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AMD posts another financial loss for the third quarter of 2009, but the company's executives offer an optimistic outlook for the next few months and into 2010. Specifically, the company says it believes consumers are ready to start buying desktops and notebooks again. AMD's results follow a solid quarterly report from Intel. - Advanced Micro Devices posted a financial loss in the third quarter, but the company's executives said they believe that the chip maker is poised for a turnaround in the coming months. During an Oct. 15 conference call to discuss AMD's third-quarter results, CEO Dirk Meyer offered a positive ou...

It already dominates the world of internet search and has plans to open the biggest digital library ever seen - but Google today took another step towards becoming the planet's most powerful information provider by announcing its plan to sell books online.At the Frankfurt Book Fair, the publishing world's biggest gathering of the year, the Californian company said it was preparing to launch Google Editions - a new scheme that will allow it to sell electronic copies of books over the web.Editions is set to launch in the first half of 2010, potentially giving readers in america and europe access to around half a million titles including best-sellers and back catalogue books. Crucially, the store will be compatible with a number of devices - including mobile phones, computers and ebook readers - that could allow it to market services to millions of people worldwide.Under Google's plans, readers will be able to download texts straight from Google Books website, or from the websites of book

Apple has changed its SDK policy to allow in-app purchases for free iPhone apps, according to Daring Fireball blogger John Gruber. The service previously was restricted to apps requiring payment for the initial download, although the limitations have been criticized by a variety of developers....

Although it's not our favourite keyboard and mouse combination, the Logitech Wireless Desktop MK700 set earns our recommendation for its comfortable 'Incurve' key design, quick scrolling mouse and impressive battery life.

Owners of Toshiba TG01 Windows Phones can now download the official Windows Mobile 6.5 software update directly from the company’s europe site. The page is in German, but there's a link for the English version of the ROM.... [These are short news! Click for details]

The latest OS 4.7.1.57 update for the BlackBerry Tour became available to general public at the BlackBerry Software Download site. Before you proceed, as always, don't forget to back up your data.... [These are short news! Click for details]

Funcom offer free taster to MMOers Funcom have launched another new initiative in order to lure player to their Age of Conan online world, with seven days free action on offer for those prepared to download the game.Of course, the persistent world isn't inconsequential in size, so downloading may take some time - but players will be afforded a seven day test including almost all of the game's features.The only restrictions are placed upon certain communications features, preventing you from trading with other players, posting on forums or using in-game email.You can sign-up for this free taster via the official website, now.

An executive with Google says the company will launch a new platform next year that lets readers buy books that can be accessed ...

snydeq writes 'Despite being the much better development platform for today's smartphones, open Web standards still face an uphill battle on mobile devices, Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister writes, noting that here, as on the desktop, the main hurdle is scalability. But whereas successful Web development for the desktop is a matter of scaling up, mobile Web development calls for applications that can effectively scale down as well — an imperative that is fast making the state of the mobile Web 'even sadder,' McAllister writes. 'The more that modern Web applications take advantage of the new client-side technologies available in desktop browsers, the more the divide between the desktop Web and the mobile Web widens.' As a result, developers are forced to fall back on basic Web technologies — a tactic that too often translates simply into writing separate UIs for mobile users. 'The result? Mobile Web applications are in pretty much the same boat as they were when the first W

Spotify and 3 are set to announce a deal that would allow customers to pay for music downloads as part of their mobile phone contract. New Media Age reports that the deal between the two parties has already been agreed and that the first 3 phone with a Spotify application pre-installed will be available before Christmas.