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Apple and Google in Christmas showdown
09/01/2012 15:02:24
The fight for dominance in the smartphone market has intensified in the key selling period leading up to Christmas, with the fierce contest between Apple and Google’s Android leaving little room for rivals as they battle for supremacy.
Google search home page revamp promotes other services
09/01/2012 14:54:54
Google is rolling out one of its biggest home page changes to date. The revamp strips its front page of the black bar that currently runs horizontally along its top, and replaces it with a grey logo.
PC viruses are mostly your fault, Microsoft says
27/12/2011 14:08:12
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- If your computer is infected, it's probably because of something you did, according to a Microsoft study released this week.
Microsoft unveils its new Windows 8 operating system
20/12/2011 14:54:34
Microsoft has taken the wraps off the next generation of its Windows operating system. Windows 8 is designed to run on tablet computers, as well as desktop and laptop PCs.
Facebook sets up data centre in Lapland, Sweden
12/12/2011 10:13:54
Facebook is heading to Swedish Lapland, lured not by Father Christmas, but because of the climate. Temperatures in the city of Lulea, in the north-east of the country, make it the perfect location for the social media giant's first non-US data centre. It means it can use outside air for cooling its servers for up to 10 months of the year.
Microsoft Signs Nondisclosure Agreement With Yahoo
25/11/2011 14:53:39
Potential bidders for Yahoo include, from left, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Glenn Hutchins of Silver Lake, David Bonderman of TPG Capital and Jack Ma of Alibaba.
Textbooks Finally Take a Big Leap to Digital
25/11/2011 14:43:50
PARIS — Amazon, which got its start selling books online, announced this year that, for the first time, its digital books had outsold paper books. This trend of going digital does not hold true for all books: While many popular consumer books have successfully made the switch into the new format, textbooks are still widely read on paper.
A Scholarly Role for Consumer Technology
25/11/2011 14:38:54
PARIS — During a one-week welcoming event here for the General Management Program at the business school Essec, incoming students are introduced to the school, the curriculum and the staff. At the end, they are handed what educators there see as one of their most important learning tools: an iPad.
Why mobile payments haven't gone mainstream
25/11/2011 14:34:06
Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age.
Water Pump Hack Paints Picture of Leaky Utility Security
25/11/2011 14:30:44
A burned-out water pump at an Illinois water company appears to be the work of computer hackers, and the fact that they were able to make their way into a public utility's system has raised concern about the safety of such systems everywhere. The attack apparently involved SCADA systems: supervisory control and data acquisition.
The Fretful Future of Flash
25/11/2011 14:15:08
Adobe's decision to back away from mobile Flash has raised questions about whether desktop Flash will soon fade away as well. That possibility would put current Flash developers through a difficult transition, though the change wouldn't likely happen overnight. Meanwhile, just because Adobe's given up on mobile Flash doesn't mean all device makers have chosen to follow suit.
Galaxy Nexus Volume Bug Has Users Screaming and Shouting
25/11/2011 14:11:27
Early buyers of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android phone in the UK have begun to complain about a glitchy volume control. Bugs found in early handset shipments are becoming more common. Some of the glitches happen because manufacturers know that they can fix problems remotely, said In-Stat's Allen Nogee.
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