At long last, the inevitable has occurred. Nearly 1.5 years after the curtain fell and HD DVD was deemed dead, Toshiba–HD DVD’s biggest fan, backer and producer of players–has agreed to join those on the other side. After years of fighting, the Blu-ray format won out over the other HD disc format, HD DVD, though Toshiba never once showed any indication that it would side with those that helped obliterate the format it poured millions into.Until now. According to a report originating in Japan over the weekend,

We knew earlier that Microsoft and Yahoo! were talking again, and now reports indicate that a deal is all but done. On the other hand, the companies have been oh-so-close to a deal before, and until the pen is placed to the paper, the deal can still fall apart. The deal would be what has been hinted at for months: a search advertising deal, and not the full-blown acquisition of Yahoo! that was proposed by Microsoft in early 2008, and quickly rejected by Yahoo! Both Bloomberg and Boomtown cite unnamed sources

Advanced Micro Device’s ‘Neo’ platform landed with a bang earlier this year, with a promise to counter Intel’s Atom and even rival NVIDIA’s own Ion platform. Turns out, most of that was just talk–or, at least that’s how things look from the outside looking in. Since the dawn of 2009, we’ve seen countless netbooks and even notebooks arrive with Intel’s Atom processor, but we’ve only seen a few counterparts with AMD’s Neo tucked inside.In fact, HP’s Pavilion dvz2 is the platform’s flagship product, and needless

Tired of the fuss of having only a few hours of battery life on your notebook or netbook? Legit Reviews has completed our full review of the ASUS 1005HA Eee PC Seashell netbook that sports an advertised 10.5 hours of battery life off a single charge. Check out this full review as we put the 1005HA through the paces and find out just how well it performs!

Have you ever wondered just how amazing it would be to store your data on an optical disc for 1,000 years? Probably not, considering a) it’s not remotely possible right now and 2) that’s an awful lot longer than even the best lifespan you could ever hope for. But on the other hand, it sure would make the act of opening time capsules a lot more interesting, wouldn’t it? Well, assuming those still on Earth a thousand years from now can find a so-called “optical drive” on whatever has replaced “eBay.”Believe it

The eventual creation of botnet(s) based on mobile devices rather than PCs has been theorized about for years, but no such malware has ever appeared in the real world—at least, not until now. Security researchers believe they may have found the first true mobile worm, dubbed “Sexy View” or “Sexy Space” depending on which version of the program one encounters. The infected payload displays many of the characteristics of PC botnet software and is now more sophisticated than other handheld attacks that have appeared

DRM, or Digital Rights Management, never did go over well in the court of public opinion. To the music industry at large, DRM was a mostly futile attempt to lock music down to certain players or systems, thus making it something harder–in theory, anyway–to freely distribute. In reality, however, those who were circumventing the rules in the first place just kept doing what they were doing: circumventing the rules. Meanwhile, honest music buyers were saddled with tracks that had all sorts of limitations, from

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The new PC770 2-in-1 PC Card and Express Card is now available from Verizon Wireless and Novatel Wireless. The card gives users access to Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Broadband service and fast access to email, corporate data, and the Internet. The PC770 runs on Verizon Wireless’ high-speed EVDO Rev. A network. To help facilitate simultaneous high-speed uploads and downloads, the card uses NovaSpeed technology. For easy connection management and automatic installation, the PC770 comes with VZAccess Manager software.

We’ve heard of crazy recommendations and pointless surveys, but man, this is just world-class comedy here. Though, to be fair, most everything recommended is legitimate, but it’s mostly common knowledge. Inflight Wi-Fi is expected to soar in popularity of the next few years–that’s a well known fact at this point–but debates are still raging over whether or not that’s a good thing.Most airlines, if not all, have disabled VoIP calling while on their planes. This keeps patrons from dialing up friends via Skype