A group of self-titled "political activists" in Massachusetts has started an aggressive campaign to get browser users to switch from Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer to Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox.

In another sign that the future of powerful processors lies in multicore design instead of dense monolithic chips, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) released the last scheduled upgrade to its family of single-core Opteron processors.

McAfee Inc. has jazzed up its Web site with a new online portal designed to help users research a wide range of security problems. Called the McAfee Threat Center, the portal was launched Monday as part of a redesign of the McAfee.com Web site.

Although you might have missed it, Apple once again revolutionized the way we consume media. It was a quiet revolution, one that went largely unheralded and barely warranted a mention outside of the Apple-obsessed blogosphere. This revolutionary event came in the form of a Disney Channel musical called High School Musical.

Multimedia developer Jered Cuenco calls it the "gray-box application" phenomenon: A Web developer, befuddled by a graphic designer's computer-drawn mock-ups, delivers a prototype full of generic gray buttons, plain white backgrounds, oversized headlines and other crimes against visually interesting user interfaces.

About 120 folks are gathering Friday at a town hall meeting to discuss the future of a fairly new initiative called the Global Environment for Networking Innovations (GENI).

Is Microsoft Corp. planning to announce details of a new portable device code-named Origami later this week? That is the question raised by a Web site called Origami Project.

IBM Corp. has collaborated with two universities to develop several speech-enabled Web applications for mobile phones, the company said Friday.

A technológiák egymáshoz való közeledésének felgyorsulása volt talán a legfontosabb tanulság a ma záruló barcelonai 3GSM Világkonferencián.

Közeledik a Nokia Nseries "See New" (Láss újat!) című, öt világklasszis fotóművész által támogatott pályázatának leadási határideje.

The first cell phone to make use of Sony Corp.'s new Memory Stick Micro memory card format was unveiled by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB on Monday.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. detailed on Monday its first cell phone for the European market that includes support for digital TV services.

Holiday sales at top U.S. technology retailers over the past few weeks sparkled, with iPod music players and LCD (liquid crystal display) displays leading the charge, executives said Friday.

While rumors of Google Inc. buying Opera Software ASA haven't proved true, the pair have extended their relationship. Opera will include a Google search item on the opening pages of Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, the browsers designed for handheld devices. Opera filed a short statement regarding the one-year contract to the Oslo stock exchange on Thursday.