From X-bit Labs: Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman, ex-head of Ebay, as president and chief executive officer. Leo Apotheker steps down from his positions following disappointments of the board of directors.

“We are fortunate...

From CNET News.com: Windows 8 will let users more easily and seemlessly bridge the gap between online and offline by directly tapping into Microsoft's Windows Live service.

In an Inside Windows Live blog posted yesterday, Chris Jones, vice president for Windows Live engineering...

From : Mozilla's new six-week release cycle for its Firefox browser has caused plenty of controversy since it was implemented earlier this year, but there could be more still to come.

In a recent thread on a developer mailing list, those involved in the effort have been pondering...

From PC World: Sony, Sony, Sony...so your defense for sticking a "you can't sue us if you want to use us" clause in your PlayStation Network terms and conditions is essentially "AT&T got away with it, so we can, too?" This is what we get, people. Shame on us, because this is what we...

From CNET News.com: Eric Schmidt cut a confident figure today prior to his testimony before U.S. lawmakers, who later appeared determined to find out if Google abuses its supremacy on the Web.

The Google chairman glided into court smiling, sat at the witness table, and began staring...

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. is, according to All Things Digital, preparing to hold an exclusive event on October 4, 2011 to launch the fifth generation iPhone and the final build of iOS 5. New chief executive Tim Cook is expected to announce the product.

Given Mr. Cook's shy public...

From DailyTech: Nikon has announced a new camera system that is called the “Nikon 1” system and includes J1 and the V1. There is also a new family of lenses and accessories for the cameras. Nikon claims that the new camera system was built from the ground up to allow the user to...

From X-bit Labs: After one year in CEO office, Leo Apotheker may lose his position at Hewlett-Packard as the board of directors and investors are disappointed with cuts of sales forecasts and jarring strategy shifts that became common at HP in the past several quarters.

The BoD is...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has issued a whitepaper that uncovers performance of its forthcoming Tegra 3 “Kal El” system-on-chip for tablets and smartphones and shows off the benefits of a quad-core SoC with a low-power companion core over dual-core offerings from its rivals...

From InfoWorld: Adobe has moved forward with its Flash-based strategy, announcing today Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 for creating "immersive" application experiences across devices and platforms. The announcement comes on the heels of ongoing setbacks at the hands of standards-based...