From CNET News.com: The decision to hand Google's CEO reins from Eric Schmidt to Larry Page was born not out of internal dissent or competitive fears over Facebook but rather out of the need to tighten up management.

That's the message Schmidt himself has been trying to get across...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has asked Intel to develop a 16-core version of its low-power Atom chip for use in servers, part of a wider effort to reduce power consumption in its massive data centers, a Microsoft executive said Thursday.

There's a "huge opportunity" to improve energy...

From DailyTech: Intel is the largest maker of computer processors in the world. The company has had plenty of legal trouble around the globe that centered on its business practices. This isn't uncommon for any class-leading tech firm.

Over the last few months, Intel has been working...

From PC World: Apple on Thursday released iTunes 10.1.2, a stability and performance update for everyone's favorite media-playing / iOS-device-syncing / app-shopping tool.

The company's characteristically terse release notes say only that "iTunes 10.1.2 provides a number of...

From X-bit Labs: Tablet PCs are often viewed as devices to access certain content while travelling, but in a lot of cases they are used as electronic book readers or portable Internet devices at home. As they become more powerful and universal, they may become a gateway into the...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday released the updated AMD accelerated parallel processing (APP) software development kit (SDK) v2.3 with full support for the first AMD Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs), OpenCL 1.1 and AMD Radeon HD 6900-series graphics...

From InfoWorld: Keeping track of the revolving doors to Redmond's executive washrooms is turning into a full-time pursuit.

Cloud visionary Ray Ozzie announced his departure in October (see Ray Ozzie's leaving Microsoft: What took him so long?). Cloud savvy Bob Muglia announced his...

From PC World: Nokia reported an increase in sales for the fourth quarter, but profit declined as the company continues to struggle in the high-end smartphone segment.

Sales for the quarter totalled €12.7 billion (US$17.4 billion as of Dec. 31, the last day of the period reported)...

From CNET News.com: Hulu's owners are bickering amongst themselves and the company's management over how much free content the online video service should offer, according to a published report.

The dispute is over how much Hulu's ad-supported service is competing with traditional...

From CNET News.com: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said it is "inappropriate" for Internet service providers to require his company to pay all the costs of delivering streaming video to a subscriber's home, and tomorrow he plans to do something about it.

In a letter from Hastings to...