Sunday, June 8, 2008

Daily News Digest: Technology News

FTC opens formal probe of Intel chip business
Amazon.com has problems for more than 2 hours
Gartner: Smart phone sales double in North America
New play explores what search reveals about us
Icahn recommends Yahoo set a ${dlvDollarSign}49.5B sale price
Taiwan says pioneering WiMAX points way to the future
Apple Expected to Address IT Concerns at WWDC
T-Mobile sues Starbucks over AT&T Internet deal
Open Source Awards Accepting Nominations
Ending the Hardware/Software Rat Race
Serving up Life in an Online World
Ninjas, Legos a good summer start for gamers
--> FTC opens formal probe of Intel chip business
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:29 am PDT
AP - Escalating the world's largest computer chip maker's legal woes, the Federal
TradeCommission has opened a formal probe into Intel Corp.'s sales tactics, a victoryfor its much
smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Full Story Top
Amazon.com has problems for more than 2 hours
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:58 pm PDT
AP - Amazon.com's Web site experienced problems in North America for more than two hoursin the
middle of the day Friday because of system issues, the online retailer said. Full Story Top
Gartner: Smart phone sales double in North America
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:10 pm PDT
AP - Sales of "smart" phones doubled in North America in the first quarter, outstrippingthe
category's growth in the rest of the world, according to a report by researchfirm Gartner. Full
Story Top
New play explores what search reveals about us
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:59 am PDT
AP - They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human
mold.White camellia. Dying Elmo. Full Story Top
Icahn recommends Yahoo set a ${dlvDollarSign}49.5B sale price
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:31 pm PDT
AP - Hoping to negotiate a compromise, activist investor Carl Icahn urged Yahoo Inc.
todeclare it is willing to accept a takeover offer of ${dlvDollarSign}49.5 billion â€" about
${dlvDollarSign}2billion above Microsoft Corp.'s last bid for the Internet pioneer. Full Story
Top
Taiwan says pioneering WiMAX points way to the future
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:44 pm PDT
AFP - Residents in Taipei have been able to access wireless mobile Internet services
inmuch of the city since a programme launched by former mayor Ma Ying-jeou was completedin 2006.
Full Story Top
Apple Expected to Address IT Concerns at WWDC
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:41 pm PDT
NewsFactor - Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week in San Francisco is
widelyexpected to serve as the forum for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' unveiling of a new 3GiPhone. Full
Story Top
T-Mobile sues Starbucks over AT&T Internet deal
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:32 pm PDT
Reuters - T-Mobile USA is suing Starbucks, saying the coffee shop chain secretly colluded
withAT&T to offer free WiFi Internet access in its cafes despite an exclusive agreementwith
T-Mobile. Full Story Top
Open Source Awards Accepting Nominations
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:41 pm PDT
PC World - SourceForge.net's annual Community Choice awards highlight the most promisingopen
source projects-- and the most troubled. Full Story Top
Ending the Hardware/Software Rat Race
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:01 pm PDT
PC World - Could Microsoft's decision to extend the sales deadline for Windows XP signala
major strategic shift? Full Story Top
Serving up Life in an Online World
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:40 pm PDT
PC World - Thomas John Watson Sr. was the president of IBM during its years of spectacular
growthin the 1920s through the 1950s. It was... Full Story Top
Ninjas, Legos a good summer start for gamers
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:51 am PDT


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