that can fence off microprocessor bugs and keep them from seizing up a PC. Nokia said it will stop developing its enterprise mobile email platform Intellisync.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_sept_30_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:00 GMT02:47Technology, news, IT, laptops, PC, computer, software, broadband, internet, web, desktop, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia, T-Mobile, Vodafone, mobile, phone, broadband, 3G, Adobe, malware, vulnerability, IBM, Lotus Notes, iPhone, Apple, AppStore, Nokia.Today?s biggest breaking technology news stories. Google has applied for a US patent on a technology that could allow mobile phone users in search of the lowest prices or the highest bandwidth to switch carriers multiple times a day - perhaps even mid-call. Sprint Nextel launched its mobile Wimax broadband network in the city of Baltimore on Monday. Microsoft and Washington state are cracking down on scammers who bombard computer users with fake warning messages in hopes of selling them useless software. Sanyo Electric is planning to substantially expand production of solar-cell wafers with the construction of a new factory in the US. Developers working on the WebKit browser rendering engine announced late last week that the newest build of the software has aced all of the requirements of an important test of web standards, the Acid3 test. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 29 2008Today?s biggest breaking technology news stories. Google has applied for a US patent on a technology that could allow mobile phone users in search of the lowest prices or the highest bandwidth to switch carriers multiple times a day - perhaps even mid-call. Sprint Nextel launched its mobile Wimax broadband network in the city of Baltimore on Monday. Microsoft and Washington state are cracking down on scammers who bombard computer users with fake warning messages in hopes of selling them useless software. Sanyo Electric is planning to substantially expand production of solar-cell wafers with the construction of a new factory in the US. Developers working on the WebKit browser rendering engine announced late last week that the newest build of the software has aced all of the requirements of an important test of web standards, the Acid3 test. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_sept_29_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:39:00 GMT02:45technology, news, IT, update, stories, Google, mobile phone, mobile, Sprint Nexel, Wimax, Microsoft, Washington, computer, laptop, software, broadband, online, Sanyo Electric, WebKit, Acid3test, internet, browser, applicationTodays breaking technology news stories. Apple is selling the iPhone 3G on its Apple Store website in Hong Kong, promising the phones "can be activated with any wireless carrier?. T-Mobile is backpedaling on the limit it placed on the so-called unlimited data plan that will accompany its Android phone, but the operator isn't saying exactly what the new terms will be. China's official Xinhua News Agency ran a story on Thursday announcing ground controllers were tracking Chinese astronauts sent aloft for the country's first spacewalk, complete with details and quotes from the astronauts. There was just one problem: the astronauts had yet to blast off for the spacewalk, which is scheduled for the early hours of Saturday morning, Beijing time. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 26 2008Todays breaking technology news stories. Apple is selling the iPhone 3G on its Apple Store website in Hong Kong, promising the phones "can be activated with any wireless carrier?. T-Mobile is backpedaling on the limit it placed on the so-called unlimited data plan that will accompany its Android phone, but the operator isn't saying exactly what the new terms will be. China's official Xinhua News Agency ran a story on Thursday announcing ground controllers were tracking Chinese astronauts sent aloft for the country's first spacewalk, complete with details and quotes from the astronauts. There was just one problem: the astronauts had yet to blast off for the spacewalk, which is scheduled for the early hours of Saturday morning, Beijing time. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_26_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:20:00 GMT03:09PC, news, laptop, technology, IT, computer, software, internet, broadband, Apple, iPhone, iPhone 3G, Apple Store, T-Mobile, Google, Android, Your top IT news. Google cofounder Larry Page blasted as unfair recent interference tests of prototype devices that would deliver wireless broadband on unused television spectrum. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison yesterday announced two hardware products developed with HP that are designed to provide very high performance for data warehousing applications. The US Department of Justice has opposed a copyright protection bill awaiting action in the U.S. Senate, saying the legislation could force DOJ lawyers to do the work that large copyright owners should be doing themselves. An appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Qualcomm did indeed infringe two Broadcom patents, and upheld an earlier injunction on products that use the patents. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 25 2008Your top IT news. Google cofounder Larry Page blasted as unfair recent interference tests of prototype devices that would deliver wireless broadband on unused television spectrum. