Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was asked by U.S. securities regulators to give a deposition in a lawsuit against the company’s former general counsel involving stock options backdating. Engadget gives their take on the Continue reading “Steve Jobs Subpoenaed over Stock Option Backdating”.…more
Online search giant Google Inc. is expanding the volume of advertising that it delivers to mobile devices, hoping to make more money from the expanding audience of consumers surfing the Web when they’re away from Continue reading “Google Unveils Mobile Ads Service”.…more
Today marks the official 25th anniversary of the first emoticon, also known as the smiley face. Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott Fahlman claims to be the inventor of this emoticon, a colon followed by a Continue reading “Smiley Emoticon Turns 25”.…more
At the Embedded Systems Conference this week, AMD announced the addition of three new low power AMD Athlon 64 processors to its embedded product lineup. These new single-core processors are compatible with existing AM2 motherboards Continue reading “AMD Announces Three New Low Power Athlons”.…more
Lexar Media, Inc., a subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc., today launched its first Crucial Ballistix double data rate (DDR)3 memory modules, providing increased memory performance for the ardent PC gamer and computing enthusiast. As the Continue reading “Crucial Announces Availability of DDR3 Memory Kits”.…more
Monday night, Google announced the launch of its long-awaited, Web-based competitor to PowerPoint. Google Presentations, which is free, is part of the company’s online office suite, Google Docs. Right off the bat, you will notice Continue reading “Google Presentations Gets a Go”.…more
Apple Inc.’s iPhone will go on sale in Britain and the UK on Nov. 9 will have the O2 network as its exclusive carrier, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Tuesday. The 8-gigabyte model will sell Continue reading “Apple Launches iPhone in UK”.…more
Arrrrgh. Wednesday, September 19th be international Talk Like A Pirate Day, and to celebrate, me hearties at www.crucial.com be givin away thar treasure: two 2GB custom memory upgrades. Shiver me timbers! But, you have t’ Continue reading “Crucial’s ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day’ Contest”.…more