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News Archive for April 2008

• Google wants to turn YouTube into a profit machine
  Published: April 30, 2008
• MADD protests GTA IV drunk driving content
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Controversial Pro-IP bill approved by House
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Mozilla founder argues against Flash and Silverlight
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Valve releases "Gold Rush" TF2 update
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Microsoft helps police bypass security in Windows
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Jajah lands deal to power Yahoo Messenger's voice service
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Gamers report GTA IV freezing problems
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Visiontek Radeon HD 3870 X2 Overclocked @ TechSpot
  Published: April 30, 2008
• Microsoft's Mac BU releases Messenger for Mac 7
  Published: April 29, 2008
• Microsoft announces beta software for managing Unix
  Published: April 29, 2008
• Judge finds fault with RIAA's "making available" theory
  Published: April 29, 2008
• Microsoft delays SP3 roll-out for certain machines
  Published: April 29, 2008
• Dual-core CPUs to become a requirement in gaming?
  Published: April 29, 2008
• Newspaper circulation declines, is the web to blame?
  Published: April 29, 2008
• News from around the web (04/29/08)
  Published: April 29, 2008
• Microsoft releases Windows XP SP3 to the public
  Published: April 29, 2008
• Grand Theft Auto launches amid rave reviews
  Published: April 29, 2008
• AMD to intro 45nm quad-core Phenoms in November
  Published: April 29, 2008
• AMD takes aim at small businesses
  Published: April 29, 2008
• News from around the web (04/28/08)
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Foxconn tooling up for June 3G iPhone launch?
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Yahoo ads accidentally serve up malware
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Lenovo prepares to ship U110 UMPC
  Published: April 28, 2008
• PC makers to install Windows XP after June deadline
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Three fired over GTA IV theft
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Apple updates iMac line
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Coldplay to give away latest single as free download
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Microsoft denies SQL compromises due to IIS
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Gigabyte's low cost M912 laptop approaches
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Asus may spin off Eee PC brand, expand product offerings
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Google envisions improved image search
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Firefox, Safari get hackers love
  Published: April 28, 2008
• Weekend tech reading (4.27)
  Published: April 27, 2008
• Sun updates Solaris 10 to include legacy app support
  Published: April 26, 2008
• Sun acquires low-power CPU maker
  Published: April 25, 2008
• Microsoft reports worldwide Xbox 360 sales at 19+ million
  Published: April 26, 2008
• Internet spam celebrates its 30th birthday
  Published: April 25, 2008
• German researchers poison the Storm worm
  Published: April 25, 2008
• F-Secure claims 500,000 sites affected by SQL injection
  Published: April 25, 2008
• AVG Free Edition 8.0 released
  Published: April 25, 2008
• Rumors on upcoming Nvidia GeForce 9900 release
  Published: April 25, 2008
• Say goodbye to SPOT watches
  Published: April 25, 2008
• Opera 9.5 hits Beta 2 milestone
  Published: April 25, 2008
• Toshiba: One in four notebooks will have SSDs by 2011
  Published: April 24, 2008
• Ubuntu 8.04 final released
  Published: April 24, 2008
• China becomes world's largest Internet population
  Published: April 24, 2008
• Microsoft starts Vista SP1 automatic updates
  Published: April 24, 2008
• Asus to replace Eee PC 900 batteries
  Published: April 24, 2008
• Acer plans its first smartphone
  Published: April 24, 2008
• Sun to finish open-sourcing Java
  Published: April 23, 2008
• FCC says Comcast lied about traffic shaping
  Published: April 23, 2008
• LEDs ready to take on the notebook world
  Published: April 23, 2008
• Pirated copies of GTA IV hit torrent sites
  Published: April 23, 2008
• ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 specs leaked?
