ESRB Brings Software Widget to Desktop
To help ease some of the confusion and to make it easier for potential game purchasers to find a specific rating, the ESRB and Clearspring technologies have made available a new downloadable widget.
eSATA to Transmit Power, Too
On Monday, the Serial ATA Standards Organization (SATA-IO) said it was working on a plan to deliver power over the external SATA (eSATA) bus during the second half of 2008.
StubHub Signs Exclusive MLB Ticket Deal
Major League Baseball doesn't oppose all Web 2.0 technology as much as it opposes Sling Media. StubHub can attest to that. StubHub announced a five-year agreement with the league on Thursday making it the official online provider of secondary tickets.
Microsoft Looking for Smaller Acquisitions
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company aims to pursue an independent path, focusing on up to 20 smaller acquisitions of $50 million to $1 billion each annually rather than mega-deals.
Blogs for a Cause
International bloggers are increasingly positioning themselves as watchdogs over governments.
5 Ways the Apple Store Rocked Best Buy on iPad Launch Day... or Did It
gScreen Promises Dual-Screen Notebook
gScreen, a little known American company, has announced that it will ship a laptop with dual 15.4-inch widescreens, called the Spacebook.
Clearwire Shareholders Back Sprint Venture
Clearwire Corp said on Thursday its shareholders had voted to approve its proposed high-speed wireless joint venture with Sprint Nextel Corp that includes an investment of $3.2 billion from cable, Web and chip partners.
IBM, Freescale Consolidate Power
The two chip makers will collaborate in an effort to boost their Power architecture chips and enter new markets.
Bill Gates Mocks MIT's $100 Laptop Project
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates mocked a $100 laptop computer for developing countries being developed with the backing of rival Google at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
