| Dreamworks executive on why it swapped Intel for AMD |
Intel has upstaged Advanced Micro Devices. DreamWorks Animation has decided to go with Intel processors and drop those from AMD, which had been supplying processors to the movie studio. DreamWorks specifically cited Intel's upcoming Nehalem processor and Larrabee graphics chip as reasons for the switch. Intel and DreamWorks announced Tuesday ... |
| Steady growth for Twitter, despite hiccups |
Fans of microblogging service Twitter are apparently impervious to repeated outages and technical problems--and their enthusiasm is spreading. Research firm Hitwise on Tuesday reported that traffic to the Twitter site increased 500 percent the week ending July 5, 2008, compared with the same period last year. That's a significant ... |
| Select Flickr photos to sell via Getty license |
Flickr on Tuesday entered a partnership with Getty Images to offer its users a way to potentially make money off their photography. The Yahoo-owned photo-hosting community will be a new resource for Getty, which can now contact Flickr members directly through the site and ask them if they want to ... |
| Daily Debrief: For Microsoft, one step forward, two steps back |
Tuesday brought a mixed bag of Microsoft news. On the Daily Debrief, I sit down with CNET News senior writer Ina Fried to discuss the good, the bad, and the downright embarrassing. Let's ... |