Microsoft CFO to Leave at End of Year

From PC World: Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year after managing the software giant's finances for nearly five years, Microsoft said Tuesday.

The company did not say what Liddell plans to do next. In a press release...

Facebook changes stock structure: IPO on the way?

From CNET News.com: Facebook is changing the structure of its company stock to a dual-class system, a move that hints the company may be looking toward an initial public offering--even though it says it has no plans to do so yet.

Here's how it works. Existing Facebook shareholders...

Blizzard: WarCraft 4 Years Away

From Tom's Hardware: Blizzard's J. Allen Brack recently chatted with AusGamers about the 5th birthday of World of Warcraft, and the overall Warcraft franchise spanning a whopping fifteen years. The interview talks about launching the crazy-popular MMORPG and the frantic pace Blizzard...

Third iPhone worm targets jailbroken iPhones

From InfoWorld: Another week, another worm hitting jailbroken iPhones. As with the previous exploits, which Rickrolled your phone's wallpaper and stole your data, this nasty piece of work burrows its way into your jailbroken device if you haven't changed the password for the iPhone's...

Apple Enters AT&T vs. Verizon Ad War

From PC World: In a battle between AT&T and Verizon Wireless that never seems to end, AT&T's partner Apple now appears to be getting into the mix with two retaliatory iPhone TV ad that air Monday night. The ads comes hot on the heels of AT&T's TV ad campaign that aimed to "set the...

Major Intel chip upgrade coming to new Netbooks

From CNET News.com: Intel is set to announce the biggest makeover for its Atom processor since it was introduced back in the spring of 2008. And PC makers are ready with new Netbook models, some due before the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show in January.

Netbooks--tiny laptops used...

Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics

From CNET News.com: Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But if Mozilla succeeds in its hope, Microsoft could be playing catch-up instead.

The technology in question is hardware-accelerated graphics and...

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