Mossberg pans MobileMe as service outages continue
In a rare slap at an Apple product, Walt Mossberg suggests people avoid the MobileMe service, even before taking into account the e-mail outages of its first few weeks.
Ballmer: Time to ante up online
CEO Steve Ballmer again tries to make the case that Microsoft's online investments represent just a fraction of its operating income. But when will it start to pay off?
Video: Cars charging forward for a plug-in future
From scooters to off-road trucks to utility vehicles, all sorts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are on display at the Plug-In 2008 car conference in San Jose, Calif. CNET News reporter Kara Tsuboi stops by the world's first showcase of its kind to see what's new in the industry.
Sony opens e-book reader to outside publishers
Take that, Kindle. Sony's Reader Digital Book to read .epub formatted books from wide variety of publishers supporting the industry standard.
Live: Microsoft meets Wall Street
As software maker meets with financial analysts, all eyes are on its online services business in the wake of its failed Yahoo bid and the departure of Kevin Johnson.
XM, Sirius detail potential FCC consent decree
XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio confirm that they're talking with the federal regulator about ways to move their 17-month merger effort forward.
Zimbra Desktop gives Yahoo Mail offline access
Yahoo, an early leader in Web-based e-mail, is trying to leapfrog Google with its Zimbra Desktop software, which offers online documents and offline access.
Dolby and DTS' new audio schemes worth it?
Do the newest compression schemes from Dolby and DTS sound any better than standard Dolby and DTS? The sonic differences are reportedly small to negligible.