http://news.cnet.com/ Tech News First en-us 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:15:09 PST Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:15:09 PST 14172 CNET News CNET http://www.news.com/2009-1090-980549.html 20 http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/gr/prtnr/rss_logo.gif http://news.cnet.com/ 88 31 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10132097-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Hewlett-Packard is launching an ultraportable notebook using AMD's new Neo silicon. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10132097-64.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:01:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10131849-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Longtime Server and Tools unit head Bob Muglia is now president of the company's server unit. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10131849-56.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:47:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10131336-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Ahead of Macworld, top Windows marketer says consumers can't afford to go Mac. But with the economy in tatters, will people be buying any PCs other than Netbooks? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10131336-56.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10131274-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Amid pessimism surrounding the economic situation, more rumors of layoffs within companies, including Lenovo and Microsoft, have surfaced online. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10131274-92.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:18:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10131117-17.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 The Nintendo game suite dethrones Super Mario Bros. as the best-selling of all time, but that doesn't make it comparable to the legend and others, in terms of complexity. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10131117-17.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:27:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10131001-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Steve Jobs' early Monday acknowledgment of a mysterious ailment is the first real "communication" about the health of its CEO. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10131001-60.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:56:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10131000-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Companies to fine-tune Flash Player and Flash Lite for Media Processor CE 3100 to help Flash videos play nicely with digital TVs, Blu-ray players, cable set-top boxes, and AV equipment. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10131000-92.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:34:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10069195-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Follow the companies that are shedding workers with this live layoff tracker, which we'll continue to update as more news surfaces. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10069195-92.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:23:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130961-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Apple's CEO issues a statement on a medical condition that he says has been "robbing" his body of needed proteins. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130961-60.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:54:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130941-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Sony's CEO reportedly is ready to pull out all the stops in another wide-ranging reorganization. But will this be the reorg that finally does the trick? http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130941-60.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:14:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130690-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 While Freescale, like Intel, sees Netbooks as companion devices to the PC, it also envisions devices that are more frugal with power and that run Linux. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130690-64.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:01:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130633-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Debkafile put out of action as fighting between Israel and Hamas escalates in Gaza http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130633-60.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:41:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10130564-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 China has cracked down on a global software-counterfeiting syndicate, with 11 "ringleaders" now facing up to six-and-a-half years in jail. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10130564-75.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:50:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10130531-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 EMC has apparently bought open-source support provider SourceLabs, but why? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10130531-16.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:07:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130422-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Contributors to the blog VentureBeat say they have ported the Google Android operating system to an Asus Eee PC. Does this constitute a new trend in Netbooks? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130422-64.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130381-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 Worldwide sales of semiconductors fell in November to $20.8 billion, a decline of nearly 10 percent from the same period the year before. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130381-64.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:10:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130235-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 It may be worth Apple's while to seriously consider some upcoming AMD processors. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10130235-64.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:30:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10130301-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 For those who thought that the Web had ushered in a new era of collaboration, Google's swipe at Microsoft's 20 percent IE6 market share may give you pause. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10130301-16.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:07:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10130186-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 After countless 30GB Zunes froze up on New Year's Eve, users spent the first morning of 2009 trying to chip away at the problem, with mixed results. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10130186-75.html Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:28:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10130165-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-5 The latest rumor puts the possible job cuts at 15,000, or nearly 17 percent of Microsoft's worldwide operations, with MSN getting hit hard. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10130165-75.html Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:06:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10000110.html?part=rss&tag=rsspr.6248625&subj=newsSeven months before the first astronauts landed on the moon, Apollo 8 made a key round-trip into lunar orbit. http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10000110.html Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:54:00 PST