SOFTWARE

Intel unveiled its 2009 platform for its Atom processor on Tuesday, and gave details of its Moblin operating system which are both targeted largely at Netbooks.

Sales of smartphones are set to grow 12-15 percent in 2009, said Lee Williams, chief of the Symbian Foundation, the consortium of companies around the world's most popular smartphone operating system.

The Palm Pre, the supposed iPhone killer, is set to launch June 6 in the U.S., and will only be available through Sprint, Palm confirmed on Tuesday, ending months of speculation as to when it will be rolled out to the public.

Sales of smartphones are set to grow 12-15 percent in 2009, said Lee Williams, chief of the Symbian Foundation, the consortium of companies around the world's most popular smartphone operating system.

Iomega unveils a BlackBelt Portable Hard Drive 500GB USB 2.0 to be available in June while other Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 family of drives are now available.

Digital music supplier Napster said on Monday it is slashing its monthly subscription price to $5 and adding downloads of songs to its streaming service in a bid to expand its customer base and compete with Apple Inc's iTunes.

McAfee Inc, the No. 2 computer security company, plans to team up with EMC Corp to offer online PC backup services, and announced the acquisition of a company that protects ATMs against hackers.

McAfee Inc, the No. 2 computer security company, plans to team up with EMC Corp to offer online PC backup services, and announced the acquisition of a company that protects ATMs against hackers.

A severe kernel security hole was detected in Windows 7 RC security researcher 360 Security said on Thursday.

Apple has release a patch for its safari 3.2.3 to cover trio of flaws in the Safari Web browser as well as new beta safari 4.

Google is running into legal problems with privacy advocates in both Greece and Japan over its Google Maps feature, Street View.

Militants and hate groups increasingly use social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as propaganda tools to recruit new members, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Apple Inc investors may want to circle June 8 on their calendars.

IBM is releasing the availability of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 Software with iPhone support. The beta release of Lotus Notes wit Domino software will give capabilities for e-mail and calendaring tools to the Apple iPhone as well as supporting Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync.

Internet search engine Google said it would reshoot all Japanese pictures for its online photo map service, Street View, using lower camera angles after complaints about invasion of privacy.

IBM Corp is set to begin selling a long-awaited software aimed at helping companies analyze real-time data, ranging from traffic data to manufacturing processes, to find more efficient ways to run their business.

Apple released the seventh point update to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on Tuesday, which has over more than 20 bug fixes.

Google Inc unveiled a slew of new and future features on Tuesday, including one that will allow people to better coordinate Internet searches on their cell phones and computers and another that will produce sophisticated automated research reports.

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that hackers are seeking to attack users of its PowerPoint presentation software for Windows PCs and released patches to protect them against the threat.

Chinese President Hu Jintao offered flowers and expressed condolences to the quake victims Tuesday, marking the first anniversary of Wenchuan quake that left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing and 5 million homeless.

Mourners crowded ruins in southwest China on Tuesday to mark one year since an earthquake shattered the region, while President Hu Jintao called reconstruction efforts a testament to national strength.