Companies
Google on antitrust - blame Microsoft
Larry Dignan: Google said the European Commission has opened an investigation into the company's power over the advertising industry. Google also said that Microsoft is the driving force behind the company's regulatory headache.
Product Review Blogs
Review: With killer looks, Motorola Devour aims to please the prosumer
Andrew Nusca: At first glance, the Devour appears to be the hardware that the Motorola Droid was not quite - that is, the next chapter of Motorola's signature industrial design that struck such a chord with the classic Razr flip phone.
Enterprise Hardware
Server sales show signs of life
Larry Dignan: Global server sales in the fourth quarter are still down from a year ago, but are showing signs of life, according to research firm IDC. IBM has the market share lead followed by HP and Dell.
Security
Die IE6! DIE!!!
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: It's time for IE6 to die. Seriously. The funeral's been arranged for March 1st, yet about 20 percent of the web still use this wretched browser. Let's play the blame game. Who's to blame? Well, a lot of people are.
Web Technology
Opera 10.50 beta 2 for Windows is out
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: There are a fair few Opera users reading Hardware 2.0, so I thought I'd pass on the news that Opera 10.50 beta 2 for Windows is out. It's mostly a bug-fix build - here are the highlights
Communications
Palm's wipeout: Consumers balk
Larry Dignan: Palm's smartphone recovery took a big hit Thursday as the company sharply cut its outlook for the third quarter and fiscal 2010 because "driving broad consumer adoption of Palm products is taking longer than we anticipated."
Enterprise Software
How Oracle gets customers to keep paying
Dennis Howlett: It turns out that at least some Oracle users are getting mighty tired of forking over a minimum of 22 percent for maintenance costs when they see what were quoted to me as 'obscene margins.'
Operating Systems
Windows 7 updates, fixes rolled out
Mary Jo Foley: A quick check over at the Microsoft Download Center shows that all kinds of updates are in the pipeline for XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
IT Management
Curse of the IT prima donna
Michael Krigsman: IT failures don't happen magically out of thin air. No, failure is a team sport that usually involves unspoken complicity among both management and the ordinary folks working on a project.
General News
Nintendo DSi XL gets official North American release date
Rachel King: Nintendo's latest handheld gaming device, with screens 93 percent larger than its predecessor, will be available in North American stores on March 28 for $189.99, before taxes and shipping.
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