A Microsoft úgy érezte, most érett meg az idő arra, hogy a szélesebb közönség is megismerje új böngészőjét: az aktuális béta már letölthető.

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday launched a beta version of its Internet Explorer 7 browser, emphasizing new security features designed to defeat security problems that plagued earlier editions.

A Nokia és az Adobe Systems bejelentették, hogy az új Nokia N93 mobilkészülék alapcsomagjában az Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 szoftver Windows XP kompatibilis változata is helyet kap.

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. increased their market share in the online search arena as Microsoft Corp.'s MSN slipped, according to Web research firm Nielsen//NetRatings.

Intel Corp. opened on Monday a new research and development center at its lab in Braunschweig, Germany, to focus on the design of multicore processors.

Some Chinese Internet users aren't happy with Google Inc.'s recently announced Chinese name, and they've started an online petition to express their displeasure.

S-LCD Corp., the LCD (liquid crystal display) panel production joint venture of Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., plans to invest a further 222 billion won (US$237 million) to expand production at its factory in Tangjeong, South Korea, it said Wednesday.

Dell Inc. moved to solidify its position in the lucrative gaming market Tuesday by launching the XPS M1710, a dual-core processor machine designed to let gamers simultaneously play three-dimensional games while encoding music or scanning for viruses.

Yahoo Inc. exceeded Wall Street's revenue expectations and met the earnings per share forecast in its first quarter, ended March 31, 2006, the Sunnyvale, California, company announced Tuesday.

Strong results from Fujitsu Ltd.'s hard-disk drive and mobile phone divisions should push the company's profits for the year just ended higher than expected, it said Tuesday.

A Samsung szerdán bejelentette, hogy Q1 nevű ultra hordozható PC-jének (UHPC) világpremierjét májusra időzíti. Az új számítógép a Microsoft és az Intel által közösen kidolgozott Origami platformra épül, amely az idei hannoveri CeBIT kiállítás egyik újdonsága, s egyben slágertémája is volt.

The number of 3G (third-generation) mobile subscribers is expected to grow quickly in China, despite getting off to a relatively slow start, according to a telecommunications research firm in Beijing.

Toshiba Corp. plans to put on sale in Japan in May its first laptop computer with a built-in HD-DVD drive, the company said Monday. The Qosmio G30 is expected to be the first computer available from any vendor with an HD-DVD drive.

Az Apple nemrég kiadott, egyelőre béta verziós szoftverével már futtathatunk akár Windows XP-t is az Intel alapú Macintosh gépeken.

Április folyamán kerülnek piacra az első olyan komplett számítógépek, amelyek a "Windows Vista Capable" címkét tartalmazzák, segítve ezzel a felhasználókat eligazodni, hogy mely gépek alkalmasak a Vista futtatására.

Fujitsu Ltd. expects to begin shipping a 200G-byte hard-disk drive suitable for use in laptop computers in the third quarter of this year, it said Monday.

With corporate uptake of Windows Vista likely to be "sluggish", news last week that the general release of Windows Vista has been delayed until January 2007 left many IT managers unfazed. Few companies said they planned urgent rollouts of Vista and were happy with the stability of their XP fleet.

Nem az Internet Explorer az egyetlen, amely megújul a Windows Vistában. A Microsoft a tervek szerint egy új, asztali e-mail klienst is beépítene az operációs rendszerbe, amely a Windows Live részét képezi majd, és gyakorlatilag az Oultlook Expresst hivatott leváltani.

A Quark kiadta a QuarkXPress második béta verzióját, mely már le is tölthető a vállalat honlapjáról.

Facing increased competition throughout its line of processors, chip giant Intel Corp. warned on Friday that its first-quarter revenue would be lower than expected.