  Published: April 23, 2008
• Craigslist responds to eBay lawsuit
  Published: April 23, 2008
• Seagate ships a billion hard drives
  Published: April 23, 2008
• AMD releases more triple-core chips
  Published: April 23, 2008
• Apple buys PowerPC chip designer PA Semi
  Published: April 23, 2008
• Microsoft to cease authorizing MSN Music keys
  Published: April 22, 2008
• Acer to offer WiMAX-enabled notebooks by July
  Published: April 23, 2008
• Google retains place as top brand
  Published: April 22, 2008
• Microsoft in court again over Vista Capable label
  Published: April 22, 2008
• Unlocked 3G iPhone to launch in Italy?
  Published: April 22, 2008
• OLPC head steps down, criticizes Negroponte
  Published: April 22, 2008
• Samsung Chairman steps down due to fraud charges
  Published: April 22, 2008
• Sun backing off on plans for closed source MySQL add-ons?
  Published: April 22, 2008
• More instruments, vocals coming to Guitar Hero IV?
  Published: April 22, 2008
• Sony working on PS3 movie download service
  Published: April 22, 2008
• PlayStation Home pushed back, again
  Published: April 22, 2008
• GTA IV ads pulled from city buses
  Published: April 22, 2008
• TiVo injunction bars Dish Network from selling four DVRs
  Published: April 21, 2008
• News from around the web (04/21/08)
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Windows XP SP3 goes RTM
  Published: April 21, 2008
• RIAA spent $2M trying to pass tougher copyright law last year
  Published: April 21, 2008
• VIA to see CPU sales boost in 2008?
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Skype offers unlimited international calls
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Intel debuts new chips, cuts prices on select quad-cores
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Western Digital unleashes the 300GB VelociRaptor
  Published: April 21, 2008
• MSI unveils official Wind specs
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Amid criticism, Apple tweaks Windows software update tool
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Novell expands Microsoft alliance into China
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Microsoft tests Office subscription service
  Published: April 21, 2008
• Weekend tech reading (4.19)
  Published: April 19, 2008
• Red Hat, Novell skip consumer Linux desktop
  Published: April 18, 2008
• Ballmer calls Windows Vista "a work in progress"
  Published: April 18, 2008
• Microsoft acquires Farecast
  Published: April 18, 2008
• Wii takes the lead in another huge month for videogames
  Published: April 18, 2008
• HP, Gateway ship three-core AMD powered desktops
  Published: April 17, 2008
• Google blows past estimates, reports healthy earnings
  Published: April 17, 2008
• Iomega releases portable drive for consoles
  Published: April 17, 2008
• Worldwide PC shipments rise as US lags
  Published: April 17, 2008
• Firefox and Safari receive security updates
  Published: April 17, 2008
• EU clears Activision Blizzard merger
  Published: April 17, 2008
• AMD releases Catalyst 8.4 drivers
  Published: April 17, 2008
• NBC wants back on iTunes, demands anti-piracy measures
  Published: April 17, 2008
• Sun to make parts of MySQL closed source
  Published: April 17, 2008
• Symantec identifies GDI flaw as being exploited
  Published: April 16, 2008
• IBM pilots using Macs as workstations
  Published: April 16, 2008
• News from around the web (04/16/08)
  Published: April 16, 2008
• Pirate Bay to sue music industry
  Published: April 16, 2008
• Windows Defender update breaks USB devices in Vista
  Published: April 16, 2008
• Marshall University loses to the RIAA
  Published: April 16, 2008
• Asus launches second-gen Eee PC
  Published: April 16, 2008
• Psystar sells $399 Mac clone
  Published: April 16, 2008
• iPhone gets native VoIP via fring
  Published: April 16, 2008
• Amazon music store gains not really denting iTunes
  Published: April 16, 2008
• News from around the web (04/15/08)
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Comcast proposes ISP Bill of Rights
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Apple, Sony settle case over MacBook battery fire
  Published: April 15, 2008
• STEC responds to Seagate lawsuit
  Published: April 15, 2008
• PS3 firmware 2.30 goes live, brings new PlayStation store
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Windows XP SP3 set for April 29 debut
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Seagate sues solid state drive maker STEC
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Nvidia GPU physics engine nearly complete
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Virgin Media CEO wants end to net neutrality
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Microsoft unveils new content partners, DRM for Silverlight
  Published: April 15, 2008
• MXLogic reports new phishing scam
  Published: April 15, 2008
• Eve Online source code leaked
  Published: April 15, 2008
• MySQL 5.1 released, aims at the enterprise
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Microsoft considering its own retail stores?
