- Thu Nov 19 9:01 PM PST 2009 Fortified rice, fuel cells among Tech Award winners
Al Gore receives humanitarian honor at Tech Museum event that provides prizes to projects in the areas of environment, health, biosciences economic development, equality, and education.
- Thu Nov 19 10:00 AM PST 2009 Google releases Chrome OS source code
Ahead of an event designed to show off the OS for the first time, Google has released source code for the project. More is expected, including a demonstration.
- Wed Nov 18 11:41 AM PST 2009 New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes
The third beta imposes a new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And a feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.
- Thu Nov 12 4:00 AM PST 2009 Google hopes Go will give a browser boost
The Net giant is working to integrate its new Go programming language with its Chrome browser and Native Client technology to speed Web-based programs.
- Tue Nov 10 11:58 AM PST 2009 Rick Astley resurrected in iPhone worm
80's pop legend, Rick Astley made a stunning return to the spotlight recently when an Australian hacker became the first person to write a worm for the iPhone. The worm, however, only affects jailbroken iPhones.
- Tue Nov 10 4:59 AM PST 2009 Preventive medicine for software change management
Preemptive fixes for software changes are the holy grail for IT managers. But how do developers know what's going to break?
- Mon Nov 9 3:13 PM PST 2009 EC formally objects to Oracle buying Sun
European regulators have formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Oracle vows to fight the conclusion.
- Mon Nov 9 4:00 AM PST 2009 After 5 years, Firefox faces new challenges
Mozilla helped reshape the Web since releasing Firefox 1.0 five years ago. Now it's got a reawakened Microsoft and Google Chrome to reckon with.
- Fri Oct 30 7:15 AM PDT 2009 Why iStockphoto embraced Google's Gears
Better performance and more revenue lead one Web site to begin supporting a generally overlooked Google plug-in. Also: Internet Explorer 6 usage drags on.
- Tue Oct 27 11:33 AM PDT 2009 Defense Department issues new open-source guidance
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued new guidance on open-source adoption designed to remove any roadblocks to its uptake.




