From CNET News.com: A new tool from Google Labs promises to help users quickly collaborate with other people through the same online calendars, maps, games, and other virtual work spaces that they create.

Google's new Shared Spaces tool, rolled out yesterday, offers a collection of...

From DailyTech: In his weekly op-ed, mobile godhead Eldar Murtazin announced that Nokia has been in talks with Microsoft to possibly develop a device based on the Windows Phone 7 operating system.

"This two way dialogue was initiated by new Nokia management," Murtazin writes. "It's...

From DailyTech: AT&T reports that it has just completed a deal to provide what will be a crucial component of its 4G bid. It will purchase a portion of the lower 700 MHz spectrum formerly occupied by Qualcomm's FLO TV service. The spectrum will beef of AT&T's existing 700 MHz...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, a leading producer of NAND flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs), on Monday said that it had begun sampling of SSDs that are based on multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory with toggle DDR interface. The new drives are designed for performance...

From X-bit Labs: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said that its yet-to-be-built fab 16 may support production equipment compatible with 450mm wafers. Moreover, the company may even construct later phases of fab 15 expansions so that it would be able to host equipment for...

From InfoWorld: Many users have run afoul of OGA (Office Genuine Advantage), a scheme requiring users to validate their copies of Office prior to downloading and using specific Office add-ons, such as custom templates. OGA has been controversial in part because of bugs that kept...

From PC World: No need to worry about buying the wrong GPS at Best Buy for your finicky uncle anymore, as the store has eliminated most return fees.

Best Buy had previously charged a 15 percent restocking fee for notebook computers, projectors, camcorders, digital cameras, radar...

From ZD Net: Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched its most aggressive assault on networking giant Cisco: A trade-in promotion to rip and replace existing gear.

HP’s promotion, dubbed “A Catalyst for Change” to play off the brand name for Cisco’s switches, is aimed at networking gear...

From CNET News.com: Sony may not be able to meet its goal of selling 25 million TVs during its current fiscal year, the question apparently now being how far off the mark it will be.

Hiroshi Yoshioka, a Sony vice president, said today that the company would fall short of the 25...

From DailyTech: Google's Android operating system has reportedly put its bid to conquer the world of television on hold. At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show Toshiba, LG Electronics and Sharp planned to wow visitors with a portfolio of products powered by Google TV, the Android...