Philippine Company To Bring Higher-end OLPC-style Laptop By Mark Raby published 31 March 08 Manila (Philippines) - Filipino manufacturer Neo has partnered up with Intel to create the "Neo Explore," a laptop designed as an educational tool with a target audience of local schoolchildren.
Vista Gets Hacked, Linux Remains Unbroken In Contest By Mark Raby published 31 March 08 Vancouver (WA) - Over the weekend, a hacker managed to exploit a vulnerability in the Windows Vista Flash player, as part of the CanSecWest's "Pwn2Own" contest.
Firefox 4 Features Surface By Mark Raby published 28 March 08 Mountain View (CA) - Although Firefox 3 is still in research and development, Mozilla is already working on new features for the fourth version of its increasingly popular Web browser.
Solar Startup Firm From MIT Gets $12 Million By Mark Raby published 27 March 08 Cambridge (MA) - A new solar energy start-up called 1366 Technologies has just received $12.
Comcast To Put An End To File-sharing Block By Mark Raby published 27 March 08 Philadelphia (PA) - Telecommunications company Comcast announced today that it will no longer restrict Internet subscribers from accessing file-sharing programs and websites.
Safari, Opera Reach 100% In Acid3 Test By Mark Raby published 27 March 08 The Opera Internet browser this week became the first to achieve a perfect 100/100 score for the series of tests for Web standards, and was quickly followed by Apple's Safari browser.
Large-screen Monitor Prices Plummet As Small Monitors Plateau By Mark Raby published 26 March 08 According to data we compiled from product histories on Pricegrabber.
Google, Yahoo, Myspace Join Forces For Non-profit By Mark Raby published 25 March 08 San Francisco (CA) - Three online giants are now working together on Open Social, an open online platform for social networking.
Netflix Technical Difficulties Cause DVD Delays By Mark Raby published 25 March 08 Los Gatos (CA) - Netflix and its users are continuing to reel from an all-encompassing service outage that affected its servers as well as distribution centers.
Google Takes WiFi Lobbying Up A Notch By Mark Raby published 25 March 08 Washington (DC) - Google this week began a new push in Washington, lobbying for more airwaves and bandwidth access for wireless Internet.
Microsoft Warns Of Critical Word Bug By Mark Raby published 24 March 08 Redmond (WA) - Microsoft has issued an advisory for a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Word that, while "very limited" in scope, could lead to damaging attacks without an official fix yet.
AOL To Pocket Bebo Social Networking Site For $850m By Mark Raby published 13 March 08 New York (NY) - AOL has announced that it will acquire the social networking site Bebo for $850 million, more than $200 million over what News Corp paid for Myspace last year.
Asus Unveils Video Conferencing Computer Monitor By Mark Raby published 12 March 08 Taipei (Taiwan) - Asus today launched the MK241H, a new PC monitor with a built-in webcam and video conferencing functionality, along with an HDMI input and full 1080p high definition resolution.
Lenovo Recognized With Environmental Designations By Mark Raby published 11 March 08 Research Triangle Park (NC) - Lenovo announced today that eight of its Thinkvision monitors have been awarded the "gold" level of "green technology" by the Green Electronics Council.
Box Office Sales Set Record In 2007 By Mark Raby published 6 March 08 Despite mass hysteria in the movie industry of piracy and declining movie sales, box office ticket sales reached nearly $10 billion last year, a new record.
Bill Gates Slips To Third-richest Person In The World By Mark Raby published 6 March 08 Bill Gates ran for 13 years as the richest man in the world, but now he has slunk back to the third spot.
Head Of "One Laptop Per Child" Wants New Chief Executive By Mark Raby published 6 March 08 Nicholas Negroponte, the man who has always been in charge of the ambitious "one laptop per child" program, is now looking for a new person to take control as CEO of the initiative.
Circuit City Launches HD DVD/Blu-ray Swap Program By Mark Raby published 6 March 08 If you bought an HD DVD player at Circuit City and now want to switch over to Blu-ray, you're in luck.
Ask.com Decides To Tailor Its Reach, Abandon Google Competition By Mark Raby published 5 March 08 Ask.com, after facing a long struggle with other search engines, this week announced it will stop trying to directly compete in that market and instead create a niche search portal for married women.
