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HP Envy eclipses the Apple MacBook

Brooke Crothers — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:35:00 PST

The Hewlett-Packard Envy 13 moves past the Apple MacBook Air in some important respects, but the price tag is a problem.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

EU hearing on Oracle-Sun set for Dec. 10

John Paczkowski, AllThingsD — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:43:07 PST

Oracle is set to meet with European Commission regulators to make its case for its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Why to embrace Firefox 3.6's new-tab ethos

Stephen Shankland — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:18:00 PST

A change to how the new browser positions new tabs is subtle but good, especially as browsers rise in importance. But more work is needed in tab switching.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

Mozilla issues near-final Thunderbird 3

Stephen Shankland — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:52:00 PST

The new e-mail software adds an archive option, improves search, and aims to ease some tasks. Also: Mozilla wants 3.1 sooner rather than later.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

Ericsson wins Nortel's North American GSM unit

Lance Whitney — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:38:05 PST

The Swedish communications giant gets the GSM operations for $70 million in cash. It had already acquired Nortel's CDMA and LTE business in North America.

Originally posted at News - Wireless

Microsoft CFO Liddell leaving; Klein tapped

Tom Krazit — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:52:00 PST

Chris Liddell is stepping down after four and a half years as Microsoft's chief financial officer. He will be replaced by Peter Klein of Microsoft's Business Division.

Originally posted at News - Microsoft

Chrome extensions site now open for uploads

Stephen Shankland — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:45:00 PST

Google asks programmers to start adding their Chrome extensions to the new gallery. Chrome users can't yet download them, though.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

New standard lets browsers get a grip on files

Stephen Shankland — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:38:00 PST

The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics

Stephen Shankland — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

Major Intel chip upgrade coming to new Netbooks

Brooke Crothers — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Chipmaker is set to announce the biggest makeover for its Atom processor since it was introduced back in the spring of 2008.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog