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Semi biz starts to cool off

1 hour 15 min ago
Mobile chips warming up as PC chips chill

While chip makers are not white-knuckled with fear as they were during the economic meltdown of late 2008 and early 2009, they were hoping that the recent boom in chip sales would hold for a couple of quarters — and it probably won't.…

Microsoft freshens retro code lock-down tool

1 hour 24 min ago
Teaching old apps new tricks

Microsoft has released a new version of a software tool that developers and administrators can use to harden older applications against common vulnerabilities.…

Jobs moves to the heavens with Apple TV

1 hour 28 min ago
You rent from his cloud

Analysis  With its Apple TV revamp announced Wednesday, Apple dipped its toes into the entertainment cloud — if you'll forgive a muddled metaphor. It's a tentative baby step, but expect more cloudy offerings from Cupertino if the experiment is a success.…

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Microsoft buffs Silverlight for HTML5 video contest

2 hours 25 min ago
'We're more consistent. And we're here'

Microsoft has tried to justify its Silverlight media player in the age of HTML5.…

Twitter tightens grip on own firehose

3 hours 8 min ago
Microbloggy thing tracks all links clicked

Twitter is on a mission to regain control of its own firehose.…

Wikileaks founder blasts reopening of rape probe

3 hours 58 min ago
New 'unrelated' case filed in US

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has blasted Sweden's investigation into allegations against him for sexual misconduct after prosecutors reopened a probe into charges he raped a woman last month.…

Microsoft slings mud in VMware living room

5 hours 14 min ago
Taunts estranged son

VMworld  Microsoft's assault on VMware knows no bounds.…

LaCie catches ultra-small USB Flash drive bug

6 hours 20 min ago
MosKeyto flies in

Ordinary USB Flash drives to darn big for you? LaCie's new MosKeyto protrudes a mere 6mm from the USB port it's connected to.…

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HyTrust takes auditing, monitoring to the clouds

6 hours 32 min ago
Safe SOX for your virtual box

VMworld  Virtual security appliance maker HyTrust is revving up its wares with a new 2.1 release and positioning itself as the go-to partner for auditing and compliance for VMware's new vCloud Director.…

Dell throws in 3PAR towel

6 hours 51 min ago
HP pumps fist

Dell has admitted defeat in its attempt to buy 3PAR.…

HMRC issues CD-rom alert to employers

7 hours 9 min ago
Quaint system to be replaced in 2011

HM Revenue and Customs has warned employers who use its Employer CD-rom to update it immediately to avoid miscalculations.…

Toshiba touts £329 Folio Android tablet

7 hours 19 min ago
'Failio' spec?

Do computer companies never learn from history? Clearly not, if Toshiba is anything to go by. Today, it launched its Android tablet, revealing the gadget is called Folio.…

US loses last chance for free wireless

7 hours 42 min ago
Never a flyer, but finally grounded for good

An audacious plan to provide free wireless internet access across the US has finally been killed off by the FCC, much to the delight of the cellular industry.…

AOL goes soul-searching with Google in 5-year deal

8 hours 7 min ago
Gets into mobile search (result), agrees to provide content to YouTube (not so much)

AOL has signed a deal with Google to make it the sole provider for paid text-based search and contextual ads on the company's US websites for the next five years.…

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iTunes update plugs WebKit flaw

8 hours 9 min ago
Ping-pong

The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.…

Boris bikes for tourists delayed till year end

8 hours 18 min ago
Systems not robust enough

Visitors to London, and anyone else without a full account, will not be able to hire Boris bikes until the end of the year.…

HP bids $2.4bn for 3PAR

8 hours 38 min ago
Dell's new offer given drubbing

HP has raised its bid for 3PAR to $33 a share, around $2.4bn, beating a revised Dell offer made earlier today.…

Apple states tax take on UK iPod pricing

9 hours 22 min ago
You pay this, we take that, George Osborne gets the other, Eurocrats get the rest

Apple has made it explicitly clear how much more its charging UK consumers for its kit than US-based buyers.…

Jobs takes swing at Google over Android activations

9 hours 45 min ago
Who's got the bigger count?

Google and Apple's bush war flared up again as Steve Jobs apparently cast aspersions over Android's activation numbers as he unveiled Apple's latest iPod and TV scrub-up yesterday.…

Apple inks Ping trademark deal with golf gear maker

9 hours 57 min ago
Orange Ping sticks to sweet stuff

Apple cleared the use of the word Ping with golf company PING before using the name for its new Web2.0 music look-up feature in iTunes.…

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