by Paul McDougall  2010-08-30

Apple is scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday at which it's expected to show off the latest additions to its iPod franchise.     The event is set for September 1 at the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, in San Francisco. It's the same venue Apple used to introduce the iPad earlier this year. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to deliver the keynote and ... More ...

by Dionne Searcey  2010-08-28

They're the everyday fixtures of the Internet experience: pop-up stock quotes on a website, suggestions for related reading near a news article, videos along the side of your screen.     Now, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen says he owns the technology behind all these ideas, and he's demanding that some of the world's top Web companies pay up to use them ... More ...

by Robert Mullins  2010-08-28

I reported earlier on the operating system share gains for Microsoft Windows 7 as reported by Janco Associates. But the other half of the Janco report measured Web browser share, which I want to address in this post not just for what it says about Internet Explorer, but how it also handicaps rival browsers.(See also "As Internet Explorer Turns 15, We Take a Look Back.")   ... More ...