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Apple acknowledges MacBook graphics glitches
  Published: April 14, 2008
• News from around the web (04/14/08)
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Mandriva targets Asus Eee PC with spring 2008 release
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Toshiba delays 128GB SSD notebook
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Blockbuster offers $1.3 billion for Circuit City
  Published: April 14, 2008
• IBM touts Racetrack memory for faster and cheaper storage
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Opera previews mobile browser for Google Android
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Google, Salesforce join forces for business apps
  Published: April 14, 2008
• AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition review @ TechSpot
  Published: April 14, 2008
• Weekend tech reading (4.13)
  Published: April 13, 2008
• News from around the web (04/11/08)
  Published: April 11, 2008
• FCC levies $6 million in fines over DTV concerns
  Published: April 12, 2008
• AMD's CTO Phil Hester resigns
  Published: April 12, 2008
• TiVo case against EchoStar upheld once more
  Published: April 11, 2008
• OCZ introduces Flex II 4GB DDR2-1150 kits
  Published: April 11, 2008
• Microsoft unveils service for avoiding traffic jams
  Published: April 11, 2008
• Digital sales will account for 40% of music by 2012
  Published: April 11, 2008
• Blockbuster to unveil movie streaming set-top box
  Published: April 11, 2008
• Gartner analysts warn Windows is collapsing
  Published: April 11, 2008
• SanDisk warns against unencrypted USB flash drives
  Published: April 11, 2008
• Flickr users upset over video service
  Published: April 11, 2008
• Verizon sues Time Warner for false advertising
  Published: April 11, 2008
• News from around the web (04/10/08)
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Nvidia's CEO bold statements, "opening a can of whoop ass"
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Boston students ask RIAA case to be thrown out
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Mobile Firefox shows 6x performance increase
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Yahoo's largest investor doubles shares
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Via and Nvidia to team up against Intel
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Researchers improve li-ion batteries by 30 percent
  Published: April 10, 2008
• HP ships infected USB drives
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Yahoo and AOL close to merging?
  Published: April 10, 2008
• Amazon.com offers $50 credit on HD DVD purchases
  Published: April 10, 2008
• SlingCatcher release delayed again
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Microsoft Office to get the Genuine Advantage treatment
  Published: April 9, 2008
• FCC and FAA still stubborn about cells in planes
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Yahoo to trial Google's AdSense on its search results
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Ultra sues over 20 PSU manufacturers
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Yahoo acquires web analytics company
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Delayed quad-core Opterons finally ship
  Published: April 9, 2008
• BBC iPlayer launches on Nintendo Wii
  Published: April 9, 2008
• EMC to acquire Iomega for $213 million
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Dell to join low-cost ultra-portable notebook race
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Yahoo extends Flickr with video
  Published: April 9, 2008
• VIA embraces open source community with new platforms
  Published: April 9, 2008
• Patch Tuesday addresses 10 flaws
  Published: April 8, 2008
• News from around the web (04/08/08)
  Published: April 8, 2008
• Apple releases QuickTime 7.4.5
  Published: April 8, 2008
• Google unveils App Engine
  Published: April 8, 2008
• Asustek to release new Eee PCs this month
  Published: April 8, 2008
• Microsoft: Windows 7 still slated for 2010
  Published: April 8, 2008
• Social media firm imeem buys Snocap
  Published: April 8, 2008
• US Citizens lost $239 million from Internet fraud in 2007
  Published: April 8, 2008
• Wii-like remote in development for Xbox 360?
