Apple appears to have blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store, making it the latest U.S. technology company to censor its services in China.

While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen technology truly become part of mainstream culture and commerce via the Internet and ever-cheaper and smaller computing devices. Yes, the Internet revolution began in the '90s, but it was not until this decade that 14-year-olds raced ahead of professionals in figuring out how to tap social networks with hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of contacts. Here, in not-quite chronological order, are the top technology stories of the decade, selected by the IDG News Service for their singular impact on the industry as well as their emblematic status as examples of the trends that shaped the course of IT.

Netbook shipments worldwide are expected to have jumped by 103 percent this year compared to last year, although the fast growth rate could slow down in 2010 as prices for portable PCs fall, research firm DisplaySearch said on Tuesday.

Google is in a really big hurry to make the Web experience faster.

Intel on Monday launched its next-generation Atom netbook processor, saying it will bring longer battery life and improved system performance to low-cost laptops.

IBM on Wednesday said it has signed a deal to buy Lombardi, an Austin, Texas, BPM (business process management) vendor. Terms were not disclosed.

Mobile operator TeliaSonera has launched the world's first commercial LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks, in the central parts of Stockholm and Oslo, it said on Monday.

Három nagy üzletét is bezárni kényszerül a történetének legnagyobb válságától szenvedő Nokia. A New York-i, a chicagói és a legnagyobb londoni boltot csukja be a finn telefongyártó óriás.

Csinos lakkbevonat és szinte örökéletű szkenner mechanika mobil méretben.

Unalmas specifikációk helyett ezúttal csinos lakkbevonat és szoftvertelepítés nélkül is automatikus működés jut az utazó üzletembereknek.

A kedvez?tlen gazdasági folyamatok dacára idén is nyereséget vár az MHM Computer Hungária Kft. Az adattárolási eszközök értékesítésével és szolgáltatásával foglalkozó cég ügyvezet? igazgatója 2009-ben mintegy 1,5 milliárd forintos árbevétellel számol.

Although Intel delayed its first stand-alone graphics processor, code-named Larrabee, the company could use elements of the chip's design and architecture in future products, analysts said on Monday.

For US$34, a new cloud-based hacking service can crack a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network password in just 20 minutes, its creator says.

A processzorgyártó nem sieti el első GPGPU grafikus kártyájának kiadását, a chipet jövőre csak a fejlesztők próbálhatják ki.

Intel is delaying the commercial release of its Larrabee graphics processor, which had been due out next year, and is not providing a new launch date.

Intel Corp. is honing its sights on many-core chips that are far more powerful than today's dual and quad-core processors.

Users of Facebook and Yahoo will find more ways to link their actions on those sites next year, as Yahoo prepares what it calls a deep integration of Facebook with services like Yahoo Mail and Yahoo News.

Az OKI 1989-ben mutatta be első LED technológiával működő üzleti nyomtatóit. Ennek a technológiának köszönhetjük az első, színesben is 12-20 lap/perces teljesítményt nyújtó készülékeket is.

Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year after managing the software giant?s finances for nearly five years, Microsoft said Tuesday.

Hewlett-Packard reported an 18 percent jump in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks to cost-cutting efforts and the strength of its services business.