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Parallels launches latest software to blend Mac and Windows apps

Nov 4, 2009
Parallels is one of those little companies that could make some big companies very nervous. The Renton, Wash.-based software maker is launching its Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac today. The software enables an Apple Mac computer to run Windows applicat...

Worldwide chip sales show gains in third quarter

Nov 2, 2009
Worldwide chip sales were up 19.7 percent in the third quarter to $61.9 billion, compared to the second quarter. The increase shows that tech industry recovery is continuing, since chips are used in everything electronic. Sales compared to the third...

Facebook wins $711 million in damages against "Spam King" Wallace

Oct 29, 2009
A federal district court in Northern California awarded Facebook $711 million in damages against Sanford Wallace, an online marketer who accessed users’ accounts without their permission, sent phony messages and wrote wall posts. These were use...

Nokia to invade U.S. market — will launch new phone with AT&T

Oct 29, 2009
AT&T, the major U.S. phone operator, will launch a Nokia Symbian phone with a Qualcomm chip in the U.S. market, an industry source close to Nokia has told VentureBeat. It’s just the latest in a wide front of attack the giant Finnish company...

Facebook's big changes to the platform — key takeaways

Oct 28, 2009
Facebook did go through with the big top-down overhaul we reported on earlier. This could have significant implications for the way top-performing games attract new users through the system. (If you want the full live-blogged version, it’s here...

Third quarter global game sales decline 6 percent

Nov 5, 2009
Global console video game unit sales declined about 6 percent compared to a year ago according to a measure of three key regional markets, a new report says. Unit sales collectively fell in the U.S. and United Kingdom markets, while Japan saw an...

Chip industry forecast not as dire as expected — down 11.6 percent for 2009

Nov 5, 2009
The chip industry has a brighter forecast than during the summer, but 2009 will still go down as a dismal year with a 11.6 percent decline in revenues, according to the semiconductor industry’s trade group. Worldwide chip sales are expected to be...

Hey VCs, it's not your company!

Nov 5, 2009
(Editor’s note: Brad Feld is an early stage investor and co-founder of Foundry Group. This post originally appeared on his blog.) VCs say a lot of stupid things.  I’m guilty of it plenty and whenever someone calls me on it I try to acknowledge...

Hell returns as id Software's John Carmack builds Doom Classic for the iPhone

Nov 5, 2009
John Carmack is the programming wiz at id Software, the Mesquite, Texas-based company that pioneered the first-person shooter game genre that has generated billions of dollars in the game industry since 1993. Now Carmack has returned to the game that...

Isabella Products and AT&T launch two-way sharing digital photo frames

Nov 5, 2009
Isabella Products is announcing Vizit, a two-way interactive digital photo frame that will share photos via AT&T’s wireless network. Most web-connected digital photo frames can display pictures via flash memory cards or receive them over the Internet....


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