  Published: April 8, 2008
• HP unveils Mini-Note PC
  Published: April 8, 2008
• News from around the web (04/07/08)
  Published: April 7, 2008
• EU ready for in-flight cell phone use
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Microsoft posts fix for Vista SP1 installation
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Sony expects Blu-ray to take 50% of the market in 2008
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Gmail getting blocked by 3rd party anti-spam vendors
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Man sells pizza.com domain for $2.6 million
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Acer expects to ship 6 million low-cost PCs in 2H 2008
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Yahoo rejects Microsoft offer once again
  Published: April 7, 2008
• 3G iPhone coming within 60 days?
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Courts differ on RIAA's "making available" theory
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Facebook launches chat feature
  Published: April 7, 2008
• VB100 test put against Vista's anti-malware apps
  Published: April 7, 2008
• UK's ISP admits lying to customers
  Published: April 6, 2008
• Gates: Windows 7 could be ready 'in the next year'?
  Published: April 4, 2008
• Dell to move away from build-your-own-PC model?
  Published: April 4, 2008
• Adobe changes Photoshop Express TOS after backlash
  Published: April 4, 2008
• Government ban against IBM lifted
  Published: April 4, 2008
• News from around the web (04/04/08)
  Published: April 4, 2008
• OCZ announces new Silencer PSUs
  Published: April 4, 2008
• Intel Classmate laptop v2.0 shown at IDF
  Published: April 4, 2008
• Internet crime up, says IC3
  Published: April 4, 2008
• EMI exec chides RIAA, embraces music downloading
  Published: April 4, 2008
• Microsoft extends XP Home until 2010
  Published: April 3, 2008
• Madden NFL 09 won't make it to the PC
  Published: April 3, 2008
• News from around the web (04/03/08)
  Published: April 3, 2008
• MySpace Music announced, iTunes selling more than Walmart
  Published: April 3, 2008
• Opera Mini 4.1 beta is available
  Published: April 3, 2008
• Lenovo's Ideapad U8, Intel Atom inside
  Published: April 3, 2008
• Adobe goes 64-bit with next Photoshop
  Published: April 3, 2008
• Sprint and Samsung announce Instinct, an iPhone competitor
  Published: April 3, 2008
• Google to cut 25% of DoubleClick workforce
  Published: April 3, 2008
• AMD confirmed to make cuts on its workforce
  Published: April 7, 2008
• Rumors hint of Google eyeing Expedia, Skype acquisition?
  Published: April 2, 2008
• AT&T first to introduce Microsoft Surface in retail stores
  Published: April 2, 2008
• Intel introduces five new Atom processors
  Published: April 2, 2008
• Firefox 3 Beta 5 is out
  Published: April 2, 2008
• Yahoo unveils OpenSearch 2.0
  Published: April 2, 2008
• News from around the web (04/02/08)
  Published: April 2, 2008
• Acer claims 10% of laptops will have Blu-ray in 2008
  Published: April 2, 2008
• Creative driver modder speaks out
  Published: April 2, 2008
• Intel claims DX10 driver ready in April
  Published: April 2, 2008
• Nvidia releases WHQL 174.74 drivers
  Published: April 1, 2008
• IBM temporarily banned from federal contracts
  Published: April 1, 2008
• Google Docs leaves the cloud, goes offline
  Published: April 1, 2008
• New Zealand botnet owner controlled 1.3 million PCs
  Published: April 1, 2008
• Lite-on already working on Blu-ray drives for the Xbox?
  Published: April 1, 2008
• Firefox grabs 18% of enterprise desktops
  Published: April 1, 2008
• News from around the web (04/01/08)
  Published: April 1, 2008
• ASUS GeForce 9800 GTX review @ TechSpot
  Published: April 1, 2008
• Adobe patches Flash player flaw
  Published: April 1, 2008
• Apple and Google fighting over developers
  Published: April 1, 2008