Microsoft and Samsung demo TV with projected images

During a Samsung presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday, Microsoft unveiled IllumiRoom, a new Kinect-enabled technology that projects TV images that fill an entire room. Read more

Nvidia gains ground in battle with Intel

Nvidia's stock has skyrocketed recently as it has become apparent that the company could be a key player in the lucrative mobile processor market and has plans to make chips for personal computers and servers, challenging the monopoly of its large Silicon Valley rival, Intel.

VMware lays down corporate IT marker

Paul Maritz

If anyone could understand the threat from a competitive onslaught by Microsoft, it is Paul Maritz, reports Richards Waters of FT.com.

The chief executive of VMware, the hottest software startup in the new era of "cloud computing," Maritz was himself a top Microsoft executive in the 1990s, and ultimately responsible for such landmark products as the Windows 95 operating system. Read more

Related articles:

• VMware's Maritz: Innovation efforts will focus on IT as a service (zdnet.com)
• VMworld 2010: Day 1, Attendees Say "Yes, We Cloud!" (blogs.forbes.com)

Editor's Choice: Google Drive coming in 2009

Google plans to launch a service that will allow users to access their personal computer from any internet connection, according to TG Daily. Google Drive, or Gdrive, will pose a major challenge to Microsoft's Windows. Gdrive is essentially cloud-based storage where Google data centers have the capacity to hold your entire hard drive.