From PC World: China may soon ban Skype, the government's official newspaper said, potentially putting the popular Internet chat and phone service in the same boat as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

According to the People's Daily , Chinese authorities have said that only China...

From eWeek: Mobile phone manufacturer HTC joins the growing list of companies planning to roll out tablet devices in the wake of the Apple iPad, if a trademark filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is any indication. The company filed the trademark for the “Scribe” handheld...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. will reportedly request a contract maker of semiconductors to make chipsets for its code-named Ivy Bridge microprocessors, which are set to be released in 2012.

One of the main strategy pillars of Intel Corp. is to manufacture everything in house...

From CNET News.com: RIM has rebutted recent claims that its upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is hampered by a short battery life.

On Tuesday, Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu issued a report in which he cited unnamed sources saying that the PlayBook's battery lasts only a few hours...

From eWeek: Apple will host an event for the Verizon iPhone “very soon,” according to a new report by Bloomberg Businessweek, adding to the steady drum-roll that the smartphone’s break from exclusive U.S. carrier AT&T is imminent.

“Apple’s introduction of an iPhone for use on...

From DailyTech: Honda has posted an online warning and sent an email to 2.2 million customers informing them that a database containing their e-mail addresses, VINs and login information had been stolen. In addition 2.7 million Acura customers had their emails only stolen.

The...

From Tom's Hardware: Think you're pretty cool there with your hexacore desktop processor? That's nothing. Researchers from the University of Glasgow have created a CPU that has 1,000 cores – that's right, one thousand cores on a single chip.

The scientists are using a Field...

From DailyTech: Android is starting to pick up steam in the world's biggest nation – China -- in terms of both population and cell phone use. With its rise in popularity, a number of third-party app stores have popped up alongside the official Android Marketplace. While these third...

From eWeek: The European Commission (EC) announced that the first universal mobile phone chargers should arrive in Europe during the first months of 2011.

The chargers, which will charge via micro-USB slots and be interoperable between brands, are result of a June 2009 agreement...

From PC World: As expected, Skype is ringing in 2011 with the addition of video calling to its Skype for iPhone app.

With Skype 3.0, you can place video calls from Skype on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 4th-generation iPod touch, and you can receive video calls on the iPad and the...