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- Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week
- Thunderbird 3, an update to the email software Mozilla hopes will give it some of the advantages its Firefox browser has enjoyed, is due to arrive in near-final form next week. Thunderbird 3, an update to the email software Mozilla hopes will give it some of the advantages its...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., E-mail Clients, Web Browsers, Software, Internet, Mozilla, Thunderbird, e-mail, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-06
- Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy
- Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with EU objections to its planned acquisition of Sun, according to a Financial Times report on Tuesday. Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with EU objections to its planned acquisition of Sun, according to a Financial Times report on...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., European Union, Corporate Law, Regulations, Open Source, Databases, Business Operations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Oracle, Sun, EU, merger, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-04
- Chrome 4.0 gets beta release
- Google introduced the bookmark sync feature for the developer-preview version in August, and now it is also in the better-tested beta version, Chrome 4.0.223.16. More people will get a chance to try out bookmark synchronization with Monday's release of a beta version of Google Chrome for Windows. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Chrome 4.0, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Chrome, browsers, Windows, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-03
- Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
- In September, Intel introduced its idea of tiny 'microservers'. Now the company wants to make the design into a standard others can use, too. In September, Intel introduced its idea of tiny 'microservers'. Now the company wants to make the design into a standard others can use, too. ...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Computer Industry, Productivity, Corporate Governance, Servers, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, server, Intel, microserver, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-10-30
- Xerox prints computer smarts on fabric, plastic
- In conjunction with a conference in Europe this week, Xerox has announced a new ink technology for printing electronic circuitry on everything from clothes to roll-up computer displays. In conjunction with a conference in Europe this week, Xerox has announced a new ink technology for printing electronic circuitry on...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Circuitry, Computer, printing, Xerox, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-10-27
- Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledges that Google Docs lacks workflow features that Microsoft Office has, but isn't trying to emulate the suite. In an interview with Stephen Shankland at CNet News, Schmidt continued his courting of the enterprise. Schmidt on Wednesday had a good performance at the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Firefox's crossroads: Cutting-edge or mainstream?
- Mozilla has built the Firefox browser from a largely unsuccessful remnant of the Netscape era of the 1990s into the browser that nearly a quarter of people on the Web use. Now the challenges are different. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--John Lilly wants it both ways. Working at...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, browsers, Firefox, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-10-21
- HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)
- HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Researchers tout 'wimpy nodes' for Net computing
- Researchers believe some work can be managed with lower expense and lower power consumption using a cluster of servers built with lower-end processors and flash memory than with a general-purpose server. Mainstream servers are growing increasingly brawny with multicore processors and tremendous memory capacity, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon...
- Tags: Researcher, Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Wimpy nodes, Google, Intel, NetApp, netbooks, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-10-19
- Otellini at IDF: Innovation shifts as technology grows beyond the PC
- Someday, I'd like to be able to stream music while swimming. I'd also like to be able to watch a movie premiere - from my car. And wouldn't it be cool if there was technology that allowed computers to fix themselves. No one is saying that Intel...
- Tags: Innovation, PC, Industry, Paul Otellini, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Strategy, Hardware, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Intel teases 22 nanometer chips
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini showed off the first working chips using 22 nanometer process technology. These 22nm manufacturing techniques will be the basis for future chips from Intel in the second half of 2011. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="280" caption="Credit: Stephen Shankland, CNet News"][/caption] Speaking...
- Tags: Paul Otellini, Intel Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Mozilla 4.0 themes: Providing more real estate
- Mozilla released some Firefox 4.0 themes, including a few that look downright Chrome-ish. The themes, which are only designed to start wiki discussion, indicate that Mozilla is looking to provide more screen space to content and Web applications. As CNet News' Stephen Shankland...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Real Estate, Wiki, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorilla
- Mozilla has launched its latest browser, Firefox 3.5, and at first glance it appears to be an improvement with solid reviews. It certainly is speedier, but the broader question is whether the Firefox can adjust as a 300 pound gorilla. CNet News' Stephen Shankland raises the question. Clearly,...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, CNet News, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities
- Updated: Here's how Google's outage unfolded on Thursday... We're getting various reports via that Google services are down or at least sucking some serious wind. The service appears to be back as of noon-ish EDT in New York City. Google cites a "traffic jam" in Asia for...
- Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Outage, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Google to Congress: We can help news publishers - if they embrace opportunities
- When did the news industry become like the music industry - a group of finger-pointing businesses trying to find someone else to blame for their woes? In both the music and news industries, the adoption of new technology completely disrupted a long-standing business model. But whose fault...
- Tags: Google Inc., U.S. Congress, News Industry, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Google Earth hits the iPhone
- Corrected and amended headline: Google launched Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch and the reviews are great. The rollout prompts a question. How long until the next Google phone touch screen is designed to play with Google Earth? CNET News' Stephen Shankland has a nice...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Phone, Google Earth, CNET News, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Obama releases iPhone campaign tool
- CNET colleague Stephen Shankland discovered a neat way that Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is using technology: political recruiting, direct to your iPhone. Styled much like his iPolitics-looking website, the tool has several features: one feature "organizes and prioritizes your contacts by key battleground states, making it...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Tool, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, GPS, Online Communications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Daily Debrief: Mozilla makes its mark
- In Wednesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Stephen Shankland discuss Mozilla's record-breaking launch of its updated browser, Firefox 3. Also, News.com readers weigh in on how and why Firefox developed such a cult following.
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, News, Daily Debrief, Kara Tsuboi, Stephen Shankland, Firefox 3, Mozilla, browser, web
- Videos 2008-06-18
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...
- Tags: Open Source Initiative, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Google I/O doesn't disappoint
- CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi checks in with News.com Senior Writer Stephen Shankland about the two-day Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. From demos of the Android touch screen to details on the Google App Engine (don't forget the free junk food), Shankland calls the event a success.
- Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Stephen Shankland, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, android, developer
- Videos 2008-05-30
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