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison yesterday announced two hardware products developed with HP that are designed to provide very high performance for data warehousing applications. The US Department of Justice has opposed a copyright protection bill awaiting action in the U.S. Senate, saying the legislation could force DOJ lawyers to do the work that large copyright owners should be doing themselves. An appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Qualcomm did indeed infringe two Broadcom patents, and upheld an earlier injunction on products that use the patents. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_25_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:30:00 GMT02:36Google, internet, PC, laptop, computer, software, broadband, web, wireless, TV, Oracle, HP, hardware, products, server, US, DoJ, Department of justice, copyright, lawyer, Qualcomm, broadcomToday's top technology news: T-Mobile, Google and HTC unveiled the long-awaited Google Android on Tuesday, revealing pricing, availability and some of the initial applications. There?s a review of the T-Mobile G1 on PCAdvisor.co.uk/reviews. Meanwhile, pressure from computer security researchers may have knocked ISP Intercage offline, but not for long. Sprint Nextel will hold an event "celebrating" its WiMax mobile broadband network in Baltimore on October 8, although the carrier says the network will launch by the end of September as promised. And Amazon's hosted Simple Queue Service, or SQS, has encountered performance problems this month that have prompted users to question its stability. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 24 2008Today's top technology news: T-Mobile, Google and HTC unveiled the long-awaited Google Android on Tuesday, revealing pricing, availability and some of the initial applications. There?s a review of the T-Mobile G1 on PCAdvisor.co.uk/reviews. Meanwhile, pressure from computer security researchers may have knocked ISP Intercage offline, but not for long. Sprint Nextel will hold an event "celebrating" its WiMax mobile broadband network in Baltimore on October 8, although the carrier says the network will launch by the end of September as promised. And Amazon's hosted Simple Queue Service, or SQS, has encountered performance problems this month that have prompted users to question its stability. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_24_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:32:00 GMT02:28IT, technology, news, update, global, PC, laptop, software, internet, online, web, broadband, computer, business, T-Mobile, Google, HTC, T-Mobile G1, Android, Google Android, phone, mobile, handset, launch, WiMax, Sprint, Sprint Nexel, AmazonThe biggest breaking technology news brought to you by PC Advisor from around the world. McAfee has agreed to buy network security specialist Secure Computing in a deal worth around $465m. Notorious ISP Intercage, AKA Atrivo, was knocked offline late Saturday night when the last upstream provider connecting it to the internet's backbone, Pacific Internet Exchange, terminated Intercage's service. The contract price of mainstream DRAM chips has plunged nearly 18 percent in two weeks to reach record lows, an online clearinghouse for the chips reported yesterday. Intel officially started selling its dual-core Atom 300 processor on Monday, charging $43 for the chip. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 23 2008The biggest breaking technology news brought to you by PC Advisor from around the world. McAfee has agreed to buy network security specialist Secure Computing in a deal worth around $465m. Notorious ISP Intercage, AKA Atrivo, was knocked offline late Saturday night when the last upstream provider connecting it to the internet's backbone, Pacific Internet Exchange, terminated Intercage's service. The contract price of mainstream DRAM chips has plunged nearly 18 percent in two weeks to reach record lows, an online clearinghouse for the chips reported yesterday. Intel officially started selling its dual-core Atom 300 processor on Monday, charging $43 for the chip. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_23_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:02:00 GMT02:57technology, news, IT, update, round-up, PC, laptop, software, security, online, broadband, internet, McAfee, Secure Computing, Intercage, Atrivo, Pacific Internet Exchange, DRAM, Intel, Atom, chip, processorThe biggest technology news stories from around the world today. The long-awaited introduction of the first phone running Google's Android software happens tomorrow, but some experts warn phone users not to get their hopes up too high. Just days after publishing US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal email messages, the Wikileaks website has published data about members who signed up for a section of Fox Television host Bill O'Reilly's website. Google has stepped up its defence of its proposed advertising deal with competitor Yahoo amid calls for the US Department of Justice to investigate the agreement. Google is closing an engineering centre in Tempe, Arizona, two years after it opened because the work being done there has been too "fragmented?. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 22 2008The biggest technology news stories from around the world today. The long-awaited introduction of the first phone running Google's Android software happens tomorrow, but some experts warn phone users not to get their hopes up too high. Just days after publishing US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal email messages, the Wikileaks website has published data about members who signed up for a section of Fox Television host Bill O'Reilly's website. Google has stepped up its defence of its proposed advertising deal with competitor Yahoo amid calls for the US Department of Justice to investigate the agreement. Google is closing an engineering centre in Tempe, Arizona, two years after it opened because the work being done there has been too "fragmented?. