11:00 18.08.2006
AP - Dell Inc.'s announcement that it will expand its use of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. microprocessors is another win for the smaller chip maker against larger rival Intel Corp.
AP - The video-sharing site YouTube.com suffered an outage Tuesday, the same day a Web measurement company said the site had broken into its list of the Internet's top 50 for the first time. Few details on the outage were available.
Macworld.com - Newly published data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index show that Apple leads other personal computer manufacturers, beating out Dell, HP and others.
Reuters - Web video sensation YouTube.com, which serves up more than 100 million videos online a day, suffered a six-hour breakdown on Tuesday -- its first-ever unplanned outage, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
NewsFactor - For the blogging aficionado who spends hours tweaking his or her blog using a browser-based text editor, publishing may have just gotten easier with Microsoft's new publishing tool. Named Live Writer, the new WYSIWYG editor is still in beta, but so far it’s been well received by initial users. Live Writer is designed to look much like Microsoft Word, so a simple highlight and a click on the desired text is all that is required to make changes. ...
AP - Dell Inc.'s recall of 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because of possible fire and smoke danger has many consumers wondering if their systems are affected.
Reuters - CBS Corp. on Tuesday said it plans to air prime time television programs, including its top-rated CSI series and "Survivor" show, on the Internet for free.
The Motley Fool - Customer relationship management (hence the ticker) software provider Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM - News) has reported earnings exactly eight times since it became a publicly traded company. Exactly half of those times, it exactly matched analysts consensus predictions for its profits; exactly half of those times, it "beat by a penny." No matter what happens when the company reports fiscal Q2 2007 earnings tomorrow, this balance will be upset.
AFP - A Syrian military court sentenced dissident writer Habib Saleh to three years in prison for having "published inaccurate information" on the Internet, a Syrian rights organization said.
NewsFactor - AMD unveiled its next-generation Opteron chip, known as Rev F, providing reasons for businesses to adopt the new server processors, such as lower power consumption, advanced virtualization capabilities, and faster memory.
AP - Nordic consumer regulators will meet in Iceland this month to discuss possible legal action against iPod-maker Apple Computer Inc. if the company does not ease restrictions that prevent songs bought at its online store from being played on rival music players.
