From DailyTech: Short and squat smartphones must be an emerging trend these days. It wasn't too long ago that Microsoft released its chubby little Kin One phone which is aimed at consumers in their tween to college-aged years. Now, Nokia is announcing a new chubster of its own with...

From CNET News.com: The Federal Trade Commission will open an investigation into whether Apple is illegally using its position in the mobile software market to harm competitors, according to several published reports.

On Friday afternoon, both Bloomberg News and The Wall Street...

From DailyTech: The Motorola Droid was unveiled officially in October of 2009 and Motorola has recently stated that the device is still selling well (partly due to Verizon's vigorous two-for-one promotion). This week, photos of what is reportedly the Motorola Droid 2 have surfaced...

From CNET News.com: Google is testing a couple of new features on the Google News page, revamping the way users see stories presented on the page and adding content selected by actual human beings.

Perhaps the most striking change (see below) is one observed by Search Engine Land...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. plans to brings forward the introduction of its new top-of-the-range six-core Core i7 Extreme processor and also add fourth six-core microprocessor into the lineup of its leading-edge code-named Gulftown chips that are made using the most advanced...

From X-bit Labs: Dell on Thursday said that as a result of ongoing discussions with the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company recorded a $100 million liability in its first quarter of fiscal 2011 to establish a reserve for the potential settlement by...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Thursday confirmed that Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 contain an unpatched bug that could be used to infect PCs by duping users into visiting rigged Websites or opening attack email. The company said it has seen no active in-the-wild attacks...

From PC World: Adobe has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently with new attacks exploiting flaws in Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. Adobe has addressed the security vulnerabilities now with an immense update resolving a variety of serious issues.

It has been a very...

From CNET News.com: Adobe Systems on Thursday released AIR 2, upgrading the features and aspirations for the software foundation.

AIR is a programming foundation that lets a Net application run on a variety of computing platforms--Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and, significantly...

From CNET News.com: Motorola and Research In Motion have settled their patent dispute over wireless technologies, the companies said Friday.

Under the settlement, both companies will set up a cross-licensing agreement in which they will receive patent rights related to certain key...