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_22_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:38:00 GMT02:56news, technology, IT, software, internet, PC, computer, phone, mobile, Google, Google Android, Sarah Palin, email, Wikileaks, website, Yahoo, US DoJ, laptop, Windows, broadband, onlineYour daily update of the biggest technology stories in the world. Even though a smattering of IT vendors including Dell and Nortel issued earnings warnings this week, industry insiders remain hopeful that tech companies won't be dragged down as Wall Street giants collapse. Amazon plans to expand its roster of hosted computing services for developers with a content delivery network. Graphics chip developer Nvidia plans to lay off 6.5 percent of its workforce. IBM announced plans to expand a hardware design centre in Taiwan due to the strong engineering work being done at the fledgling operation. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 19 2008Your daily update of the biggest technology stories in the world. Even though a smattering of IT vendors including Dell and Nortel issued earnings warnings this week, industry insiders remain hopeful that tech companies won't be dragged down as Wall Street giants collapse. Amazon plans to expand its roster of hosted computing services for developers with a content delivery network. Graphics chip developer Nvidia plans to lay off 6.5 percent of its workforce. IBM announced plans to expand a hardware design centre in Taiwan due to the strong engineering work being done at the fledgling operation. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_19_earlynewscast.mp3Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:13:00 GMT02:44Dell, Nortel, News, technology, IT, PC, laptop, software, internet, online, broadband, tech, Wall Street, Amazon, nVidiaThe biggest IT stories from around the world on September 18 2008. Hackers say they have gained access to US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo account and published some of its contents on the Wikileaks website. Security experts and other citizens in Mumbai, India, are planning a drive to make people in the city and the rest of the country more aware of the need to secure their Wi-Fi networks. Google and General Electric have partnered to accelerate the development of new energy technologies and government policies. Hewlett-Packard is getting ready to launch the ExDS storage system, which will use up to 820 1TB drives for file-based storage, packaged in two 42U cabinets. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 18 2008The biggest IT stories from around the world on September 18 2008. Hackers say they have gained access to US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo account and published some of its contents on the Wikileaks website. Security experts and other citizens in Mumbai, India, are planning a drive to make people in the city and the rest of the country more aware of the need to secure their Wi-Fi networks. Google and General Electric have partnered to accelerate the development of new energy technologies and government policies. Hewlett-Packard is getting ready to launch the ExDS storage system, which will use up to 820 1TB drives for file-based storage, packaged in two 42U cabinets. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_18_earlynewscast.mp3Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:04:00 GMT02:36IT, tech, news, update, PC, laptop, Sarah Palin, Yahoo, hackers, security, online, Wikileaks, Wi-Fi, secured, google, General Electric, HP, Hewlett-Packard, ExDSToday?s technology news round-up. SanDisk has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from hardware maker Samsung Electronics, saying that it undervalues the maker of flash storage cards. The US Department of Homeland Security has been ineffective in coordinating government cybersecurity efforts and should be stripped of its authority in the area, members of a private cybersecurity task force told members of the US Congress. VMware's CEO made his pitch on Tuesday for a new type of operating system for the data centre, and in the process assigned the "traditional OS" to the dustbin of history. Cisco is targeting video, virtualisation and collaboration as key areas of growth while pursuing 21 other initiatives at the same time, Chairman and CEO John Chambers told financial analysts on Tuesday. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 17 2008Today?s technology news round-up. SanDisk has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from hardware maker Samsung Electronics, saying that it undervalues the maker of flash storage cards. The US Department of Homeland Security has been ineffective in coordinating government cybersecurity efforts and should be stripped of its authority in the area, members of a private cybersecurity task force told members of the US Congress. VMware's CEO made his pitch on Tuesday for a new type of operating system for the data centre, and in the process assigned the "traditional OS" to the dustbin of history. Cisco is targeting video, virtualisation and collaboration as key areas of growth while pursuing 21 other initiatives at the same time, Chairman and CEO John Chambers told financial analysts on Tuesday. