Mozilla fixes Firefox crash bug

From InfoWorld: Just a week after it last updated Firefox, Mozilla has rushed out a new version of its browser to fix a crash bug that programmers inadvertently introduced.

Firefox 3.5.5, which Mozilla posted for download late Thursday, fixes a small number of what the company...

Microprocessor sales reach record levels

From InfoWorld: Intel's Atom processor, which is used in netbooks, helped PC microprocessor makers sell record numbers of chips during the third quarter, although the overall value of the market fell, according to market researcher IDC.

The PC processor market has made a remarkable...

Nokia Announces Charger Recall: What You Need To Know

From PC World: Nokia says it will replace for free millions of faulty cellphone chargers that pose a shock hazard to its users. Nokia announced the recall program Monday reporting the Nokia-branded chargers were manufactured by a third-party supplier BYD Electronic Company of China...

iPhone 'Rickroll' Worm Is No Threat To Most Users

From PC World: The first worm to infect the iPhone will not affect most users of Apple's smartphone, despite worrying reports. The ikee worm only affects jailbroken iPhones, representing a minority percentage of iPhones on the market.

Reports this weekend warned of a number of...

Cisco ruffles feathers with new collaboration tools

From CNET News.com: Cisco Systems is once again stepping on its partners' toes and taking on new rivals as it adds new capabilities to its suite of unified communications products and services.

On Monday, the company will announce several new and enhanced software tools for instant...

Droid Phone Released, Bests iPhone in Many Areas, Lags in a Few

From DailyTech: While the Blackberry is currently the bestselling smartphone, thanks largely to a strong core of business users, sales numbers indicate the iPhone dominates the multimedia entertainment phone market. Verizon's Droid phone, which launched on Friday, may change that as...

Intel Plans “Fast” Transition to Next-Generation Atom Platform

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. will reveal more details about its next-generation Intel Atom platform for netbooks and nettops on the 21st of December ’09 and computers makers will launch actual systems powered by Intel Atom N450 and derivatives on the 4th of January 2010, just in time...

Modern Warfare 2 PC Won't Have Console

From Tom's Hardware: Are you a COD4 fan just frothing at the mouth waiting for Modern Warfare 2? Many of us are too. Those of us who are looking forward to playing it on the PC have been given small frights with the rumored delay (now found untrue), and the sadly true news of the...

Dell Unleashes World’s Thinnest Notebook

From X-bit Labs: Dell on Thursday finally announced its highly-anticipated Adamo XPS notebook, which is currently the world’s thinnest laptop. Measuring just 9.99mm in thickness, Dell Adamo XPS packs in 4GB of memory and relatively powerful fully-fledged dual-core microprocessor. The...

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