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Microsoft initially phased out Windows XP for Vista, but extended its life due to the rise of netbooks, which couldn't run Vista effectively. This…
Memory sticks, capable of storing vast amounts of sensitive data, pose significant security risks when misplaced. Government departments frequently lose confidential information, prompting a…
May 2008. OPPO's first mobile phone — the A103 "Smiley Phone" — goes on sale in China. Not a smartphone. Not for the tech…
WordPress's recent redesign aims to enhance the experience for new users, improving navigation and functionality. However, experienced users are frustrated by the changes, which…
A new Ruby web framework, Merb, emerges as a lightweight alternative to Rails, which has become cumbersome with increased user demands. While Rails thrives…
Ubuntu's latest release presents significant improvements in usability and performance. However, desktop Linux remains at around one percent market share due to a lack…
Major virtualization vendors have developed proprietary disk formats, leading to difficulties in cross-platform migration. While a standardized format is needed, vendor lock-in remains a…
NBC Universal and News Corp’s collaboration on a streaming site, initially ridiculed as "Clown Co.," has evolved. The beta platform offers licensed, ad-supported content,…
Bill Gates gives his last CES keynote, Blu-ray finishes off HD DVD, and the energy quietly drains from the living room toward the phone…
Intel 45nm shipped the first high-k metal gate transistor in volume, hafnium dielectric and metal gates built gate-last on dry 193nm litho, solving gate…
AMD's Barcelona quad-core chip has launched, but disappointing clock speeds around two gigahertz fall short of expectations and Intel's offerings. While its architecture promises…
Halo 3 launched September 25, 2007 and pulled roughly $170 million in 24 hours, out-grossing Hollywood and cementing Xbox Live as the place to…
Microsoft revealed a charge over $1 billion to extend Xbox 360 warranties due to the widespread "Red Ring of Death" issue. Meanwhile, Nintendo's Wii…
The Red Ring of Death was the Xbox 360's catastrophic hardware-failure crisis. In 2007 Microsoft took a charge of up to $1.15 billion to…
CES 2007 is all plasmas and the Blu-ray war, until Apple shows the first iPhone the same week and quietly points the whole industry…
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