Walt Mossberg: Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X is a toss-up
At many Apple keynotes, Steve Jobs triumphantly pulls up quotes from Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg, who often extols the virtues of Apple products and slams Microsoft software, most recently Vista. Well, Jobs should probably start looking for another reviewer from which to get admiring quotations. Mossberg has...
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Could Microsoft target iPod users with Zune services?
When you think about the Zune software, you probably think about Microsoft's new Zune HD (and, possibly, the older Zune devices that won't be around for much longer). Could Microsoft broaden the reach of Zune software and services to users of Apple devices, however? ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley seems...
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Leaked Radeon HD 5770 photo surfaces
Hot on the heels of those early Radeon HD 5750 and 5770 listings, Fudzilla has posted an alleged photo of the faster of AMD's two upcoming graphics cards. Fudzilla credits an Australian reader who "stumbled upon Gigabyte's HD 5770 is listed [sic] in an Aussie shop." It's not clear...
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UPDATED: 1.5-lb Vaio X netbook may cost $1,300
If you've ever eaten a dessert with a real leaf of gold on it, this may be the netbook for you. We wrote about Sony's ultra-light, carbon-fiber Vaio X after last month's teaser announcement, but more details have now begun to trickle out. The Vaio X will have an 11.1"...
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Firefox 3.6 beta to arrive next Tuesday
With Google, Apple, and Microsoft all trying to pull the rug from under Firefox's feet, Mozilla isn't resting on its laurels. According to Neowin, the organization will release the first beta of its next major Firefox release, numbered 3.6, early next week. Neowin points to a schedule post on the...
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Kindle slips to $259, goes international
Apple may have a Kindle-killer in the works, but at this rate, the Mac maker will have a hard time catching up to Amazon's pricing. The second-generation, six-inch Kindle "wireless reading device" has gotten its second price cut in less than three months, falling to just $259. The original...
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New StarTech KVM switch has native DisplayPort
With many newer monitors and graphics cards flaunting DisplayPort connections, it's about time keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) switches got in line, too. StarTech now claims to be the "first to market" with a DisplayPort-capable KVM switch, which it sells for $219.99 from its online store. The "2 Port Professional USB DisplayPort KVM...
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Nvidia denies reports it will soon cancel GTX 200 series
Soon, AMD will complement its Radeon HD 5000 lineup with $100-200 cards based on the Juniper graphics processor, and Nvidia will find itself up against a whole range of relatively small, 40-nm, DirectX 11 GPUs. What does that mean for mid-range and high-end 55-nm GeForces? The rumor mill has some...
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