11/05/2007

New Skype Version Ties In Contacts, PayPal

Skype releases version 3.2 of its software. While the update ties in to neat features like unlimited calling, other aspects are underwhelming.

Orbitz to Go Public, Again

Travelport Ltd. announced Thursday that it plans to take its Orbitz travel subsidiary public in an offering valued at $750 million.

Microsoft Cuts Core Features From Viridian

The Windows Server virtualization technology will now not include Live migration and hot-add resources, and support will be limited to 16 cores or logical processors.

Nokia Launches Energy-Saving Phones

The company's new handsets send alerts to users notifying them when their phone has been successfully charged.

Congress Stares Down YouTube, HDNet

Members of Congress on Thursday tangled with leading video providers over how to preserve the open architecture of the Internet while improving its quality and protecting intellectual property rights.

New Centrino Tech Headed for Desktops, Too

Part of the significance of Intel's new mobile platform is that it will also allow manufacturers to design newer, more powerful, smaller form factor desktop PCs as well.

Wetter Report: New Approach to Testing Surface Adhesion

With a nod to one of nature's best surface chemists—an obscure desert beetle—polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have devised a convenient way to construct test surfaces with a variable ...

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