From PC World: Intel is preparing six-core chips for high-end desktops and servers for release in the first half of this year, the company said Wednesday.

The six-core chips will be based on the company's latest Westmere architecture and deliver faster performance and more power...

From CNET News.com: Lenovo delivered a solid fiscal third-quarter profit on strong PC sales in China and the U.S.

The PC maker reported an operating profit of $99 million, a sum that doubled the second-quarter tally. Fiscal third-quarter revenue was up 33 percent from a year ago to...

From CNET News.com: Thanks to intensive cost cuts, and buoyed by sales of Vaio PCs and PlayStation 3 game consoles, Sony's quarterly results are back in the black.

After four straight quarterly losses, the company rebounded in the third quarter of its fiscal 2009. Net income jumped...

From DailyTech: ATI is launching the Radeon HD 5450 for those people. The card uses ATI's newest 40nm chip from TSMC, codenamed Cedar. The GPU is a mere 59mm2, enabling the Radeon 5450 to become the first DirectX 11 video card to sell for under $50. It will use DDR3 or DDR2...

From DailyTech: One of the most commonly used content types on the internet is Flash. Flash allows for cross browser/platform compatibility on video and other forms of content like games. Flash isn’t without its issues though with many users complaining about some of its weaknesses...

From DailyTech: Microsoft struggled under a negative public image during the Vista years. However, the work it did would help to lay the foundation for Windows 7, perhaps Microsoft's most popular operating system to date. The new OS, which was released last October, was extremely...

From DailyTech: Gateway has announced new computer models today in its FX, DX, and SX desktop series. The FX series computers are desktop gaming machines in a newly designed chassis with front headphone and mic ports and a storage tray on top for cameras and other gear. The FX line...

From DailyTech: Intel currently has the best selling solid state drive in the market, thanks to the impressive pricing and performance of the 80GB X25-M. The company uses its own proprietary controller to attain the fastest random read and write performance in any SATA-based SSD...

From CNET News.com: IBM said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Initiate Systems, a privately held company that makes software designed to help health care companies manage and share information.

Initiate's software is geared toward customers in both the private sector and...

From Tom's Hardware: Memory company Corsair is diving deeper into the SSD market with plans to roll out a 512GB model that is focused on performance.

According to Hexus, the SSD will be of a 3.5-inch form factor – making it a desktop
solution – and will supposedly feature a 128MB...