Archives: 2008 June

Legendary microprocessor designer Ted Hoff says chip designers may soon find it impossible to keep reducing die size.

As of July 1, Microsoft will stop broad distribution of Windows XP. On the second edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried break down the rationale behind the decision and suggest tips for consumers who are reluctant to switch over to Vista.

Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.

The missed opportunity to sell to Microsoft infuriated many Yahoo shareholders, prompting activist investor Carl Icahn to agitate for replacing […]

To Celeste Tyler and her teenage friends, text-messaging is as effortless as tying their shoes.

The high school senior can text without looking, sending messages on her red Samsung “slider” while it’s behind her back, in her purse or under her desk at school, where cell phones are banned.

So why not do it while driving?

Well, now […]

Though their IT needs are fundamentally the same as larger organizations, small and medium-sized business owners may feel particularly challenged when it comes to rolling out a new operating system. The increasing complexity of IT system architectures combined with a relative shortfall of resources — capital, IT expertise, etc. — can make implementing a new […]

Rest at ease: Physicists say fears over a powerful atom smasher leading to the end of the Earth are completely unfounded. A group of critics of the Large Hadron Collider — a machine built 330 feet underground in Europe — filed a lawsuit to try to stop its initialization. They worried the collider’s operation could […]

Although it will be supported and sold in limited fashion for some time to come, Monday marks the Microsoft operating system's last day as a widespread option on store shelves and new PCs.

Linux is the market-share leader in supercomputing. Windows? It hardly shows up.

Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations at Facebook, speaks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about keeping the wheels from falling off as the social network grows at hyper-speed.

As it gears up for a proxy battle, Yahoo releases its version of a detailed timeline of the failed buyout negotiations with Microsoft.