From CNET News.com: Think of Google TV as the second season of Project Android: open-source software, backed by industry partners, created in hopes of unlocking a potentially huge new repository of Internet searches.

In 2005, when Google first acquired the team that would develop...

From CNET News.com: As expected, Adobe released updates for Reader and Acrobat today that fix 23 holes in the popular PDF-viewing programs, including two that are actively being exploited in attacks that could allow someone to take control of the computer.

One of the critical...

From X-bit Labs: Analysts from Goldman Sachs investment firm said that Microsoft Corp. should spin off its consumer Xbox business as potentially lower than expected software sales lock potentially high financial performance of consumer businesses. The proposal hardly makes a lot of...

From X-bit Labs: Back in the days Nvidia Corp. has managed to leave behind its rivals 3dfx and ATI Technologies significantly because unlike its competitors it worked with virtually all manufacturers of graphics boards by selling them graphics chips. Life goes on and recently Nvidia...

From InfoWorld: Google has acquired BlindType, a developer of apps to make typing easier on touch-screen phones, the small software maker announced Friday. The move comes just a couple of months after BlindType demonstrated an Android version of its software, which was originally...

From PC World: Oracle plans to buy enterprise SSO (single sign-on) technology vendor Passlogix, a move that will boost its portfolio of security offerings. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close this year, were not disclosed.

Oracle already resells Passlogix software as part...

From CNET News.com: Skype calling is now available as a free download on Android-based devices, the Internet telephony company announced today.

The Skype for Android software allows users to make calls to Skype accounts, mobile phones, or landlines. Users can also send and receive...

From CNET News.com: Panasonic has taken the wraps off its Lumix Phone at Ceatec 2010.

The Lumix Phone site now displays the design of this handset with a slide-out keypad and shows off sample photos taken using the device's 13.2-megapixel shooter.

Aside from the specs that...

From DailyTech: The ThinkPad notebook lineup has long been a staple in the business community. Many in the business world swear by the no-nonsense, black machines and the reputation that comes with having a ThinkPad-branded product.

IBM introduced the first ThinkPad back in 1992...

From DailyTech: Google is set to try to take over the TV in the same way it has taken over search online with its Google TV offering. The search giant has announced some new launch partners for its Google TV service that wants to bring the web into the living room with set top boxes...