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19th December 2009 Archive

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  • Verizon snuffs Google for Microsoft search

    Forces Bing on browser box

    Verizon has unilaterally updated user Storm 2 BlackBerries and other smartphones so that their browser search boxes can only be used with Microsoft Bing. The move is part of the five-year search and advertising deal Verizon signed with Microsoft in January for a rumored $500m. Verizon pushed the search change over its network …

    Mobile 19 Dec 00:18

  • Hackintosher goes titsup

    Updated Psystar no more?

    It's official: the Florida-based Hackingtosher that Apple's legal team has been hacking at for over a year has finally thrown in the towel. "We respect the robe," Psystar lawyer Eugene Action told Dow Jones Newswires, referring presumably to US District Court Judge William Alsup, who issued a ruling earlier this week that …

    Hardware 19 Dec 00:24

  • Microsoft delays Visual Studio 2010 launch

    'Performance issues'

    Microsoft will delay the release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 in order to have more time to address performance issues. The software giant said Friday it plans an additional test version — a release candidate — to launch in February while the tool set's engineering team focuses on improving performance. "As you …

    Developer 19 Dec 00:31

  • Amazon Kindle International Edition

    Review Lost in translation?

    It was Amazon's Kindle that really turned the idea of an e-book reader into a true mass-market proposition. Well, in the States, at least, because the first Kindle was only ever available to US-based buyers. Now, however, you can get an "international version" of the Kindle 2 in Blighty. More accurately, you can buy it from …

    Reg Hardware 19 Dec 09:02

  • Japan falls for the iPhone

    Far east fanbois

    The iPhone continues to gain market share worldwide. No news there. What's interesting is the country where it achieved its highest rate of growth during 2009: Japan. This news comes from the latest smartphone ad-tracking report from AdMob, the mobile ad-delivery service that recently walked down the aisle with Google after a …

    Mobile 19 Dec 18:03