Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:41:28 +0100
Analyst: 'big 'bang' to hit PC and handset industry
PC and handset industry will clash on tweener products like Netbooks and smartphones.
Zune Pass adds 10 permanent downloads per month
Microsoft's subscription music offering just got better.
Microsoft, labels try to revive subscriptions
Those who pay for a $14.95 a month Zune Pass will now get to keep 10 songs a month regardless of whether they remain subscribers.
Filling Yahoo's CEO vacancy
All Things Digital's Kara Swisher talks with CNET's Dan Farber about who she believes will succeed the deposed Jerry Yang as Yahoo CEO.
The Digital Home Video: Stop complaining about DRM
Stop complaining about DRM. Please.
The Digital Home 41: New beginnings and other stuff
In this episode, Don Reisinger says good-bye to PC Magazine and examines what the company can do to turn things around. He also talks about Apple, HP, and chats with Mio about the GPS industry.
Yahoo's search for a new CEO
With Jerry Yang poised to step down, who will take the helm and what will new leadership mean for the embattled company?
The 'Morro' of the story
Microsoft consumer security may become free, but expect to hear a lot less about Morro once the company pulls OneCare from retailers' shelves.
Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome
q&a Google gave Mitchell Baker's Mozilla Foundation $75 million through a Firefox search deal, but she doesn't see Chrome as a threat to that revenue.
An Adobe browser, briefly considered
Chalk it up as a footnote to history but the company at one time thought about doing just that. Does it make sense to brush off the idea?
Yahoo search exec departs, perhaps to Microsoft
Top search engineer Sean Suchter is leaving Yahoo, and there's speculation that he is headed to a post at Microsoft.
Video: Interplanetary Internet a possibility
Sending e-mails or online shopping while orbiting the Earth in outer-space seems like the stuff of science fiction movies. But in this Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Rafe Needleman discuss how NASA is working to make these far-fetched ideas a reality.
Mozilla CTO: Firefox in neck and neck race
Brendan Eich talks to CNET News' Dan Farber about the future of the Firefox browser and about competing with Google, Microsoft, Apple and others.
Silver lining in Goldman Sachs' projected decline in IT spending
While IT spending is set to decline 5 percent in 2009, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs, a few vendors and sectors should fare better than others.
Chip group sees first sales decline since 2001
But the Semiconductor Industry Association says it expects chip sales worldwide to resume growth in 2010.
Why doesn't anyone care about HP?
The company released a major update to its notebook line today and few have noticed. Perhaps that's due to its PR approach, but Don Reisinger opines that we can't fault a strategy that's turning a $2 billion profit each quarter.
Thanks, Google: Mozilla revenue hits $75 million
In its 2007 annual report, the Firefox backer reports a 12 percent increase in revenue, most from Google. It also discloses IRS scrutiny.
Ballmer: 'We are done' with Yahoo acquisition idea
Microsoft's CEO says all acquisition plans are kaput, and he reiterates his company remains open to a search partnership, though there are no active discussions about it.
Microsoft hiring could be slow through 2010
At shareholders meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer says he expects headcount growth to be much slower for some time to come.
Tracking the tech downturn
We follow the economic downturn and its impact on the tech industry, from the industry giants to the scrappy start-ups.
Microsoft hiding from the Zune?
Microsoft is hiding from its Zune, and for good reason: the software isn't innovative and the experience? Let's just say it's no iPod.
Special Thanks to Google for their wonderful mapping api.