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_17_earlynewscast.mp3Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:17:00 GMT02:59technology, it, news, update, round-up, SanDisk, Samsung, US Department of Homeland Security, US Congress, cybersecurity, internet, security, online, PC, laptop, software, VMWare, CiscoYour daily global technology news update from PC Advisor. Apple has finally fixed a critical Internet security flaw that it failed to properly patch in late July. HP will lay off almost 25,000 employees over the next three years in an effort to streamline the company following its acquisition last month of systems integrator Electronic Data Systems for $13.9bn. Intel's Xeon 7400 server chips, formerly called Dunnington, are now available in six-core and quad-core models for systems with four or more processors. The government of Peru will run the first ever trial of Microsoft Windows on the low-cost XO laptop distributed by the One Laptop Per Child association. PC maker Lenovo says it will enter the global server market later this month, shipping systems for small and medium-size businesses.PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 16 2008Your daily global technology news update from PC Advisor. Apple has finally fixed a critical Internet security flaw that it failed to properly patch in late July. HP will lay off almost 25,000 employees over the next three years in an effort to streamline the company following its acquisition last month of systems integrator Electronic Data Systems for $13.9bn. Intel's Xeon 7400 server chips, formerly called Dunnington, are now available in six-core and quad-core models for systems with four or more processors. The government of Peru will run the first ever trial of Microsoft Windows on the low-cost XO laptop distributed by the One Laptop Per Child association. PC maker Lenovo says it will enter the global server market later this month, shipping systems for small and medium-size businesses.http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/idg_sept_16_earlynewscast.mp3Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:11:00 GMT02:56It, technology, news, PC, laptop, software, online, broadband, computer, Apple, flaw, critical, internet, HP, Electronic Data Systems, Intel, Xeon 7400, chips, processors, servers, Dunnington, six-core, quad-core, Windows, microsoft, XO, OLPC, LenovoThe latest on all the biggest technology news stories in the world today. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, will launch a foundation focused on extending the capabilities of the web and bringing the internet to all the world's people. Thousands of air passengers in Japan saw their flights cancelled or delayed on Sunday after computer system trouble at All Nippon Airways led to problems with the airline's check-in system nationwide. Finding ways to limit DoS attacks and SMS spam by making it harder to spoof the origin of electronic communications is on the agenda at a telecommunications standards meeting next week -- but civil rights advocates worry it could put an end to anonymity on the internet. Dell is continuing to push its image as a provider of simple-to-use IT products, but it also may be trying to move upmarket, with a number of announcements designed around virtualisation. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 15 2008The latest on all the biggest technology news stories in the world today. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, will launch a foundation focused on extending the capabilities of the web and bringing the internet to all the world's people. Thousands of air passengers in Japan saw their flights cancelled or delayed on Sunday after computer system trouble at All Nippon Airways led to problems with the airline's check-in system nationwide. Finding ways to limit DoS attacks and SMS spam by making it harder to spoof the origin of electronic communications is on the agenda at a telecommunications standards meeting next week -- but civil rights advocates worry it could put an end to anonymity on the internet. Dell is continuing to push its image as a provider of simple-to-use IT products, but it also may be trying to move upmarket, with a number of announcements designed around virtualisation. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_15_earlynewscast.mp3Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:51:00 GMT02:33News, technology, internet, broadband, web, online, software, Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor, Dell, DoS, SMS, spam, attack, security, online, IT, PC, laptop, virtualisation, computer, All Nippon AirwaysThe biggest technology news stories from around the globe today. The European Commission welcomed Google's reduction in data retention times for people's search data but it urged the company and its rivals to go even further in order to safeguard European citizens' privacy. RIM, typically considered an enterprise device developer, continues to push its consumer strategy with new services announced Thursday, including MySpace and Tivo applications and a music service for BlackBerry users. PC AdvisorPC Advisor technology news round-up, September 12 2008The biggest technology news stories from around the globe today. The European Commission welcomed Google's reduction in data retention times for people's search data but it urged the company and its rivals to go even further in order to safeguard European citizens' privacy. RIM, typically considered an enterprise device developer, continues to push its consumer strategy with new services announced Thursday, including MySpace and Tivo applications and a music service for BlackBerry users. http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/podcasts/1/sept_12_earlynewscast1.mp3Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:02:00 GMT02:42IT, technology, news, stories, PC, laptop, internet, software, broadband, Google, RIM, smartphone, phone, handset, PDA, mobile, BlackBerryToday?s top IT stories from around the world. With costs related to a rogue network administrator's hijacking of San Francisco?s city ne