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Can Adobe see its way through Creative Cloud?
Software giant Adobe has officially taken the wraps of Creative Suite 6, its latest collection of media design, production, and workflow applications targeting creative professionals — and more than a… →
Why Microsoft doesn’t need your money: Business brings home the bacon
Microsoft delivered a pleasant surprise to investors this week, revealing earnings of $5.1 billion for its third fiscal quarter of 2012. That's down a bit from a the year-ago figure… →
Scrambling to save a sinking ship: RIM’s last hopes for staying afloat
Times are tough for Canada's Research in Motion. Last month, the company announced it lost $125 million in its most recent fiscal quarter and that global shipments of its BlackBerry smartphones… →
Is cloud computing just a cloud of pollution?
Environmental watchdog group Greenpeace is taking on the technology sector again. On Wednesday, the organization released a 52-page report "How Clean is Your Cloud?," analyzing the energy policies and data… →
Sharing the spotlight: Apple’s long love affair with Hollywood
Much to-do is being made of new television advertisements that feature actors Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson promoting Siri on Apple's iPhone 4S. The ads are… well, predictable, playing… →
Can Nokia pull itself back from the edge?
Nokia has been the world's largest maker of mobile handsets and one of the most successful mobile companies on the planet for... well, as long as most consumers have owned… →
Will new a royalty deal mean more money for labels and musicians?
Ever wonder how musicians and music publishers get paid for all the digital music distributed by streaming services, stored in media lockers, and distributed via playlists and special bundles? Music… →
Can Kazuo Hirai save Sony?
Sony's newly-installed CEO Kazuo Hirai has outlined an ambitious restructuring plan for struggling electronics giant Sony: The company will eliminate some 10,000 jobs and take a one-time restructuring charge approaching… →
Getting ready to cross Ivy Bridge: The layman’s guide to Intel’s latest processors
Although they haven't been officially announced yet, chipmaking giant Intel is on the verge of introducing its next generation of desktop and mobile CPUs, codenamed "Ivy Bridge." As always, they… →
Google adds a desktop to Chrome OS: Is it innovation or backpedaling?
A few years ago, the mainstream world was quaking with news that Google was launching its own desktop operating system, Chrome OS. Imagine: Google was finally going up against the… →
Don’t like Google? Don’t use it! An unlikely ally speaks up on antitrust allegations
Internet giant Google has been facing increasing scrutiny from regulators in the United States — as well as in the European Union — for everything from its privacy practices to… →
Chinese authorities indict five over teen selling kidney for iPhone and iPad
Authorities in south China have laid charges against five people in a chase that, we hope, will be unique in technology history. The five are charged with intentional injury for… →
Flashback on track to be worst Mac malware in decades
When news broke last week that drive-by malware exploiting a known Java vulnerability had infected first 300,000 then as many as put a scare into the Mac community last year.… →
Flashback botnet: The end of the Mac’s malware immunity?
For the better part of two decades, Mac users have believed themselves largely immune to the trojans, worms, and malware that plague the Windows world. However, Macs have never been… →
More social, more evil? Larry Page’s first year back in the driver seat at Google
One year ago today, Larry Page took over for Eric Schmidt as CEO of Google. Page co-founded Google along with Sergey Brin back in 1998 and served as CEO through… →
