- One helluva week for Microsoft, Leopard notwithstanding
- CNET News - October 26, 2007
- On the heels of beating out Google to buy a piece of Facebook, Redmond racks up its fastest-growing quarter in seven years.
ISO Fails to Fast-Track Microsoft's OOXML- Digital Trends News - September 4, 2007
- In a bit of a blow to Microsoft's efforts to have its Open Office XML (OOXML) document format ratified as an international standard, members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) failed to turn in enough "yes" votes to fast-trac...
Blackberry 8800 / 8830 / 8820- Reviewed.com - August 26, 2007
- The BlackBerry 8800 is standard BlackBerry excellence. It has all the features that have made BlackBerries so popular, such as outstanding e-mail support, and a slew of new features, like an improved keyboard and the new trackball control, all things...
Disney Tries to Enrich Music CDs with CDVU+- Digital Trends News - July 19, 2007
- Disney music label Hollywood Records is looking to offset the industry-wide decline in traditional music CD sales by offering up a new CD format which packs discs with exclusive digital extras. Dubbed CDVU+ (CD View Plus), the discs will feature trad...
Apple Launches DRM-Free iTunes Plus- Digital Trends News - May 30, 2007
- Apple today launched iTunes Plus, a new addition to its existing iTunes service which offers AAC music tracks from major label EMI at 256 Kbps encoding (twice the rate of standard iTunes purchases) at $1.29 per track—and without Apple's FairPla...
Halo 3 Beta Goes Live After 11-Hour Delay- Digital Trends News - May 17, 2007
- It appeared as if Microsoft’s launch of the Halo 3 beta was prepared to go off without a hitch yesterday morning. The public relations machine was in high gear, forums were buzzing, and Crackdown buyers were standing by. Then the official openi...
802.11n Products Coming in Late June- Digital Trends News - May 16, 2007
- The alphabet soup surrounding Wi-Fi standards is set to get a little thicker. In addition to the 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g standards, 802.11n will be making its way to store shelves in late June. The Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry association which ...
- Microsoft criticized for Open XML petition
- CNET News - April 5, 2007
- Company urges fast-track standardization of Office Open XML; open-source advocates say Microsoft is worried rivals will gain too much ground.
- New Wi-Fi standard edges toward final ratification
- CNET News - March 12, 2007
- Blog: The next-generation Wi-Fi standard 802.11n is still on track toward full ratification. Late Friday, Draft 2.0 of the...
- Microsoft's standards choice
- CNET News - February 22, 2007
- Opera Software's Håkon Wium Lie says Microsoft's recent letter about IBM undermining standards contradict its own track record.
Sony Ericsson K790a Review- Digital Trends News - January 16, 2007
- Snip:"Camera ergonomics are exemplary. Turn the cell horizontally, push down the lens cover on the back, and the camera is activated. There's a self-portrait mirror and a Xenon flash around the Carl Zeiss lens. Both the standard soft keys become...
StudioTech Introduces E-1 Plasma TV Stand- Digital Trends News - December 12, 2006
- StudioTech has introduced the holy grail of plasma TV stands and component racks with the E-1. "The eye-catching design of the E-1 projects strength, yet at the same time also simplicity and lightness. Floating glass shelves on an exposed ...
Contra Comes to Xbox Live Arcade- Digital Trends News - November 7, 2006
- Gamers of…well, gamers of a certain age apparently have dim, dust-covered memories of a genre called the "side-scrolling shooter." In these games jagged, pixelated backgrounds advanced from right to left across the screen at a fixed pace, and ...
- Nielsen to Track In-Game Ads
- Digital Trends News - October 18, 2006
- Further solidifying the market for in-game advertising, Nielsen today announced the launch of GamePlay Metrics, a new tracking tool that monitors the buying and selling of advertising both in-game and other platforms such as TV and the net.The new Ga...
- Podcast: Why AMD and IBM have each others' back
- CNET News - July 21, 2006
- Why AMD and IBM have each others' back... Romania cracks down on Internet critics...The small fry want a say in setting open source standards