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• Augmented Reality Coming to Your Desktop Soon A Tokyo-based start-up has taken the wraps off new software that brings to the desktop the world of augmented reality.
• Chartered Semiconductor Forecasts a Loss for Q3 Chartered Semiconductor expects to post a loss in the third quarter as falling average selling prices and high energy costs...
• Fugitive Spam King Dead in Apparent Murder-suicide Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson has killed himself, apparently after murdering his wife and three year-old daughter.
• Wall Street Beat: Some Companies Shine Amid Gloom When Samsung Electronics, a giant in chips, mobile phones and LCD panels, reported earnings on Friday, it noted worsening...
• Broadband Innovations, Part 3: The Film Editor's Dream A 10-gbps fiber-optics connection enables a Swedish film editor to do his job in real time from his dream home in a beautiful rural village.
• Casual Friday: The Episodic Game Guide Tired of spending big bucks on games? This week, try playing through a couple seasons of bite-sized game episodes.
• Samsung Q2 Results Higher on LCD, Cell Phone Sales Healthy sales of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels and a profitable cellular handset business helped Samsung Electronics...
• Users May Help to Vet Android Apps Google may use a user-driven rating system to help keep bad or harmful Android applications off mobile phones.
• Microsoft Still Working on Online Branding Issues Microsoft is working on a way to combine its online services into a single Web page to solve its branding problem, CEO Steve...
• One of Gates' Favorite Themes Continues in His Absence Bill Gates is no longer working full time at Microsoft but some of his ideas, like tabletop computers and more natural user...
• Open-network Chief Sees Verizon Following His Lead The head of the new open-network initiative at Verizon Wireless sees the carrier's traditional business following the open...
• OmniFocus for IPhone The Omni Group's getting things done (GTD) desktop application for the Mac, OmniFocus, has both proponents and detractors...
• Cartoon Network Working on Browser-based Kids' MMO Game Cartoon Network announced on Thursday that it's established a partnership with Grigon Entertainment to create a Web...
• Teaching Audio Engineering While on the Road With Ozzy Greg Price doesn't mince words when it comes to giving career advice to aspiring audio engineers who want to rise to the top...
• Microsoft to Buy Data-warehouse Appliance Vendor Microsoft continues a shopping spree to bolster SQL Server by purchasing data-warehouse appliance vendor DATAllegro.
• Web Site Owner Faces Obscenity Charges A California Web site owner faces obcenity-related charges.
• Not So Fast, 3G You can't miss the slogan--it's plastered everywhere. "Twice as fast. Half the price." Just this morning, in fact, Apple...
• Buying an E-mail List? Marketing Company Says Never Again A marketing company is warning others to stay away from e-mail lists offered for sale by other companies.
• VMware to Offer Low-Fooprint ESX Hypervisor Free To help it compete against Microsoft's low-cost Hyper-V, VMware will offer the low-cost version of its hypervisor at no cost.
• Checking on ITunes' Unchecked Items I figured this was part of everyone's DNA by now, but, given a message I just received, apparently not. A reader who shall...
• Trade Group, US Officials Rally for Free Trade The Consumer Electronics Association and several U.S. officials speak up for free trade at a rally.
• My Book Mirror Edition RAIDs Your Data Western Digital's new desktop storage system offers a 1TB dual-disk enclosure with RAID for under $600.
• Control Freaks: Network Admins Can Spell Trouble 'Keys to the kingdom' are often the center of IT strife.
• Study Paints Open-Source Software as a Security Risk "Go into this with your eyes wide open," says Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity czar.
• PPM Software Yields Savings for Energy Company HP's updated software shows IT managers where resources spend their time and why projects get delayed.