From X-bit Labs: Apple's custom A4 and A5 system-on-chip (SoC) solutions help Apple not only to maximize its profit margins and tailor feature-set of its consumer electronics, but also to greatly reduce its dependence of Intel Corp.'s x86 microprocessors. According to IHS iSuppli, a...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. has started to supply the final build of Microsoft Windows 8 "Milestone 2" operating system to a group of testers as well as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Based on unofficial reports, the software giant is on schedule with its pre-releases...

From InfoWorld: Cisco made announcements this week that demonstrate its commitment to more aggressively pursue its cloud vision. Clearly, the company is not aspiring to be a cloud provider like Amazon or Google. Rather, it aims to provide the groundwork for converged data centers...

From PC World: On Monday night, Amazon announced a new cloud-based music service that lets people store their music in "the cloud" and access it from anywhere.

We've recently heard rumors that Google is testing (internally) a similar service, but has been running into legal troubles...

From CNET News.com: Always looking for new ways to deliver its search results, Google has rolled out a new app that combines instant messaging with search.

Launched today as the lastest experiment in the Google Labs playground, Google Talk Guru offers you a chat session through...

From CNET News.com: Google is getting ready to present "better ads" in messages delivered via its e-mail service.

The Web giant announced today that it intends to serve up fewer but more relevant and useful ads by better predicting which topics appear to be important to each user...

From DailyTech: Netflix announced yesterday that it would reduce data usage for its Canadian members in an effort to comply with data caps in this area. Neil Hunt, chief product officer at Netflix, made the announcement on the Netflix Blog allowing Canadians to enjoy video streaming...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. reportedly plans to implement a new "disc format" for Xbox 360 game console along with the next release of the system update for the system. At present the details are scarce, but since the software giant is looking for "multiple thousands of...

From X-bit Labs: A high-ranking executive from Hewlett Packard advised the company's channel partners to demand Oracle to continue supporting Intel Corp.'s Itanium-based mission-critical servers with new software. HP claims that Oracle may change its mind once it hears feedback from...

From InfoWorld: Oracle's announcement last week that it will stop developing software for Intel's Itanium processor has database startup EnterpriseDB looking to capitalize.

Hewlett-Packard's Integrity servers are based on Itanium chips and run its HP-UX OS. PostgreSQL, the open...