Nikkei Electronics Asia suggests that the first USB 3.0-enabled PCs will be shipped out to consumers before the end of the 200.

The USB 3.0—officially dubbed SuperSpeed USB—has transfer speeds of 4.8Gbps (10x faster than USB 2.0) and be able to dump a 25GB HD file in about 70 seconds. Like the USB 2.0 USB 3.0 [...]

CNET has a source claiming that Microsoft may decide to make life easier for Netbook users anxious to upgrade to Windows 7.
Since debuting its new operating system last fall, Microsoft has often advertised Win 7 on Netbooks. But for owners of machines that are missing CD/DVD drives, installing the operating system is no small feat.
The [...]

In an interview with the Times of London, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick threatened to stop making video games for Sony’s PlayStation 3. Kotick blames the high cost of the PS3 and the company’s poor sales of the No. 3 video game console. To the Times, Kotick said, “I’m getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is [...]

Adobe Systems has formally launched Acrobat.com, moving the web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta. Yesterday, the company began offering two premium paid subscription services for businesses.

The free version of Acrobat.com will still be available for use, but with limited functionality. For intensive business users looking to add capacity and capabilities, Adobe [...]

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it would be tossing yet another product into its growing bin of underperforming software. Like Encarta, Flight Simulator, and Windows Live OneCare before it, Microsoft Money has been scrapped. And just as Wikipedia defeated Microsoft’s Encarta reference software, Money could not survive against Intuit’s financial software package, Quicken. On the Money [...]

Intuit, the software developer of TurboTax and QuickBooks, has become yet another Silicon Valley company forced to trim staff amid the recession. In recent days, the company cut 4% of its 8,200-strong workforce in an effort to manage costs. Nearly half of the 300 employees given 60-day notifications came from Intuit’s Small Business Division, which [...]