From CNET News.com: IBM has achieved a major milestone in making the dream of silicon photonics, in which computer chips send signals of light rather than electricity, into reality.

At the semiconductor industry conference Semicon in Tokyo today, IBM photonics leader Yurii Vlasov is...

From CNET News.com: We may get to check out Google's long-anticipated entry into the digital-book sales market before the end of the year.

Google Editions, which was announced in spring and expected to launch in summer, is expected to be available in the U.S. by the end of the month...

From DailyTech: Apple may be preparing to bring out the big guns to fight Nokia in court over alleged patent violations, but that isn't stopping Nokia Siemens from tooting its own horn about a piece of its technology that has cropped up in iOS 4.2.

IOS 4.2 was officially released...

From DailyTech: The computing world makes wide use of virtual machines which often spend long periods sitting inactive when not needed. The problem with the long inactive periods is that with the VM offline no security patches are applied leaving them vulnerable to attacks once they...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices may develop special multi-core central processing units (CPUs) based on Bobcat micro-architecture aimed specifically at cloud datacenters. At present the company is only considering development of Opteron chips powered by Bobcat and such chips...

From X-bit Labs: Nikon Corp., SanDisk Corp. and Sony Corp. have announced the joint development of a set of specifications that address the future requirements of professional photography and video markets. The three companies proposed the specifications to the CompactFlash...

From InfoWorld: Dell has announced an ultraportable laptop with a new technology from Intel that sucks in outside air to keep the system quieter and cooler.

Dell's Vostro V130 is one of the first laptops to incorporate Intel's Hyperbaric cooling technology, which uses an internal...

From PC World: Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, Wednesday will disclose details about its plan to launch its faster LTE 4G wireless network in 38 U.S. cities by the end of the year.

The carrier has repeatedly said that it plans to offer some 110 million...

From CNET News.com: According to sources close to the situation, Google has offered $5.3 billion for Groupon, in what would be its largest acquisition yet if completed.

Sources said the deal for the Chicago-based social buying site seemed likely to be struck, even as early as today...

From CNET News.com: It's a story you don't hear too often: a large company taking a step back from pursuing those who might be using its technology in ways that were never intended, as well as admitting that the product was made to open up those avenues by design.

That much is now...