Apple Refreshes PowerBooks
Apple ups the speed and usability of the notebook line.
American Airlines Adding Streaming Video Services to Flights This Summ
Passengers on American Airlines flights are about to get a new perk. Instead of craning their necks to catch reruns of "Monk" and excerpts from "The Tonight Show" on tiny aisle TV sets, they'll be able to wirelessly stream content to their personal devices from the comfort of their own seats.
Apple Posts All-Time, 'Most Popular' Apps List
As part of Apple's 1 billion apps contest last week, the company also posted a link to a special iTunes page listing the twenty most popular free and paid apps, apparently by the number downloaded.
Icahn Threatens to Replace Yahoo Board
Financier Carl Icahn launched a campaign to replace Yahoo's boardwith directors who would reopen talks with Microsoft, saying Yahoo acted "irrationally" in refusing the software company's $47.5 billion bid.
HP HDX Gaming Notebook Finally Ships
Remember the HP HDX gaming notebook, first unveiled at CES in January? Well, it's now up on the HP Web site, where it's listed as shipping.
5 Ways the Apple Store Rocked Best Buy on iPad Launch Day... or Did It
AMD Announces Budget Radeon HD 4830 Card
AMD announced the ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card this week, which delivers DirectX 10.1 performance priced at about $150.
Dell to Sell PCs at Best Buy Again
Dell is expanding its presence in U.S. retail outlets by offering its XPS and Inspiron notebooks and desktop computers at more than 900 Best Buy stores, Dell said Thursday.
Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield'
Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser could soon start automatically rewriting and redisplaying content from Web sites rigged with malicious attack code.
House Panel Quizzes ISP on Data Gathering
A House subcommittee chairman on Thursday expressed concern that a Kansas-based broadband provider, Embarq, gathered data on its customers Web activity by employing an "opt-out" system rather than "opt-in."
