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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays

AP News yesterday

Google expects new operating system to be running low-cost computers by 2010 holiday season Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost ...

Google adding automatic captions to YouTube videos

AP News yesterday

Google adding automatic captioning service on YouTube to aid the deaf and hearing-impaired Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world. Google Inc. said Thursday it is introducing automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its YouTube site. The new ...

House lawmakers push ban on peer-to-peer software

AP News 2 days ago

Lawmakers want to restrict use of 'peer-to-peer' after disclosure of ethics committee report Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet ...

"Call of Duty" game sells $550 million in five days

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 2 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said its video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" scored record sales of $550 million in its first five days, but the company is still concerned about weak consumer spending. The game, a "first-person-shooter" ...

Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China

AP News 2 days ago

Chinese court tells Microsoft to stop some Windows sales in China in licensing dispute A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier. The ...

China orders Microsoft to halt some Windows sales

Reuters US Online Report Business News 2 days ago

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreements. The ruling, issued by Beijing's No. 1 ...

Survey finds Mac, PC users are equal cybercrime victims

SC Magazine 2 days ago

Because of phishing, operating a Mac yields no more protection from cybercrime than running a Windows machine, according to a survey conducted by security firm ESET. Mac enthusiasts are just as likely to fall victim to a phishing attack as Windows users, ...

China court rules against Microsoft in IPR case: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News 2 days ago

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese court has ruled that Microsoft <MSFT.0> infringed a Chinese software maker's intellectual property rights in a surprise decision that has renewed concerns about China's management of IPR disputes, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The paper reported ...

Google image search gets a 'swirl'

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages. "What Image Swirl does is it really organizes automatically image search results into groups and sub-groups," ...

Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

AP News 3 days ago

Microsoft to start charging for access to cloud computing system Windows Azure in February Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system. Now, the company ...

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