Microsoft will liberate Razorfish
Software giant Microsoft plans to sell its digital agency Razorfish, a giant interactive advertising and marketing agency.
Oracle-Sun deal gets further scrutiny
The Department of Justice will need more time to give the go-ahead to Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
EU shoots self, users in foot in MS feud
The European Union’s blind hatred of Microsoft looks to have backfired bigtime and millions of European users looking to upgrade to Windows 7 will now have to reinstall all their programs and data rather than a doing a simple upgrade from Vista.
UK Government minister says iPhone is a security risk
UK Security Minister Lord West of Spithead says he won’t carry an iPhone or Blackberry due to security concerns.
Source:UK Government minister says iPhone is a security risk
Sharp blocked over wide screen displays
The USA’s International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Japanese giant Sharp cannot import some LCD monitors and TVs because they infringe on a Samsung patent.
From Charles Babbage to Atari: A visit to the Computer History Museum
TG Daily was recently invited to attend Intel Research Day at the venerable Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Although the company showcased a number of innovative products, I was inexplicably drawn to the museum’s inner sanctum where once-precious artifacts from an ancient era were carefully preserved.
Source:From Charles Babbage to Atari: A visit to the Computer History Museum
UK government censors Internet sites as well as China
With all the furore over China and Iran’s censorship of Internet sites, it’s gone largely unnoticed that the UK censors web sites too.
Source:UK government censors Internet sites as well as China
Steve Jobs making "excellent" recovery from transplant
The hospital that gave Apple CEO Steve Jobs a liver transplant said that the prognosis for his recovery was excellent.
Source:Steve Jobs making "excellent" recovery from transplant
Hurry, hurry. Windows 7 offer must end soon
Anyone prevaricating about whether to download the release candidate version of Windows 7 should move fast – the trial program ends in a few weeks.
Last pictures released as moon probe crash-lands
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) has released the final images taken by its lunar explorer Kaguya as it fell to destruction on the moon.