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In the lab, designing the ultimate biofuel bug
Start-up Joule Unlimited is on the forefront of using genetic engineering to replace petrofuels, trying to learn from shortcomings of other biofuel technologies.
Intel smartphones are on the way–again
Intel will once again take a stab at making smartphone chips, a colossal market that the world’s largest chipmaker has yet to compete in.
Ask Maggie: Can I cancel T-Mobile post-AT&T merger?
This week Maggie Reardon offers her perspective on whether disgruntled T-Mobile customers will be able cancel their T-Mobile contracts after the AT&T merger is finalized.
In-app payments coming to Android next week
Catching up with iOS, Google is making it easier for people to part with their money by buying upgrades from within an Android app.
Gadgetwise: $23,000 App That Comes With a Car
The Facebook app that is being developed for OnStar, and which is featured in those charming Chevrolet commercials, suffers problems that affect most voice-recognition systems.
2010: The year Apple also became a chip company
The market share numbers for chipmakers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices changed little in 2010. But the entry of Apple into the market is proving to be highly disruptive.
Oracle Earnings, Forecast Top Estimates
Investors celebrated the company’s results showing keen demand for database software used in cloud computing, together with sales of hardware added by the Sun Microsystems purchase
RIM Tumbles as PlayBook Cuts into Forecasts
Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, fell as much as 13 percent in late trading yesterday after forecasting first-quarter revenue and profit that missed analysts’ estimates.
RIM’s outlook disappoints, shares tumble
TORONTO (Reuters) – Blackberry maker Research In Motion on Thursday warned its earnings would slip as it spends heavily on the launch of its PlayBook tablet, sending its shares tumbling as much as 12 percent.
Who is Apple’s new Mac guy?
Following the news that longtime Apple exec Bertrand Serlet was departing the company to pursue a career in science, CNET takes a look at Serlet’s replacement, Craig Federighi.
Gadgetwise: Q&A: Fixing a Broken E-Book
What do you do when an e-book on the Kindle for Android app freezes?
Google not ready to share Honeycomb source code
The source code for Google’s Android 3.0, the tablet version of the OS known as Honeycomb, will only be shared with a specific few hardware partners, the company said.
