In dropping felony charges against former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn over the HP spying scandal, the state of California acknowledged Wednesday that despite the bravado and bluster of its charges, it just didn’t have a Continue reading “Anticlimactic end to HP case – Charges Dropped”.…more
Google will start making its records about users’ searches anonymous after 18 to 24 months under a policy announced Wednesday. Until now, the dominant search company has indefinitely retained a log of every search, with Continue reading “Google to make search logs anonymous”.…more
Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled an upgraded version of its ultra mobile personal computer (UMPC) in a move to boost disappointing sales. I hope that the battery on this one really does last longer than Continue reading “Samsung tries again with new ultralight PC”.…more
During a recent press event in Hong Kong, Rudy Provoost, CEO of Philips Consumer Electronics said the company has decided to phase out of the PDP (plasma display panel) TV market and focus on LCD Continue reading “Philips pulling out of PDP TV market”.…more
U.S. stocks sold off at midday Wednesday, breaking an early standoff between bargain hunters and bears. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 101 points, or 0.8%, to 11,975, putting it below 12,000 for the first Continue reading “The Dow Drops Below 12,000”.…more
SanDisk beats out Samsung in releasing a “large” capacity solid state drive for notebooks. The benefits are faster read/writes, less power consumption and less risk of damage due to kinetic shock. The SanDisk SSD SATA Continue reading “SanDisk intros 2.5-inch 32GB SSD hard drive”.…more
MTV owner Viacom Inc. said Tuesday it has sued YouTube and its corporate parent Google Inc. in federal court for alleged copyright infringement and is seeking more than $1 billion in damages. Shares of Google Continue reading “Viacom Sues YouTube For $1 Billion”.…more
Cisco says it has agreed to acquire closely-held NeoPath, a file management and network storage developer. The deal gives Cisco more file server technology to beef up its storage and data infrastructure product offerings. Terms Continue reading “Cisco Buys Network Storage Developer NeoPath”.…more
Kingston Technology has stopped selling NAND flash disk drives that support U3, the platform advocated by SanDisk, due to the observed cost pressure from royalty payments, according to sources at the company. A quick look Continue reading “Rumor: Kingston stops selling U3 products”.…more