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28 October 2010
News: China supercomputer runs 7,168 Nvidia GPUs

China is unveiling a new supercomputer today that incorporates thousands of graphics chips and can reach a sustained performance of 2.5 petaflops, making it one of the fastest systems in the world.
News: Symantec writes off $10m over failed Norton activations

Symantec has been forced to write off $10 million in revenue after a glitch in its sales system prevented some consumers from activating their Norton antivirus software at the time they bought it.
27 October 2010
News: SIM cards near 4 billion mark

The SIM card market will grow 10 percent in 2010, approaching 3.8 billion shipments.
26 October 2010
News: Chip sales likely to fall in 2011

Worldwide computer chip sales may have been relatively strong during 2010, but analysts are warning that next year's sales totals could prove disappointing.
News: Ozzie: Microsoft must move to post-PC era

As Ray Ozzie prepares to leave Microsoft, he's offering a new five-year plan for the company that eschews the current PC-centric world
22 October 2010
Video: New MacBook Air models launched

Plus: Bill Gates' successor steps down, and more stories
News: Baidu's profits grow as Google's share falls in China

China's largest search engine, Baidu, doubled its net profit in the third quarter as it continued to take market share from Google.
News: Sharp scaling back on laptops to focus on tablets

Sharp is scaling back its laptop PC operations and will focus resources on its recently announced Galapagos tablet PC and mobile terminals, the company said Friday.
News: GE privacy chief: women must change for career success

Leading women in information security careers came together this week for the 8th annual Executive Women's Forum, an event launched in 2002 by recruiting firm Alta Associates to provide women in the field with a place to network and exchange ideas and advice. This year's keynote speaker, Nuala O'Connor Kelly, chief privacy leader and senior counsel with General Electric, spoke not about how women can manage risk and innovate for employers, but how they can manage risk and innovate as a person to elevate their career.
News: Windows Phone 7 reviews: too little, too late

The first reviews of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 are in. Smartphones running the new OS will soon join the millions of iPhone and Android phones, but do they stand a chance? Reviewers are sceptical about the immediate success of Windows Phone 7 devices, as they are missing too many features, but still see a chance for Microsoft's shiny new user interface.
News: Internet users to reach two billion by year's end

The number of Internet users is expected to hit the two billion mark by the end of the year with most of the growth coming from developing countries, according to the latest report of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
News: Happy Birthday Windows 7: Anniversary Stats

Microsoft is everyone's favorite whipping boy, but it did get something right when it introduced Windows 7, which celebrates its one year anniversary Friday. Over the past year the Redmond gang has sold 240 million licenses of Windows 7. That makes the operating system - that replaced dismal Vista - the fastest selling OS in history, according to its makers. Here are some other fun numbers from Microsoft about Windows 7.
21 October 2010
Video: Starbucks to provide free Yahoo digital content

Starbucks Digital Network rolled out
Video: Smartphones help prevent animal cruelty

Taiwan's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals explains mobile strategy
19 October 2010
News: Bill Gates' replacement to leave Microsoft

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect and the executive responsible for pushing the company into the cloud, is stepping down
16 October 2010
News: The 6 biggest enemies of the tech expert

We've all got people that cause havoc in our working lives. When it comes to IT' pros, you may think the greatest enemies are cyber criminals and malware authors.
15 October 2010
News: AMD posts a net loss, but sales improve

AMD has posted a net loss for the third quarter of 2010, but reported a boost in microprocessor and graphics products sales as it inches its way back to profitability.
14 October 2010
Video: Mitsubishi offer online test drive of robot car

This isn't a computer simulation
News: AOL 'considering a bid for Yahoo'

AOL is considering joining forces with a number of investment firms to make a bid on Yahoo.
13 October 2010
Video: Intel CFO explains the secret of Q3 success

Stacy Smith on record-breaking third quarter