Sources: Windows 7 moving toward 2009 release
A program that offers free or near-free upgrades from Vista to Windows 7 could kick off in July, sources say. While it won't say so publicly, Microsoft is pushing to have PCs with the new OS on shelves for the holidays.
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MyScreen Mobile to launch Android rewards program
MyScreen Mobile fits its advertising rewards service for Google's Android phones, as the mobile marketing company looks to jump on the newest entrant into smart phones.
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Garmin and Asus to show off Nuvifones
A year ago, the Nuvifone's Ciao feature may have carried the day, but today it's unlikely to get shell-shocked consumers to run to the Garmin-Asus creation.
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Google penalizes itself for paid-blog promotion
The search giant lowered Google Japan's PageRank score after it paid bloggers to promote a new Google feature.
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New view of Mitsubishi's i Miev sports car
Sketch of all-electric plug-in is leaked ahead of Geneva Motor Show debut.
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JBoss Mass makes dumping middleware easy
Red Hat is increasingly using JBoss as a strategic platform to move (or "migrate") enterprises to open-source, which may pave the way for it to get aggressive with applications.
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Pioneer confirms that it's leaving the TV business
The Japanese manufacturer plans to consolidate its focus on home theater and car electronics. It expects to slash 10,000 jobs (6,000 full-time, 4,000 part-time) as a result.
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Obama's BlackBerry brings personal safety risks
The U.S. president's insistence on keeping his RIM device creates a number of risks, chief among them: attacks against his location privacy and physical security.
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Littlest Pet Shop virtual world about to yip
Electronic Arts and Hasbro hope the virtual world, set to open this fall, will tap into the tween girl market, which that is rapidly becoming inundated with competitors.
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Green news harvest: Ethanol industry falls short
Corn ethanol companies are shutting down operations while cellulosic ethanol from non-food sources is still years away from commercial-scale production.
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G-Oil for a guilt-free oil change?
Connecticut-based Green Earth Technologies says more than 90 percent of its motor oil, made partially from animal fat, will biodegrade in just nine days. It's not ready for cars, though.
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Former Microsoft employees aim to googlify Office
Through their stealth San Francisco start-up, DocVerse, two ex-Microsoft employees are taking productivity suite innovation into their own hands.
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Google augments open-source spell-check
Because of dictionary entries stemming from Google's translation work, the latest version of Chrome no longer thinks "antivirus" or "screensaver" is a misspelled word.
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Facebook valuation 'shocker' another reason to be skeptical of media hype
The AP thought it was dropping a huge bomb Wednesday when it reported that Facebook's valuation was $3.7 billion last summer. But The New York Times noted this nearly eight months ago.
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Hundreds of 'Twestival' fundraisers springing up tonight
Though the charity events aren't officially organized by Twitter, the social-media service is at the center of the organizing process for these worldwide fundraisers.
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Yearly LCD TV shipments dip for first time
In 2008, the number of LCD TVs shipped was lower than the year before. Plasma reaps some of the benefit.
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TeleNav GPS Navigator coming to T-Mobile G1
Starting February 24, T-Mobile G1 owners will be able to get real-time turn-by-turn directions with TeleNav GPS Navigator.
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Facebook contact management coming to Nokia phones?
Social-networking site may be looking to do more than just build apps for unnamed Nokia handsets, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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High school was wrong. It's good to be a Bookworm
The open-source ePub reader allows you to upload, organize, and read your e-books from the Web on your computer, as well as from Web-capable mobile devices such as the iPhone.
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Running the show at Game Developers Conference
As she prepares for next month's show, Meggan Scavio, the new director of the Game Developers Conference, talks about how she'll run it and how to make it better.
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