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...

From X-bit Labs: The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday formally began investigation of patent infringement claims filed by Rambus against leading designer of chips, a case that involves tens of companies. Among the potential defenders are large suppliers of personal...

From CRN: Apple's second-generation iPad will have the same size display as its precedessor, but be 3mm physically smaller overall, with a narrower bezel. That's the latest in a recent series of iPad 2 rumors, this time from a Japan-based Apple blog called MacOtakara, which cited an...

From EETimes: Intel Corp. has introduced to the market a solid-state drive (SSD) that offers 40- and 80-Gbyte memory capacity in a format measuring 51-mm by 30-mm and only 5-mm deep. The unit weighs 10 grams.

The memory contains 34-nm NAND flash memory, is available in an m-SATA...

From X-bit Labs: LucidLogix, a designer of universal multi-GPU solutions, this week announced a new GPU virtualization software designed for Intel Sandy Bridge platforms. With this technology, next-generation PCs will dynamically switch between integrated graphics core of Intel Core...